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There is nothing
to compare it with.

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It's the most exhilarating place
in the world.

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It's like being able to fly.

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Just like growing wings.

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If it's in your blood, you...
You can't get it out.

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You just want more.

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You put
the earplugs in, the helmet goes on.

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Everything goes quiet.

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You know what's ahead of you,

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and everything else around you
is forgotten

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and it's time you get on with the job.

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My mind goes completely blank.

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And my mind just goes into madness.

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Well, /suppose
it all revolved around

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Mr Acum,
me primary school teacher; really.

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And he didn't half put manners in us,
that man.

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You know, in my day, like, and all that.

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But I think, you know,
fuck it, what a boy.

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Just, you know, if we was naughty,
he used to give us the slipper:

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We knew we was getting it,
cos he used to warm it up on a radiator

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before he give us it.

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If we was naughty again, which was
mostly me, I was naughty all the time,

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we used to have to pick stones up
so the lawn mower

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wouldn't run over them.

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He used to have his own putting green
out the back of school

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and our main job was keeping the
putting green right and mowing grass.

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And then, yeah,
I thought natural progression,

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I wanted to go and race them.

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I've still got my first engine
I ever had.

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Suffolk Punch lawn mower engine,
I think it's down there.

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Yeah, I just used to play with that.
It was all I wanted to do.

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I wasn't bothered about...
You know, I had a few mates.

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But I wasn't bothered about,
you know, girls.

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I'm still
not bothered about girls, really.

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I'm not gay or owt_

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But I'm just, you know, I'd rather play
with lorries and tractors and engines.

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Still, I haven't really grown up.
No, I haven't grown up.

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- You got the key?
- Yeah.

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Are we all right, then?

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Right hand down, boss.

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Road racers? A bit mad...

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That's tight. You bastard.

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What would you say...

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A tile short of a roof?

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One short of a six pack?

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A few slates adrift?
We'd use that one a lot.

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Lights are on but no one's home.

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I can imagine,
from the outside looking in,

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anyone that's racing the TT looks like
the lights are on but no one's home.

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You're not a proper road racer
until you've won a TT

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I obviously aren't a proper road racer,
because I haven't won one.

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But I'm trying. I don't give in.

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Barry Sheene wasn't a big fan, was he?

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He thought it was too dangerous, did he.

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There you go, lager-shandy drinking
southern poofters, there you go.

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That says it all, doesn't it? Yeah.

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That's it, we're away now.

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All right, boss.

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We're getting there.

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I was only watching that
the other night, the Dam Busters.

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Yeah, it's mega, that. Wallis Barnes.

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You know the idea
that got him into that was, um...

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No. Not Napoleon...

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Who was your boy, that used it in
the battleships? Beginning with an "N"?

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Not Napoleon...

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Different things
make different people happy, don't they?

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Some lads love going to the pub,
I don't like being in the pub.

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Some lads love shagging,
I don't like shagging

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I don't mind it, but I'm not into it.

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I'd rather just go and ride
me motorbikes or me pushbikes.

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It's whatever you're into, isn't it?

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If we was all the same everybody
would be at the TT wouldn't they?

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But different things
make different people tick.

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And that makes me tick, and that's
why I'm gonna keep on going.

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I just want to keep going
until I've won one.

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Or won Eve, that's my plan, win five in
a week, that's not been done before.

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171 go and do that, then that's it.
171 go and End the next job to do

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I've got another big goal, this...

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He's a massive... Well, not massive,
he's not massive, is he?

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He's not massive.

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People use that word, don't they.

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I'll tell you what people word...
People use all the time.

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Unbelievable.

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Can't use that word, can you?
"Unbelievable."

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When a man...
Like I've said this before,

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when a man eats his own head, I will
then hold my hands up and say,

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"Right, that was unbelievable."

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Cos I can't believe
a man can eat his own head.

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But, like we say, never say never.

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Unbelievable,
absolutely unbelievable.

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Evel Knievel was
the big stuntman at the time

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and I had a stars and stripes suit,
and a stars and stripes helmet

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and I thought I was Evel Knievel,
you know.

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My dad used to build me a ramp
and I used to jump 14 toy buses,

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where Evel Knievel tried
to jump the 14 real buses.

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I wrote to Jim 'll Fix it,
for me to do a jump with him

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and he never even replied back,
the miserable old goat.

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It's always been in me.
I don't know any different.

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I'm not really interested
in anything else, you know,

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football, cricket or anything.

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It's just been bikes
all the way through my life.

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He's still a little boy
at heart. He's crackers, really.

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When I met him,
he 'd just finished motocross

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and he was wanting
to get into racing bikes.

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And he always said, "/'m going to do
an Isle of Man TT race one day. "

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And he said, "I just want to win a TT
/'ll get it under my belt and that's it.

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"I '11, you know, never do it again- "

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And he won his first 250 race,

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and we're like, "Oh, that's it,
he's going to finish now. "

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I thought, "Thank God for that. "

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But it just makes that bug
grow even bigger; I think.

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Even then,
when I was 10 years old,

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I just used to watch it,
and it'd just blow me away.

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I used to think,
"That's gonna be me one day.

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"I'm gonna win one of these- "

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if I had been sat there then,
and someone would have said,

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you know, I'll have 15 wins, I probably
would have laughed at them

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and felI off the wall,
but here I am with 15 wins.

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But I still get that,
you know jitters now.

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You know, TT's coming. TT's coming.
Building up. Building up.

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I get apprehensive, nervous.
Months before the TT you know.

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And when I think about it, it makes
me skip a heartbeat, really.

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I have to have the house immaculate,
and the garage has to be immaculate.

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Everything's got to have its place.

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I'll mow the lawn, make sure
that's all right. Clean the cars.

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So, just in case anything does happen,
then everything's ready.

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I definitely think about it.
It's got to cross your mind.

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It has to cross your mind,
cos it's there, all the time.

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It's a reality that
you might not come back.

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John McGuinness 17.43, 127,

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under the lap
record from a standing start!

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For two
incredible weeks each summer;

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generations of men and women
have made the pilgrimage

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to the lsle of Man to pit
themselves against the track,

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which has achieved international status

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and become synonymous
with speed and glory

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At a time when the maximum
permitted speed on English roads

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was just 20 miles per hour
and racing strictly prohibited,

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a band of enthusiasts
intent on testing their bikes

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and themselves to the limits
of speed and endurance

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gathered on the Isle of Man,

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and in 1907 the Tourist Trophy was born.

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You see? Look at the suspension.

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You see?

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And then we'll put it the other way.

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Watch that.

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Keep watching.

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It'll do something.

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See? Look at that. Hey?

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Me and Guy have got
the typical father-son relationship.

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- Guy knows best, and I knows best.
- Yeah.

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I'll put a brew on.

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See, a Steadicam That's what it is.

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Must have shockers in it or something.

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You what?

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Say, when you was
holding that thing you can jar

157
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but that takes all the jar
out of the camera, doesn't it?

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Are they dear?
I bet it's dear that, innit.

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Go on, how much is that arm there then?

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Fourteen hundred?

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Fuck off.

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Fourteen grand?

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Fourteen grand.

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Fucking hell.

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Fuck, have you seen that?
Fourteen grand.

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Me first TT was '74,

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riding a Gus Kuhn Norton
Commando production bike.

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I thought,
I'm gonna be a TT superstar here.

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So I set off from...

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How old was you?

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I was...

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How old was I?

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1974.

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Forty seven. What's that, then?

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- I don't know. '74... '47. By heck.
- Anyway...

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Come into Glen Helen,
up Craig Willie's hill,

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cranked it in...

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Down, down, down,
no further to go, bang.

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Straight over the bank.

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The bike finished up in three bits.

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And I broke my back.

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And I was back at the TT again
the following year.

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My worst crash ever?

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Probably North West, 2008.

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Come off the Black Hill, lost the front,
on the apex of the corner;

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not very fast, maybe 120 miles an hour

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Hit the kerb with my arse
at 120 mile an hour

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I walked away. Walked away no bother.

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The bike was nothing,
we could hardly salvage anything.

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Everything was written off on it.
Everything.

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I got away from that, but it scarred me.

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It didn't scar me for life, it just....

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Proper. I just thought another one
of those moments I thought, ooh.

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But that's a buzz that,

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you know get it wrong, you're
an inch out here and that's it.

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Yeah, it was a lot like that.

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I'm not like
a sadomasochist or anything,

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I'm not purposefully going out there
trying to kill myself

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No, definitely not. The opposite,
really, I want to succeed, you know?

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But that's the buzz you get
out of trying to do that.

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You do end up in that position

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where it looks like it's going
to be game over at any moment.

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But, those positions, money cannot
buy the buzz you get out of it.

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That thing that you get, that you
think, "That's it, game over,"

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you don't go into a panic, you just,
"This is it, game over."

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I've been in about four of them
since I've been racing,

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and I've been racing 10 years now.

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And all of those moments, I think three
of those moments were at the TT.

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I come to the gym
a couple of times a week,

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and get out on my mountain bike
a couple of times a week.

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I enjoy my training
and it keeps me focused on the job.

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I don't like anything to
sort of let my riding slip.

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If a bit of training's what it takes,
then that's what I do.

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I've always been a bike fanatic

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but my parents have
always been against it

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and by the time I got to 15, I think
I wore my parents down that much.

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They were a bit concerned
about me getting a road bike

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so they got me a trials bike
and the minute I was 17, I took my test

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and got a road bike,
so it backfired a bit on my parents.

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But, you know, I met a group of lads
that blagged a caravan for free,

221
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it was an absolute wreck.

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Dragged it all over the country,
it was falling apart

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and we got to race meetings, had a few
beers at a barbecue, raced all day.

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It was just great
to experience that side of it.

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Natural ability pulls you
through to a certain level,

226
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but if I'm in a race and it
comes down to a tight battle,

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and I lose the race basically
through fitness or something,

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you know, I 'd be devastated with myself

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so I get very obsessed
about what I'm doing.

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There's only one outcome for me.

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To win the race.

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Every one of the 37 and
three-quarter miles of public roads

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that makes up the course has
created a champion or hero.

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Over 200 corners must be
negotiated up to six times

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to complete the world's toughest
road race in the fastest time.

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There are five races over a week
culminating with the Senior TT

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With speeds of up to 200 miles per hour

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and the opportunity
for disaster around every corner;

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its dangers are set in stone.

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To date, 231 riders have lost
their lives on the TT course.

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To win just one TT
is an outstanding achievement.

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The legendary Joey Dunlop
has an unmatched 26 wins,

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John McGuinness holds
the outright lap record

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and Phil McCallan is the only rider
to have won four out of the #five races

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run each year

246
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No one has ever won five out of five.

247
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So, can I ask Fred Dibnah___
Sorry, I meant Guy Martin.

248
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- So the laundry didn't come back?
- No...

249
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I get told off
for not saying the right thing,

250
00:14:45,961 --> 00:14:47,920
or doing this, or doing that
and not wearing the right clothes

251
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and what have you.

252
00:14:49,760 --> 00:14:51,004
And it just sort of gets
on top of you sometimes.

253
00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,525
Well, not gets on top of you,
but it takes the fun out of it all.

254
00:14:53,641 --> 00:14:56,720
Whereas Wilson, for me, he's doing it
for the same reasons I'm doing it.

255
00:14:56,720 --> 00:14:58,445
You know, doing it to enjoy it.
Doing it to win.

256
00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:00,728
I see it as David and Goliath.

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And that I think that's
what motivates me in many ways.

258
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That Guy come back
to a small team and can win.

259
00:15:08,080 --> 00:15:09,368
Could you call it
a deal, Wilson?

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There weren't a lot of
paper signing going on.

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Just a firm handshake I think, Wilson.

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I suppose I should say
to have a gentleman's agreement,

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we need two gentlemen.

264
00:15:18,321 --> 00:15:20,088
Well, I wouldn't say I was a gentleman.

265
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Guy's all right.

266
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Yeah, but we won't go
as far as gentleman.

267
00:15:26,001 --> 00:15:27,484
You know when I was wanking, didn't you?

268
00:15:27,641 --> 00:15:29,964
Oh, yeah, I used to regularly wake up
and see Guy pulling one out.

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I had to go back
to bed for a few minutes

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while he finished himself off.

271
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Yeah, cos he used
to sleep above the cab.

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I slept above you, didn't I?

273
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You could tell.
I didn't really know that

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until I broke my ankle right bad,
you remember that?

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Your toes go, do you know?

276
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When you're wanking. Yeah.

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So you'd see Guy's toes twitching...

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And you knew I was on it.

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In the morning, his toes'd be going,
and I'd give him five more minutes.

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- Crack a load off.
- Yeah. Get a load off.

281
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In the build-up to the TT

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every other race meeting is
a chance to perfect the bikes,

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impress new sponsors

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and develop the speeds needed
to compete on the Isle of Man.

285
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You having a brew?

286
00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:05,368
We're not here
for any lap times or fuck all, really.

287
00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:07,481
We're not bothered
whether We're last or first.

288
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We're just here to suss the bike out.

289
00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:12,648
You need to be a good
mechanic to work with me,

290
00:16:12,800 --> 00:16:14,121
and I'm a bit awkward
to get on with, I suppose,

291
00:16:14,121 --> 00:16:15,681
because I'm very particular
about how I want stuff doing.

292
00:16:16,360 --> 00:16:18,488
Most motorbike riders just get on it
and turn the throttle,

293
00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:20,325
but I like to know
what makes that bike tick.

294
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,120
I like the whole idea behind
the old internal combustion engine,

295
00:16:23,280 --> 00:16:24,841
and the way stuffs made.

296
00:16:24,841 --> 00:16:26,440
You need to have a bit
of mechanical sympathy, don't you.

297
00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,688
You can't go charging in there
like a bull in a china shop.

298
00:16:28,801 --> 00:16:31,124
It's all gonna end in tears, isn't it.
You end up breaking gear boxes

299
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and blowing engines up
and all that sort of caper

300
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Still no quick shifting, we don't
know anyone that's got one.

301
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No.

302
00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,681
Mechanical failures
are what all riders dread.

303
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Sometimes they're over-revved,
and sometimes something breaks.

304
00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:53,840
om My God.

305
00:16:53,921 --> 00:16:56,889
You know, if a part breaks,
then it's just bad for everybody

306
00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,204
in the TT particularly, because,
well, you only get one hit

307
00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,724
and then you got to wait 12 months
to have another go.

308
00:17:03,641 --> 00:17:05,245
I don't have heroes
until Chris Mayhew.

309
00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:07,400
Yeah, he's the boy. Mad, in a way.

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Lovely bloke, into his dogs.
He nearly got his dog to talk.

311
00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,084
Nearly. Likes his grandfather clocks.

312
00:17:13,241 --> 00:17:16,359
Makes his own wine, he's got a grapevine
growing out of his garden.

313
00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:18,760
Through a window, that he's chiselled
out in his conservatory,

314
00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:20,764
that grows into his conservatory.

315
00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,044
You know, gets his own grapes.
Makes his own wine.

316
00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,360
That's a boy that, innit.
Not many folk do that.

317
00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:29,724
I got an entry
info the TT in '73.

318
00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:32,041
And I crashed in both races.

319
00:17:32,360 --> 00:17:36,288
So, I saw more of Noble's Hospital
than the track really.

320
00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:40,844
What I do, basically,
is take a road engine

321
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and turn it into a race engine.

322
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My biggest boast, I think,
was in the hundredth year of the TT

323
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Every single winning engine
or lap record machine

324
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came out of this workshop.

325
00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,688
You know Guy I think, has got
the best bikes he ever could.

326
00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:55,401
I shall obviously do my best

327
00:17:55,601 --> 00:17:57,968
and Guy obviously will put
the finishing touches to it.

328
00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,520
If he's happy, he'll be there.

329
00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,048
I have every confidence
that if things work in our favour

330
00:18:04,360 --> 00:18:06,085
we 're going to come away with a result.

331
00:18:06,601 --> 00:18:10,289
One thing I'm concerned about is
we mustn't start thinking it's our turn.

332
00:18:10,400 --> 00:18:11,688
Cos it never is your turn.

333
00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,448
But I think the ingredients are right

334
00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,681
if they're mixed properly.

