Stuart Oliver (born 2 July 1963 in Hexham) is a British auto racing driver, who races in Truck Racing, where he has won many titles. He drives a MAN TGA D26 in both the British Truck Racing Championship and the FIA European Truck Championship, for Team Oliver Racing.
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He first entered the British Championship in 1998, finishing the season third on points and winning the title of Rookie Of The Year. A year later in 1999, he was Truck racing champion, going on to dominate the championship in the following seasons. He was champion again in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010. In 2004 he also won the FIA European Truck Championship.
2011 Stuart Oliver joins Truck Race Team Allgäuer based in Weiler, Austria to compete in the FIA European Truck Championship.
For 2008 he raced in saloon cars, in the British Touring Car Championship in-between truck events when there was no fixture clash. He raced in a Lexus IS200 for BTC Racing, but the car was both uncompetitive and unreliable, and he only drove in the first part of the season with no points.
It has been rumoured that Stuart Oliver appeared as the ‘Rig Stig’ on Top Gear Series 12, Episode 1. The episode saw the 5000-pound Lorry Challenge, and the first event was to powerslide a lorry.
He has appeared on an episode on Top Gear (2002 TV series) for driving a Douglas aircraft tug in a race comprising airport vehicles.