is stig really his name?| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

ckosacranoid HalfDork
9/17/08 9:52 p.m.

per, is that his real name or just refenance?

EastCoastMojo GRM+ Memberand Reader
9/17/08 9:55 p.m.

The Stig

Tom Heath Production Editor
9/17/08 10:35 p.m.

Yes, that is my son's name, although he wasn't named after the Top Gear 'character'

Per (from Tom's computer)

Salanis Dork
9/17/08 11:28 p.m.

Stig Blomqvist, famous Swedish Rally driver

Nomad Reader
9/21/08 1:03 a.m.

only known photo of the Stig:

Marjorie Suddard General Manager
9/21/08 10:17 a.m.

That really, really looks like Lewis Hamilton.

Margie

gamby SuperDork
9/21/08 12:21 p.m.

I always thought Stig name was a play off of the Brit term "git"--which means "tool/jerk/prick".

"Gits" backwards = "Stig"

Personal theory--I just don't know if it's valid.

Black Stig New Reader
9/21/08 9:08 p.m.

Hmmmm . . . . .

jgp1843 HalfDork
9/21/08 9:28 p.m.

Way back in the late '70s and early '80s, Stig Blomqvist was pretty much revered in Britain for his exploits slinging those big 99 Turbos through the woods on the RAC WRC event. Great name for a young man of Scandinavian heritage.

I remember the article in C&D where Stig taught Bedard and the other staffers how to left-foot brake on pavement in their showroom stock 99. Fun stuff.

kstadelman
9/30/08 12:42 p.m.

"The Stig" from Brit TV is a number of people. Those that are interested normally know approximately which fairly well known racing driver he is at any given time. Definitely not Hamilton! Blomquist was also known as "on the roof" Blomquist. Pretty much fearless, and if he didn't win it was often because the car was upside down!