The Chrysler Viper GTS-R, raced in North America as the Dodge Viper GTS-R, was the factory racing version of the Dodge Viper GTS coupe. Chrysler developed it with the French firm Oreca, which built and ran the cars, and the British firm Reynard Motorsport, which supplied chassis parts, and it was unveiled at the 1995 Pebble Beach Concours. It kept the 7,998 cc V10 of the road car with reworked intakes and reinforcements for endurance racing, and added a rear wing, diffuser and front splitter. Fifty-seven cars were built, five of them prototypes, and they were produced into 2005. In the FIA GT Championship, the American Le Mans Series, at Le Mans and at Daytona the car won many races and class titles before Chrysler ended its backing in 2001.
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Engine Class EngineViper 356-T6 V10, 7,998.5 cc 1 Connections
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Dodge's parent, Chrysler, therefore approved the development of a racing program centering on the Viper GTS which was still in development at the time.
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was a successful racing variant of the Dodge Viper developed in conjunction with Chrysler of North America, Oreca of France and Reynard Motorsport of the United Kingdom
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Racing history
Debuting in 1996, two racing teams separately developed the Chrysler Viper GTS-R coupe for competition.
Development, cars built
In total, 57 Viper GTS-Rs would be built.
Development, engine class
Modifications were therefore light for the 356-T6 V10, with concentration on redesigned intakes for horsepower and reinforcements for endurance.
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was a successful racing variant of the Dodge Viper developed in conjunction with Chrysler of North America, Oreca of France and Reynard Motorsport of the United Kingdom
Development, end of production
Viper GTS-Rs continued to be built into 2005, after which Oreca concentrated on maintaining and supporting the existing Viper GTS-R fleet.
Development
Dodge's parent, Chrysler, therefore approved the development of a racing program centering on the Viper GTS which was still in development at the time.
Of Make: Chrysler, Naming
Because the new cars, named GTS-R, were built in Europe, they were mostly known as Chrysler Viper GTS-R.
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