Hard to believe, but this year marks my 50th consecutive year of motor racing! - Anthony Reid
A drivers’ helmet livery, like the heraldry of medieval Knights, is his identity. Over decades of racing, most top professional drivers have personalised and been instantly recognisable by their helmets. The best designs are the least complicated; designs that stand out from a distance.
Here are some examples of famous drivers’ helmets…
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Anthony’s helmet livery was designed for him by a sponsor, Bob Moore, in 1983. Moore was one of the backers of John Kirkpatrick Racing and behind the SAAB F3 Project in 1985. Anthony has stuck with the design ever since. It is a very simple design comprising of a base colour of white with two horizontal red stripes just below the visor at the front, which sweep upwards at the back, and the area below them is dark blue. A very simple but striking and easily recognisable design. In 2018 Anthony added a ghosted chequered flag design on top of his helmet in the white area.
Collectable ½ Scale Helmets
We are pleased to announce the availability of range of ½ scale replica's of Anthony’s helmet. These helmets are incredibly accurate, top quality, ½ scale replicas of Arai GP6PED/RC6 helmets complete with fully detailed interiors (lining and strap) and exterior details (strap rivets, visor release catch, visor pivot system, HANS posts) and available with clear or dark visors.
All the ½ scale helmets are personally signed across the visor by Anthony Reid and come with written verification of authenticity.
These exclusive ½ scale signed replicas of Anthony’s helmet are priced at £200. Want one? The ½ scale helmets will be available soon, send us an email to register your interest:
Anthony was born in Glasgow, where his father was an architect and his mother taught piano. He was educated at the famous Loretto School in Musselburgh, which includes the great Jim Clark amongst its former pupils. Anthony has two brothers, one is a furniture designer, and the other competes in the well known ‘Robot Wars’ TV programme.
The first vehicle Anthony drove was when he was 11-years-old, and it was a 30 tonne earth moving vehicle, a far cry from what he drives now! It was at a quarry near where his parents were living, and when he found that he could start up the earth movers, he couldn’t resist it…
In some ways racing was in Anthony's blood and it seemed natural that he should become a racing driver. A close friend of his family raced in Formula Two against Jackie Stewart, also doing a whole host of events including the London-Sydney rally, and was a real inspiration to him. With Jim Clark the most famous ‘old boy’ of his school, perhaps it was always going to happen.
Anthony's first racing car was a Formula Ford, a Nike Mk.10B that he bought in 1976, and a year later he was racing for the first time, at the famous Jim Russell Racing Drivers School where he took his first victory in their Scholarship competition.
Anthony moved south to Oxford where he lives with his wife Tina, and away from the track he enjoys both water and snow skiing, playing golf, and travelling. After his time racing there his favourite food is Japanese, though he also enjoys malt whiskey and good vintage champagne!
In 1999 Anthony became patron of the 'Racing for Children' charity.
Welcome to the official website of Anthony Reid, Professional Racing Driver, Stunt Driver & British Land Speed Record Holder
Although best known for racing in BTCC during the 90’s for Nissan and Ford, his professional career began in Sports Cars with 3rd at Le Mans in a Porsche 962. This led to 6 years of racing in Japan in Sports Cars, Touring Cars, F 3000 and included winning the Japanese F3 Championship against Jacques Villeneuve, Tom Kristensen and Richard Rydell.
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 crowned 2011 British GT Champions (GTC) with Jordan Witt and 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 will be racing at Goodwood Revival on 11-14 September.
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BARC NW Touring Car Rewind
On Stage With Tim Harvey and Alex Clark at Oulton Park during BARC North West's Touring Car Rewind, Saturday 16th May...
Iconic Auctioneers on Instagram
When it comes to Super Touring cars, is doesn't get much better than this!
This front-running ex-works Nissan Primera GT Super Tourer, raced by Anthony Reid and eligible for some of historic motorsport’s most prestigious events around the world.
This particular example, chassis #98-P11-44, was commissioned in 1998 by Nissan Motorsport Europe and constructed by Ray Mallock Ltd. for use in that season’s British Touring Car Championship.
