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Brian Reid is a former motorcycle road racer and World Formula Two Champion from Northern Ireland. [1]
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Brian Reid is a former motorcycle road racer and World Formula Two Champion from Northern Ireland. [1]
Reid started racing in 1976 at St. Angelo airfield, Enniskillen, and had his first road race the same year at the Dundrod Circuit in Killinchy 150, riding a TD3 250 Yamaha. His first road race win came in 1979 at a wet Carrowdore meeting riding a 125cc Morbidelli.
He first tackled the Isle of Man course for the Manx Grand Prix in 1978, riding a Yamaha TZ250 which seized in the Newcomers race and threw him off at Cruickshanks corner in Ramsey. His best result at the Manx was a second place in the Senior race riding a Ray Cowles-sponsored RG500 Suzuki in 1980.
Reid's first TT race came in 1981, without much luck, but he won the first of his national championships the 350cc Ulster Grand Prix that same year.
In 1982 Reid created history by becoming the first rider to win 3 Irish road race championships in one year, taking the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc titles. In 1984 he made it a clean sweep winning 3 Ulster Championships and 3 Irish Championships the 250cc, 350cc and 500cc categories the first time that had been done. 1983 saw him crowned Irish Motorcyclist of the Year which he also won again in 1989.
In 1984 Reid turned his attention to the Formula TT world championship racing, sponsored by Mick Mooney of Irish Racing Motorcycles on a privately entered 350cc Yamaha. In that first year Reid collected a bronze medal and, but for a breakdown at the Ulster Grand Prix, could have been gold. Reid made amends in 1985 by taking gold with wins in Portugal, Spain and the Ulster, and repeated the feat in 1986 to be a double world champion; [2] he also had the first of his 5 TT wins in this year.
1989 saw the launch of the Regal 600cc championship which Reid dominating from the beginning, taking the title on the Budweiser Yamaha. He retained his title in 1990 and won his second TT in the Supersport 600cc. Reid went on to take TT wins in 1992, with a double in the Supersport 400cc and Junior 250cc, and in 1993 with a Junior 250cc win.
In 1994 his career ended when he was involved in a serious accident at the Temple 100, which ultimately caused his retirement from racing. [3]
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