| Viper GTS-R | | | | Viper's achievement in the FIA and Le Mans[3]. Also in |
| Using such production engine components as the block, | | | | 2005 LeMans Series season two Viper GTS-R cars |
| cylinder heads, and crankshaft, Team Viper engineers | | | | were entered by the privateer team Paul Belmondo |
| were able to extract up to 750 hp from the normally | | | | Racing. |
| 450 hp second generation 8.0 L V10 engine. The | | | | ACR Viper |
| chassis was re-engineered from the ground up by | | | | The American Club Racing (ACR) model was |
| British sports manufacturer Reynard Motorsport's | | | | introduced in 1999. This model featured suspension and |
| Special Projects Division under chief engineer Paul | | | | engine enhancements focused on maximizing |
| Brown, losing much of the Roadcar's heavy tubular | | | | performance in road racing and autocross |
| steel and fibreglass structure in favour of lightweight | | | | environments. Horsepower was bumped to 460 bhp in |
| carbon fibre components. | | | | these models. |
| The car made its competition debut in the 24 Hours of | | | | Viper Competition Coupe |
| Daytona (where it would later become the first GT | | | | As of 2003, a special, non-street legal Viper SRT-10 |
| car to secure an overall victory in Rolex sports car | | | | Competition Coupe is available from Dodge for race |
| racing) with Canaska Racing in 1996, then the 24 | | | | car drivers, picking up where the GTS-R racing variant |
| Hours of Le Mans, when a GTS-R finished tenth | | | | left off. The power and torque ratings have been |
| overall in its very first run for glory. The next year, | | | | improved, along with the vehicle being been stripped of |
| Team Viper (who now switched services to Oreca) | | | | anything not essential for racing, such as the interior |
| switched to the GT2 class and proceeded to | | | | body panels, carpet, instrumentation, air conditioning, and |
| dominate, winning five titles in the FIA GT | | | | stereo systems which lightened the car by 380 lb (170 |
| Championship between 1997 and 2002. Oreca | | | | kg). The "CompCoupe" comes equipped with a full roll |
| switched to the prototype class in 2000, but customer | | | | cage, a racing fuel cell, and other racing-related |
| Vipers continued to be the most competitive in the | | | | equipment. It is not sold through dealers and is |
| series. | | | | purchased from Dodge directly as, essentially, a very |
| In 1998, Team Viper returned to Le Mans to set new | | | | expensive race car component. Pricing is |
| track records in practice. When the checkered flag | | | | approximately US$139,000. The Viper Competition |
| dropped on the 24th hour of the longest day in racing, | | | | Coupe sees action in the highly competitive SCCA |
| Viper GTS–R racers finished first and | | | | Speed GT World Challenge. |
| second in their class to become the first American car | | | | In 2004 Samuel Hubinette used a Competition Coupe |
| to win at Le Mans in three decades, and the | | | | with a modified rear axle for the Formula D, in which |
| first–ever production–based | | | | he won the title before the car was barred by the end |
| American car to grace the winner's circle. | | | | of the season (due to the fact FD would adopt D1 |
| In addition to the race cars, Chrysler built 100 | | | | Grand Prix regulations from the following year which |
| street-legal 1998 GT2 Championship Edition Vipers, | | | | had already prohibited the car from competing) and |
| which were rated at 460 hp (343 kW) and 500 | | | | was replaced by an SRT-10 the following season. |
| ft·lbf (67 N·m) of torque. Named after the | | | | After a few one-off entries in the Spa 24 Hours, from |
| GT2 categories it competed in, it was aesthetically | | | | 2006, the Viper Competition Coupe will race in Europe |
| similar to the GTS-R with its paint job, aerodynamics | | | | fulltime for the first time, joining the new FIA GT3 Cup |
| package, and visual options in order to publicize the | | | | with the Italian team Racing Box. |