Will the Viper return to racing?

SpeedMuse · Apr 12, 2004, 3:08 PM

Will the Viper return to racing once Dodge makes a production coupe? I've seen and read about the new Viper competition coupe, but when will it race? I've heard that good old Team Orca had an undefeated record so will they be back racing with the new Viper? I have all these questions due to the fact that I'm very interested in the competition coupe and never follow the Vipers racing history...

Here's a link to some pictures of the competition coupe:
http://www.dodge-vipers.com/compcoupe.html

MattMerce · Apr 12, 2004, 3:57 PM

right now there's no official word of a production GTS coupe, and the comp. coupe has been on sale for several months, people with racing licences buy them and race them privately, so right now the chances of the viper returning to races like lemanns are slim but in the coming years who knows, I think we'll see a return within the next 2-5 years

mattwrx100 · Apr 12, 2004, 6:59 PM

not a factory sponsored team but a lot of privateers race their vipers in a number of series

12 inch pianist · Apr 12, 2004, 7:19 PM

i wanna c something like one of those GTSR concepts racing

jimkk29 · Apr 13, 2004, 8:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 12 inch pianist

i wanna c something like one of those GTSR concepts racing

I wanna see that too, check my avatar. 8)
http://www.highresautoimages.com/128...srconcept.html

MattMerce · Apr 13, 2004, 5:12 PM

that's kind of what the competition coupe looks like, it's just wider, but the inside is nothing like a normal car, it's all racing, just a shell on the light wieght frame

12 inch pianist · Apr 13, 2004, 8:50 PM

the competion cars don't look half as good as the concept. btw, in what do they race the competion cars?

MattMerce · Apr 13, 2004, 9:51 PM

viper club races and Speedworld Challenge Grand Am Cup

SpeedMuse · Apr 13, 2004, 10:17 PM

Yeah I already knew about the Viper club ppl buying the coupe but what about Le Mans and big time endurances like that? When is the GTS even slated to come out?

CarRocker · Apr 14, 2004, 10:37 AM

I can still see some vipers racing, but that are some national races. It would be cool if they make another racingcar for the FIA GT or Le Mans. They would be real competitors for the Ferrari. I hope they come back!!

Mopar68 · Apr 14, 2004, 1:42 PM

i think i've seen some competition coupes in the speed GT challenge or something like that. I don't think it's been doing real well, but it's a really new car. Things will work out. I hope they make a factory sponsored team for lemans and give those vettes a taste of thier venom. BTW, did you know dodge is backing a team in drifting, and their using a viper!

http://www.mopar.com/motors.html#

Check out the 2nd or third one down on the news thing. CRAZY!!!!

MattMerce · Apr 14, 2004, 4:03 PM

that's a nice looking viper, but there is no official if it will return to FIA GT and endurance races yet

1mic · Apr 14, 2004, 7:57 PM

they race in spped gt, like 5 different one, along with saleen SRs, that new caddy cts, and even a pontiac GTO

SleePer_21 · May 12, 2005, 9:21 AM

Torque Monster, but the handling of the viper is differcult and questionable..

ssssnake · May 12, 2005, 1:24 PM

Tommy Archer won the Speed World Challenge Driver's Championship in a Viper last year.
He's leading the Speed World Challenge Driver's Championship points so far this year, and Dodge is also leading the manufacturers' championship as well.

There are a couple of privateers driving Vipers in the American Lemans Series. I haven't heard much about their results, however.

I haven't heard of any plans for factory sponsored efforts at Lemans. I guess that Dodge is pouring all its money into NASCAR, and probably figure they already made their point with the Dodge Viper/Team Oreca domination at Lemans in years past. I have no doubt that if they wanted to put the money into it, that they could come up with another dominant Lemans effort. For endurance racing, having a big engine that can loaf along at high speeds and barely break a sweat is a significant advantage over smaller, more highly strung powerplants.

