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Sydney Motorsport Park... moments before the Stig's grand entrance.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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This car - the Hi Octane R34 Nissan GT-R - was also expected to challenge for the win, but it ended up finishing eighth. Should have had the tamed racing driver...
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This car, the otherworldly-quick Cyber Evo, won last year's event and was expected to challenge for the win this year. Until something mysterious exploded under the bonnet, and its weekend was over.
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This was the car that finished second in the event - the Tilton Mitsubishi Evo of Garth Walden. Some say it could have finished first, if a tamed racing driver was behind the wheel...
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One of Stig's many fans. She had a tattoo of the Stig's helmet on her back, probably.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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We'd like to see Stig lap this around the TG track.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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This is the car that won the World Time Attack event - the Nemo Racing Mitsubishi Evo IX, driven by Warren Luff. Well, it was an Evo once upon a time, before it went through a Transformer's digestive system.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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We told the crowd that Stig meant to drive off the track before the race ended. Ran out of fuel? Of course not...
And on that bombshell, it's time to end this gallery!
With TopGear on hiatus from our tellies (damn you, Olympics) we are going to try to get Stig out of his cage more often. Stay tuned to TOPGEAR.com, where we will be sure to post details of Stig's next appearance the second we know of them...
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Slightly embarrassingly, while in the heat of battle, Stig had to pull off the track, because the Spartan got a little too, err, thirsty.
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Stig locking onto an apex with laser-like precision.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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Stig would lose a bit of ground on the straights, where he'd be gobbled up by the thunderous twin-turbo GT-R. But in the corners, Stig fought back.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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Stig battled with the awesome Winfield R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R - and held his own, despite the GT-R having a lot more power. We were so proud.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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And here he is! Stig finally hit the track in the afternoon, and immediately mastered the ferocious little Spartan. Which is just as well, because he was doing battle with one of the most formidable cars ever to race in Australia.
Pic: Dean Marzolla
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There were many other activities taking place at World Time Attack while Stig waited. And no, that's not Stig in either of these cars. You would be able to tell - they'd be more sideways.
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Fortunately, like a cat and a bit of string, we found a way to keep Stig entertained.
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Unfortunately, things were running a little behind schedule at Time Attack, so Stig had to sit there restlessly waiting to be fired out onto the track.
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Stig activated his Human Magnet while he was resting in the Spartan; many people came and had their photo taken with him. Athough us TopGear staff were careful to warn everyone to turn their flashes off. Stig can get startled.
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Stig would do battle against the two R32 Nissan Skyline GT-Rs you see parked around him here - Skylines with many more kilowatts than the Spartan - and the Stig - put together.
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Stig was at Sydney's Motorsport Park (formerly Eastern Creek) to drive the Spartan on a demonstration lap. But, as you'll see, some say it is impossible for the Stig to drive slow...
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