SRT Viper GTS-R finished seventh at Long Beach

The No. 91 SRT Viper GTS-R finished seventh and the No. 93 SRT Viper GTS-R was retired in the race's late stages.

LONG BEACH, Calif. (April 12, 2014) - A challenging weekend on the Long Beach street circuit improved little for SRT Motorsports on Saturday in the IMSA TUDOR United SportsCar Championship's 100-minute Sports Car Showcase in which the No. 91 SRT Viper GTS-R finished seventh and the No. 93 SRT Viper GTS-R retired in the race's late stages.
The No. 91 of Marc Goossens and Dominik Farnbacher battled to as high as fifth soon after the race's only set of pit stop just before the 45-minute mark despite starting from the back of the field after electing to swap out their qualifying tires for new sets of Michelins on both entries. The stint in the top five proved to be the high point, however, as the No. 91 was just off the pace of the competition in the second half of the race and finished seventh.

#93 SRT Motorsports SRT Viper GTS-R: Jonathan Bomarito, Kuno Wittmer

Photo by: James Holland

Meanwhile, the No. 93 was plagued with power steering issues all weekend. Despite wholesale component changes overnight Friday after qualifying, the steering problem returned in the opening laps of Saturday's race, making for a long day for SRT drivers Kuno Wittmer and Jonathan Bomarito. The duo was never able to contend and Bomarito ultimately pulled off course with approximately 20 minutes from the finish with a driveline failure. Both SRT Motorsports entries and all four team drivers now have 81 points in both the IMSA TUDOR SportsCar GTLM team and driver championship standings. That places them in a tie for sixth in the driver championship, just one point out of the top five and only nine points behind the division leaders. The two SRT Viper GTS-R groups trail by the same margins in team championship, although they are tied for seventh overall in those standings.