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Anthony Reid
Reid as aBTCC driver in 2003
Nationality	British
Born	(1957-05-17)17 May 1957 (age 68) Glasgow, Scotland
British Touring Car Championship
Years active	1997–2004,2009
Teams	Team RAC MG Ford Nissan
Starts	179
Wins	15
Poles	18
Fastest laps	28
Best finish	2nd in1998 &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

Robert Anthony Maxwell Reid (born 17 May 1957) is a Britishracing driver, born on 17 May 1957 inGlasgow, Scotland. He was educated atLoretto School inEdinburgh. He lives in England.

Reid spent many years inFormula Three and other junior single-seater championships, winning theJapanese Formula Three Championship in 1992^[1][2] and winning Japanese GT championship races, but his success has mostly been with a roof over his head, firstly in sportscars and later inTouring car racing.

Reid received an offer to join theJordan F1 Team in 1991, but was unable to raise the required £2.5 million sponsorship money after his sponsor, a Japanese property company, went under due to aneconomic downturn in Japan. The Jordan F1 team instead signedBertrand Gachot, who in turn after being sentenced to six months in prison was replaced withMichael Schumacher.^[3] He still keeps the letter of acceptance in a frame on his wall in his toilet.^[4][5]

In the 199024 Hours of Le Mans, Reid competed forPorsche, 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, Reid drove theLister 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^[6]). 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, he 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 Reid's team mate due to a delaminated tyre, leaving the car stranded on the circuit.

Reid enjoyed a successful stint in Japanese touring cars between 1992 and 1996, driving an ex BTCCVauxhall Cavalier forTeam HKS, winning multiple races. He took third place overall in1994 against the likes ofTom Kristensen,Steve Soper andJoachim Winkelhock. This led to him joiningBMS Scuderia Italia, who were running the worksNissan team in Europe. After a promising1996 season, Reid was picked up byRML who had won the works contract fromNissan to race in 1997 in theBritish Touring Car Championship alongsideDavid 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'sRickard Rydell. In 1999 he joinedProdrive who had the works Ford contract, to help develop theirMondeo. 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-mateAlain Menu.

For 2001, Reid joinedWest Surrey Racing (WSR) as they developed anMG 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-fundedColin 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 ofMatt 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 ArgentinianTC2000 series, helpingHondaPetrobras to develop theirHonda Civic for competition as well as racing it. He won the200 km de Buenos Aires in 2008 racing withJosé María 'Pechito' López.^[7]

Reid returned to the BTCC for the final three rounds of the2009 season for WSR, entered under theTeam RAC banner. He was entered in a third car alongside regular drivers Turkington andStephen Jelley in an attempt to bolster Turkington's championship chances.^[8]

Reid drove a Chevron GR8 at racing events in the British GT Championship and also Britcar MSA British Endurance championship in 2012 and 2013.^{[citation needed]}

Since 2016, Reid has competed in the FunCup UK Championship with Iron Maiden sponsored Team Trooper.^{[citation needed]}

Reid had appeared inTop Gear series 10 episode 6 driving a nimbleToyota motorhome.In series 12 episode 5, he raced a single tier bus against other touring car drivers. He won both races.

Reid was involved in an attempt to speed up airport transport onTop Gear, driving a catering truck against other various Touring Car colleagues. The race culminated with Reid being the only racing driver left againstHammond, 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.

Reid appeared again in Series 20, Episode 2 when he drove aLincoln Town Carstretch limousine in a taxi race. The race ended with the limousine being split in half.

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 UnitedLister	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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) Races inbold indicate pole position (1 point awarded – 1997–2002 all races, 2003–present just for first race) Races initalics 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)

† Not eligible for points

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

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

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position in class) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap in class)

† Not eligible for points.

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