He competed in the VW Polo Cup and the Treser Cup, which he won 1988. In 1990 Horst Farnbacher raced in the german Touring Trophy, where he could score five race wins.
Meanwhile the first Farnbacher offspring entered the world. Dominik was born in 1984 and it was already clear recognisable when he was a baby that his heart also beats for racing. Like father, like son.
1992 the team Farnbacher Motorsport was officially founded in the Middle Franconian Lichtenau near Ansbach. The all new team raced its first races in the Porsche Carrera Trophy.
In the same year Horsts second and youngest son Mario was born, who also could not help but dedicated his life to motorsports. By now both, Dominik and Mario, have found their places in the national and international GT sport and are well known for their talent.
Since 1995 the team was focusing on two series: The Porsche Carrera Cup and the Porsche Pirelli Supercup and it did not take long until they became one of the top teams. They changed their name from Farnbacher Motorsport zu Farnbacher Racing and competed since not only in the Porsche Carrera Cup but also in the Le Mans Series.
In 2009 Farnbacher Racing started to cooperate with the tire manufacturer Hankook Tire in the Le Mans Series, the 24h Le Mans and the Asien Le Mans. The Hankook Team Farnbacher won the race in Okayama in its class and also was the first winner of Asien Le Mans Series in the GT2 class.
In 2010 Farnbacher Racing competed in the Porsche Carrera Cup, in some VLN races and the Le Mans Series. They also took part in the 24h race on the Nürburgring Nordschleife and the driver quartet of Dominik Farnbacher, Allan Simonsen, Leh Keen and Marco Seefried ended the race on second place overall. In the same year they competed in the 24h Le Mans and scored the second place in the GT3 class.
In 2011 Farnbacher Racing again participated in the 24h Nürburgring, some VLN races, the 24h Le Mans and for the last time in the Le Mans Series. The team also made its debut in the ADAC GT Masters.
One year later Horst Farnbacher decided to focus only on two series: The Porsche Carrera Cup and the ADAC GT Masters.
In 2013 Farnbacher Racing again competed in some VLN races and the 24h Nürburgring, which it could not finish due to some technical issues. However the team was successful in its third ADAC GT Masters season and got the first place in the amateur class.
2014 Farnbacher Racing participated with two Porsche 911 GT3 and Philipp Frommenwiler, Sebastian Asch, Nathan Morcom and Mario Farnbacher again in the ADAC GT Masters.
In 2015 Farnbacher Racing made some big changes. Together with Lexus they took the all new Lexus RC F GT3 to the Nürburgring Nordschleife and continuously developed the car further in close collaboration with Lexus. But not only the car was new. In this season for the very first time in history the two brothers Dominik and Mario Farnbacher shared a cockpit.
In 2016 the collaboration with Lexus continued and Farnbacher Racing scored the first overall win on the Nordschleife for an Asian manufacturer and Lexus.