Boston Reid
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United States Automobile Club
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and NASCAR
NASCAR
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driver.His father Lynn Reid was the Logansport
Logansport
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Honda Motorcycle dealer later moving his shop to Kokomo, Indiana
Kokomo, Indiana
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. Boston is a 2001 Graduate of Taylor High School
Taylor High School
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. He is currently unemployed.
Boston began racing at the age of seven before moving on to the World Karting Association
World Karting Association
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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 father Lynn 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 at Eldora Speedway
Eldora Speedway
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.
He would go on to race in France
France
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as part of the Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing
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Formula One program, where he was signed to a sponsorship deal. In 2004, Reid signed a driver development contract with Hendrick Motorsports
Hendrick Motorsports
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. He made his Busch Series
Busch Series
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debut later that year at Richmond International Raceway
Richmond International Raceway
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with NEMCO Motorsports
NEMCO Motorsports
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, finishing 37th after a crash. He made two more starts that year. In 2005
2005 in NASCAR Busch Series
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, he raced seven races for Hendrick in the Busch Series. His best race was at Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway
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, where he started and finished seventeenth. Unfortunately, he was released from his contract at Hendrick at the end of the year.
In 2006
2006 in NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
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, 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 by Damon Lusk
Damon Lusk
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. 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 champion Jeff Gordon
Jeff Gordon
Jeffery Michael "Jeff" Gordon is a professional NASCAR driver. He is the driver of the #24 Drive to End Hunger/DuPont/Pepsi Chevrolet Impala. He is a four-time Sprint Cup Series champion and a three-time Daytona 500 winner. He is third on the all-time wins list, with 85 career wins, and has the...
and his father, former Indy Car Chief Mechanic Lynn Reid.