News - 2000

News items for this season (The 2001 British GT Championship) can be found here.
17 November 2000
World
Endurance champion joins celebrity line-up!
Twice World Endurance Superbike Champion Terry Rymer, joins the line-up of motor-cycling
stars at Autosport International next January. The world's foremost motorsport
show held at the NEC, Birmingham is launching BIKESPORT.
9 October 2000
Final
round at Silverstone sees victory for Rymer
Terry Rymer and Geoff Lister battled home in convincing style in the last round
of the Privilege Insurance British GT championship race at Silverstone.
24 September 2000
Second
at Spa
Terry Rymer was full of tales of racing at Spa-Francorchamps on the Superbikes
- 190mph approaching Les Combes? Just 30cm behind a rival bike.
3 September 2000
Second
victory in a row for Rymer!
What a difference a win makes. Two weeks after Silverstone, Geoff Lister and Terry
Rymer did it again. Once more, the win was preceeded by a mighty dust-up in the
GTO class, which becomes more and more competitive by the race.
20
August 2000
First
place at Silverstone!
Terry Rymer and Geoff Lister had a great weekend at Silverstone after coming first
in class, and vowed this is the first of many more top podium slots. The pairing
got off to a great start with Geoff putting the PK Porsche on pole position for
Sunday's race.
2 July 2000
Rymer
on pole for round seven
Terry Rymer and Geoff Lister once again started from pole position at Donnington
Park - round seven of the Privilege Insurance British GT Championship. Our dynamic
duo went on to finish third in class.
4 June 2000
Rymer
in a spin at Brands
Terry Rymer had a disastrous time at Brands Hatch, Geoff Lister (his experienced
team mate) had provisionally put the PK Porsche second on the grid in the first
qualifying session. But disaster was about to strike after just two warming up
laps by Rymer.
21 May 2000
Rymer
on pole for round five!
Terry Rymer and Geoff Lister started from pole position in the GTO category at
Silverstone today - round five of the Privilege Insurance British GT Championship.
The Rymer/Lister pairing eventually went to on to finish second in the GTO class.
7
May 2000
Rymer
comes second after switch to GT0
After racing in the Porsche GT2 car for the first two rounds of the Privilege
Insurance British GT Championship, Mike Pickup, (team manager at PK Sport) has
decided to switch Terry to the more competitive Porsche 911 GT3R, competing in
the GT0 class.
7 March 2000
Rymer to drive for for the PK Porsche Team
Former British/European Superbike Champion and reigning World Endurance Champion
has announced that he will be driving in the Privilege Insurance British Powertour
GT Series. Rymer, 33 will be driving for the PK Porsche Team in their Porsche
GT2 car.
6 March 2000
World motorcycle champion plans GT bid
Terry Rymer, the current World Superbike Endurance champion, is the latest star
name to commit to the Privilege Insurance British GT Championship. Rymer will
pilot a PK Sport Porsche 911GT2 in a career move aimed to take him towards the
Le Mans 24-hour sportscar race.
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