The Viper finished 1-2 in the GTS class in three consecutive years -1998-2000 - and notched an amazing overall win at the 2000 Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona, the first for an American production-based car.

The Dodge Viper race car began life in the GT1 class in 1996. The escalating costs persuaded the manufacturer to switch to the GT2 class for the 1997 season. The Viper's production volumes (approximately 2,000 annually) qualified it for the category and it embarked on a racing program that was to earn it a reputation as the most successful American production-based racing car of all time.

As Dodge began to focus more of its engineering resources on development of the next Viper - the 2003 Viper SRT-10 - it was announced in December 2000 that Dodge would take a hiatus from its factory support for Viper endurance racing.

Brakes F/R: ABS, vented disc/vented disc
Tires F-R: 305/35 ZR18 - 345/30 ZR19

Type: V10
Displacement cu in (cc): 505 (8275)
Power bhp (kW) at RPM: 520(388) / 5600
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: 540(732) / 4600
Redline at RPM: 6100

Length × Width × Height in: 184.1 × 77.9 × 46.3
Weight lb (kg): 2995 (1360)

Acceleration 0-62 mph s: 3.7
Top Speed mph (km/h): 192 (309)