335
00:18:25,641 --> 00:18:28,040
Northern Ireland's
North West 200 race meeting

336
00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:29,720
also takes place on public roads

337
00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,001
and is the very last chance to get
the bikes ready for the TT

338
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Heads down
for the lights above the track

339
00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:42,688
and when they go out
this race will be underway.

340
00:18:42,921 --> 00:18:44,880
And Michael Dunlop's
been mugged, hasn't he!

341
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:46,168
Onboard
with Michael Dunlop, then,

342
00:18:46,241 --> 00:18:47,801
just looking what was
going on in front of him.

343
00:18:47,881 --> 00:18:49,408
There you see him,
coming down over the hill.

344
00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:51,124
165 miles an hour!

345
00:18:51,240 --> 00:18:52,681
That's a man 's corner; that!

346
00:18:55,401 --> 00:18:58,085
Michael Dunlop and his brother
William are the next generation

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00:18:58,281 --> 00:19:01,162
of a road racing dynasty
that began with their Uncle Joey

348
00:19:01,321 --> 00:19:03,088
and father Robert Dunlop.

349
00:19:03,960 --> 00:19:06,328
They were
the biggest road racers I think,

350
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that the world has ever had.

351
00:19:08,041 --> 00:19:10,289
So the inspiration I got
from them was just so much.

352
00:19:10,400 --> 00:19:13,248
Growing up with two people,
you never seen them as heroes

353
00:19:13,401 --> 00:19:15,965
or superstars, you just
see them as two normal people.

354
00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,168
Joey blew out the competition
when in 2000, aged 49

355
00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:28,521
he won a third hat trick of TT races.

356
00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,208
He was killed three weeks later
in a little-known race in Estonia.

357
00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:38,000
Over 50, 000 mourners
attended his funeral.

358
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:44,608
His brother Robert
was almost killed in 1998

359
00:19:44,680 --> 00:19:45,881
when his rear wheel collapsed

360
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:47,880
in an accident at the TT

361
00:19:49,321 --> 00:19:52,082
but raced for 10 more years
until his death in 2008

362
00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,121
during the final practise lap
at the North West 200.

363
00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:58,921
He knew the circuit,
he knew it well,

364
00:19:58,921 --> 00:20:00,361
and a mechanical failure happened

365
00:20:00,520 --> 00:20:02,921
and it happens to the best of riders.

366
00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:05,568
It was a sad loss to the sport,
a sad loss to us, you know.

367
00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:09,681
But for some reason, I just thought
that Saturday I wanted to ride the 250.

368
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:13,004
Tears of joy
and look at Michael Dunlop.

369
00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,524
Two days after
witnessing his father's death,

370
00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,444
Michael went on to win the race
and reduce the onlookers to tears.

371
00:20:19,601 --> 00:20:21,609
What must be
going through his mind right now

372
00:20:21,801 --> 00:20:24,168
because that was more than a race.

373
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,120
You're only a young man,
you know,

374
00:20:26,120 --> 00:20:27,920
all you have for life is a bit of craic,
you know what I mean?

375
00:20:28,001 --> 00:20:30,000
And you don't think you're gonna
have to bring on a lot of stuff

376
00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,881
so I got turned from a boy into a man
in a very short space of time.

377
00:20:35,401 --> 00:20:38,445
And I hope they're up there now,
and they're being looked after.

378
00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:43,888
Conor Cummins!

379
00:20:44,120 --> 00:20:46,120
Conor Cummins,
the Isle of Man rider;

380
00:20:46,120 --> 00:20:47,441
he's fast, really very fast.

381
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:49,648
And he's down! Cummins is down!

382
00:20:49,801 --> 00:20:52,528
I took the lead from Ryan, just as I
was coming out of the come;

383
00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,161
the back end sort of stepped out on me

384
00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,087
and high-sided me
over the top of the bike.

385
00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,845
And I was really, really lucky
to come away unhurt there.

386
00:21:01,360 --> 00:21:04,404
I just had to pick myself up,
dusted myself down,

387
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:07,087
and straight out on the bike
in the next race.

388
00:21:07,240 --> 00:21:08,964
If you fall off a horse,
you get straight back on it.

389
00:21:09,640 --> 00:21:11,724
Guy has taken a tumble, too.

390
00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:15,401
I'm all right, I mean,
bloody hell, it's not bad, is it?

391
00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:17,728
That's been, damn, l've just done...
I done that.

392
00:21:18,280 --> 00:21:19,721
And me finger, can you see me finger?

393
00:21:20,720 --> 00:21:22,608
Didn't keep me eye on the ball,
you know, so much going on.

394
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:24,288
And, yeah, my fault.

395
00:21:24,361 --> 00:21:26,521
Hit the kerb on the inside and took
the front, ended up in the grass.

396
00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:29,361
Bike was OK, we had to put a new...
What did we have to do?

397
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:30,764
What did we have to do?

398
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,440
Engine cover. Water hose.

399
00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,400
I didn't wreck it.

400
00:21:35,560 --> 00:21:37,721
Michael Dunlop,
that's Ryan Farquhar number 77...

401
00:21:37,801 --> 00:21:40,528
Someone's blown up. That's Guy Martin.
Guy Martin, the engine has gone.

402
00:21:40,840 --> 00:21:43,088
In the second race,
Guy over-revs the bike

403
00:21:43,161 --> 00:21:44,525
and blows up his engine.

404
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:46,041
He's completely
out of the race.

405
00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,480
This was
not a good meeting here,

406
00:21:49,480 --> 00:21:51,128
as far as results are concerned.

407
00:21:52,560 --> 00:21:54,764
We had a couple of things
that didn't go according to plan.

408
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,928
Aye, "a couple"? A bit more
than a couple, but yeah.

409
00:21:58,521 --> 00:22:00,408
It has been a learning curve.

410
00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:01,964
You may think
we 're a bit old to be learning,

411
00:22:02,040 --> 00:22:03,208
but we're still learning.

412
00:22:03,561 --> 00:22:06,081
The upside, Guy will go
to the TT with that bike

413
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:08,484
and two brand new engines, brand new.

414
00:22:10,001 --> 00:22:12,969
Speed's not bad, need to work
on speed a little bit, but it's not bad.

415
00:22:13,360 --> 00:22:14,920
Stability's good, handling's good,
tyres are good,

416
00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:17,284
there 's a few issues,
but we're happy now.

417
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,444
I'm going, and my ferry's
booked. I'm going in the camper

418
00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:25,044
because otherwise you're sat at home.

419
00:22:25,241 --> 00:22:27,881
You know you're sat at home,
twiddling your thumbs.

420
00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,008
You know, waiting for a phone call.

421
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,241
So you might as well
be there, among it all.

422
00:22:41,001 --> 00:22:42,441
- You lock the door?
- Yeah.

423
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,361
For over 100 years,
the Isle of Man

424
00:23:08,441 --> 00:23:09,924
has attracted riders and race fans

425
00:23:10,040 --> 00:23:13,009
to watch their heroes
race the mountain course.

426
00:23:13,361 --> 00:23:16,165
The modest prize money means
that this close knit band of brothers

427
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,644
ride purely for the love of the sport

428
00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:20,208
and the glory of winning.

429
00:23:21,321 --> 00:23:23,121
If you're born on the Isle of Man

430
00:23:23,121 --> 00:23:26,045
you're sort of brought up
with motorbikes and races.

431
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,325
You've got the island
going from black and white,

432
00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:31,569
quiet, rural country roads.

433
00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:35,724
All of a sudden they've got teams
of bikers going down them.

434
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,929
it’s just lovely to see
the island come alive.

435
00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:45,684
Stories, nothing but stories.

436
00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:48,240
Spinning away
to the height of their glory.

437
00:23:48,240 --> 00:23:50,924
It's a festival.
it's a coming together of everyone

438
00:23:51,120 --> 00:23:52,484
who appreciates motorcycling

439
00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:54,964
The stories that are told,
as you sit at the hedge,

440
00:23:55,120 --> 00:23:57,281
or the marshals
in groups around the island,

441
00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:00,080
are all lived and relived every year.

442
00:24:00,161 --> 00:24:01,689
And we never get tired of swapping them.

443
00:24:05,800 --> 00:24:08,364
Let's just say there's a large
segment of the motorcycling population

444
00:24:08,521 --> 00:24:11,248
in America that knows
well about the TT, as I do,

445
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:14,048
and probably have put it on their,
what we call a bucket list,

446
00:24:14,281 --> 00:24:15,764
things to do before you kick the bucket.

447
00:24:16,041 --> 00:24:19,161
To go to the TT and that's why I'm here.
I had the opportunity to come.

448
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:20,561
It's something I've always wanted to do.

449
00:24:20,561 --> 00:24:22,440
My father and I talked
about coming here together

450
00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:23,924
for years and never did.

451
00:24:24,401 --> 00:24:26,365
He's passed away, so it's on me to come

452
00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:27,721
and enjoy the experience

453
00:24:27,721 --> 00:24:29,969
and share it with him
however I can later on perhaps.

454
00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,604
Well, I've worn these leathers
for 27 years now,

455
00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:38,282
and at least 27 years more
I will bring the leathers to the TT.

456
00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,488
My name is Karen Anderson,
and I've come all the way from Australia

457
00:24:41,760 --> 00:24:43,724
to watch Cameron Donald race the TT.

458
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,401
We've sat above here,
in a room on the balcony,

459
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,248
and we've watched the guys
coming around that corner,

460
00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:53,648
and there was a lamppost there.

461
00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:56,921
And the lamppost was padded, and
they would come round, dipping,

462
00:24:57,081 --> 00:25:00,649
and then they'd do that in and out,
to get round the lamppost

463
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,120
And that to me was heart
in my mouth, heart in my mouth,

464
00:25:03,120 --> 00:25:04,440
heart in my mouth, brilliant.

465
00:25:04,721 --> 00:25:06,488
Yeah, I know what can happen.

466
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,800
But with her on the back,
you won't get too quick,

467
00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:12,720
else you get beat up.

468
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:15,485
It's a very hairy place. Very fast.

469
00:25:16,001 --> 00:25:18,161
To watch the bravest men in the world.

470
00:25:20,200 --> 00:25:23,408
And if it doesn't excite you,
you're not alive.

471
00:25:23,961 --> 00:25:25,444
And that's a fact.

472
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,924
Within hours of arriving,
Guy is unhappy

473
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:38,321
with the bike 's suspension.

474
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:39,924
In particular the swinging arm

475
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,645
because of its importance
for a fast wheel change.

476
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,164
Wilson. Can we put
the other swinging arm in

477
00:25:45,360 --> 00:25:46,320
and get Simon to change the wheel?

478
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:47,720
It's shit.

479
00:25:47,961 --> 00:25:49,008
And it's gonna go wrong.

480
00:25:49,200 --> 00:25:50,924
If the bike was given to me
in the first place, Wilson,

481
00:25:51,241 --> 00:25:52,485
then we wouldn't be
going through this problem.

482
00:25:52,761 --> 00:25:55,085
And I did say this in the first place.

483
00:25:58,761 --> 00:26:00,321
Guy has upset
the authorities, too,

484
00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,361
because of his plans to work
on the bikes away from the paddock.

485
00:26:04,560 --> 00:26:05,684
I was expecting
there to be tension,

486
00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:07,445
because that's why I stayed out the way.

487
00:26:07,520 --> 00:26:08,880
I've got the airbed that goes
in the back of my van,

488
00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:09,840
and I've just been staying in my van.

489
00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:13,564
When it comes to how
I want bikes preparing,

490
00:26:13,721 --> 00:26:15,608
if they aren't right, that's it,
I'/I just pack in and go home.

491
00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,644
I won't stick my neck out if things
aren't exactly how I want,

492
00:26:17,800 --> 00:26:19,120
and I'm so meticulous with things.

493
00:26:19,120 --> 00:26:20,721
We're gonna meet in the middle,
we're gonna have to meet

494
00:26:20,721 --> 00:26:22,368
in the middle, aren't we?
I can't have it all my way, can I?

495
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:23,564
Because Wilson's bought the bikes,

496
00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:24,847
and put a lot of money into the bikes.

497
00:26:25,361 --> 00:26:26,440
But I'm the one
risking me neck out there,

498
00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:27,600
and that's why my head
needs to be right.

499
00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:29,040
And Wilson's always said to me
from the off

500
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,161
that my head needs to be right,
and then to get my head right

501
00:26:31,240 --> 00:26:34,809
it needs to be my way, which is doing
bikes with no interruptions.

502
00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:37,084
Yeah, I think we're gonna have to meet
in the middle, me and Wilson.

503
00:26:37,161 --> 00:26:38,644
The bikes will have to be
back here at a certain time,

504
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,728
and then I have to do certain bits

505
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,720
of nodding and smiling
and agreeing with people.

506
00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,320
There's a contract.
The team gets X number of pounds,

507
00:26:46,481 --> 00:26:49,001
so they expect Guy to be professional.

508
00:26:49,241 --> 00:26:52,329
And Guy sometimes makes statements
that they don't like.

509
00:26:53,081 --> 00:26:56,321
People like him. Maybe because
there's a bit of a rebel about him

510
00:26:57,400 --> 00:27:01,121
and so on. So, we have to... We just
have to make do with what we have.

511
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,604
If I dictated to Guy it wouldn't work.

512
00:27:05,001 --> 00:27:06,280
He's just a mechanic,

513
00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:08,844
who is a brilliant ride;
a brilliant motorcyclist

514
00:27:09,281 --> 00:27:10,525
The bikes are ready to race,

515
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,244
but he has to have
his touch to the bikes.

516
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,361
He knows I have given him
everything he has asked for.

517
00:27:17,481 --> 00:27:19,729
So, it has to work this time.

518
00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,049
And the bike will be checked
and checked again for anything.

519
00:27:23,241 --> 00:27:25,848
And then you're in the lap of the gods.

520
00:27:38,321 --> 00:27:40,045
What's after the corner
makes a massive difference.

521
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:42,448
If you get this corner right
and make a proper job of it,

522
00:27:42,601 --> 00:27:44,924
then you can make 10 seconds up,
because you don't brake

523
00:27:45,120 --> 00:27:47,685
or let go of the throttle
for the next three miles.

524
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:49,964
But it's a man's come;
get it wrong and you're....

525
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:51,927
Ballascary_

526
00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:54,568
Ballagarey. Did you see the sign there?

527
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,248
But, yeah, get it wrong
and it's gonna hurt.

528
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:57,841
But you don't think
about things like that, do you?

529
00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:59,928
If you wanna fast lap out, you've got to

530
00:28:00,001 --> 00:28:01,921
throw your balls to the wall,
as it's said.

531
00:28:11,401 --> 00:28:14,128
After a bright start today,
it will turn cloudy later this morning,

532
00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,201
then, although staying mostly dry
this afternoon,

533
00:28:16,201 --> 00:28:17,445
there could be
patchy light drizzle possible...

534
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:41,201
All right, boss? Good man.

535
00:28:43,800 --> 00:28:47,248
I think Guy Martin's
real rivals this year

536
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,288
will be manyfold.

537
00:28:49,641 --> 00:28:51,725
Cameron Donald has always been a threat.

538
00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:54,684
He's a bit highly-strung.
But he's fast. Really fast.

539
00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:56,968
Conor Cummins
is gonna be a big threat.

540
00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:00,121
Conor Cummins,
Local Manxman. He's Ht. He's young.

541
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,644
Ryan Farquhar
has gone ahead of Joey Dunlop

542
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,568
in national wins in Ireland
and he's phenomenal.

543
00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:07,128
The Dunlops
are coming strong,

544
00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:10,368
Michael 'S really aggressive,
and got that will to win-

545
00:29:10,521 --> 00:29:12,441
Defniitely wouldn't want to
get in a ring with him, anyway.

546
00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:15,288
Keith Amor again, he's like
a dog on a lead, you know?

547
00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,328
He's just chomping at that bit
to go fast and win.

548
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:20,408
You never know
what Bruce you're gonna get.

549
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,968
If Bruce wakes up in the morning
and decides he wants to beat us all,

550
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:24,000
he 'll probably go beat us all.

551
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:25,804
You never
bet against John McGuinness

552
00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:26,920
he's the man at the minute.

553
00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,768
He's the man
with the results on the board.

554
00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:30,924
He's the man that when you go quickly,
he usually raises the bar

555
00:29:31,081 --> 00:29:32,401
and goes a bit quicker again.

