Anthony Reid

Anthony Reid is a British auto racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Loretto School in Edinburgh. He lives in England.

Anthony Reid
Reid as a BTCC driver in 2003
NationalityBritish
Born (1957-05-17) 17 May 1957
Glasgow (Scotland)
British Touring Car Championship
Years active19972004, 2009
TeamsTeam RAC
MG
Ford
Nissan
Starts179
Wins15
Poles18
Fastest laps28
Best finish2nd in 1998 & 2000
Previous series
2012-13
2005, 08
2004–09
1996
1995
1994–96
1993
1991–93
1990
1989
1986–88
Britcar
British GT Championship
TC2000
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

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.

Le Mans

Alpha Racing, Porsche 962C

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 at the 1996 24 Hours of Le Mans (he also drove for the team at the 1997 Daytona 24 Hours and the Spa round of the 1998 British GT Championship[1]). 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.

Touring Cars

Reid enjoyed a successful stint in Japanese touring cars between 1992 and 1996, driving an ex BTCC Vauxhall Cavalier for Team HKS, winning multiple races. He took third place overall in 1994 against the likes of Tom Kristensen, Steve Soper and Joachim Winkelhock. This led to him joining BMS Scuderia Italia, who were running the works Nissan team in Europe. After a promising 1996 season, Reid was picked up by RML who had won the works contract from Nissan to race in 1997 in the British Touring Car Championship alongside David Leslie. The Primera was brand new and needed development, but 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 Prodrive who had the works Ford contract, to help develop their Mondeo. Again he struggled in his first season while setting up the car. The closest Reid would come to winning the title was in 2000. A collision in the very last round of the season cost him the championship by two points 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.[2]

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.[3]

Reid drove a Chevron GR8 at racing events in the British GT Championship and also Britcar MSA British Endurance championship in 2012 and 2013.

Since 2016 Anthony has competed in the FunCup UK Championship with Iron Maiden sponsored Team Trooper.

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.

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.

He appeared again in Series 20, Episode 2 when he drove a Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine in a taxi race. The race ended with the limousine being split in half.

Racing record

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1990 Alpha Racing Team Tiff Needell
David Sears
Porsche 962C C1 352 3rd 3rd
1991 Konrad Motorsport Franz Konrad
Pierre-Alain Lombardi
Porsche 962C C2 98 DNF DNF
1996 Newcastle United Lister Geoff Lees
Tiff Needell
Lister Storm GTS GT1 295 19th 11th
2001 MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Warren Hughes
Jonny Kane
MG-Lola EX257 LMP675 30 DNF DNF
2002 MG Sport & Racing Ltd. Warren Hughes
Jonny Kane
MG-Lola EX257 LMP675 129 DNF DNF
2005 Scuderia Ecosse Andrew Kirkaldy
Nathan Kinch
Ferrari 360 Modena GTC GT2 70 DNF DNF

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
1992 Team Taisan BMW M3 Sport Evolution JTC-2 AID AUT SUG
8
SUZ MIN TSU SEN FUJ 20th 20
1993 Asahi Kiko Sport Team BMW M3 Sport Evolution JTC-2 MIN
10
AUT
7
SUG
9
SUZ
16
AID
6
TSU
8
TOK
9
SEN
7
FUJ
7
3rd 117
1994 Team HKS Vauxhall Cavalier AUT
1

1
AUT
2

1
SUG
1

Ret
SUG
2

DNS
TOK
1

1
TOK
2

3
SUZ
1

12
SUZ
2

5
MIN
1

7
MIN
2

8
AID
1

Ret
AID
2

7
TSU
1

5
TSU
2

Ret
SEN
1

9
SEN
2

Ret
FUJ
1

2
FUJ
2

1
4th 106
1995 HKS Opel Team Japan Opel Vectra GT FUJ
1

2
FUJ
2

3
SUG
1

Ret
SUG
2

16
TOK
1

19
TOK
2

8
SUZ
1

1
SUZ
2

3
MIN
1

8
MIN
2

1
AID
1

5
AID
2

1
SEN
1

DSQ
SEN
2

DNS
FUJ
1
FUJ
2
4th 87
1996 BMS Scuderia Italia Nissan Primera GTe FUJ
1
FUJ
2
SUG
1
SUG
2
SUZ
1
SUZ
2
MIN
1
MIN
2
SEN
1
SEN
2
TOK
1
TOK
2
FUJ
1

2
FUJ
2

1
13th 27

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 DC Points
1993 Super Evolution Racing SUZ
FUJ
MIN
SUZ
AUT
SUG
FUJ
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
14
FUJ
Ret
SUZ
Ret
NC 0

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Pts
1996 Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera GTe ZOL
1

22
ZOL
2

Ret
ASS
1

17
ASS
2

11
HOC
1

12
HOC
2

Ret
SAC
1

20
SAC
2

17
WUN
1

7
WUN
2

Ret
ZWE
1

14
ZWE
2

Ret
SAL
1

3
SAL
2

3
AVU
1
AVU
2
NÜR
1

Ret
NÜR
2

9
18th 147

Complete British Touring Car Championship 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 – 2000 onwards all races) * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap (1 point awarded – 1998–2002 just in feature races, 2003–present all races)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 DC Pts
1997 Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT DON
1

