
Dodge Viper GTS-R #62 Team Oreca Dupuy / J. Archer 24 Hours of Le Mans 1997 Minichamps 1:43

Specifications
- Brand
- Dodge
- Manufacturer
- Minichamps
- Scale
- 1:43
- Material
- Diecast
- Model Condition
- Used Model
- SKU
- 430971462
- Year
- 1997
- Era
- 1990s
- Body Type
- GT Models
- Vehicle Class
- Historic GT & GTE
- Openable Parts
- No
- Packaging Condition
- Traces of Storage
- Model Type
- Race Models
- EAN / GTIN
- 4012138024366
About the Dodge Viper GTS-R #62 Team Oreca Dupuy / J. Archer 24 Hours of Le Mans 1997 Minichamps 1:43
TL;DR: This Minichamps 1:43 diecast reproduces the #62 Dodge Viper GTS-R run by Team Oreca and driven by Dupuy and Archer at the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans. The body is a sealed one-piece casting. It is a used model, box showing traces of storage, casting itself intact.
Oreca's involvement with Chrysler's European racing program gave the Viper GTS-R a French competitive presence, pairing an American muscle-car platform with one of France's most respected privateer racing outfits.
Minichamps Oreca Viper Casting and Livery
This casting shares the Viper GTS-R's wide-bodied GT shape with its sibling liveries, and the Oreca team's number-62 scheme applies cleanly with legible sponsor graphics against the body color. The sealed zinc alloy body keeps the flared fenders and front splitter crisply defined, and paint depth reads evenly across the hood under a display lamp. This is a used example, and the box shows traces of storage while the model itself carries no equivalent wear.
Team Oreca and Chrysler's European Racing Push
Oreca ran Chrysler and Dodge Vipers in European and Le Mans competition through the late 1990s, becoming the manufacturer's de facto works effort on that side of the Atlantic. That partnership gave the Viper GTS-R a genuinely international racing profile, competing at Le Mans against factory Porsches and other established GT manufacturers with a car built around a production-derived V10.
Building a Le Mans GT Collection with This Viper
This model fits naturally alongside other Oreca-run Vipers from the same seasons or within a broader Le Mans GT class collection from the 1990s, where the American V10 note stood out against a field dominated by European manufacturers.












