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RACE ace Gordon Shedden is the man Top Gear fans have unmasked as The Stig.

And yesterday, the Scots driver refused to deny he is the latest man to don the famous white suit and helmet.

The former Touring Car champ – nicknamed Flash – was outed by fans who claim to have spotted a string of Stig-nificant clues.

Gordon, 34, of Edinburgh, fits the bill as the third person to take on the guise as Top Gear’s mystery driver as he has worked for the show before as a test driver.

And he still has links to the show’s presenters and backroom staff.

Rumours that he is The Stig grew stronger after he demonstrated a £50,000 lawnmower made by his Honda bosses which can reach speeds of 135 mph.

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The same mower then appeared on Top Gear – with mystery man Stig behind the wheel.

When the Sunday Mail approached him and asked if he was the Stig, Gordon said: “I don’t think anyone can say that.

“At the end of the day, it is just a person in a white suit. It’s more about the myth about Stig than who it is.

“It is like trying to find Santa Claus, isn’t it?”

The BBC and Top Gear regard The Stig’s real identity a closely guarded secret.

The mystery motorist test-drives cars and assists celebrity drivers in the show’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment.

The first Stig, former racing driver Perry McCarthy, originally wore a black suit and featured in the first two series in 2002 and 2003 before being replaced by fellow speedster Ben Collins.

Collins was sacked in 2010 after revealing himself as Stig in a book. The new Stig took over in series 16 later that year.

Last week, Gordon won a world’s best taxi race driving a Hindustan Ambassador.

He joined five other touring car stars who drove taxis from Russia, South Africa, Germany, New York, Mexico.

Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond joined in the fun driving a London black cab.

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Gordon is a member of the Honda Team Dynamics racing team and is only the third Scot to become British Touring Car Champion.

He has been racing cars competitively since 2001 and also teaches new drivers at Scotland’s National Motor Sport Centre in Knockhill, Fife.

Top Gear is watched in 170 countries and the presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Hammond and James May have all become huge stars.

Last week, it was revealed that Clarkson has become one of the highest paid presenters in the history of the BBC after taking home more than £14million for his work on Top Gear last year.

The Stig character is also said to earn the BBC and Top Gear large sums in global branding on T-shirts, books and DVDs.