> ☭ Fokker wrote:
> Black Stig was Damon Hill.
>Damon Hill didn't like his identity being kept a secret and started getting snotty about it, possibly because he wanted more input into the programme.
>Top Gear hoofed him off.
"The identity of Black Stig was revealed to be Perry McCarthy when his book Flat Out, Flat Broke was published in 2002. McCarthy is a former Formula One driver and test driver for the Benetton, Arrows and Williams teams, and also tested for BMW F1."
"A proposed name for the Stig was originally "The Gimp" until protests from Perry McCarthy put a stop to the idea.["
"After a brief retirement, McCarthy returned to sports car racing, appearing at Le Mans in 2002 and numerous other events. In 2002, he released his autobiography entitled Flat Out, Flat Broke, in which he spoke candidly about his time in Formula One and his work for the BBC's Top Gear motoring show as The Stig, a masked, anonymous, racing driver who evaluated the latest high performance cars. McCarthy was the original, black-suited Stig of the first two series, who was "killed off" at the start of the 3rd series for revealing his identity. He is set to commentate on the BBC F1 coverage, commentating on CBBC feed."
Gondor: wtf, im not even mentioned. I was the glue to this family. Thats BS!
Econ: Gondor, if you were the glue, then I was the glue sticky thing that applies the glue.
(edit: I believe that's called the brush).
Torqez: Econ you forgot the part where you say "and I made Torqez delete!"