Brace yourselves, motorsport enthusiasts. The legendary Chrysler Viper GTS-R, a Le Mans veteran, is hitting the block. 🚦🏁
, green-lit a racing program based on the Viper in 1995, six years after the car had made its show-stopping debut at Detroit’s North American International Auto Show. The resulting competition racer was the Viper GTS-R, which would be entered in endurance races in America and Europe over the next decade.
This Viper GTS-R made its competitive debut at the 1997 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona and would also race in that season’s 24 Hours of Le Mans, where the driving team of Justin Bell, John Morton, and Pierre Yver finished in 15th place overall, according to the auction house. Two years later, in 1999, the car earned its best competitive finish when it won the Spanish GT Villa de Condo.
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