Ret
DON
2

Ret
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

Ret
THR
1

8
THR
2

4
BRH
1

5
BRH
2

14
OUL
1

7
OUL
2

Ret
DON
1

11
DON
2

Ret
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

8
KNO
1

5
KNO
2

Ret
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

10
THR
1

13
THR
2

Ret
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

2
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

Ret
11th 56
1998 Vodafone Nissan Racing Nissan Primera GT THR
1

8
THR
2

13
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

3
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

6
BRH
1

2
BRH
2

3
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

3*
DON
1

1
DON
2

Ret*
CRO
1

2
CRO
2

3
SNE
1

1
SNE
2

NC
THR
1

1
THR
2

6
KNO
1

1
KNO
2

7
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

2*
OUL
1

2
OUL
2

1*
SIL
1

5
SIL
2

1*
2nd 239
1999 Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo DON
1

Ret
DON
2

Ret
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

DSQ
THR
1

8
THR
2

Ret
BRH
1

2
BRH
2

8
OUL
1

4
OUL
2

5
DON
1

11
DON
2

9
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

10*
SNE
1

Ret
SNE
2

11
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

7*
KNO
1

4
KNO
2

Ret
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

12*
OUL
1

12
OUL
2

8
SIL
1

4
SIL
2

3
12th 78
2000 Ford Team Mondeo Ford Mondeo BRH
1

5
BRH
2

2*
DON
1

3
DON
2

4
THR
1

2
THR
2

4
KNO
1

3
KNO
2

3
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

3
SIL
1

2
SIL
2

Ret
CRO
1

2
CRO
2

DSQ
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

6
DON
1

1
DON
2

3*
BRH
1

8
BRH
2

4
OUL
1

1
OUL
2

2*
SIL
1

7
SIL
2

Ret*
2nd 193
2001 MG Sport & Racing MG ZS BRH
1
BRH
2
THR
1
THR
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1
SIL
2
MON
1
MON
2
DON
1
DON
2
KNO
1
KNO
2
SNE
1
SNE
2
CRO
1
CRO
2
OUL
1
OUL
2
SIL
1

12
SIL
2

7
DON
1

10
DON
2

Ret
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

Ret
NC† 0†
2002 MG Sport & Racing MG ZS BRH
1

4
BRH
2

3
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

Ret
THR
1

3
THR
2

Ret*
SIL
1

DSQ
SIL
2

2*
MON
1

5
MON
2

4*
CRO
1

Ret
CRO
2

3
SNE
1

4
SNE
2

10
KNO
1

2
KNO
2

6*
BRH
1

1
BRH
2

5*
DON
1

4
DON
2

8
4th 136
2003 MG Sport & Racing MG ZS MON
1

Ret
MON
2

Ret
BRH
1

4
BRH
2

4
THR
1

Ret
THR
2

4*
SIL
1

10
SIL
2

4*
ROC
1

6
ROC
2

2*
CRO
1

5
CRO
2

1*
SNE
1

5
SNE
2

3
BRH
1

7
BRH
2

4
DON
1

Ret
DON
2

9
OUL
1

5
OUL
2

4
6th 121
2004 West Surrey Racing MG ZS THR
1

4
THR
2

6
THR
3

2
BRH
1

Ret
BRH
2

4
BRH
3

2
SIL
1

6
SIL
2

3
SIL
3

4*
OUL
1

10
OUL
2

3
OUL
3

Ret
MON
1

2
MON
2

5
MON
3

9
CRO
1

1*
CRO
2

8
CRO
3

6
KNO
1

1*
KNO
2

7
KNO
3

1*
BRH
1

12
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

6
SNE
1

8
SNE
2

2
SNE
3

5
DON
1

5
DON
2

4
DON
3

8
4th 213
2009 Team RAC BMW 320si BRH
1
BRH
2
BRH
3
THR
1
THR
2
THR
3
DON
1
DON
2
DON
3
OUL
1
OUL
2
OUL
3
CRO
1
CRO
2
CRO
3
SNE
1
SNE
2
SNE
3
KNO
1
KNO
2
KNO
3
SIL
1

Ret
SIL
2

14
SIL
3

12
ROC
1

11
ROC
2

12
ROC
3

Ret
BRH
1

10
BRH
2

Ret
BRH
3

7
20th 5

† Not eligible for points

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
1998 Belgacom Nissan T.U.R.B.O Team Vincent Vosse
Anders Olofsson
Nissan Primera SP ?/engine DNF DNF

Britcar 24 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Car No. Class Laps Pos. Class
Pos.
2007 RJN Motorsport Alex Buncombe
Owen Mildenhall
Kurt Thiim
Nissan 350Z 40 GTC 50 23rd 8th

Partial British GT results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position in class) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap in class)

Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Pts
2008 Chad Racing Ferrari F430 GT3 OUL
1
OUL
2
KNO
1
KNO
2
ROC
1

15
ROC
2

8
SNE
1

7
SNE
2

11
THR
1
THR
2
BRH
1
BRH
2
SIL DON 45th 3
2011 Chevron Racing Cars Chevron GR8 GTC OUL
1

12
OUL
2

12
SNE
19
BRH
12
SPA
1
SPA
2
ROC
1
ROC
2
DON
12
SIL
15
1st 100
2012 Chevron Racing Cars Chevron GR8 Inv OUL
1

24
OUL
2

21
NÜR
1
NÜR
2
ROC
14
BRH SNE
1

21
SNE
2

7
SIL
23
DON
20
NC† 0†

† Not eligible for points.

References

  1. https://www.racingsportscars.com/race/Spa-1998-09-27.html
  2. "Reid worked on the development of the Civic 07". Home Page Oficial del Campeonato Argentino de TC 2000. Retrieved 1 January 2008.
  3. O'Leary, Jamie (24 August 2009). "Reid returns to BTCC with WSR". autosport.com. Haymarket Group Publications. Retrieved 24 August 2009.
Sporting positions
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
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