Geoff Lees
In 1996, the team signed a sponsorship deal with football club Newcastle United and hired engineer Geoff Kingston. It decided to give an 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 (racing driver), Tiff Needell and Kenny Acheson. It failed to finish due to a high-speed crash while Acheson was behind the wheel. The car was destroyed and according to an interview in Octane (magazine) in November 2020, Kenny suffered from temporary vision loss in his right eye, chest injuries, a broken rib and still suffers from a reduced lung capacity on the left side.