1. Robert Anthony Maxwell Reid is a British racing driver, born on 17 May 1957 in Glasgow, Scotland.
19 Facts About Anthony Reid
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Anthony Reid 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.
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Anthony Reid still keeps the letter of acceptance in a frame on his wall in his toilet.
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Anthony Reid came third overall and won in the nonworks car.
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In Qualifying, Anthony Reid completed three laps with a best time of 4:13.237 which became the team's best time.
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Anthony 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.
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Anthony Reid took third place overall in 1994 against the likes of Tom Kristensen, Steve Soper and Joachim Winkelhock.
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The closest Anthony Reid would come to winning the title was in 2000.
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Anthony Reid 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.
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Anthony Reid later turned to the Argentinian TC2000 series, helping Honda Petrobras to develop their Honda Civic for competition as well as racing it.
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Anthony Reid won the 200 km de Buenos Aires in 2008 racing with Jose Maria 'Pechito' Lopez.
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Anthony Reid returned to the BTCC for the final three rounds of the 2009 season for WSR, entered under the Team RAC banner.
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Anthony Reid was entered in a third car alongside regular drivers Turkington and Stephen Jelley in an attempt to bolster Turkington's championship chances.
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Anthony Reid drove a Chevron GR8 at racing events in the British GT Championship and Britcar MSA British Endurance championship in 2012 and 2013.
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Since 2016 Anthony Reid has competed in the FunCup UK Championship with Iron Maiden sponsored Team Trooper.
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Anthony Reid had appeared in Top Gear series 10 episode 6 driving a nimble Toyota motorhome.
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Anthony Reid was involved in an attempt to speed up airport transport on Top Gear, driving a catering truck against other various Touring Car colleagues.
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The race culminated with Anthony Reid being the only racing driver left against Hammond, however the vehicle became unbalanced.
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Anthony Reid appeared again in Series 20, Episode 2 when he drove a Lincoln Town Car stretch limousine in a taxi race.