Top Gears the Stig
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fordgt40

Original Poster:

10 posts

219 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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This question may have been asked before but does anyone know who Top Gear's the Stig is ? If so will you please let us know.

MrFlibbles

7,774 posts

306 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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Ben Collins.

Have you tried a search?

fordgt40

Original Poster:

10 posts

219 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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Ben Collins is favourite but nobody seems to know for sure. Other suggetions include Damon Hill (most unlikly ) and Russel Swift ( I think not ) There's a You Tube clip 'Top Gear the Stig talks' and the voice is without doubt Anthony Davidson's. I suspect there is more than one Stig.

mmm-five

12,057 posts

307 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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There are many Stig and the reason for the anonymity is that TG can then put any racing driver who's available into the outfit and let them drive.

It also means no one driver can hold the TG team to ransom by claiming to be THE Stig, as TG can always show off another one.

I AM STIG of the dump

Edited by mmm-five on Thursday 27th December 14:54

fordgt40

Original Poster:

10 posts

219 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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If as I'm now sure there are many Stigs it makes the TG lap times unfair.

shino

119 posts

230 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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How many times is this question going to be asked on here ?? C'mon.... i'm getting bored.

Silent1

19,761 posts

258 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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It's Ben Collins but there were 2 stigs at the britcar...

Catherine197

9,586 posts

266 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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It was in the HSE report into Hamsters dragster accident that it is Ben Collins

SEN 18

1,247 posts

235 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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Postman Pat.

Vixpy1

42,697 posts

287 months

Thursday 27th December 2007
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SEN 18 said:
Postman Pat.
Don't be silly, its quite plainly Sparticus

northo

2,377 posts

242 months

Friday 28th December 2007
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Its Bosscerbera - I have the evidence on film - signing autographs etc.....

fordgt40

Original Poster:

10 posts

219 months

Friday 28th December 2007
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wish I'd never asked

Silent1

19,761 posts

258 months

Saturday 29th December 2007
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fordgt40 said:
wish I'd never asked
Good now go and consider what you've done.

shadowninja

79,284 posts

305 months

Saturday 29th December 2007
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Silent1 said:
It's Ben Collins but there were 2 stigs at the britcar...
Isn't that cheating? Or can they have as many drivers as they want in Britcar?

fergus91

72 posts

230 months

Sunday 30th December 2007
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thing is though did both stigs drive? one could of done the fannying about infront of the public and the other could of been the real driver

Silent1

19,761 posts

258 months

Monday 31st December 2007
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They both drove although the split between the 2 was around 80/20
Anyway they didn't get entered as "The Stig" they went under their proper names.

rob_nismo350z

98 posts

229 months

Tuesday 1st January 2008
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ben collins is the stig in the white overalls, perry McCarthy was the guy in the black a few of years back.
met Perry when i did a tv programme with him in 2006 for sky one, told me what he used to get up to on top gear and who the new stig is. he didnt rate him that highly put it that way lol.

B19 RUS

847 posts

248 months

Tuesday 1st January 2008
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Probably a million miles wide but the stance of ths "STIG" looks like Johny Mowlem to me.

Russ