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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:01 AM
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The stig has been named ...
Ben Collins

Or am I weeks behind the times ?
http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story...2-10229,00.html
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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Weeks?

Years.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:10 AM
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Wasnt he the black stig.

The white stig unknown?
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:18 AM
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Ben is white stig - named in the crash investigation report after hampster went airborne
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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Was named in the paper a few weeks ago too. They were reporting about a text service that you send your questions to, and the guys on the other end try to answer it for you.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:40 AM
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Originally Posted by Pie_n_Chips' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:18 AM
Ben is white stig - named in the crash investigation report after hampster went airborne
Yes he was named in the DTI report after Hamter's crash in Yorkshire as well as being named on the entry list for the Silverstone 24 Hour Race TG entered in the BMW 3-Series as BARC (I believe) wouldn't list him as just "The Stig"...

Incidentally, the "Black Stig" was Perry McCarthy (Perry McCarthy Info) whom I remember seeing valiantly trying to pre-qualify the Andrea Moda F1 at Silverstone on wets in the dry... and he only just failed...
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Survey S2000' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:10 AM
Wasnt he the black stig.
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 02:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Hypersonik' date='Jan 20 2009, 10:54 AM
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So, is that you kissing Perry McCarthy's helmet?
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 02:15 AM
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Oh i see.... I Wounder why they killed off Perry and not Ben.

I was under the impression that they killed him off once his identity was out in the public. Seems like both are out.... Maybe Clarkson hasn't realised yet or they have ran out of potentional stigs....
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Old Jan 20, 2009 | 05:32 AM
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Perry McCarthy shot his mouth off bragging he was the Stig and got fired for it. Hence the "I am the Stig" T-shirts as a shot in the arm against him I believe.
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