- After Dinner Speakers
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Topics:
- Humorist
- Motivation & Teamwork
- Sport
Perry McCarthy
PERRY MCCARTHY is one of Britain’s top racing drivers and is already part of motor racing folklore. He is known to millions of motoring enthusisasts as BBC Top Gear's first 'Stig', the mysterious racing driver who races some of the world's most powerful cars. Away from the track, Perry is a superb motivational and after dinner speaker.
Motor Racing
McCarthy’s rise through the ranks along with close friends Damon Hill, Johnny Herbert and Mark Blundell, has been against all odds and in a sport dominated by finance he recalls how he ‘started with nothing and then lost it all!’
Perry’s 10-year fight to reach the sport’s elite paid off in 1992 when he was chosen to drive for the fledgling Andrea Moda Formula One organisation. The dream however turned into a nightmare as the team stumbled from one disaster to the next and in recent years he has turned his attention away from Grand Prix to Le Mans and the demands of Sports Prototype racing.
As always, Perry’s exploits are well chronicled but when he is on the track his talent and determination shine through.
In a career spanning over twenty years, McCarthy is still smiling and still fighting. Along with Germany’s Frank Biela and Finland’s Mika Salo, Perry was recently chosen as a works driver for Audi UK’s high profile assault on the famous Le Mans 24 Hour race.
Speaker & TV Presenter
His sense of humour is legendary and is frequently aired in his articles for leading publications and in his work as a TV commentator and programme presenter.
Perry has used his experiences on the track and as BBC Top Gear's 'Stig' to become a superb after dinner and motivational speaker offering a highly amusing insight to the world’s most glamorous sport.
What the Press Say
McCarthy’s bubbly personality and absolute refusal to concede defeat have made him popular with the press; The Telegraph headlined him as ‘a new cult hero’ The Times called him ‘the world’s unluckiest racing driver’ and America’s Sunday Express described him as a ‘comedian locked inside a racing drivers body’.
