118 cars are listed for the season opening NLS1 (70. ADAC Westfalenfahrt).
19 of the entry are listed in SP9 for GT3 homologated cars, making it the largest class in the entry.
Of these 12 are full Pro entries with three Porsche 911 GT3 Rs (one apiece from Manthey EMA, Dinamic and Falken), two Lamborghinis (one apiece from Konrad and Red Bull Abt), two Mercedes AMG (both from GetSpeed) and single Pro entries from Ford (HRT with the NLS debut of the current Mustang GT3), Ausi (Scherer Sport PHX), BMW (Rowe Racing) and Ferrari (Realize Kondo racing with Rinaldi).
In SP9 Pro-AM there’s a second HRT Ford, a Dörr Motorsport McLaren and an Aston Martin from Walkenhörst whilst in SP9 Am, Audis from Juta Racing and Equipe Vitesse, a Porsche from Black Falcon Team EAE and a Lamborghini from Renazzo Motorsport Team complete the entry.
The new-for-2025 BMW 325i Challenge by Goodyear, welcoming back grassroots teams and racers numbers 8 cars for its NLS debut.
Amongst the notables lower in the order working their ‘Ring Permit mileage are: LMP2 racer Laurents Hörr in the #410 Cayman, 2023 Le Mans LMP2 race winner Fabio Scherer in the #410 Hyundai i30N, and David Perel and Ugo de Wilde in the #652 BMW 240i.
Toyota Gazoo Racing list a pair of Toyota Supra Evo GT4s with the same three driver crew: Esteban Masson, Miki Koyama and Guilano Alesi.
The rebuilt fan favourite Dacia Logan is listed as #300.

The race gets underway at Midday CET (11AM GMT) with live streaming available free to view on DSC.