556
00:29:32,841 --> 00:29:34,161
Nobody knows
how fast John can go.

557
00:29:34,241 --> 00:29:36,369
Nobody has actually
taken John to that next level.

558
00:29:36,681 --> 00:29:37,848
You never
underestimate anyone.

559
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:39,561
Someone could come out from the woodwork

560
00:29:39,721 --> 00:29:41,969
that you just didn't really expect
and shock you.

561
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:44,604
I don't know much
about Hutchinson, to be truthful.

562
00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:46,441
He's one of the quiet men in the sport.

563
00:29:46,800 --> 00:29:48,208
Just does the job, I think.

564
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,001
He reminds me a bit
of myself you know, 10 years ago.

565
00:29:51,081 --> 00:29:52,248
He's absorbing everything,

566
00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,441
understanding what it takes
to win at a big race now.

567
00:29:54,921 --> 00:29:56,645
Guy, you know I think every man
and his dog in the world

568
00:29:56,841 --> 00:29:58,488
wants flipping Guy Martin to win.

569
00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:00,880
There 's no question he's gonna win one,
he's definitely got the talent,

570
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:02,648
but there 's some ingredient missing
at the moment,

571
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,245
and it just seems to find him.

572
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:06,928
It's gonna be the best man
that's gonna win on the day.

573
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:08,681
At the end of the day.

574
00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,804
And nobody wants to win it
more than I do.

575
00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,121
As speeds increase,
so do the dangers

576
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,525
and it was this that lost the TT
its world championship status.

577
00:30:19,881 --> 00:30:22,608
But winning at the TT
requires more than just speed.

578
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,687
It relies on mechanical perfection,

579
00:30:24,841 --> 00:30:26,761
supreme mental and physical endurance,

580
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,801
a huge dose of good fortune
and a very fast pit stop.

581
00:30:31,841 --> 00:30:34,689
A tank of fuel and a set of tyres
will only last two

582
00:30:34,841 --> 00:30:36,925
of the four or six laps required.

583
00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:39,720
Pit stops count
toward the overall lap time

584
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,088
and can make or break a rider's chances.

585
00:30:45,401 --> 00:30:48,041
- Thirty-three.
- Bloody hell! Well done, lad.

586
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,368
But if we have one mistake,
it goes to 40.

587
00:30:53,481 --> 00:30:55,128
The swinging arm
that's in the bike now isn't safe

588
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:56,400
to do a fast pit stop.

589
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:58,484
It just happens the bike I had
last year was sold to a bloke

590
00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,325
on the Isle of Man, and I've begged
and pleaded with him

591
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:03,280
to see if we can borrow
the swinging arm back out of his bike,

592
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:05,360
to put back in my new bike
for this year

593
00:31:05,561 --> 00:31:07,569
So he said,
"Pop up and nick it this afternoon."

594
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:10,768
And then we'll go up tomorrow morning
and put it back in the bike.

595
00:31:11,881 --> 00:31:13,408
I could do with your help.

596
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:20,848
Guy's father has decided
not to come to the race this year

597
00:31:21,481 --> 00:31:24,208
It's a bit of a hard pill
to take, really, me dad not coming.

598
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:25,841
You know, he's a good man
to have involved

599
00:31:25,841 --> 00:31:27,241
because he's got
so much experience round here,

600
00:31:27,241 --> 00:31:30,122
he's rode the TT for 15 years and
he knows exactly how things need to be.

601
00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,240
That'd give me confidence,
if he was involved.

602
00:31:32,441 --> 00:31:34,764
And now he's not here.
it's not fucked the job,

603
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:36,520
but it's made it a lot harder

604
00:31:37,361 --> 00:31:40,241
And it took my eye off the ball
a little bit, but what do I do?

605
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,365
Can't sit and cry about it, can you?

606
00:31:46,920 --> 00:31:49,801
Martin Finnegan, really good friend
of mine in racing, in racing.

607
00:31:50,121 --> 00:31:51,409
I was at his wedding.

608
00:31:51,641 --> 00:31:56,725
Ln, I think it would have
been November time of 2007.

609
00:31:57,320 --> 00:32:00,681
Yeah, in 2007.
And then his funeral was in

610
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:04,360
April time of 2008.

611
00:32:04,521 --> 00:32:05,481
You know...

612
00:32:05,840 --> 00:32:08,721
Teammate of mine,
Darran Lindsay, was killed in 2005.

613
00:32:10,841 --> 00:32:12,041
Friend of mine, used to do his engines,

614
00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,284
Richard Britten, he was killed 2006.
You could go on.

615
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,685
I just think, you know...

616
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:21,561
When you're time's up...

617
00:32:23,560 --> 00:32:25,689
I think you've got to be
in this line of work, you know?

618
00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,001
And that's why
I sort of don't believe in

619
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,840
having any commitments of any sort.

620
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:34,401
Because if I did have responsibilities
as wife, kids, mortgage

621
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,365
and all that sort of caper,
I couldn't do this job,

622
00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,449
as in racing the TT,
I couldn't give it me all.

623
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,280
And I wanna give it me all.

624
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,400
Yeah. Before I can start
thinking about winning races,

625
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:44,644
we've got a lot of practice
to get through.

626
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,400
You know, we've five nights
of practice to get through.

627
00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:50,164
That's not going to be easy. There's
a lot of work to do on the bikes.

628
00:32:50,361 --> 00:32:51,321
And that's where me dad
was gonna come in.

629
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:54,120
It's not just gonna go straight on the
bike, a lot of things will need making,

630
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:55,768
to get that swinging
arm to suit the new bike.

631
00:32:55,841 --> 00:32:59,442
But, if it was easy, every man and his
dog would be at it, wouldn't they?

632
00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:06,440
I I'll chill out later on.

633
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:08,128
I find a different place
every night to kip in me van.

634
00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:10,200
Just get me airbed blown up
in the back of me van.

635
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,040
Bit of a wank, then go to sleep.
You know? Proper!

636
00:33:14,321 --> 00:33:17,800
Proper. You know, people get all...
It's not a crime, is it, to have a wank,

637
00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:18,760
you know. Fuck it.

638
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:36,720
You never get complacent
with the TT

639
00:33:36,720 --> 00:33:38,204
There's always something you can learn,

640
00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,604
and, you know, if you get that way
and overconfident, it'll bite you.

641
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,320
I just went up and had
a little moment on my own,

642
00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,524
looking down the road
because the road was shut.

643
00:33:48,761 --> 00:33:51,440
There wasn't a sound apart from
the birds just tweeting away.

644
00:33:51,440 --> 00:33:54,441
And that's just something real special
about the track itself you know,

645
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,961
I was just looking down
thinking next week, in the race,

646
00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,684
I'm gonna be going down there
at 200 mile an hour plus.

647
00:34:02,321 --> 00:34:04,885
That emotion you feel
when you roll up onto that start line,

648
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,640
when you're getting waved off
10 seconds apart, it's just...

649
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:09,679
It's just unbelievable.

650
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,523
It's like nothing else
I've ever experienced.

651
00:34:13,000 --> 00:34:14,681
It's not about
beating the next guy.

652
00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,201
It's about who beats the track.

653
00:34:16,360 --> 00:34:21,968
This TT is the most powerful
race you'll ever do in your life.

654
00:34:22,641 --> 00:34:25,368
I love it, and it's legal.

655
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,364
People often ask,
”Why do you road race?"

656
00:34:28,521 --> 00:34:32,362
Because circuit racing is fast, you
can get a buzz, but it's not the same.

657
00:34:32,679 --> 00:34:34,599
Circuit racing
is rock climbing with a rope.

658
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,680
It's dangerous.
But there is some room for error

659
00:34:36,880 --> 00:34:38,123
You slip, you fall, you've got a rope.

660
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,321
Road racing is like free climbing.

661
00:34:40,481 --> 00:34:42,641
You know you're climbing up that same
mountain, you're on a course,

662
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:44,443
but there's no room for error

663
00:34:44,679 --> 00:34:47,560
If you make a mistake it's,
it's going to be, you know...

664
00:34:48,161 --> 00:34:50,321
Well, it could be
serious injury or worse.

665
00:34:51,199 --> 00:34:53,960
You're doing maybe 170,
180 mile an hour;

666
00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:56,644
going through fast bends
with trees, hedges, brick walls.

667
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,080
It's the greatest thing.

668
00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:00,240
And you realise

669
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:01,800
the dangers before you put
your leg over the bike.

670
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,880
I mean, at the top
of Bray Hill before I go out,

671
00:35:04,201 --> 00:35:06,765
you know, you have lots
of strange thoughts in your mind

672
00:35:06,921 --> 00:35:09,965
and you're nervous and you're worried,
but as soon as you set off;

673
00:35:10,120 --> 00:35:11,881
and you get the tap off
the start marshal

674
00:35:11,881 --> 00:35:13,889
to go down Bray Hill, that's gone.

675
00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:17,129
Then once you're actually
out here the noise, the wind,

676
00:35:17,520 --> 00:35:19,604
the physical strain on your body,

677
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,248
there's nothing like it. It's just,
you put yourself through hell

678
00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:27,242
and you frighten yourself so many times,
but that is the draw.

679
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,088
Out there
you can't fake it, you know.

680
00:35:29,240 --> 00:35:31,728
There 's nothing you can do
that isn't putting you in the moment.

681
00:35:31,881 --> 00:35:33,605
This is it. You know...

682
00:35:33,720 --> 00:35:37,005
Especially if you ride two wheels.
This is about as difficult as it gets.

683
00:35:43,720 --> 00:35:46,208
You know,
people talk about extreme sports.

684
00:35:46,281 --> 00:35:48,321
There's nothing more extreme
than road racing.

685
00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:50,161
One split second.

686
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,761
I mean, somebody like Joey Dunlop,
31 years of career,

687
00:35:53,961 --> 00:35:56,041
26 TT wins. All those other race wins,

688
00:35:56,041 --> 00:35:57,045
all those World Championships...

689
00:35:57,401 --> 00:35:58,928
One split second.

690
00:36:00,401 --> 00:36:03,205
- Oh, dearie me.
- Oh, down he goes.

691
00:36:03,360 --> 00:36:06,885
J* Can 't you feel the fears
I'm feeling today?

692
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,044
Oh, that throws...

693
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,841
J* There's no running away

694
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:14,968
J* There'll be no one to save
With the world in a grave

695
00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:19,088
J* Take a look around you, boy
It's bound to scare you, boy J'

696
00:36:19,481 --> 00:36:21,881
There is no room
for error on the TT course.

697
00:36:22,040 --> 00:36:25,805
Of all road-racing circuits, it is
the toughest and most unforgiving.

698
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,880
With an average five deaths
for every mile,

699
00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,921
only a lucky few have crashed
and escaped unharmed.

700
00:36:35,080 --> 00:36:37,961
Milky Quayle is one of the lucky ones.

701
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:43,881
Your life revolves around the TT

702
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,084
because its such
an immense, passionate thing

703
00:36:46,241 --> 00:36:49,481
whether you 're on the track or off
the track. It is a life and death thing.

704
00:36:49,641 --> 00:36:51,048
I know it sounds crazy and stuff
I mean,

705
00:36:51,561 --> 00:36:54,245
I've... I haven't raced around here
now for eight or nine years

706
00:36:54,680 --> 00:36:57,168
and I still now
struggle with life because

707
00:36:57,240 --> 00:37:00,081
I can't do it, you know,
I can't get me buzz.

708
00:37:00,081 --> 00:37:01,608
It's like you've done the ultimate

709
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,208
and once you can't have that ultimate,

710
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,328
then you're a bit like
a drug addict, sort of thing.

711
00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:09,528
You just can't, you can't
get it out of your system.

712
00:37:09,681 --> 00:37:10,848
You love it.

713
00:37:11,240 --> 00:37:12,768
When I'm sat beside the track,

714
00:37:13,080 --> 00:37:15,961
you just want to do it and you think,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah and then...

715
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,485
So, obviously if you keep yourself busy

716
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:21,248
and whether it's blooming sweeping
the floors or emptying the bins

717
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:24,641
or taking other riders round,
or meeting dignitaries

718
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:28,488
and taking press round,
it keeps my mind off it, really.

719
00:37:30,080 --> 00:37:31,761
Milky looks after the newcomers

720
00:37:31,761 --> 00:37:33,321
and shows them around the course.

721
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,521
It can take three years
of competing to learn it

722
00:37:35,640 --> 00:37:37,648
and at least that long
to build up the confidence

723
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:39,760
needed to be able to push themselves
to the limits.

724
00:37:41,520 --> 00:37:42,640
It's all about confidence.

725
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,364
You need to be confident
where the corners go

726
00:37:44,521 --> 00:37:46,168
and how fast
you can go round that corner

727
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,004
to build up your speed,
so I'm still experimenting

728
00:37:49,161 --> 00:37:51,605
on how fast I can go, a little bit more,
a little bit more, little bit more.

729
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:53,648
How to build up
and get used to the corners

730
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,481
and the bumps and the rises
and the tipping points

731
00:37:55,680 --> 00:37:58,081
and the grids and everything, and
hopefully I’LL keep going a bit fasten

732
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,048
Get over, get over!

733
00:38:01,121 --> 00:38:03,205
In by the hedge,
transfer back over the bike again.

734
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:06,081
Into here, and guess what,

735
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:07,404
there's another one here.

736
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,848
That takes you three years to get right.

737
00:38:11,720 --> 00:38:13,400
After only two years
of competing,

738
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,529
Jenny Tinmouth is the fastest
woman ever around the course.

739
00:38:16,601 --> 00:38:18,600
You definitely feel
like you shouldn't be doing it.

740
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,325
It's quite bizarre. You feel...

741
00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:22,844
You do feel cheeky, and a bit naughty.

742
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,288
To be blasting around the roads,

743
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:26,324
but again,
I think that's half the fun...

744
00:38:26,481 --> 00:38:29,001
Like when you set off down Bray Hill,
it's just massive big grin.

745
00:38:29,081 --> 00:38:30,085
It's like...

746
00:38:34,961 --> 00:38:36,805
As I'm coming up here,
all I'm thinking about

747
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,488
is the next corner that's coming up,
which is called Ballagarey.

748
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,404
It's affectionately known
as Ballascary because it is.

749
00:38:42,641 --> 00:38:44,365
It's so, so scary. It's so fast.

750
00:38:44,520 --> 00:38:45,568
It's the most important,

751
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,724
but also the most dangerous
corner on the circuit.

752
00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,124
The big problem with Ballagarey is
it's unsighted on your entry point

753
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:52,601
so as I'm coming up to here
now I'm still hard on the gas,

754
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:54,004
still on the gas, still on the gas,

755
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:55,281
at the 30 mile an hour sign here now,

756
00:38:55,281 --> 00:38:57,529
this is where I come off the gas.
I come down one gear effectively,

757
00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:58,768
I get my head out of the bubble,

758
00:38:58,961 --> 00:39:00,281
and my head's getting
ripped off my shoulders,

759
00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,801
but at that point also I'm trying
to look for my peel in point

760
00:39:02,801 --> 00:39:03,921
but I still can't see it.

761
00:39:03,921 --> 00:39:05,209
I know it goes to the right
but where do I turn in?

762
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:06,921
As soon as I see the kerb on the inside,

763
00:39:07,081 --> 00:39:08,641
I lay the bike on its side and drive it.

764
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:11,248
OK, and just fire through,
right by the kerb-

765
00:39:11,520 --> 00:39:12,841
So, so fast.

766
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:16,360
Averaging 131. 57 miles per hour;

767
00:39:16,521 --> 00:39:19,609
John McGuinness is still
the fastest man around the course.

768
00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:23,721
A hundred years ago, the first race
was won at just 38 miles per hour.

769
00:39:23,921 --> 00:39:26,725
Throughout its history
even riders with no hope of winning

770
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:28,601
have come to break personal bests

771
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,961
and challenge
the island's famous course.

772
00:39:31,120 --> 00:39:34,961
Riders are always chasing
faster and faster lap times.

773
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:37,525
...in first place.
This is Nick Crowe. He's still second.

774
00:39:37,801 --> 00:39:39,765
I just think it's got
a certain addiction about it.

775
00:39:39,841 --> 00:39:41,608
Once you get here,
you couldn't let it go then.

776
00:39:41,761 --> 00:39:45,449
You're looking for the ultimate
lap times all the time.

