MG Star Reid Proud to join BTCC Masters Race

20 September 2004

Anthony Reid will be lining up against some of the best touring car drivers in the Masters race at Donington Park on Sunday 26th September.

Out of the 15 entries the list includes eight former champions and three current BTCC competitors. Anthony joined the BTCC in 1997 and has twice been championship runner-up, with Nissan in 1998 and Ford in 2000. In 2001 he led British manufacturer MG into the BTCC and continues to be an ambassador for its cars, having taken the MG ZS model to numerous wins with independent team WSR. Reid goes into Donington Park's finale lying third overall and still with a mathematical chance of winning the title.
 
The BTCC Masters will pitch champions and other top drivers from the championship's two-litre era against one another in identical Holiday Inn SEAT Cupras for 20 laps of Donington's National circuit. The race will take place straight after the final round of the 2004 Green Flag BTCC, making it one of the most important fixtures on the motor sport calendar

Commenting on his involvement in the race Anthony said: "I'm doing it for the prestige of being asked to do it : its real kudos for me that I've been asked to participate. It really is the Masters, like going to Augusta for the golf masters. It's going to be like the war film The Longest Day, I've got three BTCC races, I'm going for the title, and then the Masters! If there's one driver I would like to beat then maybe it's Alain Menu - we were team-mates and fierce rivals in 2000, but he just pipped me to the title at the final round. But really, to compete against the cream of drivers to have raced in the championship in the last 15 years is going to be great fun."

See 2004 series calendar for British Touring Car Championship

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