During its works' career, it was driven by Anthony Reid in various BTCC rounds whilst also forming part of Nissan’s ongoing development and testing programme.
By the close of the 1998 season, the car had evolved into one of the team’s strongest performers, contributing to a highly successful period for Nissan Motorsport and RML during the peak of the Super Touring era.
Up for auction in the Iconic Sale at @supercarfest, 16th May, opportunities to own ex-works cars, like this one, don't come up very often and cars of this calibre are now increasingly recognised as offering exceptional value within historic motorsport.
Interested in bidding? Click the link in our bio to register to bid: linkin.bio/iconicauctioneers
GRRC: Which Was Your Favourite?
We saw a plethora of Super Touring icons take to Goodwood Motor Circuit at #83MM, but which one of these was your favourite: the #Ford Mondeo, the #Peugeot 406 or the #Volvo 850?
Shoot-Out Finale | Super Touring | Goodwood 83rd Members' Meeting
Goodwood #83MM - Film Crew
Great interest in the Ford Mondeo Super Touring Car I drove in the Shootout lead to me being followed around by a film crew all weekend...
Anthony Reid
Qualifying for the Super Touring Shootout - #83MM
Video plays at the start of Anthony's qualifying run...
Photos from Goodwood - #83MM
I’m driving my Mondeo in the shootout on Sunday...
House Captains having fun in a buggy...
BRINGING THE SUPER TOURING ERA BACK TO LIFE - PRODRIVE AT THE 83RD GOODWOOD MEMBERS’ MEETING
Prodrive will help bring to life one of the headline attractions at this weekend’s 83rd Goodwood Members’ Meeting, as the golden era of British Touring Car racing returns to the Goodwood Motor Circuit.
The event will host nearly 50 Touring Cars from the period, with The Super Touring Shootout promising a rare and evocative celebration of late-1990s touring car racing, with legendary machinery and drivers returning to the circuit. Among the standout entries will be the Prodrive-built and run 2000 Ford Mondeo, driven during the season by Anthony Reid, who will once again take the wheel as the car competes in the timed Shootout itself..."
Goodwood FOS: Anthony Reid’s Nissan Primera vs Rykard Rydell’s Volvo S40
Goodwood FOS: "When did the legendary Super Touring era of the #BTCC officially peak? We’d suggest a strong argument can be made for 1998. From the brilliant title battle between Rykard Rydell’s #Volvo S40 and Anthony Reid’s #Nissan Primera — seen here going head-to-head up the #FOS Hill — to Nigel Mansell’s marvellous cameos, it was a season that truly had it all!
If you want to relive Touring Car’s greatest era, make sure to tune in to our #83MM live stream this weekend, when a field of Super Tourers will descend on our Motor Circuit for a Timed Shoot-Out. Trust us, you won’t want to miss it."
83rd Members' Meeting Super Touring Shootout
Goodwood 83rd Member's Meeting
Steve Berry Presents Super Touring with Anthony Reid, Tim Harvey & Matt Neal
Packed circuits everywhere they went, a grid full of factory-sponsored teams and millions watching at home as Murray Walker pumped up the volume on BBC TV. Let’s go back to the ‘90s with the Superstars of Supertouring. The truth, the lies and the legends from three men who back then wouldn't be in the same room unless they'd been called in front of the stewards...
Vinson Auditorium, University of Buckingham - Tue Apr 2026 7:00 PM 10:30 PM
Anthony Reid - Nissan Primera GT — motorsport at its peak?
Goodwood 83rd Member's Meeting
Super Touring returns...Goodwood 83MM
Goodwood 83rd Member's Meeting
23 Days To Go! BTCC 2026
23 days to go until the start of the BTCC Season. @winAnthonyReid in his Nissan Primera GT at @Brands_Hatch back in 1998.
Goodwood 83rd Member's Meeting
GRRC | Anthony Reid - Ford Mondeo Super Touring
What was the real key to #Ford’s success in the final year of #SuperTouring? We spoke to Anthony Reid about the team’s domination in the 2000 #BTCC season as well as his later touring car career.