777
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:47,407
I always set out to beat myself
more than anybody else.

778
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,608
Every year, I just thought I'd do it
faster and faster and faster,

779
00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:52,721
which I was actually doing

780
00:39:52,721 --> 00:39:54,204
unfortunately until to
the time of me accident,

781
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,808
which was really no fault of me own,
just one of those freak things.

782
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:02,964
In 2009, while leading the race

783
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:06,649
a hare ran onto the track,
causing Nick to crash his sidecar

784
00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,124
at 160 miles per houri

785
00:40:10,281 --> 00:40:13,369
I think it just came up and
damaged the front part of the fairing.

786
00:40:13,601 --> 00:40:16,482
And then it came and hit me
in the face and that was it then,

787
00:40:16,601 --> 00:40:19,601
obviously the bike turned
immediately right then, that was it,

788
00:40:19,761 --> 00:40:21,124
straight into the trees.

789
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:24,768
Yeah, we were lucky
to get away with that one.

790
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,724
If we have
an injury or a fatality,

791
00:40:30,881 --> 00:40:33,369
I tend to sort of want to stop

792
00:40:33,520 --> 00:40:35,888
because, yeah, i do, feel
like a drug dealer sometimes

793
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:37,721
because I'm preparing
these engines for these people

794
00:40:37,800 --> 00:40:39,361
to go and hurt theirselves with

795
00:40:39,521 --> 00:40:42,009
and even though it's, you know,
touch wood, not my fault, you know,

796
00:40:42,160 --> 00:40:45,924
people who deal in drugs are worse
than the people who take them.

797
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,688
And last year;
we had such a terrible time.

798
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:51,885
I did say that i wouldn't carry on
with the sidecars.

799
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:53,884
And then the way Nick bounced back
was just...

800
00:40:54,041 --> 00:40:55,524
I couldn’t 't say no to him at all,

801
00:40:55,681 --> 00:40:59,325
so we've got three engines all ready
for him, and we're doing two more.

802
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,408
His spirit is unbelievable.

803
00:41:03,160 --> 00:41:04,601
Nick himself won't be riding.

804
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,841
Instead, his own race team will attempt

805
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:08,920
to break the sidecar lap record,

806
00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:12,324
which has stood unbroken
since his accident.

807
00:41:21,440 --> 00:41:22,445
Do you have to find Guy?

808
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:24,245
Yeah. He's...

809
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:25,564
He's got a little problem
with his license.

810
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:27,081
Have you got a problem
with your license, Gary?

811
00:41:27,081 --> 00:41:29,404
Yeah, I've just had
to have it re-scanned.

812
00:41:29,961 --> 00:41:32,284
Typically, Guy is
nowhere to be found

813
00:41:32,441 --> 00:41:35,529
and he won't be eligible to practise
without his race license.

814
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,444
Until he returns, the bike can't
go through scrutineering.

815
00:41:38,601 --> 00:41:40,205
We don't know where he is, as usual.

816
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:42,280
He'll be here in a bit, hopefully.

817
00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:45,248
We've just had
a message from race control.

818
00:41:45,321 --> 00:41:48,561
Would Guy Martin please report
to the race office immediately, please.

819
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:50,160
Guy Martin...

820
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:51,440
Where do you start?

821
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:54,128
He is a maverick.

822
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:57,444
He's an eccentric. He's always
got something good to say,

823
00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,769
although a lot of the time
it comes out not broadcastable.

824
00:41:59,960 --> 00:42:01,008
He's a bit old school.

825
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,844
He's a bit what we grew up with,
what we used to be.

826
00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,048
Guy is
a fabulous personality.

827
00:42:06,161 --> 00:42:08,484
I don't think Guy really knows
exactly what he wants to do.

828
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,201
He's got a lot of
different loves in his life.

829
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:12,085
I'd like to see
him win around here,

830
00:42:12,240 --> 00:42:14,248
but if he's not careful,
he'// run out of time.

831
00:42:14,401 --> 00:42:15,928
Guy is
a colourful character

832
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:17,605
But he's an attention seeker; isn't he?

833
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:19,929
He loves a bit of attention, he's had
green shorts on for two years.

834
00:42:20,080 --> 00:42:21,967
I mean, they must be stinking
and growing legs by now,

835
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:23,364
but that's what racing is all about.

836
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:25,525
We need characters in there, you know.
Guy is what he is.

837
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,600
I mean, he talks pure rubbish,
but he's funny.

838
00:42:27,960 --> 00:42:29,324
Guy says it as it is,

839
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:31,200
and I think that's
why he's so popular with people.

840
00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,009
He's not worried about
upsetting the hierarchy.

841
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,167
Guy Martin is Guy Martin

842
00:42:37,321 --> 00:42:39,405
and nobody would want him any other way.

843
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,565
I mean he is a true grit, he's
a John Wayne of motorcycle racing.

844
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:51,564
At last, Guy returns

845
00:42:51,721 --> 00:42:55,202
after blowing up a friend's classic bike
in the south of the Island.

846
00:42:56,921 --> 00:42:58,361
- There you are, it's sorted now.
- That's all it is.

847
00:42:58,561 --> 00:43:00,961
Spot on! Ta very much. Cheers, boss.

848
00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:06,320
The roads
will be closing in half an hour

849
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:09,561
and tonight's practice will start
at 7:30 prompt.

850
00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:11,525
Guy's race license approved,

851
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:14,521
the team can finally make it through
scrutineering with the bikes.

852
00:43:18,800 --> 00:43:20,164
Right, cheers.

853
00:43:20,801 --> 00:43:23,081
And the time is now 7:25,

854
00:43:23,160 --> 00:43:24,881
the roads will be closing
and tonight's practice

855
00:43:24,881 --> 00:43:27,280
will begin in five minutes' time.

856
00:43:27,280 --> 00:43:29,681
Five minutes, ladies and gentlemen,
five minutes.

857
00:43:37,801 --> 00:43:40,521
Number eight, Guy Martin,
and number 19, James Hillier

858
00:43:40,521 --> 00:43:42,769
leave the line,
both on superbikes as well.

859
00:43:59,721 --> 00:44:02,121
J* I like the little things you do

860
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,408
J* I like the way your body moves

861
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,848
J* I like the way you make me go

862
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:08,444
J* Oh, so crazy J*

863
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,928
The mechanics said last year
coming into the first pit stop

864
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:14,048
and me eyes were on stalks,

865
00:44:14,121 --> 00:44:16,041
you couldn't see
the whites of me eyes all the time.

866
00:44:16,440 --> 00:44:19,321
You come to the TT and your body's
unfamiliar with it to start with.

867
00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,724
Stuff's just going past
so fast.

868
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,720
From a standing start lap, 125 mile
an hour; you know, first lap.

869
00:44:26,881 --> 00:44:28,889
And it’s like, "I must be mad. "

870
00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:32,448
It is spectacular and when
you've just, you know plodding along

871
00:44:32,600 --> 00:44:34,520
on your road bike thinking
you are a legend riding fast.

872
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:37,520
It's like a totally different thing

873
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:39,200
when you see
the race bikes come through.

874
00:44:40,041 --> 00:44:41,688
You might have driven
to the pits that morning

875
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,641
so your top speed for the day so far
is maybe 40 miles an hour

876
00:44:44,841 --> 00:44:47,001
You let the clutch out
and within a couple of miles

877
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:49,408
you're pushing 200 miles
an hour between you know,

878
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:50,844
stone walls and hedges.

879
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:52,888
So it takes a bit
to get your head up to speed.

880
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:56,401
Then you settle down
and start relaxing

881
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,480
and getting more
and more comfortable with the circuit.

882
00:44:58,841 --> 00:45:00,129
You start going faster;

883
00:45:00,201 --> 00:45:01,641
start going smoothly,
start breathing properly.

884
00:45:01,721 --> 00:45:04,044
You do go into, like,
this weird sort of state of mind

885
00:45:04,201 --> 00:45:05,761
where everything start slowing down.

886
00:45:05,961 --> 00:45:08,885
You start moving,
your eyeline starts lifting so much

887
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:11,921
and your brain starts working
so much ahead of yourself

888
00:45:12,080 --> 00:45:14,884
You're thinking, like,
maybe four or five corners ahead.

889
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:16,247
It's all about momentum,

890
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,684
and keeping your rhythm up

891
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:20,884
and not getting into any stupid battles
with people.

892
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:22,608
You've got to be really using your head.

893
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,721
I'm a real hard rider
to ride with, if you want to race off me

894
00:45:27,921 --> 00:45:29,688
you're going to have to be
willing to wrap around a post.

895
00:45:29,841 --> 00:45:32,001
You know what I mean? And that's
the way I race motorbikes.

896
00:45:32,161 --> 00:45:34,725
And that's the way I push,
and I'll push any man to the bitter end.

897
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,009
If they wanna play ball,
they can play with me, you know.

898
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:57,561
When you listen to the bikes coming
in sixth gear...

899
00:45:57,720 --> 00:46:00,841
And they never close the throttle,
this is also for me, I mean...

900
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:02,808
You know, I've ridden bikes
for many years...

901
00:46:02,881 --> 00:46:04,528
Wow! Wow! Really wow.

902
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,720
Even after all these years
to talk to somebody about

903
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,644
the Isle of Man TT course,

904
00:46:11,801 --> 00:46:14,769
the hair stands up on the back
of your neck and you remember,

905
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:17,964
and I'll never ever forget
my first flying lap of the TT

906
00:46:18,040 --> 00:46:20,889
going over St Ninian's crossroads
down Bray Hill.

907
00:46:20,960 --> 00:46:22,880
And I thought I'd come off
the end of the world, really.

908
00:46:23,041 --> 00:46:24,568
I thought I 'd ridden
off the end of a cliff

909
00:46:25,000 --> 00:46:26,920
You just feel you can fly really,

910
00:46:27,441 --> 00:46:29,208
and most of the times you do.

911
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,280
J* Everybody wants to know

912
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,921
J* We are nearly there

913
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,121
J* Do you get to see the love

914
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,685
J* Can you understand my thoughts

915
00:46:57,120 --> 00:47:00,241
J* Seeing as no one else here can

916
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,401
J* When you see the light

917
00:47:03,960 --> 00:47:07,201
J* Does your pain just disappear

918
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:11,208
J* Will I ever feel your love

919
00:47:11,881 --> 00:47:14,129
J* Once again, my dear

920
00:47:14,201 --> 00:47:17,529
J* Your love is Ending a better way

921
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,928
J* Everybody wants you to know

922
00:47:21,041 --> 00:47:24,642
J* Your love is Ending a better way

923
00:47:24,761 --> 00:47:27,925
J* Somebody, everybody wants to... J*

924
00:47:30,040 --> 00:47:31,207
Where's Guy, Johnny?

925
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:33,561
- Where's Guy?
- Just walking up to you.

926
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,320
Guy's bike has been impounded
because on his return,

927
00:47:37,480 --> 00:47:39,564
he has illegally
ridden it through the town.

928
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:41,481
So I've got to go up
and get a bollocking? For what?

929
00:47:41,481 --> 00:47:43,445
For riding through the holding area,
or riding through the town?

930
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:44,880
Riding through the town, Chief

931
00:47:44,880 --> 00:47:46,800
See, you're supposed to read that bit
before you go out.

932
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,884
But I didn't see you
because you was late for the grid.

933
00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:52,000
That's telling you
not to do what you did.

934
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:57,328
- Don't do it again.
- Really, really Mr Craig,

935
00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,524
this is where you come in.
Team boss and all that.

936
00:48:02,240 --> 00:48:03,604
- I'm gonna blame you, Wilson.
- Yeah, blame me.

937
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:04,848
I'm blaming you, yeah.

938
00:48:06,000 --> 00:48:08,041
Oh, fucking mega! Where's Rob?

939
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:10,680
- It would be perfect.
- No problem.

940
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:12,204
More badges?

941
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,601
Yeah, every year.

942
00:48:20,120 --> 00:48:23,405
Guy will get his bike back
once he apologises.

943
00:48:24,360 --> 00:48:25,844
Who do I go see for a bollocking?

944
00:48:26,081 --> 00:48:27,685
Can I take me bike?

945
00:48:27,961 --> 00:48:29,128
Can I take me bike?

946
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,404
- You want some chips?
- I wouldn't mind, mate.

947
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,488
I know you're on a diet.

948
00:48:33,960 --> 00:48:35,444
- Help yourself.
- Thanks very much.

949
00:48:35,560 --> 00:48:36,727
Go on, get in there.

950
00:48:38,281 --> 00:48:39,280
You're a good lad, you.

951
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:40,360
Thanks, lads.

952
00:48:40,520 --> 00:48:41,644
You're all right, Mr Craig.

953
00:48:44,321 --> 00:48:45,849
All right, boss, job done.

954
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:53,324
That's fucking mustard, though, boys.

955
00:48:58,200 --> 00:48:59,160
Has that got
the same sprocket carrier in?

956
00:48:59,241 --> 00:49:00,240
Yes.

957
00:49:00,240 --> 00:49:02,320
J* If there's one thing that I like

958
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,320
J* It's riding around on a motorbike

959
00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,120
J* I'm a speed king

960
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:09,287
J* When I once begin

961
00:49:11,041 --> 00:49:13,802
J* I once won first prize two and six

962
00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,644
J* I know all the dirt track dirty tricks

963
00:49:16,801 --> 00:49:20,642
J' I'm a marvel
when I'm out to win

964
00:49:22,561 --> 00:49:25,442
J* In a 50-mile race
I am the best

965
00:49:25,640 --> 00:49:28,128
J' I ride five miles
and skid the rest

966
00:49:28,240 --> 00:49:33,041
J* So come along and see me
riding in the TT races

967
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,121
J* Down the hill I go
at break-neck speed

968
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:42,488
J* See me coming down the street

969
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:45,368
J* With the winning post
on the pillion seat

970
00:49:45,520 --> 00:49:50,725
J* Oh! Come along and see me
Riding in the TT race J*

971
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:52,481
Absolutely, two weeks of my life.

972
00:49:53,640 --> 00:49:55,004
It's just something that...

973
00:50:04,801 --> 00:50:06,721
That, to me, is like the World Cup.

974
00:50:08,440 --> 00:50:11,720
It's just 50 years of my life
is 100 weeks,

975
00:50:11,720 --> 00:50:13,400
it's just unbelievable.

976
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:15,808
The atmosphere. The friends I've made,
from all around the world,

977
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,601
you see every year
You lose some, gain some.

978
00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:21,048
It's just something special.

979
00:50:21,281 --> 00:50:22,285
One second!

980
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,444
People say to me,
oh, you've got children, you know,

981
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:39,200
you shouldn't be allowing him to do it.

982
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:41,320
But, you took racing away from Dan

983
00:50:41,401 --> 00:50:43,441
and it would just be
the end of Dan's world,

984
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:44,687
and I can't do that to him, you know.

985
00:50:45,121 --> 00:50:46,320
He's my husband, I love him,

986
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:47,684
so I have to support him.

987
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:50,601
You're up on the Grandstand,

988
00:50:50,601 --> 00:50:52,368
sitting together you know,
the rest of the families

989
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,568
and the rest of the wives.
You know, we 're all nervous,

990
00:50:54,721 --> 00:50:55,888
but you kind of have to,

991
00:50:55,961 --> 00:50:57,685
sort of have a little joke and a laugh.

992
00:50:57,920 --> 00:50:59,928
And it's amazing the strength
that comes from within, really

993
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,440
with all of... Everybody together,
you know, you sort of club together

994
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:05,048
and get yourselves through it really.

995
00:51:06,200 --> 00:51:08,448
The road racers great defence
is always the same thing,

996
00:51:08,520 --> 00:51:10,408
every single one of them,
it's the same thing,

997
00:51:10,600 --> 00:51:11,648
"But it will never happen to me- "

998
00:51:12,441 --> 00:51:15,606
But somewhere in there
they know very well

999
00:51:15,680 --> 00:51:16,760
that it can happen to them.

1000
00:51:17,720 --> 00:51:19,281
And between those two places

1001
00:51:19,841 --> 00:51:21,129
there 's a lot of ways
of dealing with it.

1002
00:51:22,041 --> 00:51:24,365
I've worn the same
crash helmet for the last 11 years.

