Equipe GTS and Pre ’63 trackday at Goodwood
A rare chance to drive on the Goodwood circuit will kick off the Equipe GTS and Pre ’63 series ahead of an expanded race calendar in 2018.
Equipe GTS has achieved large grids this year so organisers of this and its new sister, Pre ’63 series, have decided to add a Goodwood trackday on March 5 prior to the new season.
“It will cover GTS and Pre ’63 and will be a nice warm-up for the season,” said series co-organiser John Pearson. “We will limit numbers because if you get too many, you don’t get much track time.”
The racing will then begin on April 7 at Silverstone with each weekend having at least one GTS and one Pre ’63 race.
An additional ninth race weekend, a second visit to Brands Hatch. has also been added to the calendar.
“With the interest we’ve had for GTS this year we thought we could carry an extra race meeting as well,” added Pearson. “We have retained some of the really nice stuff like the Silverstone Grand Prix Circuit and a double-header at Brands Hatch. Zandvoort went down really well too so we will go back there.”
The new-for-2017 Three Hour Relay race also features on the calendar, but will move venue from Silverstone to Donington Park.
“One of the big changes is we’ve announced the three-hours to be at Donington Park,” said Pearson. “It’s in the summer – last year we did it in late September – but the summer will be nicer because it’s lighter in the evening. We thought if we could get 20 teams this year that would exceed our wildest dreams. But we ended up with 27 teams and everyone came away from it saying ‘can we do it again?”