# The Stig unmasked **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 13, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338 "2009-01-13T09:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/1 "2009-01-13T09:16:11Z")
> ![http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00022/stig_01_1101_22853a.jpg](http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00022/stig_01_1101_22853a.jpg) > **SOME say he was built from a stolen Ferrari blueprint, others that he’s an alien from the Planet Speed. But they’re all wrong —because the News of the World knows the real identity of The Stig.** > We’ve finally run to ground Jeremy Clarkson’s anonymous Top Gear hero . > And we can tell you he’s MARRIED, lives quietly in a comfortable £300,000 home and was once TERRIFIED of driving. > We can also report that when he’s not screaming around the show’s famous Gambon corner at breakneck speed in his white suit and black-visored helmet, the racetrack ace likes pootling around in a £15,000 car that would even bore James May. > And his NAME is . . . > OK, Jeremy, stop tearing up the paper and keep your hair on . . . we have no intention of wrecking the great mystery for Top Gear’s millions of fans. All we’ll reveal is his eyes behind the trademark white helmet and a few other clues. > **Grade** > The true identity of the superdriver who tests new models and coaches stars in the Reasonably Priced Car feature has always been kept a closely-guarded BBC secret. “Who is the Stig?” is one of the most popular questions on search engines. > But last week we found a leak in the Top Gearbox—and a senior BBC source last night confirmed: “Yes \*\*\*\* \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* IS the Stig but don’t tell anyone I’ve told you.” > Some say the Stig drinks petrol and uses a V8 engine to power his Philishave, but we’ve discovered he found his first track outing as a youngster “terrifying”. > Yet that didn’t stop him growing up to learn his trade in Formula First, GT Racing and Stock Cars . . . and almost make the grade as a Formula One driver. > ![http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00022/perry_280x450_22850a.jpg](http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00022/perry_280x450_22850a.jpg) > Now in his 30s, he earns around £150,000 a year combining his Top Gear job—showing presenters Jeremy, James and Richard Hammond how it should be done— with some stunt and test driving. And that’s as much as we dare tell you. > We only know that this Stig has no intention of going the way of his predecessor, Perry McCarthy. Perry did the job for 22 Top Gears until he revealed his secret and was “killed off” . . . by being shot off the end of aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in a rocket-powered vehicle. > Former Formula One and Le Mans racer Perry, 47, still speaks warmly about his time. “It was great fun—and I’m still a big fan,” he told us. > Meanwhile the Beeb are determined the present Stig keeps his visor firmly down. > “This is the best-kept secret in motor racing and we want to keep it that way,” said our source. “No one will ever officially confirm his identity.” [http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/124186/Top-Gears-Stig-unmasked.html](http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/124186/Top-Gears-Stig-unmasked.html) ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/2 "2009-01-13T09:20:09Z")
My plan is working…That’s exactly what I tell BBC to leak to the media. :ninja ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/3 "2009-01-13T10:22:18Z")
ok? this article was as useless as a head is on a women. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/4 "2009-01-13T10:23:17Z")
Pretty much. but you did get the picture at the top. ---
**Author:** ![deadbeatrec](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/deadbeatrec/32/6401_2.png) [@deadbeatrec](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadbeatrec)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/5 "2009-01-13T10:24:57Z")
> [@IT People: I need interview help!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-people-i-need-interview-help/12480/5): > > Pretty much. but you did get the picture at the top. looks photochoped ---
**Author:** ![JClark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jclark/32/6309_2.png) [@JClark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JClark)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/6 "2009-01-13T12:47:14Z")
> [@IT People: I need interview help!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/it-people-i-need-interview-help/12480/4): > > ok? this article was as useless as a head is on a women. LOL! Rep-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Mafdark](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mafdark/32/6322_2.png) [@Mafdark](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mafdark)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2009, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/7 "2009-01-19T09:00:46Z")
> **[Top Gear's Stig Revealed!](https://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/19/top-gears-stig-revealed/)** > > Fans of Top Gear might want to prepare themselves for another Stig death soon. When "Black Stig" Perry McCarthy revealed himself, Clarkson, Hammond and May offed him. Now, according to the UK's Telegraph, the "White Stig" has apparently ended the... ---
**Author:** ![votblindub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/votblindub/32/6280_2.png) [@votblindub](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/votblindub)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/8 "2009-01-21T06:00:00Z")
> **[The Stig(s) unmasked: Top Gear use FOUR different mystery test drivers](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1123502/The-Stig-s-unmasked-Top-Gear-use-FOUR-different-mystery-test-drivers.html)** > > For years Top Gear fans have tried to discover the identity of the mystery test driver Stig - and finally he has been unmasked. ---
**Author:** ![Wayne64SS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wayne64ss/32/6365_2.png) [@Wayne64SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Wayne64SS)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2009, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/9 "2009-01-21T13:23:27Z")
this is all false… the stig is clearly Graham Hill who had faked his own death officially official: [http://www.topgear.com/us/blog/more/the-stig-is-revealed/](http://www.topgear.com/us/blog/more/the-stig-is-revealed/) ---
**Author:** ![Jeremiah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeremiah/32/6318_2.png) [@Jeremiah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeremiah)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2009, 9:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-stig-unmasked/241338/10 "2009-01-25T09:26:42Z")
There has been a few Stigs. There was a video floating around yeearrrs ago of a hidden camera showing Jeremy and Hammond arguing about which Stig they thought was better.