1003
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,961
And I always wear
a certain pair of socks

1004
00:51:27,040 --> 00:51:28,808
throughout the whole fortnight

1005
00:51:29,320 --> 00:51:31,568
and I always drop a penny
down my leathers, as well,

1006
00:51:31,641 --> 00:51:33,169
before the start of every race, yeah.

1007
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:34,804
It makes no difference whatsoever,

1008
00:51:35,120 --> 00:51:37,401
but I'll wear pink knickers
if it's gonna make me win.

1009
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,244
Where's your pass?

1010
00:51:39,441 --> 00:51:40,445
I ain't got either one of that.

1011
00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:41,520
You need a pass.

1012
00:51:42,321 --> 00:51:43,281
I ain't got om.

1013
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:44,520
You can't go past without a pass.

1014
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:46,044
- No?
- No, that's the rules.

1015
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:47,764
It's the pit area, you see.

1016
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:49,688
In the pit area, you can't.

1017
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:51,600
That's what you need.

1018
00:51:53,721 --> 00:51:56,209
I'll stick it back over the fence
for you. Cheers, mate.

1019
00:51:57,360 --> 00:51:58,320
Cheers, mate.

1020
00:52:03,240 --> 00:52:05,805
There's no question that the
Isle of Man TT represents

1021
00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:08,001
kind of the last bastion
of the freedom of choice

1022
00:52:08,641 --> 00:52:09,961
and to come to a place like this

1023
00:52:10,041 --> 00:52:12,680
and to have something
so truly, you know,

1024
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:13,968
potentially dangerous

1025
00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:16,360
be welcomed, really, is refreshing.

1026
00:52:16,360 --> 00:52:18,805
It's charming. It's all of the things
that should be allowed

1027
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,368
to go on other places.
I mean, we're human beings.

1028
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:22,801
Life isn't a dress rehearsal.

1029
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:24,921
You only get one lap,
why not make it a good one?

1030
00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:27,724
This is where I start
the mountain climb.

1031
00:52:28,840 --> 00:52:30,727
So, this one I have to slow down for;
back down to second gear.

1032
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:33,280
I get into that wall, into there,

1033
00:52:33,481 --> 00:52:35,368
as I come through here,
the bump just there, bang.

1034
00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,165
So we run now up through
this little right hand kink here,

1035
00:52:38,320 --> 00:52:39,280
Still flat, Still flat,

1036
00:52:39,361 --> 00:52:41,489
on the power, on the power on the power,
on the power, on the power,

1037
00:52:41,640 --> 00:52:43,964
underneath the wall,
off the power, down one gear,

1038
00:52:44,561 --> 00:52:47,288
back on the power, now to drive,
on the drive, drive, drive, drive,

1039
00:52:48,681 --> 00:52:49,641
back down to second gear.

1040
00:52:51,240 --> 00:52:53,160
Back on the power now,
pull the bike straight,

1041
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:54,804
get up, get up, get the driving on,

1042
00:52:55,161 --> 00:52:56,841
up towards
these little /eft-hand kinks here.

1043
00:52:57,360 --> 00:52:59,247
get into that one, into there,

1044
00:53:00,081 --> 00:53:02,601
out towards the tree on the right hand
side of the road, right to here, OK?

1045
00:53:02,961 --> 00:53:04,848
As we run up to that
to go on to Guthrie's, OK?

1046
00:53:05,161 --> 00:53:07,409
Guthrie's is the third most important
corner on the circuit.

1047
00:53:08,041 --> 00:53:10,082
Got three left hand bends here, OK.

1048
00:53:10,241 --> 00:53:12,641
It's very steep. This is the one,
get the first one right,

1049
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,364
get into that one, into there,

1050
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,208
out to the white line,
back into number two,

1051
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:18,000
out to number three, just there.

1052
00:53:18,321 --> 00:53:21,169
See the corner on the brakes hard,
down three gears, one, two, three.

1053
00:53:22,120 --> 00:53:24,521
Back into there,
back on the power; drive it through.

1054
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:27,280
Right out to the white line,
back over towards

1055
00:53:27,361 --> 00:53:28,321
the external white line,

1056
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,328
back in then,
just underneath this one just here,

1057
00:53:30,401 --> 00:53:33,128
feathering the throttle, there we go.
Lovely. Nice wheelie.

1058
00:53:34,600 --> 00:53:35,724
Bang.

1059
00:53:39,200 --> 00:53:42,801
Over the next seven days, there
will be many scrapes and near misses,

1060
00:53:42,881 --> 00:53:45,085
seven cracked vertebrae,
four broken ribs,

1061
00:53:45,240 --> 00:53:47,805
five life-threatening incidents,
two bruised lungs

1062
00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,681
and unfortunately, much worse.

1063
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:53,524
Where's Camee?

1064
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:54,840
He's in there?

1065
00:53:55,081 --> 00:53:56,041
What's the plan?

1066
00:53:58,840 --> 00:53:59,800
- What?
- Tea.

1067
00:54:00,040 --> 00:54:01,480
Tea. Yeah, get his tea.

1068
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:02,960
And get an early start in the morning.

1069
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:05,680
- That the plan, Wilson?
- Sorry?

1070
00:54:05,680 --> 00:54:07,721
What's the plan? These boys
are asking what the plan is.

1071
00:54:10,600 --> 00:54:11,604
The plan is you're riding the bike.

1072
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,081
Ah, well, there you go.
That's it sorted. Job done.

1073
00:54:16,041 --> 00:54:18,049
Well, obviously a fair bit
of mist up here,

1074
00:54:18,121 --> 00:54:21,842
Douglas, at the moment around the area
here. It is clear up on the top...

1075
00:54:26,881 --> 00:54:28,801
Starting off
with the TT Superbike race.

1076
00:54:28,921 --> 00:54:30,321
Six laps of the course,

1077
00:54:30,321 --> 00:54:32,765
226. 38 miles.

1078
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,525
A reminder; this is a time trial,
they go at 10 second intervals,

1079
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:39,245
so they're racing the clock
just as much as each other

1080
00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,441
Most important, of course,
they race themselves.

1081
00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:44,761
They race tradition, they race
the history of the mountain course.

1082
00:54:45,080 --> 00:54:47,120
We're one minute away
from the start of racing

1083
00:54:47,120 --> 00:54:48,287
at this year's TT

1084
00:54:48,360 --> 00:54:50,925
The laws of averages
tell me he's going to win.

1085
00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:54,881
I would like him to win the first race

1086
00:54:55,360 --> 00:54:56,681
because I believe that will settle him.

1087
00:54:56,761 --> 00:54:58,201
If he wins the first race,
he 'll win three or four.

1088
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:00,207
I really believe in him.

1089
00:55:01,280 --> 00:55:04,849
And it is a Suzuki that
sets us going, there goes Bruce Anstey.

1090
00:55:05,240 --> 00:55:07,444
With mist still rolling
along Glencrutcheny Road,

1091
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:08,687
but we are racing.

1092
00:55:09,080 --> 00:55:11,568
And there is the number
one machine of Bruce Anstey.

1093
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:13,921
And he's very compact
there through Union Mills.

1094
00:55:14,361 --> 00:55:15,562
And there is John McGuinness,

1095
00:55:15,680 --> 00:55:17,884
the fastest man in the history
of the mountain course.

1096
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:21,288
And here 's Hutch y with two wins
last year; but not on a superbike-

1097
00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:23,801
Next off is number eight,
28 years of age,

1098
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:24,884
here comes Guy now.

1099
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:26,441
He's fast down Bray Hill.

1100
00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:27,761
Good turn speed.

1101
00:55:27,761 --> 00:55:30,128
And here we go. We're on. Two together

1102
00:55:31,361 --> 00:55:34,045
John McGuinness leads on the road
ahead of Bruce Anstey.

1103
00:55:36,040 --> 00:55:38,280
Number six,
Cameron Donald, is closing the gap

1104
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:39,568
between him and Keith Amor

1105
00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:41,004
They've got a battle on there,

1106
00:55:41,160 --> 00:55:43,124
the advantage being held
by Cameron Donald

1107
00:55:43,480 --> 00:55:45,521
but here is Guy Martin now
and he's quick!

1108
00:55:47,360 --> 00:55:49,564
John McGuinness
has had an amazing start to this race

1109
00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,201
but Conor Cummins,
the local lad, is right behind him

1110
00:55:52,441 --> 00:55:54,928
only eight-hundredths of a second down
in second place.

1111
00:55:56,200 --> 00:55:58,284
Back here in the Grandstand,
I can tell you from my screen

1112
00:55:58,361 --> 00:56:01,721
that Conor Cummins has taken the lead
at Ballaugh on corrected time

1113
00:56:01,801 --> 00:56:03,329
a three second
lead over John McGuinness.

1114
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:05,768
But John clearly has problems because

1115
00:56:05,921 --> 00:56:07,165
at the Sulby speed trap

1116
00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:11,245
he's gone through
at only 136.4 miles an hour

1117
00:56:11,320 --> 00:56:14,605
So, clearly problems with
John McGuinness and the big Honda.

1118
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:16,724
But up to Ramsey and Roy Moore.

1119
00:56:16,840 --> 00:56:18,641
Well, they said it was
going to be close and it is,

1120
00:56:18,641 --> 00:56:20,801
cos Guy Martin's here...
Oh, my goodness!

1121
00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:22,969
Guy Martin was nearly taken out there

1122
00:56:23,041 --> 00:56:24,681
by Michael Dunlop, and it was close.

1123
00:56:24,681 --> 00:56:25,881
Conor Cummins, number 10,

1124
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,001
leads by six seconds
before lan Hutchinson.

1125
00:56:28,440 --> 00:56:30,164
It's then in third place Guy Martin,

1126
00:56:30,240 --> 00:56:31,768
just one second down on Hutchinson.

1127
00:56:31,841 --> 00:56:34,568
John McGuinness
is a retirement on Sulby Straight.

1128
00:56:34,760 --> 00:56:35,807
What a disappointment,

1129
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,281
the king of the mountain
is out on the first lap

1130
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:39,641
but on with the show.

1131
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:42,521
Number four who is leading on the road.

1132
00:56:42,801 --> 00:56:45,480
I can tell you that number 10
has increased his lead to 14 seconds

1133
00:56:45,480 --> 00:56:46,768
over number four; lan Hutchinson.

1134
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,088
We could see a Manxman
on the top of the podium

1135
00:56:49,160 --> 00:56:50,688
for the first time for several years.

1136
00:56:51,041 --> 00:56:53,965
Cummins has got that fantastic
lead now 21 seconds.

1137
00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:56,608
If he can just hang it together
there will certainly be some Guinness

1138
00:56:56,680 --> 00:56:58,447
drunk in the Swan in Ramsey tonight.

1139
00:56:59,681 --> 00:57:03,565
And lan Hutchinson 's
lap time, 130.496,

1140
00:57:03,761 --> 00:57:05,528
So here's Conor now,
let's have a look at this.

1141
00:57:06,000 --> 00:57:10,168
Oh, it's 131.511 by Conor Cummins.

1142
00:57:10,400 --> 00:57:13,444
And, wow, what a performance
by the man from Ramsey.

1143
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:18,161
Well, the light came on at Cronk-ny-Mona

1144
00:57:18,280 --> 00:57:20,484
to signal the arrival
of number six, Cameron Donald,

1145
00:57:20,641 --> 00:57:22,168
but he's failed to appear

1146
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:24,881
Now we reckon that Cameron may have
made a mistake on that lap,

1147
00:57:24,881 --> 00:57:26,605
possibly an overshoot at Signpost

1148
00:57:26,841 --> 00:57:29,121
That seems one logical explanation
for that.

1149
00:57:29,520 --> 00:57:31,280
We've just got
another machine coming in now,

1150
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:32,601
and that'd be Guy Martin is in now,

1151
00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:34,448
Guy's just coming in to
the top of the pit lane now

1152
00:57:34,521 --> 00:57:36,441
and it's Conor's that's on the way
as he's just being told there.

1153
00:57:36,520 --> 00:57:37,961
Bring it home, Conor; bring it home.

1154
00:57:38,041 --> 00:57:40,528
He knows he's got
a 21.1 lead at Glen Helen.

1155
00:57:40,801 --> 00:57:42,568
On this lap, 23. 3.

1156
00:57:42,680 --> 00:57:45,000
Well, there 's the klaxon going,
Hutchy leaves now.

1157
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:47,440
And Cameron, he'll be kicking himself
for that mistake,

1158
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:50,768
he's now dropped to 13th.
Oh, Conor stalls! Conor stalls!

1159
00:57:51,440 --> 00:57:53,524
Is he gonna get it going here now,
it just won? #re up-

1160
00:57:53,841 --> 00:57:55,120
Quite a bit of time. Come on, come on,

1161
00:57:55,120 --> 00:57:57,324
come on, come on, oh, no, no, no.

1162
00:57:57,440 --> 00:57:58,487
It's fired, it's fired!

1163
00:57:58,560 --> 00:58:01,681
Oh, Conor; a big shake of the head
from the big man from Ramsey there.

1164
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:05,001
Guy Martin goes as well, and Guy's fast
into the speed limiter there,

1165
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:06,688
and nails it. Charlie Lambert.

1166
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:08,241
So, a 21 second lead,

1167
00:58:08,241 --> 00:58:10,445
and all of a sudden
it was down to four seconds.

1168
00:58:10,760 --> 00:58:13,325
Seventeen seconds disappeared
during the course of that problem,

1169
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:15,521
of getting the big ZX-10 fired up again.

1170
00:58:16,120 --> 00:58:18,608
So, ifs all to play for
then in the final two laps

1171
00:58:18,681 --> 00:58:20,360
and there's some work
to be done by Cameron

1172
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:21,801
to eat into Conor's lead.

1173
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:24,565
So, Conor Cummins, lan Hutchinson,

1174
00:58:24,640 --> 00:58:27,925
Guy Martin and Michael Dunlop,
those are the top four

1175
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:32,481
The order is the same, but the gap
has most certainly changed.

1176
00:58:33,721 --> 00:58:36,208
First of the late-numbered runners now
in pit lane.

1177
00:58:36,280 --> 00:58:38,168
And here 'S number 26, Paul Dobbs,

1178
00:58:38,561 --> 00:58:40,044
racing with the kiwi on his helmet

1179
00:58:40,120 --> 00:58:41,484
and there's Jenny, away now.

1180
00:58:41,800 --> 00:58:43,920
And we've just had
news that Conor's missing.

1181
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:45,644
Conor Cummins
missing here at Glen Helen.

1182
00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:48,401
Waved yellows out here as
a new machine comes into view now.

1183
00:58:49,160 --> 00:58:50,481
No, it's not Conor; either.

1184
00:58:51,321 --> 00:58:53,362
That's number eight, Guy Martin.

1185
00:58:53,600 --> 00:58:55,041
Conor missing at Glen Helen.

1186
00:59:03,600 --> 00:59:04,964
I can tell you
what's happened to Conor

1187
00:59:05,120 --> 00:59:08,089
He's a retirement,
mechanical failure at Laurel Bank.

1188
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:10,804
A retirement at Laurel Bank.
A mechanical failure.

1189
00:59:11,041 --> 00:59:12,568
Huge disappointment there for Conor

1190
00:59:13,160 --> 00:59:16,685
So it's lan Hutchinson,
number four who's leading on the road.

1191
00:59:17,641 --> 00:59:20,522
There 's number eight, Guy Martin
into second place for now.

1192
00:59:20,840 --> 00:59:22,961
And there 's one,
two, three into view now.

1193
00:59:22,961 --> 00:59:25,525
Those three are going to have
a real old scrap over the mountain

1194
00:59:25,601 --> 00:59:27,084
and that's going to be
well worth looking at.

1195
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:28,881
It's not only Conor
that has bad news.

1196
00:59:28,881 --> 00:59:31,325
We've just heard that the
new timing system here in the pits

1197
00:59:31,440 --> 00:59:33,481
has claimed
its first-high profile victim

1198
00:59:33,681 --> 00:59:36,801
with Guy Martin picking up
a 30-second time penalty.

1199
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,441
That's moved him down from
what would have been second place

1200
00:59:39,441 --> 00:59:41,680
down to fourth place. So, off the podium

1201
00:59:41,680 --> 00:59:45,249
for Guy and lan Hutchinson, the
30-year-old from Bingley in Yorkshire

1202
00:59:45,360 --> 00:59:47,160
is the leader of the Superbike TT

1203
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:49,328
with Michael Dunlop now in second place.

