Last year Dominik Farnbacher had a weekend at Baltimore he would rather forget – a huge crash for the SRT Viper sent him home early.

12 months later the German returns as a race winner after he and Marc Goosens triumphed at Road America – the first win for the new Viper program which had kicked off only a year earlier.

Both the Vipers hit the track at Baltimore this weekend with an additional 25 kilograms of ballast. The price of success – the Viper was given a balance of performance adjustment after its recent win and two consecutive pole positions.

Can the team still win despite the extra weight – Michelin Alley spoke to Farnbacher to ask the question.