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