1204
00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,680
I know it's Hutchy winning, but keep
an eye on number six, Cameron Donald,

1205
00:59:52,680 --> 00:59:54,568
despite that excursion at Signpost

1206
00:59:54,681 --> 00:59:56,400
finishing the race very strongly indeed

1207
00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:58,921
and that final place on the podium
is not nailed just yet.

1208
01:00:03,441 --> 01:00:05,601
You can see the chequered Hag
is now being prepared.

1209
01:00:05,720 --> 01:00:07,281
Here comes
the wheelie of Ian Hutchinson,

1210
01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:10,048
and lan Hutchinson wins
on the Padgett's Honda.

1211
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:14,048
The final result sheet,
Hutchy one, Dunlop two, Donald three,

1212
01:00:14,121 --> 01:00:15,965
and Guy Martin
finishing in fourth place.

1213
01:00:16,280 --> 01:00:19,608
And it was a time penalty
that cost Guy so dearly.

1214
01:00:19,800 --> 01:00:21,687
So, when I was in pit lane,
I heard him announce

1215
01:00:21,760 --> 01:00:24,684
that Guy had gone through
the speed lane too fast

1216
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:28,201
and there was a time penalty
against him, now that's all I've heard.

1217
01:00:28,760 --> 01:00:30,048
We just lost second place.

1218
01:00:31,121 --> 01:00:33,640
When Guy was told he just
jumped off the bike, got into his van.

1219
01:00:33,640 --> 01:00:34,928
He didn't even take his helmet off

1220
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:38,561
But I'm sure he'll
come back again, you know.

1221
01:00:39,600 --> 01:00:40,888
It's a big disappointment to Guy.

1222
01:00:41,441 --> 01:00:45,402
You know, he'd just done
224 miles at those speeds

1223
01:00:45,840 --> 01:00:48,088
and then told we are
penalizing you for nothing.

1224
01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:51,768
Such a tiny thing. Point one over 60.

1225
01:00:52,521 --> 01:00:54,245
There shouldn't be a 30-second penalty.

1226
01:00:54,841 --> 01:00:55,801
Five, possibly.

1227
01:00:56,680 --> 01:00:57,640
That's harsh.

1228
01:00:58,681 --> 01:01:01,321
They're measuring
the average speed over a distance.

1229
01:01:01,321 --> 01:01:04,560
Now who's to say that their distance
that they're measuring over

1230
01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:05,924
is accurate to within a millimetre?

1231
01:01:06,280 --> 01:01:07,808
We have books full of regulations,
by the way.

1232
01:01:09,920 --> 01:01:12,648
And unfortunately,
I perhaps also ought to say,

1233
01:01:13,160 --> 01:01:15,048
that in the matter of time-keeping

1234
01:01:15,961 --> 01:01:17,881
the timekeeper, his word is law

1235
01:01:18,201 --> 01:01:21,845
and he records what are then considered
to be matters of fact

1236
01:01:22,001 --> 01:01:23,921
from which there is
no protest or appeals.

1237
01:01:26,841 --> 01:01:27,801
OK.

1238
01:01:28,160 --> 01:01:30,201
Yeah, well, that's it.
Monday's a new day, innit, and you know,

1239
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:31,601
Guy's got another two races on Monday

1240
01:01:31,601 --> 01:01:33,968
so you know as long as Guy turns up
this evening, open-minded,

1241
01:01:34,040 --> 01:01:35,808
and puts today's race behind him,

1242
01:01:35,881 --> 01:01:37,845
you know, he's got another
superbike race as well on Friday.

1243
01:01:38,361 --> 01:01:40,522
And, you know,
we'll just move on from it.

1244
01:01:53,520 --> 01:01:55,724
Welcome to Monday's
action on the mountain course.

1245
01:01:55,800 --> 01:01:59,805
Two races, 600cc machines
are off first at 10:45.

1246
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:03,721
Guy Martin
has blitzed them from the start.

1247
01:02:06,000 --> 01:02:08,565
At Ballaugh, Guy Martin
is still leading the race by

1248
01:02:08,641 --> 01:02:12,285
just over a second from Ian Hutchinson,
with Dan Kneen in third place.

1249
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:15,720
Guy Martin is here at
Ramsey hairpin, lap one,

1250
01:02:15,720 --> 01:02:18,044
and he still leads
and he looks determined today.

1251
01:02:18,121 --> 01:02:19,965
News from the top
of the mountain, from the Bungalow,

1252
01:02:20,041 --> 01:02:22,321
is that Ian Hutchinson has
halved the gap on Guy Martin.

1253
01:02:22,400 --> 01:02:25,281
And here's lan Hutchinson who leads
at the end of the first lap.

1254
01:02:26,481 --> 01:02:28,401
Guy Martin obviously
likes that stretch of course

1255
01:02:28,401 --> 01:02:30,921
between the Grandstand and here
because he's consistently quicker.

1256
01:02:31,080 --> 01:02:32,880
But Hutchy seems to get it
on him on him everywhere else.

1257
01:02:34,880 --> 01:02:36,724
It's trouser-bulging excitement
here.

1258
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:38,001
Guy Martin
is leading the race.

1259
01:02:38,080 --> 01:02:39,880
Now lan Hutchinson
has gone back into the lead.

1260
01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:41,401
It's Guy Martin
back into the lead.

1261
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:43,160
There's Hutchy now, leading on the road.

1262
01:02:43,881 --> 01:02:44,885
Oh, as quick as that.

1263
01:02:45,920 --> 01:02:47,568
Charlie, what's the difference
as Guy comes in?

1264
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:50,641
3.3 seconds so Hutchy
has been going away a little bit.

1265
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:53,004
Guy Martin's being told
there, "You can do this,"

1266
01:02:53,081 --> 01:02:55,401
and I'm sure there 's thousands
out there who would like him to do this.

1267
01:02:55,401 --> 01:02:56,568
Get out the fucking way.

1268
01:02:57,081 --> 01:02:58,600
Did Guy have problems there
on the way?

1269
01:02:58,600 --> 01:02:59,560
We heard a lot of shouting.

1270
01:02:59,641 --> 01:03:01,680
Guy goes through with
Keith Amor hot on his tail.

1271
01:03:01,680 --> 01:03:03,241
Michael Dunlop
slots into third.

1272
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:05,404
But, here's lan Hutchinson
who's extended the lead.

1273
01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:07,649
There 's now over four seconds,
but stand by your beds

1274
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:10,761
because the news from Ballaugh is that
Guy Martin has halved the gap.

1275
01:03:10,761 --> 01:03:12,561
lan Hutchinson is coming
towards the end of the race

1276
01:03:12,561 --> 01:03:15,529
but Guy Martin has now got it down
to less than three seconds at the Cronk

1277
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:17,164
and Guy Martin
is having the lap of his life!

1278
01:03:17,361 --> 01:03:20,122
But is it going to be enough to give him
his first victory here at the TT

1279
01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:22,688
And Hutchy crosses the line
right now, but where is Guy?

1280
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:24,844
He started 40 seconds after Hutchy.

1281
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:26,084
We've started the stopwatch,

1282
01:03:26,240 --> 01:03:27,921
and we're going to be
counting it all the way down

1283
01:03:27,921 --> 01:03:30,005
from those 40 seconds. 37... 38...

1284
01:03:30,080 --> 01:03:32,842
It's 39...
It is victory for Ian Hutchinson.

1285
01:03:32,920 --> 01:03:36,848
By 3.03 seconds.
Guy Martin is in second place.

1286
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:42,802
Michael Dunlop is in third place,
with a final lap of 126. 587.

1287
01:03:42,920 --> 01:03:45,724
The one, two, three is Hutchinson,
Martin and Michael Dunlop.

1288
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:47,041
And it's down to Chris Kinley.

1289
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:52,681
I don't know
where Guy got to, actually.

1290
01:03:52,881 --> 01:03:54,801
I can tell you he went
straight up the return

1291
01:03:54,960 --> 01:03:56,324
and that is as much as
we know at the moment.

1292
01:03:56,480 --> 01:03:59,361
So Guy did not come
into the winners' enclosure.

1293
01:03:59,560 --> 01:04:00,880
He went straight up the return,

1294
01:04:00,880 --> 01:04:02,440
we’ll have to find out
what's going on there.

1295
01:04:02,440 --> 01:04:03,488
Charles, did you see him?

1296
01:04:03,561 --> 01:04:05,960
The people who made the rules,
it's nothing to do with us.

1297
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:08,764
Paul's trying to do his job,
you know what I mean, it's not Paul,

1298
01:04:08,840 --> 01:04:09,840
Paul doesn't make the rules.

1299
01:04:09,840 --> 01:04:11,248
Now this is me being picky.

1300
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:13,640
Guy, we're all
really proud of you, so just please...

1301
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,440
For Wilson. Please. Please. Please.

1302
01:04:19,761 --> 01:04:21,648
Get yourself together, Guy.

1303
01:04:22,280 --> 01:04:24,401
- Wouldn't you be peeved?
- Yeah, Guy, I'd be upset

1304
01:04:24,401 --> 01:04:25,480
but I wouldn't take it out on the people

1305
01:04:25,560 --> 01:04:26,800
who are supposed to be me mates.

1306
01:04:26,800 --> 01:04:28,208
Point one-one-two...

1307
01:04:29,241 --> 01:04:31,968
Whoa, whoa, whoa! Guy! Guy!
Brakes, front brakes! Front brakes!

1308
01:04:32,840 --> 01:04:33,964
Gonna hold his bum in a minute.

1309
01:04:34,800 --> 01:04:36,448
Now then, boss, where'd you go?

1310
01:04:37,000 --> 01:04:38,681
60.112.

1311
01:04:38,841 --> 01:04:40,521
That's you boys being picky.
This is me being picky.

1312
01:04:40,640 --> 01:04:41,841
I'll do what I want at my speed.

1313
01:04:42,121 --> 01:04:43,888
So this is Saturday's race
you're on about, isn't it?

1314
01:04:44,041 --> 01:04:45,001
Yeah. Yeah...

1315
01:04:45,121 --> 01:04:47,444
I'll let you get down the bottom there
we'll have a longer chat later on.

1316
01:04:47,520 --> 01:04:49,484
OK, Guy? Thank you very much,
Guy's off there now.

1317
01:04:56,521 --> 01:04:58,681
So that was a bit of
a Guy Martin protest we saw there,

1318
01:04:58,760 --> 01:04:59,720
you going straight in?

1319
01:05:00,361 --> 01:05:01,965
If I walked
at 112 of a kilometre an hour

1320
01:05:02,121 --> 01:05:03,081
do you know how far I'd go?

1321
01:05:03,400 --> 01:05:05,845
Point .112 of a kilometre,
how far's that, the length of this here.

1322
01:05:05,920 --> 01:05:07,808
Get a grip, man, get a grip.
30 seconds...

1323
01:05:22,281 --> 01:05:23,241
There 's the applause.

1324
01:05:27,361 --> 01:05:30,045
And richly deserved, as well,
it's been a terrific morning's racing,

1325
01:05:30,121 --> 01:05:32,561
and these guys will remember
this for one reason or another

1326
01:05:32,561 --> 01:05:33,640
for a very long time.

1327
01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:36,565
But Guy Martin is not hanging around
at the top of the podium,

1328
01:05:36,640 --> 01:05:38,408
he's already making his way down.

1329
01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:40,401
He's taking his bottle
of bubbly with him, though.

1330
01:05:40,521 --> 01:05:42,529
Tell me a bit how you feel.

1331
01:05:44,761 --> 01:05:47,401
They're being awkward with me,
I'll be awkward with them.

1332
01:05:47,401 --> 01:05:50,008
They just do things... They want you,
"You can't do this, you can't do that."

1333
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,688
You know, "Press this, press that."
Fuck off.

1334
01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:55,440
They've been awkward with me,
I'll be fucking awkward with them.

1335
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:57,407
That simple. No problem.

1336
01:05:57,880 --> 01:05:59,964
No problem. Don't worry,
that's only the tip of the iceberg.

1337
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:01,044
You wait till I win a fucker.

1338
01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:04,681
I didn't even think about it really,
I just agree with them.

1339
01:06:04,681 --> 01:06:07,605
You're better off. Owt I say was just
sour grapes, anything at all that I say.

1340
01:06:07,681 --> 01:06:08,761
I could've said owt.

1341
01:06:08,840 --> 01:06:11,088
So I had to do an interview
yesterday morning...

1342
01:06:11,401 --> 01:06:12,809
I just said,
"l was happy to finish fourth.

1343
01:06:13,120 --> 01:06:14,920
"Happy. It's where I wanted to be."

1344
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:16,920
Obviously not,
I wanted to win it, didn't I?

1345
01:06:17,001 --> 01:06:18,845
But they're not helping you with
dickheads like that, are they?

1346
01:06:18,921 --> 01:06:19,881
Oh, well.

1347
01:06:20,281 --> 01:06:23,008
Worse things happen at sea,
we're still here aren't we?

1348
01:06:23,920 --> 01:06:26,000
I thought it went rather well.

1349
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:28,881
Obviously not well enough,
cos Hutchy beat me.

1350
01:06:29,560 --> 01:06:31,884
Yeah, I know what needs to be done.

1351
01:06:33,840 --> 01:06:35,760
But there's another three
races left yet, isn't there?

1352
01:06:35,760 --> 01:06:37,081
It'll come.

1353
01:06:40,640 --> 01:06:43,608
There is the race leader
Ryan Farquhar really looking dialled in.

1354
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:45,565
Something must have gone wrong
at the start for Guy

1355
01:06:45,640 --> 01:06:47,081
he was well outside the top 10.

1356
01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:52,721
It's Hutchy's victory by 1.3 seconds.

1357
01:06:52,801 --> 01:06:55,245
Hutchy, Ryan and Conor; in that order

1358
01:06:55,401 --> 01:06:59,002
it's hat trick Hutchy
winning three TT's in a week.

1359
01:06:59,160 --> 01:07:01,561
And there are still two solo TT's to go.

1360
01:07:01,881 --> 01:07:03,801
I just gave it
absolutely everything I could.

1361
01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:06,445
And, It's just unbelievable, man,
unbelievable.

1362
01:07:07,761 --> 01:07:13,129
J* I hear the ocean beat upon the shore
outside my room

1363
01:07:13,960 --> 01:07:19,405
J' Calling me out from sleep
to listen to her graceful tune

1364
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:25,889
J* She makes me feel alive
Her power more than words can say

1365
01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:32,169
J* Send shivers through my person
Clears my head to face the day

1366
01:07:34,761 --> 01:07:35,885
J' I pray

1367
01:07:39,441 --> 01:07:42,365
J' The tides will rise
and fall again J*

1368
01:07:44,440 --> 01:07:45,607
Hello?

1369
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:48,684
All right, driver. Who are you?

1370
01:07:50,001 --> 01:07:51,561
What do you know?

1371
01:07:53,161 --> 01:07:54,121
No.

1372
01:07:55,160 --> 01:07:56,688
Yeah, just sat watching
some onboards playing,

1373
01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:59,008
getting a plan of attack sorted.

1374
01:07:59,721 --> 01:08:01,805
Jeffries's from 2002

1375
01:08:01,960 --> 01:08:03,880
and then bits of Hutchy.

1376
01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:06,800
I'm going through
the tight sections too hot,

1377
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:08,525
and then I'm losing the run
onto the long straights.

1378
01:08:09,280 --> 01:08:14,769
J' I see the sun rise up
into a cloudless sky of blue

1379
01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:17,240
J* Coaxing the shadows back

1380
01:08:17,319 --> 01:08:20,800
J* To let the sun 's light
shine on through J*

1381
01:08:21,241 --> 01:08:22,724
- You want it?
- OK, thank you.

1382
01:08:26,279 --> 01:08:27,720
- Can you sign here?
- All right love, how's it going?

1383
01:08:28,359 --> 01:08:29,483
- Going great.
- Good lass.

1384
01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:31,328
Hope you get the race.

1385
01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:33,084
I know. Let's hope so, eh?

1386
01:08:36,520 --> 01:08:37,480
I've just seen Paul Dobbs,

1387
01:08:37,560 --> 01:08:38,600
let’s maybe go
and have a word with Dobbs.