Is this the ultimate Super Tourer?
Is this the ultimate Super Tourer? The Prodrive-powered #Ford Mondeo proved unstoppable in the final year of the BTCCs greatest era, as Alain Menu, Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell swept to a Ford 1-2-3, winning 11 of the 24 races.
Will you be joining us at #83MM for our Super Touring Timed Shoot-Out and spectacular demo? Head to the link in our bio now to secure your trackside seat.
Goodwood Road & Racing Club | 83rd Members Meeting - Super Touring
If you couldn’t tell already, we’re ridiculously excited for Super Touring to come to Goodwood Motor Circuit. Are you looking forward to it as much as we are?
Tickets for the Sunday of Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport are available via the link in our bio. Saturday and grandstand tickets are now sold out, so make sure you grab yours to see the spectacle that will be the Touring Car Shoot-Out.
Goodwood Road & Racing Club | BTCC legends reunion
Stories from Touring Car's Greatest Era
If you were a motorsport fan in the '90s, you'll probably agree with us that the Super Touring era is THE era for the best racing action. A series that was so relatable to the average motorsport fan. The salesman rep car parked on their drive was the bedroom poster car on the weekend. People were making genuine car purchasing decision based on seeing that Vauxhall Vectra or Nissan Primera shunt its way to a paint-swapping victory. Those unfamiliar with Super Touring might just see a casual Ford Mondeo and wonder what all the fuss was about. What they didn't know was that Mondeo was closer to an F1 car than it was to the car that cut them off on the M25.
To properly reminisce about this era, we invited four Super Touring legends to Goodwood. Jason Plato, Steve Soper, Anthony Reid and Patrick Watts sat down for a trip down memory lane as they reveal all the untold stories of the era. If you're a motorsport fan of any kind, sit back, relax and enjoy.
If you want to see the Super Touring cars in action, there are limited Sunday tickets available at the 83rd Members' Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport available. Make sure you don't miss out on the Shoot-Out finale of a lifetime.
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Mark Busfield Posted on Facebook... And Why the Bow Ties?
"My son forwarded these photos sent from Jacob Ebrey. They got me thinking about how times have changed.
And Why the bow ties?
The whole RML /NME machine had worked tirelessly over the 97/98 winter to make a number of improvements to the car , team and strategy. We started the season with some confidence but still unsure of the competition, as all of us were sandbagging at shared tests. As the season started it was evident things had improved, and we had a strong package.
At Oulton park at the Friday free practice debrief, we had a conversation to what we would do if we had a pole position on Saturday, we agreed that engineering and management would wear a bow ties on race day.
That year David Leslie would pick up two victories, including the first for the car at Silverstone in April. But the star of the season would be Anthony Reid picking up eleven pole positions and seven victories, the most of any driver. So the bow tie became a common sight on Sundays.
In reflection it had a dual significance one as a sign to other teams we were on pole, and also that we didn’t take ourselves too seriously. It created a great sense of accomplishment in the team and helped to build confidence.
A few years later when we told the story to Eric Nève the Chevrolet motorsport manager, he delighted in telling us the Chevrolet logo is actually a bow tie , so as the Lacetti improved performance and got its 1st pole position the bow ties came out but were gold rather than red.
Nothing sounds better in your head set than listening to the race engineers commentary, saying, purple sector 1, purple sector 2 , purple sector 3 , and that’s pole! It was then down to media team to update Cefax and teletext and tell the world to help sell some cars"
FORMULA ONE IN A SALESMAN CHASSIS
Posted by Goodwood Festival of Speed:
"We didn’t know how good we had it. The Super Touring era of the ‘90s is quite often cited as the pinnacle of wheel to wheel racing. The car sat on the next door neighbour’s drive was swapping paint with your parent’s car with the added spice of straight cut gears and Murray Walker’s enthusiasm for the sport. #FOS
At the 83rd Members’ Meeting presented by Audrain Motorsport - April 18-19, we’ll be celebrating the Super Touring era with a demo and Shoot-Out, so if you miss these racing days, get your tickets for #83MM now."
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