TYRE-SHREDDING CARNAGE AT SANTA POD! 

I'm beginning to think that some of the most famous Stigisms were actually just Ben being Ben LOL

Ben, you and your crew are absolutely nailing this. Thanks for the top tier motoring content. And shout out to damo for the awesome fpv shots!

If the Stig can't work launch control, what hope do the rest of us have 🤣

That spoon won the gunfight

I will Watch pretty much anything Ben does now

Enjoyed that. 7:00 hahaha. The drone operator was top class, definitely added alot of quality and dimension.

"Well.. Looks like I F'ed that one up" 😂😂😂 very honest 😂

I used to have Yokohama A008R on my '84 Honda CRX. Amazing grip!!!

Loving these episodes Ben, keep em coming please.

Workplace health and safety gone mad.

The ginger colored letter captions are killing me😂😂😂.

Awesome at the end, was my fav bit, Stig showing off his skills.

Next, lets see the Ben Collins/Cleetus McFarland Co-lab we all want to see!

Awesome content as always.Thanks for sharing and taking us along

Nice to see you using YOKOHAMA's, I use them for my truck and car and have never had any issues.

Ive been loving all the uploads on this channel and the gaming channel ben, between your books and your videos you produce some seriously interesting content. It was awesome seeing you at drivetribe live. You're a legend

WHAAAAT, Ben Collins isn't perfect?! come ON! I'm....just kinda shocked..., he's a human. Still my hero, from the inside out. I think he's one of 2 people that I'd like to meet on this planet...I just mentioned the other one the other day...but I already forgot who it was. heh I would like to talk shop with Andy Willman though... My co-host reminds me of Ben, he's a Pikes Peak racer having a go at presenting, super sharp guy, yet still dopey enough to be relatable. heh Sadly, I know cars well, but I'm heavier on the production side.

Love that GBS 7!

Love the Pista!!

Love the drone footage Ben 👍 Adds another element to your videos matey 👍

That was fun mate! The pistas launch is terrible on that surface! What great fun though.

Love the content Ben keep them coming !

Another excellent video from Ben, always keeps his content flowing, but different every time.

They must have thought you were going 8.50 or something to need those goofy arm restraints. I have never seen that before

@7:00 don’t worry we’ve all had our first time at the lights at Santa pod 🤣🤣

Nothing like burnt rubber lol thanks for a distraction from my pain wish I was driving again lal💜🙏💜🧙‍♀️

I enjoy your vids - thank you ❤😂

I've heard tales of this British health and safety madness my whole adult life (via Top Gear!) but seeing it captured in real time/unscripted, here, is so nauseating. Excellent job handling them, though, Ben! 🍻

Brilliant stuff! Magnificent little car that GBS!

You didn't red light, so you timed it perfectly. Easy to see you've v little to no drag racing experience (at least at a proper strip) but I gotta say, I would be V interested to see you jump in something that will actually launch. Sub 1.20 60ft ideally and sub 8 or 7 second capable. Hell, I'd love to see you hook up with ole Cleeter, do some of the stranger motersports they have out there.. jet boat racing maybe? They look super fun. Ever think about a look into drifting? I know modding cars isn't really your thing but the results can be amazing when done well or to make a car very good at 1 thing rather than the generalists road cars are. (Love stock stuff too but the other side is interesting too)

Camera drones are changing racing, very cool views

The drone shots 👌

I'm venturing a guess, this is going to sound weird but I think the original 'Stig' helmet is an Arai GP6 PED (FIA Homologated) with the yellow flames on blue motifs by JLF Designs. With the top ventilation ducts being broken in 2009 in Bathurst and replaced in 2011 for the 6hrs of Silverstone along with the addition of the chequered flags.

"passed test a couple of years ago" (*8 years later) 🤣

Drone work is great, thanks for sharing!

Ben, if you want a real Drag Racing experience, have Freddie.Connect you with Cleetus Mcfarland in florida, he is currently having a ProMod (5,000hp!) Drag race car built. He has at least a few drag race cars now, including Leroy, originally a (C5?) corvette, with no body panels...yet,

That whole arm restraint is a nonsense! The Go Kart doesn't have to have them, or seat belts, and he only checked they were on, they're so long they wouldn't save your arms from anything! 😂 I thought he was gonna say he wanted your arms covered...

I guess in the Lambo you could turn off the traction control to warm up the tyres, then change it to grab the road surface once the tyres are hot

This was a great day

Should let terry have a go at the drifting, love santa pod!

BEN!! how can you do an entire video about drag races and not show us a single time or speed for any of the passes??? You're killing me man!! Been a fan for many years and love the channel sir! Keep it up (but give us stats for the cars/races).

That drone footage is epic!

