Background
He then moved to sports car racing, participating in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, at first for his father"s team, Farnbacher Racing. He also participated in the 2004 Porsche Supercup season.
He then moved to sports car racing, participating in Porsche Carrera Cup Germany, at first for his father"s team, Farnbacher Racing. He also participated in the 2004 Porsche Supercup season.
After beginning his career in karting, Farnbacher competed in Formula Bayerische Motoren Werke Junior in 2001, finishing 9th in the championship. In 2006, Farnbacher drove in the Le Mans Series for Seikel Motorsport in the GT2 class. He also made his debut in the American Le Mans Series, driving at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans, and participated in his first 24 Hours of Le Mans, finishing 2nd in class.
Farnbacher raced in the full ALMS season in 2007, driving a Porsche for Tafel Racing.
He also ran in the Super GT series in Japan, taking two wins in the GT300 class at Motegi and Fuji. 2008 saw Farnbacher finish 2nd in the GT2 drivers" championship for Tafel, winning four races.
In 2009 Farnbacher switched to Team PTG, driving a Panoz Esperante. Farnbacher also finished 2nd in GT2 at Le Mans with Simonsen and Keen.
He spent 2011 in the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club GT Masters series in Germany.
Late in 2012, Farnbacher began racing the SRT Viper. He ran with SRT Motorsports for the full 2013 ALMS season, and remained with the team in the merged United SportsCar Championship in 2014.