Ben Collins

Ben CollinsRecently Ben has published his autobiography called ‘The man in the Whit Suit” where he admits he was indeed the STIG on BBCs Top Gear from 2002-2010. Ben has been using the CG-Lock for his lap times in all the cars he drove to the limits on the Top Gear track.

Ben is one of the UKs top professional racing drivers having taken part in one of three Ascari KZ1R Supercars in the FIA GT3 European Championship with Team Damax. More recently Ben has been working with Gary Powell on several big movies including the latest 007 Bond movie, “Quantum of Solace”. Ben has been using the CG-Lock for over a year for his stunt work and in his regular road car.

"The CG lock is a great little device which turns a normal seat belt into a racing harness, simply by tightening the lap belt and holding your body in position. We use it for driving on track, for filming and for precision stunt driving sequences but there are numerous advantages to using it day-to-day.

See us use it in action at www.collinsautosport.com"

The CG-Lock is a great piece of kit… it really helps the driver maintain control of the car…

"Driving on the race track, the first crucial step is establishing a good seating position and with a conventional seatbelt you just keep falling out of it, unless you install a full harness or fit a CG-Lock. Sliding forwards or laterally in the seat when driving isn’t just frustrating, it’s also dangerous. In the event of the a sudden avoidance reaction, hard braking or a collision, the lack of movement from use of the CG-Lock can make all the difference in avoiding injury. The CG-Lock connects the driver to the car and holds you in the seat allowing heightened feedback from the tyres so that the driver can make the subtle inputs into the steering wheel, accelertator and brake that make the difference between posting an average lap time and a fast lap time."

Ben Collins, top stunt driver behind the scenes during the Nicholas Cage Blockbuster movie “National Treasure II - Book of Secrets” where the CG-Lock helped with the inch perfect driving scenes

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Ben Collins before going on stage at the Top Gear MPH show in the New Jag

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