Brian Reid (racing driver)

Brian Reid

Nation:	Northern Ireland

Brian Reid is a retired British motorcycle racer .

Career

Reid, who contested his first race in 1976, has ridden Yamaha machines for most of his career. Most of the victories came in the smaller displacement classes. He was a successful road racing driver and two-time TT Formula II world champion . In 1985 he set a new lap record in his class at the Isle of Man TT with 176.577 km / h. In 1994 he had to end his active career after a serious accident at Temple 100, which gave him complicated arm and leg fractures. Because of his success, Reid was elected into the National Hall of Fame of Racers by readers of Irish Racer Magazine in 2007.

Victory statistics

year	class	machine	run
1983	250s	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1983	350s	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1985	Formula II	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1985	Formula II	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
1985	Formula II	Yamaha	World Champion
1986	Formula II	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
1986	Formula II	Yamaha	World Champion
1987	350s	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1987	350 race 1	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1989	Supersport 600	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1989	600s	Yamaha	North west 200
1990	250/350	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1990	Supersport 600	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
1992	250s	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1992	Junior	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
1992	Supersport 400	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT
1992	Supersport 400	Yamaha	Ulster Grand Prix
1993	Junior	Yamaha	Isle of Man TT

Web links

• Brian Reid (racing driver) on the Isle of Man TT official website.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brian Reid. self.gutenberg.org, accessed October 24, 2015 .