Wednesday 23rd November 2022

GT1 cars confirmed for 80th Members' Meeting

V12s ahoy as Goodwood Motor Circuit plans to celebrate iconic sportscar racers

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While GT1 is perhaps best known for those wild years towards the end of the 1990s - think CLK GTR, Nissan R390, Toyota GT-One and so on - it enjoyed a renaissance in the mid-2000s thanks to a refresh of the rules. It permitted less extreme entries, meaning a glorious few years of sportscar racing featuring wheel to wheel action with some of our favourite supercars: think Ford GT, Lamborghini Murcielago, Ferrari 550, Maserati MC12, Aston Martin DB9 and Chevrolet Corvette. Even the R35 GT-R got a GT1 entry.

It's these spectacular GT1 racing cars - look how many V12s are on that list! - that the 80^th Members’ Meeting will celebrate next April. Goodwood suggests it’ll be ‘one of the loudest and most exhilarating ever held’ at an MM, which is easy to believe. We’ve not even mentioned the Lister Storm yet. Or the Chrysler Viper. So it ought to be well worth attending, and what a way to celebrate 75 years of the Motor Circuit.

It only seemed right, then, to get a little gallery together of this incredible (and quite recent) era to properly mark the occasion. Not least because Goodwood only supplied two. Just look at them: a Gulf-liveried Aston Martin DBR9, Corvettes thundering around Sebring, a Nissan GT-R being chased by a Lamborghini and Maserati at Portimao… what a category GT1 was. Even without an attendance list confirmed, having any of the 21^st century GT1 cars at Goodwood promises to be a real treat.

Anybody who wants to be at the 80^th Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport will need to be a Goodwood Road Racing Club Member or Fellow; you can be one of the latter for 2023 at a cost of £79. Tickets on top of that mean it won’t be a cheap weekend, but what a spectacle the GT1 cars should be. And it is nearly Christmas…

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[Mark_Blanchard]

That might be worth a visit!

[XJR500bhp]

If you’ve ever heard these DB9 GT cars on full chat, it’s proper goose bump stuff

[Foggy748]

Paying £79 to be a ‘Fellow’ before you can even buy tickets…wtf is that all about apart from the highest order of greed? Would love to go but no way to paying that.

[paulyv]

Foggy748 said:

Paying £79 to be a ‘Fellow’ before you can even buy tickets…wtf is that all about apart from the highest order of greed? Would love to go but no way to paying that.

If the above was not the case would it not mean this wasn't a 'meeting for the members of Goodwood' as opposed to a public event? The issue of the cost of being a Fellowship member to join the list to be a full member I can appreciate people debating the merits of however.

[anonymous-user]

Foggy748 said:

Paying £79 to be a ‘Fellow’ before you can even buy tickets…wtf is that all about apart from the highest order of greed? Would love to go but no way to paying that.

The benefits of fellowship aren’t just to buy MM tickets, and besides if you split the cost of membership across 4 tickets for example, and take some friends, it works out that it’s £100 a ticket. If you can find a better motorsport event, with the same variety of cars, the same atmosphere and similar attention to details, all for £100 a ticket then crack on and go there.

I can’t wait.

[asci.white]

I wonder if any listers will be there? Used to love these, and boy did that engine sound great..

[munk]

Foggy748 said:

Paying £79 to be a ‘Fellow’ before you can even buy tickets…wtf is that all about apart from the highest order of greed? Would love to go but no way to paying that.

Well, you can't say "no Poors", but y'know - no Poors

Tongue firmly inserted into cheek.

Edited by munk on Thursday 24th November 09:06

[SarahGoodwood]

Dear all,
We appreciate that joining the GRRC to buy tickets to Members' Meeting may seem unusual, but only GRRC can buy tickets to the event, so it really is exclusive. It's access all areas - no Drivers' Club, no cordoned-off paddocks and the quality of racing is really world-class. In addition, the Fellowship gives you 10% discount on tickets to both the Festival of Speed and Revival, plus access to GRRC-only enclosures at both events. I know this is a sales pitch, but I wanted to explain that Fellowship brings more benefits than just the ability to come to Members' Meeting!
Best wishes,
Sarah

[nismo48]

SarahGoodwood said:

Dear all,
We appreciate that joining the GRRC to buy tickets to Members' Meeting may seem unusual, but only GRRC can buy tickets to the event, so it really is exclusive. It's access all areas - no Drivers' Club, no cordoned-off paddocks and the quality of racing is really world-class. In addition, the Fellowship gives you 10% discount on tickets to both the Festival of Speed and Revival, plus access to GRRC-only enclosures at both events. I know this is a sales pitch, but I wanted to explain that Fellowship brings more benefits than just the ability to come to Members' Meeting!
Best wishes,
Sarah

Thanks for that..

[FaustF]

SarahGoodwood said:

Dear all,
We appreciate that joining the GRRC to buy tickets to Members' Meeting may seem unusual, but only GRRC can buy tickets to the event, so it really is exclusive. It's access all areas - no Drivers' Club, no cordoned-off paddocks and the quality of racing is really world-class. In addition, the Fellowship gives you 10% discount on tickets to both the Festival of Speed and Revival, plus access to GRRC-only enclosures at both events. I know this is a sales pitch, but I wanted to explain that Fellowship brings more benefits than just the ability to come to Members' Meeting!
Best wishes,
Sarah

Now that's some community outreach!

I'm already a GRRC Member but appreciate you coming on here Sarah