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Some say The Stig fell to Earth from a speeding meteorite and landed behind the wheel of a Koenigsegg CCX before the producers of the successful BBC car show ‘Top Gear’ chose him to be their mute racing driver.
Others said he was actually a clone combination of seven race car drivers, chemically and genetically designed to drive everything from a fully-tweaked Lamgorgini Murcelagio to a gas-powered snowmobile down a steep ski jump ramp.
But Jeremy Clarkson, the colorful and outspoken ‘Top Gear’ host, called him a “greedy twat.”
Ben Collins, the Formula Three circuit, British GT Championship and Le Mans Series racing driver, was revealed as The Stig thi ssummer thanks to a British high court ruling. Collins finally got to speak of his time as The Stig in a new book called ‘The Man in the White Suit,’ which hit bookstores in the States this week.
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