1388
01:08:38,600 --> 01:08:40,084
- Good morning, Paul.
- How you doing?

1389
01:08:40,160 --> 01:08:41,808
What about today's conditions?
I bet you were sat

1390
01:08:41,880 --> 01:08:43,888
when you woke up this morning and
you must have thought, "Oh, no. "

1391
01:08:43,960 --> 01:08:45,324
No, teammates
with Oatsey this year

1392
01:08:45,401 --> 01:08:47,288
and he assures me
that it's gonna come right, so...

1393
01:08:47,441 --> 01:08:49,001
All right, Paul, I’ll let you
get it together and get warm,

1394
01:08:49,081 --> 01:08:50,041
he looks freezing.

1395
01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:52,084
You're looking as if
you're not ready for a race, either

1396
01:08:52,241 --> 01:08:54,325
Nowhere near.
I mean, yeah, it's not safe is it?

1397
01:08:54,600 --> 01:08:56,128
No, so you can't go racing in that.
I ain't racing.

1398
01:09:00,680 --> 01:09:01,640
There you go, love.

1399
01:09:04,840 --> 01:09:05,964
Guy! Guy!

1400
01:09:06,121 --> 01:09:07,321
Guy, she fancies you!

1401
01:09:25,760 --> 01:09:27,408
...as Guy Martin goes
through in fourth place.

1402
01:09:27,560 --> 01:09:29,001
There goes Hutchy,
looking very strong.

1403
01:09:29,161 --> 01:09:31,081
Keith Amor on the pace
is in third.

1404
01:09:31,399 --> 01:09:33,199
Michael Dunlop
is here and he still leads.

1405
01:09:33,200 --> 01:09:35,241
But only by 1.82 seconds.

1406
01:09:35,640 --> 01:09:38,608
The difference is only 1.82 seconds.

1407
01:09:38,680 --> 01:09:40,524
No, I think Hutchy
has done it...

1408
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:43,568
He has, because
Michael Dunlop crosses the line,

1409
01:09:43,720 --> 01:09:46,001
but it is lan Hutchinson
who has won the race.

1410
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:47,040
And not just that.

1411
01:09:47,241 --> 01:09:50,285
He has made the most amazing
piece of history here today.

1412
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:53,729
The first man in history
to win the first four TT races.

1413
01:09:53,961 --> 01:09:55,761
And only the second man,

1414
01:09:55,761 --> 01:09:58,248
after Phillip McCallen,
to win four in a week.

1415
01:09:58,761 --> 01:10:01,205
Lan Hutchinson,
the new king of the mountain.

1416
01:10:01,361 --> 01:10:02,528
No question about that.

1417
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:11,044
James McBride away now.

1418
01:10:11,200 --> 01:10:13,480
Next away will be
New Zealand's #nest Paul Dobbs,

1419
01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:15,160
and right behind him
is Welshman Paul Owen.

1420
01:10:15,241 --> 01:10:17,521
Great to see the man
from Llangollen here once again.

1421
01:10:18,440 --> 01:10:19,560
Well,
we were on the start line,

1422
01:10:19,560 --> 01:10:20,968
and then you shake hands with your mate

1423
01:10:21,040 --> 01:10:23,288
and always wish him all the best.

1424
01:10:24,040 --> 01:10:26,364
I set off behind my mate, Paul Dobbs.

1425
01:10:26,440 --> 01:10:28,644
Because you're 10 seconds apart,

1426
01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:31,644
you can count them
when they just disappear

1427
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:34,320
You start counting.

1428
01:11:08,041 --> 01:11:10,761
You can hear them coming
down from the campsite down in the dip

1429
01:11:10,761 --> 01:11:12,681
and then back up. You can hear
them speed coming up there.

1430
01:11:12,681 --> 01:11:14,765
And you can tell the men from the boys

1431
01:11:15,841 --> 01:11:17,881
because they gear down,
they drop a cog down

1432
01:11:18,721 --> 01:11:20,840
and then they ease off
slightly, then they open it up

1433
01:11:20,840 --> 01:11:22,684
and rip it around the corner.

1434
01:11:22,760 --> 01:11:24,365
But I have to say, the top boys,
they just don't bother.

1435
01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:25,480
They just keep it going flat.

1436
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:29,488
He just came round the corner so well,

1437
01:11:29,561 --> 01:11:30,728
clipped it,

1438
01:11:30,880 --> 01:11:33,521
the bike went
the height of the bus stop.

1439
01:11:33,801 --> 01:11:35,208
It just went straight up,

1440
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:37,648
the height of the bus stop
that's down there.

1441
01:11:37,720 --> 01:11:39,400
Like a battleground.

1442
01:11:40,360 --> 01:11:42,008
I was just closing on him

1443
01:11:42,080 --> 01:11:44,081
and then we were
just coming up to Ballagarey

1444
01:11:44,081 --> 01:11:46,481
and I just seen him
go off into the corner

1445
01:11:47,200 --> 01:11:50,682
and then the yellow flags came out
so I knew that there'd been an incident.

1446
01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:53,404
Either he'd blown
the engine or crashed so,

1447
01:11:53,480 --> 01:11:56,120
I could like hear the other riders
coming so I just grabbed a flag

1448
01:11:56,200 --> 01:11:58,481
and just ran into the track
to slow the other riders down.

1449
01:11:59,920 --> 01:12:01,884
The medics tried
everything they could for him.

1450
01:12:02,481 --> 01:12:05,962
But he'd have been cheesed off
if he'd have been in a car

1451
01:12:06,041 --> 01:12:08,364
and got squashed by a tractor
or summat like that, like.

1452
01:12:08,880 --> 01:12:11,325
Like, we're here, we race.
We know the dangers.

1453
01:12:11,720 --> 01:12:13,968
It's not tiddlywinks or whatever

1454
01:12:14,281 --> 01:12:16,529
That's why everybody gets on
if you can help each other.

1455
01:12:17,480 --> 01:12:18,440
But sadly,

1456
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:20,684
he lost his life
to the sport that he loves.

1457
01:12:25,200 --> 01:12:27,045
Just one of them, like.

1458
01:12:33,840 --> 01:12:37,889
I had one of those moments,
you know, that happen at some point

1459
01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:39,728
once or twice during every TT fortnight,

1460
01:12:39,801 --> 01:12:43,522
when I just stand and look around
and everything you see, the bikes,

1461
01:12:43,761 --> 01:12:47,886
the overalls, you know you hear
that siren, pit-entry siren.

1462
01:12:48,841 --> 01:12:52,049
Everything going on
and I just thought, I love this.

1463
01:12:52,320 --> 01:12:57,001
And I actually thought,
a stupid moment of clarity,

1464
01:12:58,161 --> 01:13:01,685
God, I'd miss this if I couldn't have it
cos something happens to Dobbsy.

1465
01:13:04,041 --> 01:13:05,481
An hour later...

1466
01:13:10,641 --> 01:13:12,681
Anyone could lose
their partner tomorrow.

1467
01:13:12,681 --> 01:13:16,609
People step out under a bus.
People are lost every day.

1468
01:13:17,160 --> 01:13:19,888
You talk about that, and you joke
about it all the time, you know.

1469
01:13:20,440 --> 01:13:23,201
I might not be here next week,
is what people say.

1470
01:13:23,401 --> 01:13:25,360
But when it is part
of your consciousness,

1471
01:13:25,360 --> 01:13:27,444
even a subconscious part,

1472
01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:29,248
it really does make you love life.

1473
01:13:30,801 --> 01:13:33,169
It makes you appreciate who you've got

1474
01:13:33,480 --> 01:13:35,085
and what's special about them

1475
01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:37,560
and just how lucky you are.

1476
01:13:40,121 --> 01:13:42,641
The reason we make
that choice to go racing

1477
01:13:42,721 --> 01:13:45,165
is just the whole, you know,

1478
01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:46,681
”We're here for a good time."

1479
01:13:46,760 --> 01:13:49,128
What can, you know, how can we
get the most fun out of life?

1480
01:13:49,721 --> 01:13:51,969
And, we want the kids
to share that as well.

1481
01:13:52,120 --> 01:13:55,121
They come along, they love it,
they're part of it.

1482
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:58,280
Because we had that time with him,
it's made us who we are.

1483
01:13:58,280 --> 01:13:59,524
It's made them who they are.

1484
01:13:59,640 --> 01:14:01,168
You know, they're incredible.

1485
01:14:02,041 --> 01:14:05,009
Um, they're strong. They're fun.

1486
01:14:05,881 --> 01:14:08,248
And we have fun.
You know, we have so much fun.

1487
01:14:08,960 --> 01:14:10,161
It doesn't stop.

1488
01:14:10,961 --> 01:14:13,481
And we're going to keep on having fun,
you know.

1489
01:14:13,760 --> 01:14:16,848
Ride the bikes, play the music,
dance in the kitchen.

1490
01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:19,920
We still love the TT
still love the island,

1491
01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:21,360
you can't change that.

1492
01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:23,728
You can't love the death.
You can't love the loss.

1493
01:14:23,800 --> 01:14:27,085
But you can't love
the excitement and the thrill

1494
01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:29,881
without knowing that that's part of it.

1495
01:14:31,200 --> 01:14:34,081
It wouldn't be so exciting
if it didn't have the risk.

1496
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,008
That's why they want to do it.

1497
01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:51,880
Meanwhile,
the Auto Cycle Union has confirmed

1498
01:14:51,961 --> 01:14:55,169
a second rider was killed
in yesterday's Supersport 2 race.

1499
01:14:55,561 --> 01:14:59,325
48-year-old Austrian Martin Loicht died
in a crash at Quarry Bends...

1500
01:15:00,761 --> 01:15:02,648
This is Friday, Senior day.

1501
01:15:02,720 --> 01:15:04,324
This is the day
we've all been waiting for

1502
01:15:04,601 --> 01:15:07,560
it's the final,
and it's the race of the year,

1503
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:08,608
as far as we're concerned.

1504
01:15:09,160 --> 01:15:11,887
The big prize. People Call it
the power and the glory.

1505
01:15:12,001 --> 01:15:13,168
It just means so much.

1506
01:15:13,241 --> 01:15:17,049
So we will be putting a big effort
into this, a huge effort.

1507
01:15:17,201 --> 01:15:19,404
Everyone's ready. And Guy is up for it.

1508
01:15:20,320 --> 01:15:23,364
He's just arrived.
That's him.

1509
01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:26,764
On the dirty old bicycle, the pushbike.

1510
01:15:27,801 --> 01:15:29,929
Who's going to take
this year's Senior title?

1511
01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:33,048
Will it be an unbelievable
five for lan Hutchinson?

1512
01:15:33,200 --> 01:15:36,004
Can John McGuinness
make it onto the podium?

1513
01:15:36,841 --> 01:15:40,681
I've had a second, had a fourth
yesterday, I had a fifth.

1514
01:15:40,681 --> 01:15:44,522
And so I've not had the best of weeks,
really. A few little issues

1515
01:15:44,680 --> 01:15:46,281
in the way of just bike setup.

1516
01:15:46,281 --> 01:15:47,880
But it's all food for thought,

1517
01:15:47,880 --> 01:15:50,849
and I've got to try and take
it through into today's race

1518
01:15:50,920 --> 01:15:52,840
and go play the part, see what I can do.

1519
01:15:52,920 --> 01:15:54,044
I'm going to go out
there and try my hardest.

1520
01:15:54,121 --> 01:15:55,881
But then sometimes
I've been watching onboards,

1521
01:15:55,881 --> 01:15:57,605
I've been watching
this and watching that.

1522
01:15:57,720 --> 01:15:59,041
And am I trying too hard?

1523
01:15:59,161 --> 01:16:01,125
And I think I look in a couple
of places, and I am.

1524
01:16:01,440 --> 01:16:02,881
And that's what's holding me back, so...

1525
01:16:03,321 --> 01:16:05,405
Yeah, I'll pull me finger out.

1526
01:16:05,481 --> 01:16:07,565
That penalty, I didn't
feel really hard done by.

1527
01:16:07,640 --> 01:16:09,081
Worse things happen at sea.
I just came and sat in here

1528
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:10,688
with me helmet and me boots
and me gloves and me leathers

1529
01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:13,400
and all that shit on,
and just sat here and...

1530
01:16:13,480 --> 01:16:14,920
At the time, if someone
would have come in here,

1531
01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:17,008
if Mr Speed-gun Man
or whatever had come in here

1532
01:16:17,080 --> 01:16:19,404
I'd have thrashed fuck out of him.

1533
01:16:20,080 --> 01:16:24,080
But, really, Mr Speed-gun Man,
I'd have thrashed fuck out of him.

1534
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:26,800
I'm not a fighting man, but there's
a time and a place for everything.

1535
01:16:26,800 --> 01:16:28,884
And something like that's going on.

1536
01:16:29,000 --> 01:16:31,248
Point... Whatever, don't
even get me started on it.

1537
01:16:32,960 --> 01:16:36,604
I've won four so far,
and it'd be great to get the fifth.

1538
01:16:36,680 --> 01:16:38,721
You know, it'd be the fairytale story.

1539
01:16:39,440 --> 01:16:43,565
But, obviously, everyone's been
gunning out to get me all week.

1540
01:16:43,881 --> 01:16:46,729
And I think in some respects,
the pressure's kind of off them

1541
01:16:46,921 --> 01:16:49,409
with it just being one person
that's done it all week.

1542
01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:50,528
What more can they do?

1543
01:16:50,601 --> 01:16:53,285
It's not as if you know, there's
been four different winners

1544
01:16:53,440 --> 01:16:55,360
and they haven't won one, it's just...

1545
01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:58,600
I think maybe the pressure
is off them a little bit, but...

1546
01:16:58,600 --> 01:17:01,928
On the other side of it,
it's the last race this year.

1547
01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:05,485
You know, if they really are determined
to win a TT this year,

1548
01:17:05,561 --> 01:17:07,241
this is the last chance.

1549
01:17:07,321 --> 01:17:09,961
I haven 't seen one of
those Conor Cummins posters around yet,

1550
01:17:09,961 --> 01:17:12,568
but there 'll be a big groundswell
of support for the local boy.-.

1551
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:14,321
If you go out there
with your head filed,

1552
01:17:14,321 --> 01:17:15,880
if I listen to Rage Against The Machine
before I go out,

1553
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:17,000
you're going out
with the wrong frame of mind.

1554
01:17:17,000 --> 01:17:18,167
So I'm gonna go out there
listening to...

1555
01:17:18,240 --> 01:17:20,281
I think I might have a bit of
Otis Redding on before I go out.

1556
01:17:20,921 --> 01:17:22,721
Yeah, smoke me 10 Bensons.

1557
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:26,128
Do you want 10 Bensons?

1558
01:17:26,281 --> 01:17:27,405
That'll do you, will it?

1559
01:17:27,641 --> 01:17:30,729
Yeah, I'm only taking up smoking...
I'm taking up smoking after July.

1560
01:17:31,000 --> 01:17:33,320
But there's been a few moments
in this past couple of weeks

1561
01:17:33,320 --> 01:17:34,968
where I've just thought...

1562
01:17:35,161 --> 01:17:39,722
But I've not smoked, so I think
a bit of Otis Redding on the start line,

1563
01:17:40,241 --> 01:17:42,161
pretend to smoke a fag,

1564
01:17:43,040 --> 01:17:44,927
and take it as it comes.

1565
01:17:50,121 --> 01:17:52,969
Well the parade lap
is coming to its conclusion here.

1566
01:17:53,360 --> 01:17:55,248
We 're going to have
the senior TT race going

1567
01:17:55,321 --> 01:17:57,001
in just under an hour's time

1568
01:17:57,121 --> 01:17:58,280
at half past 12,

1569
01:17:58,280 --> 01:18:00,528
and we will, of course,
give you all the build up

1570
01:18:00,600 --> 01:18:03,088
and the interviews
as the riders get out there.

1571
01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:30,004
Can history be made by lan Hutchinson?

1572
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:32,040
He's proved himself to be
an absolute maestro

1573
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,808
around the mountain course.

1574
01:18:33,881 --> 01:18:36,129
And there is the number one machine
of Bruce Anstey.

1575
01:18:36,201 --> 01:18:39,965
The lap record still standing
at 131.578 miles an hour.

