Patron Saints of Motoring
The individuals listed within are recognized for their outstanding contribution to our faith--be they great heralds, masterful innovators responsible for crafting the sacred icons that make motoring as we know it possible today, or famed stewards of vast automotive reliquaries.
Saint Thomas Newcomen
Thomas Newcomen was an English inventor who created the first practical steam engine, the Newcomen steam engine. He was an ironmonger by trade, which was a real occupation by then, so he may or may not have had designs to kill Tony Stark.
Saint Joseph Cugnot
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor. He is known to have built the first working self-propelled mechanical vehicle, the world's first automobile.
Saint Jeremy, Son of Clark
From a career as a local journalist in Northern England, Clarkson rose to public prominence as a presenter of the original format of Top Gear in 1988. Since the mid-1990s, Clarkson has become a recognised public personality, regularly appearing on British television presenting his own shows and appearing as a guest on other shows.
Saint Hammond
Hammond became a presenter on Top Gear in 2002, when the show began in its present format. He is sometimes referred to as "The Hamster" by fans and his co-presenters on Top Gear due to his name and comparatively small stature. His nickname was further reinforced when on three separate occasions in series 7, he ate cardboard, mimicking hamster-like behaviour.
Saint May
May first co-presented Top Gear in 1999, before it was axed by the BBC because of poor viewing figures. He rejoined the show in the second series of the present Top Gear format in 2003, where he earned the nickname "Captain Slow" owing to his careful driving style. Despite this sobriquet, he has done some especially high-speed driving, including in Top Gear Series 9, taking a Bugatti Veyron to its top speed of 253 mph.
Saint Leno
Leno owns approximately 886 vehicles (769 automobiles and 117 motorcycles). He also has a website called "Jay Leno's Garage," which contains video clips and photos of his automobiles in detail, as well as other vehicles of interest to him. Leno's Garage Manager is Bernard Juchli. Among his collection are two Doble steam cars, a sedan and a roadster that were owned by Howard Hughes.
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