Anthony Reid

Championship runner-up, 1998, 2000

My favourite memory was at Brands Hatch in August 1998. The championship was coming to a crescendo. Nissan had found its stride from mid-season and the Primera was a fantastic car. The Super Touring era was at its zenith, we were live on TV, plus for that weekend there was Nigel Mansell [in a Ford] and Tiff Needell was in a third Nissan for a Top Gear feature. We had the film crew there and a sell-out crowd.

I won the sprint race quite comfortably, but I didn’t get the lead at the start of the feature race. As we came up to Druids it was congested and [title rival] Rickard Rydell backed me into the pack by going slowly. I was swamped and pushed back.

I was rather annoyed so got my head down and managed to fight my way back and caught Rickard. At Druids he took a tight line and there was a slight nudge so I passed him. Then we caught Tiff – he let me through and didn’t let Rickard through, so I pulled away and won.

Rickard jumped out of his car, threw his steering wheel down and attempted to strangle me! All live on TV. There was a long hearing and they took my win away. But it was an exciting weekend and

I still came away with a win and a second.