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[ellroy]

End of the race, small kid leaping about in a 'My Dad's the Stig' T-shirt.

Commentator:

Oh, look Ben Collins son.

[SDxsi]

Many people on here have 'known' that Ben Collins has been the stig for a fair old while. I'd say the most worthwhile proof is when Hammond had his crash in the dragster and it was Bens name as the safety briefer. There are lots of other things to have either proved it was him or disproved it was anyone else. I think it's getting quite a lot of media coverage due to this book being released.

[hifihigh]

SDxsi said:

Many people on here have 'known' that Ben Collins has been the stig for a fair old while. I'd say the most worthwhile proof is when Hammond had his crash in the dragster and it was Bens name as the safety briefer. There are lots of other things to have either proved it was him or disproved it was anyone else. I think it's getting quite a lot of media coverage due to this book being released.

Yes, many people have known it for a while now but the commentators comment was still funny to me

[ellroy]

hifihigh said:

SDxsi said:

Many people on here have 'known' that Ben Collins has been the stig for a fair old while. I'd say the most worthwhile proof is when Hammond had his crash in the dragster and it was Bens name as the safety briefer. There are lots of other things to have either proved it was him or disproved it was anyone else. I think it's getting quite a lot of media coverage due to this book being released.

Yes, many people have known it for a while now but the commentators comment was still funny to me

Exactly my point I knew this about 2-3 years ago, it was still bloody funny on the TV.

[david_b]

Not as funny as the marshalls managing to crash Rob Collard's BMW into the tyre wall

[ellroy]

He wasn't amused was he?

[Steamer]

david_b said:

Not as funny as the marshalls managing to crash Rob Collard's BMW into the tyre wall

I did think they were dragging it at a fair old pace when it disappeared out of shot!

eta: no official knockhill thread this weekend?

Eeta: bless - onlsow's got the bum-gravy! Is that him making that noisy or the air gun??

[ellroy]

Last race about to start.

[SDxsi]

Sorry, I couldn't tell from the tone of your post, I just assumed that it might have been the 1st time you'd heard it mentioned. That is all. I've had so many friends say recently "do you know who the stig is?". The answer is always, yes, it's the person I told you about like 2 years ago. So again, i'm sorry.

[ellroy]

Superb pass by Plato

[Mazda Baiter]

[Pedant mode]one of the Stigs[/Pedant mode]

[ellroy]

Be quiet one of the Brundles!

[MonkeyHanger]

ellroy said:

End of the race, small kid leaping about in a 'My Dad's the Stig' T-shirt.

Commentator:

Oh, look Ben Collins son.

No doubt Tom Blomqvist thought "oh no he isn't sunshine" every time he drove past...