SRT Motorsports Debuts Latest Viper GTS-R Race Car for 2012 American Le Mans Series [New York Auto Show]

SRT Motorsports has announced the Viper will return to racing in the American Le Mans Series for 2012 and revealed the new Viper GTS-R race car at the New York auto show. The latest GTS-R made its debut alongside the new 2013 SRT Viper production car. The Viper has had a racing presence nearly as long as it has existed, so it’s good to see the latest iteration of the production car will uphold the tradition. (The GTS-R name stretches all the way back to the first factory-backed Viper race car from the mid-1990s.)

As you’d expect, the GTS-R is based on the 2013 Viper but gets completely overhauled for racing duty. Out back there’s the requisite big wing, while up front there are round fog lights in the fascia that recall past Viper production and race cars. SRT has paired up with race-car builder Riley Technologies to design and build the GTS-R. Two factory-backed Viper GTS-Rs will compete in the ALMS GT class, and SRT Motorsports has signed up four drivers for this coming season. We were already on the edge of our seats waiting for the chance to drive the latest Viper, but now we can also look forward to seeing the serpentine brute doing its thing on the track.