Apr 12, 2004, 3:08 PM	#1
SpeedMuse That Guy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 856	Will the Viper return to racing? Will the Viper return to racing once Dodge makes a production coupe? I've seen and read about the new Viper competition coupe, but when will it race? I've heard that good old Team Orca had an undefeated record so will they be back racing with the new Viper? I have all these questions due to the fact that I'm very interested in the competition coupe and never follow the Vipers racing history... Here's a link to some pictures of the competition coupe: http://www.dodge-vipers.com/compcoupe.html __________________ "Knickers... cabbages... ehh hasn't got a beak!" - Alex Delarge

Apr 12, 2004, 3:57 PM	#2
MattMerce The other Mopar guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plains, PA Posts: 1,662	right now there's no official word of a production GTS coupe, and the comp. coupe has been on sale for several months, people with racing licences buy them and race them privately, so right now the chances of the viper returning to races like lemanns are slim but in the coming years who knows, I think we'll see a return within the next 2-5 years __________________ Anyone else miss the "Scat Pack?" They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Apr 12, 2004, 6:59 PM	#3
mattwrx100 Experienced Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Nanticoke, PA Posts: 734	not a factory sponsored team but a lot of privateers race their vipers in a number of series __________________ half of the time we're gone, we don't kno where we don't kno where

Apr 13, 2004, 5:12 PM	#6
MattMerce The other Mopar guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plains, PA Posts: 1,662	that's kind of what the competition coupe looks like, it's just wider, but the inside is nothing like a normal car, it's all racing, just a shell on the light wieght frame __________________ Anyone else miss the "Scat Pack?" They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Apr 13, 2004, 9:51 PM	#8
MattMerce The other Mopar guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plains, PA Posts: 1,662	viper club races and Speedworld Challenge Grand Am Cup __________________ Anyone else miss the "Scat Pack?" They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Apr 12, 2004, 7:19 PM	#4
12 inch pianist Forum Napoleon Complex Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: On the good ship SS 300 Foot Pianist Posts: 3,349	i wanna c something like one of those GTSR concepts racing

Apr 13, 2004, 8:50 PM	#7
12 inch pianist Forum Napoleon Complex Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: On the good ship SS 300 Foot Pianist Posts: 3,349	the competion cars don't look half as good as the concept. btw, in what do they race the competion cars?

Apr 13, 2004, 10:17 PM	#9
SpeedMuse That Guy Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Cherry Hill, NJ Posts: 856	Yeah I already knew about the Viper club ppl buying the coupe but what about Le Mans and big time endurances like that? When is the GTS even slated to come out? __________________ "Knickers... cabbages... ehh hasn't got a beak!" - Alex Delarge

Apr 14, 2004, 10:37 AM	#10
CarRocker Freaky Deaky Dutch Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Delft, Netherlands Posts: 3,845	I can still see some vipers racing, but that are some national races. It would be cool if they make another racingcar for the FIA GT or Le Mans. They would be real competitors for the Ferrari. I hope they come back!! __________________ Alfa Romeo, macchine con un cuore R.I.P. Randy

Apr 14, 2004, 1:42 PM	#11
Mopar68 The anti-hippie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Westfield, New Jersey Posts: 7,488	i think i've seen some competition coupes in the speed GT challenge or something like that. I don't think it's been doing real well, but it's a really new car. Things will work out. I hope they make a factory sponsored team for lemans and give those vettes a taste of thier venom. BTW, did you know dodge is backing a team in drifting, and their using a viper! http://www.mopar.com/motors.html# Check out the 2nd or third one down on the news thing. CRAZY!!!! __________________ "....give it everything you've got cause it'll throw you back more than you could ever imagine." -WP

Apr 14, 2004, 4:03 PM	#12
MattMerce The other Mopar guy Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Plains, PA Posts: 1,662	that's a nice looking viper, but there is no official if it will return to FIA GT and endurance races yet __________________ Anyone else miss the "Scat Pack?" They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Apr 14, 2004, 7:57 PM	#13
1mic Rarely posts Join Date: May 2003 Location: socal Posts: 1,457	they race in spped gt, like 5 different one, along with saleen SRs, that new caddy cts, and even a pontiac GTO

May 12, 2005, 9:21 AM	#14
SleePer_21 Junior Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 66	Torque Monster, but the handling of the viper is differcult and questionable..

May 12, 2005, 1:24 PM	#15
ssssnake Experienced Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 601	Tommy Archer won the Speed World Challenge Driver's Championship in a Viper last year. He's leading the Speed World Challenge Driver's Championship points so far this year, and Dodge is also leading the manufacturers' championship as well. There are a couple of privateers driving Vipers in the American Lemans Series. I haven't heard much about their results, however. I haven't heard of any plans for factory sponsored efforts at Lemans. I guess that Dodge is pouring all its money into NASCAR, and probably figure they already made their point with the Dodge Viper/Team Oreca domination at Lemans in years past. I have no doubt that if they wanted to put the money into it, that they could come up with another dominant Lemans effort. For endurance racing, having a big engine that can loaf along at high speeds and barely break a sweat is a significant advantage over smaller, more highly strung powerplants.

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