# Ben Collins is the STIG!!!
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265
**Category:** SON240sx Automotive
**Created:** [January 20, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265 "2009-01-20T16:20:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@newstar31](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newstar31)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/1 "2009-01-20T16:20:35Z")
Check out this site:
> **[The Stig Is Ben Collins](https://jalopnik.com/5134338/the-stig-is-ben-collins?skyline=true&s=i)**
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> Who is "The Stig?" It's Ben Collins! But wait, who is Ben Collins? More importantly, how was he outed at an art gallery?
Sorry if this is a repost.
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/2 "2009-01-20T16:22:16Z")
OLD.
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### Author:  [@krgoodwin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/krgoodwin)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 7:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/3 "2009-01-20T19:02:22Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/19943/13):
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> OLD.
The date on the article is yesterday.
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/4 "2009-01-20T19:38:48Z")
> [@anyone go to car auctions?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-go-to-car-auctions/19942/27):
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> The date on the article is yesterday.
here’s a post on this thread, on 5:07pm today…it’s about Top Gear by the way, the same link posted by someone else lol.
[http://www.son240sx.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40925](http://www.son240sx.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40925)
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### Author:  [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/5 "2009-01-20T19:39:03Z")
> [@On another topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/19943/13):
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> OLD.
sorry, your not cool like Mark
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/6 "2009-01-20T19:42:40Z")
^ lol, I ain’t trying to be “cool” like Mark Vlady, it is what it is lol
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### Author:  [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 7:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/7 "2009-01-20T19:50:49Z")
He’s been “outed” before but never confirmed. This was him admitting it to someone. Wonder if he’ll get fired too.
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/8 "2009-01-20T20:03:09Z")
> [@anyone go to car auctions?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-go-to-car-auctions/19942/32):
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> He’s been “outed” before but never confirmed. This was him admitting it to someone. Wonder if he’ll get fired too.
I’d think otherwise bro…
> It is thought if The Stig ever revealed his true identity, he could be fired from his role - the original Stig, Perry McCarthy was “killed off” after being discovered.
> He was shot off the end of an aircraft carrier in a rocket-powered vehicle after revealing his secret.
[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4285245/Who-is-The-Stig-Top-Gears-The-Stig-identified.html](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4285245/Who-is-The-Stig-Top-Gears-The-Stig-identified.html)
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### Author:  [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/9 "2009-01-20T20:13:04Z")
Yes, what are you trying to say?
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### Author:  [@Fobwall](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fobwall)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/10 "2009-01-20T20:18:03Z")
Why do people keep posting old shit?
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/11 "2009-01-20T20:19:58Z")
> [@where to get sabres jerseys?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-get-sabres-jerseys/19959/8):
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> Yes, what are you trying to say?
…he’s been outed before but never confirmed, like you said earlier.
BUT. It’s been confirmed man, That he shall get “killed off” if that’s the case, looking back at the previous incident of the old stig being caught.
> [@Eighth mile to quarter mile ET Conversion](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eighth-mile-to-quarter-mile-et-conversion/19957/3):
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> Why do people keep posting old shit?
^ Only you could say it better Mark 😉
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### Author:  [@S14Zenki](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S14Zenki)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/12 "2009-01-20T20:30:40Z")
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### Author:  [@Browntown\_01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Browntown_01)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/13 "2009-01-20T20:49:50Z")
> james May claims that there is a clause in the Stig’s contract that should his identity be exposed either through his own willingness or via a member of the Top Gear staff (including the hosts of Top Gear), he has to be fired. Black Stig was let go via this clause; the same clause would apply also to White Stig under the same circumstances
> **[The Stig](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_stig)**
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> The Stig is a character from the British motoring television show Top Gear. Created by former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman, the character is a play on the anonymity of racing drivers' full-face helmets, with the running joke that nobody knows who or what is inside the Stig's racing suit. The Stig's primary role is setting lap times for cars tested on the show. Previously, he would also instruct celebrity guests, off-camera, for the show's "Star in a Reasonably Pri...
Not sure how true this is because it’s wikipedia… but since the other was killed off… who knows
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### Author:  [@UNDEAD\_S14](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/UNDEAD_S14)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/14 "2009-01-21T06:20:56Z")
> [@My New Wheel](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/my-new-wheel/15913/64):
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…or sell it to a chinese resturaunt! lol
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### Author:  [@DJPyro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/DJPyro)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 7:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/15 "2009-01-21T07:33:50Z")
It really doesn’t matter anyway, they’re gonna find someone else with too much talent and put them in a solid coloured firesuit and helmet and have a new Stig.
This one probably just won’t get killed off in as grand a fashion, with the budget cutting and all 😛
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 8:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/16 "2009-01-21T08:03:45Z")
> [@S4\>Deer. with pics](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s4-deer-with-pics/19691/56):
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> …or sell it to a chinese resturaunt! lol
+1
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### Author:  [@Browntown\_01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Browntown_01)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/17 "2009-01-21T19:04:56Z")
[http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/21/top-gear-officially-reveals-stigs-identity-and-hes-even-more/](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/21/top-gear-officially-reveals-stigs-identity-and-hes-even-more/) lol
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### Author:  [@RED\_LINE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RED_LINE)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/18 "2009-01-21T19:57:58Z")
> [@goodyear plants on strike](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/goodyear-plants-on-strike/19977/9):
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> [Top Gear officially reveals Stig's identity, and he's even more impressive than we thought - Autoblog](http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/21/top-gear-officially-reveals-stigs-identity-and-hes-even-more/) lol
CASE CLOSED.
Next Season should be quite interesting lol.🆒
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### Author:  [@AhmadG](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AhmadG)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/19 "2009-01-21T23:55:47Z")
Guys, the whole point of the Stig is marvelous mystery. I’d rather not know who it is, it just adds to the awesomeness of the show. This is like a spoiler alert for any Top Gear fans.
Regardless, this shit is old.
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### Author:  [@alesserfate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/alesserfate)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2009, 12:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/ben-collins-is-the-stig/121265/20 "2009-01-22T00:29:29Z")
> [@where to get sabres jerseys?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-to-get-sabres-jerseys/19959/6):
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> ^ lol, I ain’t trying to be “cool” like Mark Vlady, it is what it is lol
> [@FS Chevy cobalt ss intake](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-chevy-cobalt-ss-intake/19956/3):
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> ^ Only you could say it better Mark 😉
Welcome to hypocrite =)
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