[7] The Lister Storm GTS debuted at the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans as a competitor in the GT1 class, going up against cars such as the McLaren F1 GTR, Ferrari F40 LM, Jaguar XJ220S, and the Porsche 911 GT2.

The car, driven by Geoff Lees, Rupert Keegan, and Dominic Chappell, did not perform well, failing to finish due to gearbox failure after 40 laps.

In 1996, the team signed a sponsorship deal with football club Newcastle United and hired engineer Geoff Kingston.

Changes included bodywork, brakes, and moving the engine 5 inches (13 cm) back to improve weight distribution, which put the driver next to the last three cylinders.

[4] The team decided to give the updated Storm an early test for Le Mans by entering a lone car in the 24 Hours of Daytona, driven by ex-F1 drivers Geoff Lees, Tiff Needell, and Kenny Acheson.

Lister decided after Le Mans that they would enter the Storm GTS into the BPR Global GT Series, debuting in the fifth round at the Nürburgring but retired while in third place.

[11] For 1997, Lister realized that the Storm GTS was too slow in comparison to some of the newer GT1 class competitors, such as the Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR and Porsche 911 GT1.

Later in the year, a Storm GTL would travel to the United States to participate in the final two rounds of the FIA GT Championship at Sebring and Laguna Seca.

Updates to the car meant that it failed scrutineering and was not allowed to take part in the 1998 24 Hours of Le Mans[13] despite the team entering the event and turning up to pre-qualify.

There were three Storm GTLs entered this season and between them they achieved two victories and seven podiums including winning the Silverstone Golden Jubilee Trophy race.

An updated version of the car – featuring a longer nose design – won the overall 1999 British GT Championship driven by Jamie Campbell-Walter and Julian Bailey, winning seven races that season.

Multiple protests were launched against the car by the rival Blue Coral Porsche team and the championship results remained provisional until after the season had ended.

These successes brought Lister into a tie for fifth place overall in the teams championship at the season's end, despite only entering half the races.

At the same time, Lister competed in the British GT championship both as a factory team, as well as with a customer car for Cirtek Motorsport.

David Warnock finished second overall in the championship using a Storm GT [19] while Tiff Needell won the races at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps and Silverstone in the Cirtek (CSi branded) Lister.

Tom only did a part-season, however, and drivers Mike Jordan, Bobby Verdon-Roe and Richard Dean took it in turns to partner Campbell-Walter's championship efforts.

[20] Lister also won the one and only ever race in the Interactive Sportscar Championship 2001 at Donington Park in the hands of James Pickford and David Warnock.

For 2004, Creation Autosportif would take over as the main competitor in FIA GT, with the factory squad appearing only at selected races.