1990's and 00's BTCC star Anthony Reid talks about his time in the Super Touring era, racing with three of the best teams and cars of the time and tells me why it was the era that couldn't last.Anthony raced a Nissan Primera with RML/Ray Mallock Ltd, Ford Mondeo with Prodrive and MG ZS with WSR/West Surrey Racing and finished runner up in the championship in 1998 to Rickard Rydell and 2000 to team-mate Alain Menu, taking 15 wins along the way.00:00 - BTCC with Nissan with David Leslie and RML08:43 - Brands Hatch and Ricard Rydell10:52 - The Golden Era of Super Touring19:23 - Back to BTCC Mondeo/ProDrive20:49 - The centrifuge24:49 - BTCC with MG - with Colin Turkington28:12 - Team mates with Warren Hughes31:35 - The Brands Hatch "Agreement"

Anthony Reid is British racing driver with a multi race and championship winning career spanning continuously for over 50 years.

From starting as a humble mechanic, he serving a long apprenticeship in British National racing in Formula Ford 1600 and 2000 before taking an opportunity to race in Japan winning the Japanese Formula 3 championship against runners up Jacques Villenueve and Tom Kristensen (and other stars such as Roland Ratzenberger and Michael Schumacher). He then had a brief stint in Japanese F3000 - and a huge crash - before winning in Japanese GT and Touring Car championship races.

His career then moved back to Europe, resulting in a long stint in the British Touring Car Championship, where he became a household name in the 1990’s and 00’s on British TV, racing for the best teams and manufacturers of the day including a Nissan Primera with Ray Mallock Ltd (RML), a Ford Mondeo for Prodrive and MG ZS for West Surrey Racing against the world’s best Touring Car drivers includong Jason Plato, Alain Menu, Yvan Muller, Ricard Rydell, Gabriele Tarquini, Tom Kristensen and Nigel Mansell.

He also was successful in endurance GT racing, finishing 3rd at the 24 hours of Le Mans in a Porsche 962C and also made competitive outings in Sports Prototypes for MG.

More recently he has been racing Touring Cars in South America for the Works Honda Petrobras Team, film work with Top Gear, a Works driver for Chevron from 2010 to 2014, was crowned 2011 British GT Champions (GTC) with Jordan Witt and was 2012 Goodwood Festival of Speed outright winner.

Anthony was appointed House Captain by Goodwood for the new GRRC Members Meeting from 2014 to 2023, Methuen House is still the most successful House amongst the 4 Houses.

He can be found at:

www.AnthonyReid.com

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Chapters

00:00:00 - Intro

00:06:26 - A mechanic with Caterham

00:11:50 - Moving to Silverstone

00:22:40 - Formula Ford 1600 & best mate John Pratt

00:31:51 - British GP support race winner

00:37:23 - Warren Hughes' compliment

00:39:46 - FF2000

00:45:01 - Silverstone Montego crash

00:49:52 - An opportunity in Japan

00:57:52 - Japanese F3000 and the big crash

01:02:02 - Jordan F1 opportunity

01:05:32 - Reuniting with Jacques Villeneuve at Goodwood

01:07:37 - Japanese racing culture in the 1990's

01:08:23 - BTCC with Nissan with David Leslie and RML

01:17:10 - Brands Hatch and Ricard Rydell

01:19:19 - The Golden Era of Super Touring

01:28:20 - The Hell's Angels...

01:32:29 - The centrifuge

01:34:58 - Back to BTCC Mondeo/ProDrive

01:40:23 - BTCC with MG - with Colin Turkington

01:43:47 - Team mates with Warren Hughes

01:47:10 - The Brands Hatch "Agreement"

01:48:49 - Le Mans with MG

01:51:12 - "You're talking to a different beast..."

01:53:25 - The horns come out...

01:55:14 - Goodwood Festival Of Speed runs

01:58:31 - An Escort Cosworth moment

02:02:02 - Festival of Speed in Nissan 350 Super GT

02:13:04 - ...one more thing...SEAT Touring Car Masters!

02:19:51 - "The Truck And Trailer"

02:22:12 - "The Can Opener"

John Thorne from Thorney Motorsport, the world’s largest and longest established McLaren Independent Specialist runs through the opportunities and challenges of caring for pre-owned McLarens from both a service and sales perspective.Thorney Motorsport are based near Silverstone race track in Northamptonshire, UK, where they have a 30 acre site with 6 ramps, a two large showrooms and a custom dyno cell. They also have dealers all over the World and offer McLaren owners independent servicing and repairs to all McLaren models.They are also the largest independent supplier of pre-owned McLaren cars in the World, supplying over 200 pre owned cars to new owners under consignment sale agreements with existing owners.Their aim is simple; offer new and existing McLaren owners advice and assistance.If you enjoy and want to see more conversations, please consider supporting my channel by clicking on the SUBSCRIBE button…it’s FREE! Please also consider subscribing to Thorney Motorsport’s YouTube channel - links above! Thanks, Anthony#dontliftoff #mclaren #independent #servicing #parts #salesThorney Motorsport can be found at:https://www.thorneymotorsport.co.ukhttps://www.facebook.com/thorneymotorsporthttps://www.youtube.com/user/ThorneyMotorsporthttps://www.linkedin.com/in/john-thorne-9774991a/https://www.tiktok.com/@thorneymotorsportEmail: info@thorneymotorsport.co.ukChapters00:00 - McLaren Specialist vs Main Dealer05:10 - The challenges and opportunities11:08 - Selling pre-owned McLarens16:20 - Being the Grim Reaper...21:42 - The difference with an independent?26:14 - The Thorney Motorsport franchise28:00 - The relationship with McLaren