| Anthony Reid | |
| Birth Date: | 1957 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Last Series: | 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 |
| Year: | 1998 & 2000 |
| Prev Series: | 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 |
| Prev Series Years: | 2012-13 2005, 08 2004–09 1996 1995 1994–96 1993 1991–93 1990 1989 1986–88 |
| Titles: | BTCC Masters Japanese F3 |
| Title Years: | 2004 1992 |
Robert Anthony Maxwell Reid is a British racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Loretto School in Edinburgh. He lives in England.
He spent many years in Formula Three and other junior single-seater championships, winning the Japanese Formula Three Championship in 1992[1] 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 received an offer to join the Jordan 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 an economic downturn in Japan. The Jordan F1 team instead signed Bertrand Gachot, who in turn after being sentenced to six months in prison was replaced with Michael Schumacher.[2] He still keeps the letter of acceptance in a frame on his wall in his toilet.[3] [4]
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[5]). 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.
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.
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. He won both races.
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.
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
(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 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Tomei Sports | Mugen | SUZ 1 | TSU 1 | FUJ 1 | SUZ 1 | SEN 24 | AID 2 | MIN 7 | SUG 1 | SUZ 6 | SUZ 4 | 1st | 54 | |
| 1993 | Tomei Sports | Opel | SUZ Ret | TSU 9 | FUJ 11 | SUZ 6 | SEN 1 | AID 3 | MIN Ret | SUG 3 | SUZ 1 | SUZ 1 | 3rd | 36 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Team Taisan | Porsche 962C | GT1 | FUJ Ret | FUJ 1 | MIN 3 | 5th | 44 | ||||
| Ferrari F40 | SEN 3 | SUG Ret | ||||||||||
| 1995 | GT1 | SUZ 11 | FUJ Ret | 7th | 36 | |||||||
| Porsche 911 | SEN 3 | FUJ 9 | SUG 1 | MIN 9 | ||||||||
| 1996 | GT500 | SUZ 12 | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | NC | 0 | |||||
| Ferrari F40 | SUG 15 | MIN | ||||||||||
| 1998 | Dodge Viper | GT500 | SUZ | FUJ | SEN | FUJ | MOT | MIN | SUG 10 | 21st | 1 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
(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)
(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 | 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 | 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 | 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† |