Top Gear's Stig revealed

**erickonphoenix** · 01-19-2009, 11:42 AM

Top Gear's Stig Revealed! - Autoblog

Top Gear's Stig Revealed!
by Dan Roth on Jan 19th 2009 at 9:27AM

Fans of Top Gear might want to prepare themselves for another Stig death soon. When "Black Stig" Perry McCarthy revealed himself, Clarkson, Hammond and May offed him. Now, according to the UK's Telegraph, the "White Stig" has apparently ended the mystery, revealing himself as 33 year-old Ben Collins. Collins has raced professionally in everything from NASCAR to LeMans, and most recently served as Agent 007's double for sequences of Quantum of Solace that required fancy wheel work. It's been such a secret for so long, how did the veil of silence come to be broken? Collins himself apparently revealed his day job to the owner of an art gallery in Bristol, England when asking for help producing a limited-edition print of The Stig plying his trade.

A builder had also come across the famed white suit and gloves on display in a cabinet while doing work at Collins' home, and there has been conjecture in the past that Collins is The Stig. Now that the cat is out of the bag, we wonder if there's much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the halls of Top Gear's offices. Secret identity or no, Collins has proven himself as a fantastic driver as The Stig, and with this latest revelation, he potentially faces "The Sack" as they say in Merry Old.

No confirmation yet from Clarkson, Hammond or May on this revelation, and the only word out of Top Gear is that they "...never comment on speculation as to who or what The Stig is." Hmm. In any case, we are left to wonder... what color will a new Stig be? Red? Gold? Blue? Thanks for the tip, Richard!

**texasspeed** · 01-19-2009, 11:52 AM

and i liked the white stig...darn....

**YTCD** · 01-19-2009, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by erickonphoenix

Top Gear's Stig Revealed! - Autoblog

Top Gear's Stig Revealed!
by Dan Roth on Jan 19th 2009 at 9:27AM

Fans of Top Gear might want to prepare themselves for another Stig death soon. When "Black Stig" Perry McCarthy revealed himself, Clarkson, Hammond and May offed him. Now, according to the UK's Telegraph, the "White Stig" has apparently ended the mystery, revealing himself as 33 year-old Ben Collins. Collins has raced professionally in everything from NASCAR to LeMans, and most recently served as Agent 007's double for sequences of Quantum of Solace that required fancy wheel work. It's been such a secret for so long, how did the veil of silence come to be broken? Collins himself apparently revealed his day job to the owner of an art gallery in Bristol, England when asking for help producing a limited-edition print of The Stig plying his trade.

A builder had also come across the famed white suit and gloves on display in a cabinet while doing work at Collins' home, and there has been conjecture in the past that Collins is The Stig. Now that the cat is out of the bag, we wonder if there's much wailing and gnashing of teeth in the halls of Top Gear's offices. Secret identity or no, Collins has proven himself as a fantastic driver as The Stig, and with this latest revelation, he potentially faces "The Sack" as they say in Merry Old.

No confirmation yet from Clarkson, Hammond or May on this revelation, and the only word out of Top Gear is that they "...never comment on speculation as to who or what The Stig is." Hmm. In any case, we are left to wonder... what color will a new Stig be? Red? Gold? Blue? Thanks for the tip, Richard!

Haha awsome, but neither color he will be storm trooper

**QuickCummins** · 01-19-2009, 08:55 PM

ive gotten to were i watch that show more and more, i like when they ran across to tokyo in the japan GTR and he couldnt under stand the buttons

**erickonphoenix** · 01-19-2009, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by QuickCummins

ive gotten to were i watch that show more and more, i like when they ran across to tokyo in the japan GTR and he couldnt under stand the buttons

A few years ago I was sent over to London for a year and I didn't know anyone or anything but I got to watching that show every Sunday night. Later I found out it was the most popular show in the city. At the time I didn't think Brits even like cars.