Anthony Reid
| Anthony Reid | |
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 Reid as a BTCC driver in 2003 |
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| Nationality |  British |
| Born | May 17, 1959 Glasgow (Scotland) |
| 2012 British Touring Car Championship | |
| Debut season | 1997 |
| Current team | Team RAC |
| Car no. | 14 |
| Former teams | MG Ford Nissan |
| Starts | 179 |
| Wins | 15 |
| Poles | 18 |
| Fastest laps | 28 |
| Best finish | 2nd in 1998 & 2000 |
| Previous series | |
| 2004-09 2005, 08 1996 1995 1994-96 1993 1991-93 1990 1989 1986-88 |
TC2000 British GT Championship German Supertouring Spanish Touring Cars JTCC Japanese F3000 Japanese F3 World Sports-Prototype Championship Formula Opel Lotus Euroseries British F3 |
| Championship titles | |
| 2004 1992 |
BTCC Masters Japanese F3 |
Anthony Reid is a British auto racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. Although Scottish he now lives in England.
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[edit] Formula cars
He spent many years in Formula Three and other junior single-seater championships, winning the Japanese Formula Three Championship in 1992 and winning Japanese GT championship races, but his success has mostly been with a roof over his head, firstly in sportscars and later in Touring car racing.
He actually passed a test drive with Jordan F1 Team in 1992 and would have competed in the following season but he couldn't raise sufficient sponsorship money, he still keeps the letter of acceptance in a frame on his wall.
[edit] Le Mans
In the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans, Anthony competed for Porsche, driving the Alpha Racing 962C in Group C1. He came third overall and won in the nonworks car. Again in 1991 he drove the 962C but with Konrad motorsport.
Later in his career, he drove the Lister Storm (1996). Racing in the MG Lola in 2001 and 2002, the team achieved pole position in their class however the car was retired due to gearbox problems. In 2005, Reid drove the Scuderia Ecosse Ferrari. In Qualifying Anthony completed three laps with a best time of 4:13.237 which became the team's best time. The car eventually retired at the hands of Anthony's team mate due to a delaminated tyre, leaving the car stranded on the circuit.
[edit] Touring Cars
In 1997 he first raced in the British Touring Car Championship, with Nissan, having raced for them in Germany the previous year. The speed he showed in this season was translated into consistent results in 1998, when he fought for the title up to the final round, losing out to Sweden's Rickard Rydell. In 1999 he joined Ford to help develop their Mondeo, again struggling in his first season before challenging for the championship in 2000, finishing second to team-mate Alain Menu.
For 2001 he joined West Surrey Racing (WSR) as they developed an MG ZS, not racing until the end of the season but still finding time to win the final race of the season, although the team was not eligible for points. He drove for the team for the next 3 seasons, although for 2004 MG pulled out and WSR ran the car privately, only finding the funds to run Reid (whose contract was owned by MG rather than WSR) alongside the better-funded Colin Turkington a few days before the season opened. Against all odds this season was the closest he came to winning the title in this car, also winning the Independent's cup ahead of Matt Neal. For 2005 WSR was unable to find the funds for him to race, and his planned racing with MG in Germany was scrapped when the company folded.
Reid later turned to the Argentinian TC2000 series, helping Honda Petrobras to develop their Honda Civic for competition as well as racing it. He won the 200 km de Buenos Aires in 2008 racing with José María 'Pechito' López.[1]
Reid returned to the BTCC for the final three rounds of the 2009 season for WSR, entered under the Team RAC banner. He was entered in a third car alongside regular drivers Turkington and Stephen Jelley in an attempt to bolster Turkington's championship chances. [2]
[edit] Top Gear appearances
He had appeared in Top Gear series 10 episode 6 driving a nimble Toyota motorhome. In series 12 episode 5 he raced a single tier bus against other touring car drivers - winning it. As a result, he questionably proved that the single tier bus is most suited to the urban environment.
Reid was involved in an attempt to speed up airport transport on Top Gear, driving a catering truck against other various Touring Car colleagues. The race culminated with Reid being the only racing driver left against Hammond, however the vehicle became unbalanced (after Reid ejected his crockery to lose some weight). The truck listed to one side and eventually fell over, allowing Hammond to win.
His brother John is the head roboteer for Robot Wars favourite Terrorhurtz.[citation needed]
[edit] Complete BTCC results
(key) Races in bold indicate pole position (1 point awarded - 1997-2002 all races, 2003-present just for first race) Races in italics indicate fastest lap (1 point awarded - 2001 onwards all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point given - 1998-2002 just for feature race, 2003-present all races)
† Not eligible for points
[edit] References
- ^ "Reid worked on the development of the Civic 07". Home Page Oficial del Campeonato Argentino de TC 2000. http://www.tc2000.com.ar/noticias_ingles.php?id=24. Retrieved 2008-01-01.[dead link]
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (2009-08-24). "Reid returns to BTCC with WSR". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77970. Retrieved 2009-08-24.
[edit] External links
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| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Paulo Carcasci |
All-Japan Formula Three Champion 1992 |
Succeeded by Tom Kristensen |
| Preceded by Juan Manuel Silva Ezequiel Bosio |
Winner of the 200 km de Buenos Aires 2008 (with José María López) |
Succeeded by Norberto Fontana Ricardo Mauricio |
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Scottish racing drivers
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Japanese Formula 3000 Championship drivers
- British Formula Three Championship drivers
- Japanese Formula Three Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- British Touring Car Championship drivers
- Japanese Touring Car Championship drivers
- TC 2000 Championship drivers
- British GT Championship drivers
