Stig revealed as Ben Collins

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Stig revealed as Ben Collins

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/4286448 ... nswer.html

Going by Top Gears previous ending of their drivers contract – what will happens to white Stig?

And what colour is the next one going to be?
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i always thought they had like three different stigs at any one point.

sorry to steal your thunder but i knew it was him...or one of them not sure which for ages.... its in richard hammonds crash report...

on page 5, number 37

'Visit by Ben Collins (BC) to PTLE'
'The jet car feature was considered to be
sufficiently unusual and hazardous for GW to ask BC, who worked closely with Top Gear as
a high performance driver and consultant, to go and see PTLE and Vampire, and to prepare
a briefing for RH. '

http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/releases/richardhammond.pdf (pdf version)
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http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:Qbw ... =firefox-a (html version)
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Yeah I saw somat about the hamster report that potentaly named stig! also seen somwhere that jezza said as soon as stigs revealed that's it for him! So SHHHHHHHHHHH! :wink:
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Everyone who read that report had their suspicions it was,
but there also was a logical reason if he wasnt as he is a stunt driver, so could have quite easily been called in to help.
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top gear and the bbc wont deal with us after we let perry mccarthy reveal his identity in his autobiography that we published. theyve still got sour grapes about it now and wont even let us take advertising space up in the top gear magazine :roll: :roll:
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Wasn't he originally from Morchard Bishop way near Crediton and went to Exeter Uni or am i thinking of someone else ???
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Blimey wrote:Wasn't he originally from Morchard Bishop way near Crediton and went to Exeter Uni or am i thinking of someone else ???
Yep.. see tonight's Express and Echo... :wink:
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#152 Straights are for fast bikes. Corners are for fast riders
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