The Shoot-Out format is returning at the 82nd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport, but from Sidecars, the event is transforming into a competition for GT3 cars that raced between 2006 and 2012.
Following the announcement at the end of 2024 that these cars would be coming to Goodwood to put on a show, we’ve been waiting patiently to learn more about what’s in store for those in attendance at Members’ Meeting this year. And now we know.
What’s the GT3 Shoot-Out format?
A field of more than 20 GT3 cars will head out on the Motor Circuit on Saturday morning for a dramatic demonstration of these wonderfully varied but utterly ferocious racing cars, before the cars shortlisted to take part in the Shoot-Out will prepare for a ten-minute practice session to get their eye in at full speed.
That will be all the running they get ahead of Shoot-Out Qualifying, which will see each driver unleashed to set a single timed lap that will dictate the running order for the Final on Sunday.
The GT3 cars will return on Sunday morning for the weekend’s second demonstration, which will once again set window frames a-shaking with the sound of these machines giving it some around Goodwood’s high-speed layout. The range of flat-six, V8, V10 and V12 engines is going to sound absolutely epic.
Another ten minutes of practice will follow, as the drivers take their final opportunity to hone their lap times ahead of the main event on Sunday evening.
The GT3 Shoot-Out Final will get underway at 17:25, and will see each car released for one more timed lap, the fastest of which will be crowned the inaugural GT3 Shoot-Out Champion.
Which drivers are racing in the GT3 Shoot-Out?
The list of drivers taking part is nothing short of phenomenal. So far five drivers have been confirmed to take part, a list that covers all forms of closed cockpit motorsport.
Nine-time Le Mans 24 Hours winner Tom Kristensen will be joined by World Touring Car Champions Andy Priaulx (three) and Rob Huff (one).
They’ll battle against British Touring Car Champion Andrew Jordan and GT3 legend Frank Stippler.
Which cars are in the GT3 Shoot-Out?
Kristensen will get behind the wheel of an Audi R8 LMS Ultra, a 5.2-litre V10 engined monster producing almost 600PS. Priaulx will drive a BMW Z4 with a brutal 4.0-litre V8 under its bulging bonnet, Huff will be enjoying himself in a Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R, but it’s Stippler who wins the battle of the V8s with his 7.9-litre Chevrolet Camaro.
A GT3 competition wouldn’t be complete without an entry from Ferrari, and the 458 Italia ticks that box at the hands of Andrew Jordan.
The GT3 Shoot-Out entry list
| 2011 Audi R8 LMS Ultra
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Tom Kristensen |
| 2012 BMW Z4 GT3
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Andy Priaulx |
| 2014 Chevrolet Camaro GT3
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Frank Stippler |
| 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z06-R GT3
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Rob Huff |
| 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia GT3
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Andrew Jordan |
Main image photography by Joe Harding. Goodwood photography by Toby Adamson, Drew Gibson and Nick Dungan. Frank Stippler image courtesy of Getty Images.
Report by Simon Ostler
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