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.

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

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. 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 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 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.
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.
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. 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

Complete Japanese Touring Car Championship results

YearTeamCarClass123456789101112131415161718DCPts
1992Team TaisanBMW M3 Sport EvolutionJTC-2AIDAUTSUG
8		SUZMINTSUSENFUJ20th20
1993Asahi Kiko Sport TeamBMW M3 Sport EvolutionJTC-2MIN
10		AUT
7		SUG
9		SUZ
16		AID
6		TSU
8		TOK
9		SEN
7		FUJ
7		3rd117
1994Team HKSVauxhall CavalierAUT
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		4th106
1995HKS Opel Team JapanOpel Vectra GTFUJ
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		4th87
1996BMS Scuderia ItaliaNissan Primera GTeFUJ
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		13th27

Complete Japanese Formula 3000 results

YearEntrant1234567891011DCPoints
1993Super Evolution RacingSUZ
FUJ
MIN
SUZ
AUT
SUG
FUJ
FUJ
Ret		SUZ
14		FUJ
Ret		SUZ
Ret		NC0

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718DCPts
1996Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera GTeZOL
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		18th147

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap * signifies that driver lead race for at least one lap
YearTeamCar123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930DCPts
1997Vodafone Nissan RacingNissan Primera GTDON
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		11th56
1998Vodafone Nissan RacingNissan Primera GTTHR
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*		2nd239
1999Ford Team MondeoFord MondeoDON
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		12th78
2000Ford Team MondeoFord MondeoBRH
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*		2nd193
2001MG Sport & RacingMG ZSBRH
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†
2002MG Sport & RacingMG ZSBRH
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		4th136
2003MG Sport & RacingMG ZSMON
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		6th121
2004West Surrey RacingMG ZSTHR
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		4th213
2009Team RACBMW 320siBRH
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		20th5

† Not eligible for points

Complete 24 Hours of Spa results

Partial British GT results

YearTeamCarClass1234567891011121314DCPts
2008Chad RacingFerrari F430OUL
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		SILDON45th3
2011Chevron Racing CarsChevron GR8OUL
1
12		OUL
2
12		SNE
19		BRH
12		SPA
1		SPA
2		ROC
1		ROC
2		DON
12		SIL
15		1st100
2012Chevron Racing CarsChevron GR8OUL
1
24		OUL
2
21		NÜR
1		NÜR
2		ROC
14		BRHSNE
1
21		SNE
2
7		SIL
23		DON
20		NC†0†

† Not eligible for points.