Hey, if you flip, you're going to love those "handcuffs" bc you'll still have your arms,

for the ferrari 488 you have to preset the LAUNCH-RPM first its set to low at first because you might not be able to handel all the 700hp at ones from standstill so pick a rpm that the cars stays strait from launch a to high rpm makes you go sideways and slam the wall

At the start of the video you said you didn't want to break a drive shaft with too much wheelspin. Guess your priorities had changed by the end! 🤣

Gotta remove that Airbag label on the sun visor of the Lambo. It's a lucky one, since it seems to just be fitted with stitches, instead of a heat transfer label. Cut the stitches and have a neat black sun visor on the passenger side. Much cleaner for that camera angle =)

Mens day out ! Nice one 😁

WHAT... I have no words!

Ben, you need to drive my Caterham Levante.

I was looking around, and I for some reason... cannot find Ben in any modern "Professional" drift cars. I would think a man like himself might want to try the Irwindale bank with 1000hp sideways...

Man, I really love when people spoil the first five seconds why watch the whole thing and you already know it's gonna happen

LOVE THIS CHANNEL REAL DRIVER AMD REAL MACHINES❤

Gets told off in Biyron for doing donuts and now in Santa pod for wheelspinning in the wromg place. Oops.

If I ever win the big lotto I am gunna buy a nice car collection then let Ben beat on every one of them lol. Hey ! let me have the dream alright 🤷🏻‍♂️😆

"Spoon to a gunfight",.. sure, until you spoon is a Redeye Trackhawk, or the LSXcalade.

Did you have a go in trucker Tim's V8 Scania lorry? 👌🏼

Well done

I thought the guy asked if you had army stripes.

I can't believe you've never encountered arm restraints. I would have thought they are required in formula cars.

Is that the humble k20 I can hear?

Imagine being the "EX" Stig, and still thinking you gotta sho skills. 😊

You have to be in race mode not CT off for the best Pista launch. Should hold revs at near 4k. If it’s not, then something is wrong with the car.

FUN!!!!!!!!

Love the video

Awesome content love it🎉

launch control was invented for the average supercar buyer. It's a gimmick for right foot experts.

I wonder has Ben ever driven a top fuel dragster

I wonder if Ben chose cuk as his plate on purpose

Would rather have the zero.

@23:19 Drone bounce.....

Some say… he’s STILL trying to sort out that launch.

Great video! I got a question regarding steering technique. When you drive cars with no power steering, do you tend to use more of a push-pull / cow-milking technique?

"professional driver"

Wait, what happened to you guys switching cars? And what time did the jet car run? The scene cut before its time was put up.

Mythical zero.

You probably shouldn't do the burnouts before the race. Its ok with slicks, but you risk having damp tyres when you have a tread pattern.

The one day this summer you found thats been dry....

Big rule, no burnouts in the staging lanes.

Missed a trick not calling his channel THE COLLINS!

6:51 straight up interference mate!!

Apart from donnie, santa pod is one of thee best places on earth.

Ben didn't know about arm restraints? I've 👀 seen those decades ago. Most 🇺🇸 dragstrips wouldn't bug you about those stupid arm restraints.

Why no times? Saw one through the screen, 11.6 for the Ferrari (which is a Tesla Model 3 performance time, so seemed slow)

Would you like to borrow a proper Caterham? 300bhpN/A 6sp H pattern box, My car, and then have a go, nice copy of the Cat, MK also do one, but just not as agile as a Cat, or as light, especially mine 😊 I'm more than happy to give it to you for the day 👍

What are the wrist belts supposed to do/prevent?

when it comes to Caterham and its kin, its about power to weight.. everyone talks about power but that isnt important in a race now is it?? induction anyone?

I make fun of Ben F. for being Rob Beckett's fat cousin, but he has a really nice car collection. Cheers Ben

i just wish i had someone to work on cars with..

Well I guess the F[type without launch control will be fine on the street. Not going to wait for someone else to push all their buttons!!

Ben wins!

I thought the ferarri would win but not by that much

Some say he has absolutely no idea how to go in a straight line.

Seems like too many people at that track trying to dignify their position 🤨

Go drive it like you stole it makes it more fun if you didn't but am bit nuts and blew a few bikes and cars up tbh lol lal💜🙏💜🧙‍♀️

ARM RESTRAINTS ? huh lmao

"As nature intended, basically". A lovely little _sideways_ comment there...

Track officials at local places can be some of the dumbest people youll ever meet

Ben, you looked way too comfortable with all those restraints, BDSM much 😝

needs a turbo

I hope everybody already knows this, but the term 'Great Britain' is often used as an ironic pun. In its purely geographical sense the 'great' refers to the fact that the largest of the British Isles is the biggest or 'greatest' island in extent; it's got nothing to do with the natives bragging about the country being especially marvellous. So... it's 'great' in the sense of 'largest' - like the 'Great Lakes': quantity, not quality. On the other hand, the use of the word 'great' in its quality - not quantity - sense, is a deliciously annoying way of upsetting our North American cousins - not so much the amiable Canadians, but those uppity USA-liens who resent the notion that saying 'Great Britain' implies praise, which goes against their deep-rooted belief that all-things un-Merkin must be inferior. Returning to the Great Lakes example, that raises a further complication: is Lake Superior really all it's cracked up to be?🤔