[s-cars] The Stig's ID is 'Top Gear' secret no more

[LL - NY]

I don't think Collins outed himself, the author of the book (funny how the
publisher has the same surname in it though, eh?) did based upon public
payment records (since the beeb is a gov't entitiy) and some other
speculation.  At least that's how I read it. I don't think Collins actually
benefits from this, in effect, he's just another pro-driver whom has
probably just lost another gig.

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:42 PM, JC <jc at j2c3.com> wrote:

> >
> > Can anyone say, Stig III?
> >
> > I wonder if Harper Collins will be responsible for any
> > resultant income loss for Mr. Collins in the same way that BP
> > will do the same for the Gulf Coast residents across the pond...
> >
> > LL - NY
> >
>
> Yep - you know that Collins is ready for this though, I'm sure the minute
> he
> made the play for the book he decided it would be his retirement route from
> playing Stiggy.  It knocks some of the fun out of it, although I can't
> blame
> him... if you were the Stig and decided to retire and then had the option
> of
> making a few mil from a book or going quietly into the sunset empty handed,
> you might do the same.  I thought that the Beeb was pretty furious at the
> last guy being outed so I would guess that they'd put a bunch of contract
> riders about revealing his identity in there and might have a case...
> although again maybe Collins did the math there and is just going to eat it
> aka "$X Mil in book royalties minus $X thousand in fines & damages = $till
> several $M.
>
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