Ben Collins Revealed To Be Top Gears The Stig
Posted by Admin on January 21, 2009
Ben Collins Revealed to be The Stig
One of the best parts about BBC’s show Top Gear is trying to figure out Who is “The Stig?” Well, It turns out it’s Ben Collins! But who is Ben Collins you ask? And, how was he outed at an art gallery?
For starters, Ben Collins is one of those guys who’s work you’ve seen, but face you haven’t. (ahem, like the stig.) For one, he was Daniel Craig’s stunt double from the recent 007 movie, Quantum of Solace. But are we sure Ben Collins is really the stig? Well, it seems Collins revealed his secret identity to a Bristol art gallery owner in order to commission an artwork commemorating his exploits on Top Gear. In 2002, Perry McCarthy revealed he was the black Stig, prompting his firing from the series. It’s believed that Collins could now suffer a similar fate.
Collins’ public driving credentials are beyond reproach: he’s raced in Formula 3, NASCAR and Le Mans, as well as providing stunt driving services for television and movie productions. Heck, if he can drive the Aston Martin DBS into a quarry with only 1 door still on like he did in Quantum of Solace, he’s gotta be the Stig.
Collins has been tipped as the Stig before. This video from 2007 compares The Stig’s voice to Collins’ and last year a builder discovered a white racing suit and helmet while working on Collins’ home.
The BBC has declined to comment saying, “We never comment on speculation as to who or what The Stig is.”
So if Ben Collins does suffer the same fate as Perry McCarthy, what color do you think the next Stig will be?
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