Quote from: chrisbeatty on November 23, 2004, 07:28:30 PM
If this Stig is Julian Bailey he seems to be a damn sight quicker than Perry was.

Don't agree. The old Stig was a much smoother driver and his "showboating" laps were more controlled. Not saying the new Stig is crap, it's just I think the old one was better.

Quote from: burgundy beast on November 23, 2004, 08:15:04 PM
Wishy is already trying to get tickets.  We live about 1/2 hour from Dunsfold.  Will let you know

I too am trying to get some - via a friend whose cars have been featured recently (KWE Jaguars). I will let you know if I am successful.

Quote from: pretzel on November 24, 2004, 02:33:38 PM

Quote from: burgundy beast on November 23, 2004, 08:15:04 PM
Wishy is already trying to get tickets.  We live about 1/2 hour from Dunsfold.  Will let you know

I too am trying to get some - via a friend whose cars have been featured recently (KWE Jaguars). I will let you know if I am successful.

you get them via the top gear web site as long as you're over 18

I've applied for 2 tickets for 15th December... Lets see what happens

Quote from: Dreamracers on November 24, 2004, 07:21:32 PM
I've applied for 2 tickets for 15th December... Lets see what happens

That's the date Wishy's applied for, may see you there.  Beer afterwards? :D

well if we get the tickets...

Sorry lads, theres only one true Stig for me, and thats Stig Blomqvist who i have just watched win the Roger Albert Clark Rally, tear arsing across Northern England and Southern Scotland in a MK2 Escort BDA. Along with Hannu Mikkola and Malcolm Wilson and Ray Bellm, Awesome !

Quote from: Simes on November 24, 2004, 10:58:21 AM
I've was at the filming of Top Gear last year, happens on a Wednesday and takes around 5 hours to film,  Johnny Vegas was our star that day

Saw the rerun of this episode on BBC 4 last night. I didn't spot the CA t-shirts in the audiance. Johnny Vegas was a bit of a star considering he has never had a driving licsence,a touch of TDA when he was younger maybe ?

I bet it prob gets quite boring stood around a lot?  Do you get to see anything other than the inside of the hanger?

Quote from: Dreamracers on November 25, 2004, 09:40:53 AM
I bet it prob gets quite boring stood around a lot?  Do you get to see anything other than the inside of the hanger?

Yes, too cold in the hangar for just a CA T-shirt, it was a freezing day in December!
We were chatting to 'Vegas' just before he appeared on the set.

Heard a few rumours

Julian Bailey
Darren Turner
Nicholas Minnasion

Could be any of them.......or....as the other rumour states - it could well still be Perry McCarthy, dressed in different overalls.....

spoke to Clarkson at the MPH Show in London the other week, asked him who the Stig was but of course he didn't know...suggested Perry was still the Stig, this was denied. Jezzer reckons the Stig turns up in the overalls and balaclava and know one on the set knows who he is...and he did say he, so that rules out Vicki Butler-Henderson, plus she isn't that good a driver anyways!

also spoke to Clarkson about getting him in a Porsche GT3 RSR for Le Mans and covering it on Top Gear but he wasn't interested because and I quote "Top Gear is better than Le Mans, we are above all that lot...my mother watches Top Gear and if she doesn't like it then we don't show it"

Clarkson your a T055ER and your mum stinks!!

Stig really does show up with his balaclava on. Apparently only two folks on the show, producer and director, know who he is

El Presidente...nice to see ya!

Had dinner with friends on Saturday and his sister works for the production company on a different project. She is however getting us a couple f tickets and they will get us into the recording of the show but also to the track side for the filming.

I was thinking of waiting for The Stig to come along and then shouting "Hi Julian" or "Hi Pel" to see if it gets a reaction  ;)