TOM HOWARD, STEPHEN LICKORISH & MARCUS SIMMONS
Reid to reunite with old rivals
Anthony Reid’s passion for Super Touring machinery is plain to see. He describes the 1990s as the British Touring Car Championship’s “zenith” and says this period “really made my name in motor racing”.
Reid has been a regular in the Classic Touring Car Racing Club’s Super Tourers series over the past two years, and is grateful to Richard Wheeler for giving him the chance to get back behind the wheel of his 1998 Nissan Primera. But this weekend is set to be extra-significant for Reid. With Alain Menu spectating and fellow former Ford driver Paul Radisich making a rare UK appearance to race his 1994 Mondeo (right), Reid is relishing the chance to reunite with old rivals.
“It’s going to be a special weekend – I really do hope we have a big turnout of Super Tourers as that should encourage a good crowd to turn up,” enthuses 1998 and 2000 BTCC runner-up Reid, who recalls a social