- Boston Reid
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Name = Boston Reid
Birthdate = birth date and age|1982|12|29
Birthplace =Logansport, Indiana
Prev_Busch_Year = 2005
Prev_Busch_Pos = 65th
Best_Busch_Pos = 65th - 2005 (Busch Series)
First_Busch_Race = 2004Emerson Radio 250 (Richmond)
Last_Busch_Race = 2005 Kroger 200 (IRP)
Prev_CTS_Year = 2006
Previous_Pos = 26th
Best_Truck_Pos = 26th - 2006 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First_Truck_Race = 2006GM Flex Fuel 250 (Daytona)
Last_Truck_Race = 2006John Deere 250 (Talladega)
Awards =2002 USAC Rookie of the year2002 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Non-Wing Rookie of the Year
Updated_On =June 19 ,2006 Boston Reid (born in
Logansport, Indiana onDecember 29 ,1982 ), is a USAC andNASCAR driver.His fatherLynn Reid was theLogansport Honda Motorcycle dealer later moving his shop toKokomo, Indiana . Boston is a 2001 Graduate ofTaylor High School . He is currently unemployed.Boston began racing at the age of seven before moving on to the
World Karting Association two years later. By the time he was twelve years old, he was racing 80cc go-karts and mini-sprint cars under the tutledge of his fatherLynn Reid . In 1995, Boston won the Rookie of the Year division in the Mini Sprint 600cc division at Miami County Speedway. He won the track championship at that track over the next two years.In 1999, Boston moved to the Great Lakes Outlaw Sprint Series, a sprint car division based in the MidWest. He drove the
George K. Devine Special number 9 to several race wins over the next two years. Reid garnered more awards, the 2002 USAC Sprint Car Rookie of the Year, and the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame Non-Wing Rookie of the Year. He got his first win that year atEldora Speedway .He would go on to race in
France as part of theRed Bull Racing Formula One program, where he was signed to a sponsorship deal. In 2004, Reid signed adriver development contract withHendrick Motorsports . He made hisBusch Series debut later that year atRichmond International Raceway withNEMCO Motorsports , finishing 37th after a crash. He made two more starts that year. In 2005, he raced seven races for Hendrick in the Busch Series. His best race was atNashville Superspeedway , where he started and finished seventeenth. Unfortunately, he was released from his contract at Hendrick at the end of the year.In 2006, Reid was a rookie in the Craftsman Truck Series circuit with the new
Woodard Racing team. He had run 20 races with a best finish of 13th when he was replaced byDamon Lusk . As of right now, he has no plans for 2007.Before working with Hendrick's development program, Reid was mentored by four-time
Winston Cup championJeff Gordon and his father, former Indy Car Chief MechanicLynn Reid . [ [http://web.archive.org/web/19990203073009/http://speednet.starnews.com/speednet/nascar/98/sept/0916SN_boston.html SpeedNet: Following in his hero's footsteps ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.bostonreid.com Boston's home page]
* [http://racing-reference.info/driver?id=reidbo01 Boston Reid Career Statistics]
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