1576
01:18:40,041 --> 01:18:42,921
That was set by John McGuinness
last year Less than 10 seconds to go.

1577
01:18:42,921 --> 01:18:45,961
Well, I can tell the members of
the Guy Martin fan club over there

1578
01:18:45,961 --> 01:18:47,608
on the far side of Glencrutchery Road

1579
01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:49,568
that their man is
still one of the favourites,

1580
01:18:49,921 --> 01:18:52,561
along with the big local hope,
number 10, Conor Cummins.

1581
01:18:58,041 --> 01:18:59,401
The last few seconds tick away.

1582
01:18:59,401 --> 01:19:01,485
We watch the Hag, which drops,
and we are now racing.

1583
01:19:01,561 --> 01:19:03,720
Bruce Anstey.
Mountain Maestro John McGuinness.

1584
01:19:03,720 --> 01:19:06,320
Now number three lan Lochear
That's Hutchy on the number four

1585
01:19:06,320 --> 01:19:08,200
Keith Amor goes. And Cameron Donald.

1586
01:19:08,200 --> 01:19:09,804
So Michael is away on the Honda.

1587
01:19:09,880 --> 01:19:11,800
Guy Martin on the Wilson Craig Honda.

1588
01:19:11,881 --> 01:19:13,081
Guy's off and racing.

1589
01:19:20,160 --> 01:19:21,960
But I can tell you that
when we look to the scoreboard

1590
01:19:21,960 --> 01:19:24,121
to see that Guy Martin,
number eight, leads.

1591
01:19:24,201 --> 01:19:27,769
But only by .4 or .5 of a second
from number 10, Conor Cummins.

1592
01:19:27,960 --> 01:19:30,525
There is only .06 of a second then

1593
01:19:30,681 --> 01:19:32,689
between him and
number four lan Hutchinson,

1594
01:19:32,760 --> 01:19:36,200
with John McGuinness
just .74 of a second down on him.

1595
01:19:36,200 --> 01:19:39,048
So one and a half seconds
cover the top four here.

1596
01:19:39,400 --> 01:19:41,888
And a tight line in
from number eight, Guy Martin.

1597
01:19:42,120 --> 01:19:44,040
A hundred and thirty one mile
an hour lap for Guy.

1598
01:19:44,121 --> 01:19:49,009
131.108, that's Guy Martin 's fastest lap
ever around the mountain course.

1599
01:19:49,161 --> 01:19:50,808
And he's absolutely on song today.

1600
01:19:52,960 --> 01:19:55,601
It's all about those guys
on the eight and 10 plates,

1601
01:19:55,680 --> 01:19:58,965
Guy Martin and Conor Cummins,
but it's so close right behind them,

1602
01:19:59,240 --> 01:20:02,121
Hutchy and John McGuinness
are right there in the mix.

1603
01:20:07,480 --> 01:20:09,128
And Conor has gone into the lead.

1604
01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:11,408
Conor has snatched
the lead from Guy Martin

1605
01:20:11,560 --> 01:20:14,048
but there's 0.58 seconds in it.

1606
01:21:14,761 --> 01:21:16,241
It's down to fractions of seconds,

1607
01:21:16,241 --> 01:21:18,760
because at the Bungalow,
Guy Martin has narrowed the gap

1608
01:21:18,760 --> 01:21:22,688
on Conor Cummins to just one-tenth
of a second. That's all there is.

1609
01:21:22,841 --> 01:21:24,761
It's still desperately,
desperately tight.

1610
01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:26,961
IFS Guy right
in front of me here now,

1611
01:21:26,961 --> 01:21:28,881
red torpedo on the back of his leathers.

1612
01:21:28,960 --> 01:21:30,040
Just watch that speed! Go on...

1613
01:21:30,121 --> 01:21:32,369
And Guy Martin,
let me just give you his details.

1614
01:21:32,480 --> 01:21:34,925
130. 642,

1615
01:21:35,000 --> 01:21:37,361
and he was the race leader
at Cronk-ny-Mona,

1616
01:21:37,361 --> 01:21:39,728
but we're still waiting for Conor
Conor's here now.

1617
01:21:39,800 --> 01:21:41,884
130.278.

1618
01:21:42,280 --> 01:21:44,801
A brand new tyre in
for Guy as he fires up and he is away.

1619
01:21:45,041 --> 01:21:47,441
Right now we saw a great pit stop
by the Wilson Craig team

1620
01:21:47,521 --> 01:21:49,004
and it's the McAdoo boys
who are on it now.

1621
01:21:49,080 --> 01:21:50,040
Tighten her up, Mark, and

1622
01:21:50,121 --> 01:21:51,321
Mark just says go, go, go, go.

1623
01:21:51,400 --> 01:21:53,648
She #res and the big man is away now.

1624
01:21:57,480 --> 01:21:59,205
Here he is.
Here's Guy Martin now!

1625
01:22:14,440 --> 01:22:16,201
But there was
an awful long gap there

1626
01:22:16,201 --> 01:22:19,529
in between Hutchinson and Michael Dunlop
and Keith Amor appearing here,

1627
01:22:19,720 --> 01:22:21,881
and the road goes quiet here
for a moment or two.

1628
01:22:22,160 --> 01:22:24,528
But we 're still waiting
on machine number eight.

1629
01:22:37,680 --> 01:22:39,285
And here's Conor at number 10,

1630
01:22:39,361 --> 01:22:41,521
so we don't appear
to have a Guy Martin here.

1631
01:22:41,600 --> 01:22:43,128
Guy Martin is missing.

1632
01:22:43,201 --> 01:22:45,088
Red flag.
Attention, attention. Red flag.

1633
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:46,921
Well, back here at
the grandstand, we're not sure

1634
01:22:46,921 --> 01:22:49,960
if we've got a red-flag situation.
The race has been stopped

1635
01:22:49,960 --> 01:22:52,208
because a fire engine
has to go onto the track.

1636
01:22:52,281 --> 01:22:54,529
It's clearly something very serious
at Ballagarey.

1637
01:22:54,601 --> 01:22:57,482
It's only the second Senior race
in 100 years to be red-flagged.

1638
01:22:59,080 --> 01:23:00,848
Incident at Ballagarey.

1639
01:23:02,121 --> 01:23:04,882
Guy Martin hasn't reached Glen Helen.

1640
01:23:04,960 --> 01:23:06,880
Red flag, boys. Red flag.

1641
01:23:12,520 --> 01:23:15,925
We believe it's Guy Martin. He's crashed
and the bike has set fire to a field,

1642
01:23:16,001 --> 01:23:18,445
and that's one of the only times
they'll put red flags out.

1643
01:23:19,161 --> 01:23:20,208
it's gut-wrenching
for everyone.

1644
01:23:20,280 --> 01:23:21,321
The team are pacing up and down,

1645
01:23:21,321 --> 01:23:24,365
you can see the team boss' head down,
not knowing what's going on.

1646
01:23:24,440 --> 01:23:26,568
I mean, nobody knows
any better than anybody.

1647
01:23:27,400 --> 01:23:30,760
First we knew about it was
when Guy didn't arrive at Glen Helen.

1648
01:23:31,201 --> 01:23:33,209
You'd like to think
that it's a mechanical failure

1649
01:23:33,281 --> 01:23:34,448
rather than a crash.

1650
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:39,489
But then we heard the hedge
was on fire at Glen Vine...

1651
01:23:39,640 --> 01:23:43,481
Only riders and officials
are allowed in the parc ferme area.

1652
01:23:44,121 --> 01:23:46,609
Everybody else out, please. Thank you.

1653
01:23:46,920 --> 01:23:49,041
You could see the fire
in the distance about a mile away.

1654
01:23:49,041 --> 01:23:51,005
There was smoke and one of the hay bales
was on fire

1655
01:23:51,081 --> 01:23:53,165
and they slowed us way down
and I thought, "OK,

1656
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:55,521
"well, there 's a hay bale on Ere, "

1657
01:23:55,720 --> 01:23:57,480
and, "There's the bike
in somebody's yard. "

1658
01:23:57,480 --> 01:23:59,248
And I'm like, "OK
we're past the incident."

1659
01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:03,688
A quarter-mile later there was Guy.

1660
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:06,201
And I was like, "Oh, shit."

1661
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:11,241
There was an incident.
Guy was missing so it had to be him.

1662
01:24:11,241 --> 01:24:13,960
He crashed at something
like 170 miles an hour,

1663
01:24:13,960 --> 01:24:15,728
cos he was off at that speed

1664
01:24:15,921 --> 01:24:17,525
and, of course, you worry.

1665
01:24:17,681 --> 01:24:19,884
You know, you don't jump from a bike

1666
01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:21,488
at 170 miles an hour and get up again.

1667
01:24:21,561 --> 01:24:24,125
So, yes, we are worried.

1668
01:24:25,480 --> 01:24:29,922
Paul Dobbs crashed there last night,
and, you know, he didn't make it.

1669
01:24:30,000 --> 01:24:32,084
So, fingers crossed for Guy.

1670
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:33,684
It's hit and miss there, you know.

1671
01:24:33,761 --> 01:24:36,642
There's no run-out, as there isn't
anywhere on the circuit here.

1672
01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:39,921
Guy seems to have made a little bit
of a rider error sort of thing

1673
01:24:39,921 --> 01:24:41,404
and he's gone into the wall.

1674
01:24:41,480 --> 01:24:43,041
It's not looking good.

1675
01:24:43,560 --> 01:24:44,968
I came up on the circuit,

1676
01:24:45,241 --> 01:24:47,608
you know, it just looks like
a bomb's exploded when owt goes on here.

1677
01:24:47,760 --> 01:24:49,560
The wall and all the bales were on fire,

1678
01:24:49,641 --> 01:24:51,168
you Know, and Guy's
laid there in the track,

1679
01:24:51,281 --> 01:24:53,484
his bike's split in pieces, like it's...

1680
01:24:54,041 --> 01:24:55,568
It's horrendous, yeah, we...

1681
01:24:55,880 --> 01:24:59,080
Everyone's fingers are crossed
at the minute, to see how Guy is.

1682
01:24:59,080 --> 01:25:04,886
So quarter past two, for
a 3:00 start to a four-lap Senior race.

1683
01:25:04,960 --> 01:25:06,320
it's just how it is,
sort of thing.

1684
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:08,721
We all enter it. There's no gun
to our heads to enter

1685
01:25:09,001 --> 01:25:11,805
We all love it, and at the end
of the day, if it goes wrong

1686
01:25:11,881 --> 01:25:14,882
and the worst does happen,
then he died a happy man, like.

1687
01:25:16,401 --> 01:25:20,200
You know, the show's going on.
We've got four laps coming here.

1688
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:21,805
We're a 3:00 start.

1689
01:25:21,881 --> 01:25:24,204
No. it'll be no slower.

1690
01:25:27,720 --> 01:25:29,008
Now let's give you
the track conditions.

1691
01:25:29,161 --> 01:25:31,322
Roads. Lack of adhesion at Ballagarey

1692
01:25:31,481 --> 01:25:33,325
Dry around the rest of the course.

1693
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:35,400
Visibility good. Four lap race.

1694
01:25:36,760 --> 01:25:38,168
Got me fingers crossed
for Conor today.

1695
01:25:38,240 --> 01:25:40,200
He 'll be out there giving
it the berries, as usual.

1696
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:42,000
I'm right behind you,
Conan if you're listening.

1697
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:51,884
Four laps, 150.92 miles.

1698
01:25:53,001 --> 01:25:55,805
John McGuinness, the race leader
in the race before it was abandoned

1699
01:25:55,881 --> 01:25:58,325
is away on number two.
This is lan Hutchinson.

1700
01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:01,840
And now number 10, Conor Cummins,

1701
01:26:01,840 --> 01:26:03,881
looking so good for
the first couple of laps.

1702
01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:07,408
He's got to keep it together
for the full race today.

1703
01:26:08,560 --> 01:26:10,328
And here comes the first
of those machines, it is McGuinness.

1704
01:26:10,600 --> 01:26:12,204
Here's Hutchy now, 0.61,

1705
01:26:12,280 --> 01:26:13,800
that's all there is
between the two of them.

1706
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,485
I'm sad to report Michael
is in retirement at Joey's.

1707
01:26:16,640 --> 01:26:18,160
And Cameron is off the bike.

1708
01:26:18,160 --> 01:26:20,080
Here's Conor now. Head down.

1709
01:26:21,001 --> 01:26:23,162
So the big news here
at Glen Helen. Lap two.

1710
01:26:23,240 --> 01:26:25,401
McGuinness appears to be out.

1711
01:26:25,480 --> 01:26:27,128
And there's 3.24 seconds

1712
01:26:27,200 --> 01:26:29,481
that lan Hutchinson leads
number 10, Conor Cummins.

1713
01:26:48,441 --> 01:26:51,442
Back here at the Grandstand,
we have got a situation at the Bungalow

1714
01:26:51,520 --> 01:26:54,441
where lan Hutchinson
retains the lead of the race.

1715
01:26:54,441 --> 01:26:56,521
We 're waiting for Conor
to appear at the Bungalow

1716
01:26:56,521 --> 01:26:58,480
before we can update that.

1717
01:26:58,480 --> 01:27:00,925
News of Conor Cummins,
he came off at the Veranda

1718
01:27:01,000 --> 01:27:02,281
and he's receiving attention.

1719
01:27:02,281 --> 01:27:03,961
So, Conor off at the Veranda.

1720
01:27:04,041 --> 01:27:07,920
Ian Hutchinson crosses the line
and rides into the history books.

1721
01:27:07,920 --> 01:27:11,760
Forget the famous five,
this is the fabulous, fantastic five

1722
01:27:11,760 --> 01:27:14,160
by the Bingley Bullet lan Hutchinson,

1723
01:27:14,160 --> 01:27:17,368
30 years of age.
He has rewritten the history books

1724
01:27:17,440 --> 01:27:20,681
of one of the greatest
motorsport events in the world.

1725
01:27:33,241 --> 01:27:35,400
Again it was
the sound and the blurt

1726
01:27:35,400 --> 01:27:36,841
But the blur stopped.

1727
01:27:36,920 --> 01:27:38,601
He was coming around the corner
A good race line,

1728
01:27:38,601 --> 01:27:40,084
really good race line
in all fairness to him,

1729
01:27:40,160 --> 01:27:41,524
and he was flying round.

1730
01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:45,249
The bike comes down,
he kicks the bike away

1731
01:27:45,321 --> 01:27:49,521
and the bike literally
turns into a fireball on impact.

1732
01:27:52,640 --> 01:27:55,324
It's like the start of a IV programme,
an all-action IV programme

1733
01:27:55,400 --> 01:27:57,200
where the screen is filled with flames,

1734
01:27:57,200 --> 01:27:58,925
and this silhouette comes towards us

1735
01:27:59,000 --> 01:28:00,888
at about waist height, and it's Guy.

1736
01:28:01,921 --> 01:28:03,760
And I'm thinking,
"Oh, here we go, I got a job here."

1737
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:05,168
First thing that springs to mind.

1738
01:28:05,241 --> 01:28:09,520
So I reached down, grabbed
my orange box, the med box.

1739
01:28:09,520 --> 01:28:11,560
I turned around there
and Guy's flying past me

1740
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:15,280
followed by a bike which is on fire
and it just screams past me

1741
01:28:15,280 --> 01:28:17,964
and then the bike goes over to one side
and it's still in flames

1742
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:20,041
and there's black smoke everywhere.

1743
01:28:20,041 --> 01:28:21,569
And flames, they make a
hell of a mess, don't they?

1744
01:28:21,640 --> 01:28:22,645
And Guy's in the middle.

1745
01:28:25,641 --> 01:28:26,929
I tell him, "I'm not
gonna cut your leathers,

1746
01:28:27,001 --> 01:28:28,921
”cos I need to check you over
first of all. ”

1747
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,080
And he says, "No, don't cut my leathers,
don't cut my leathers. "

1748
01:28:31,080 --> 01:28:32,400
Now I understand that
because I'm a biker, like,

1749
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:34,441
and that's the last thing I'd want is
somebody to cut my leathers.

1750
01:28:34,961 --> 01:28:37,121
But he was good. He was good.

1751
01:28:38,720 --> 01:28:40,128
Definitely somebody's up there
watching him.

1752
01:28:40,560 --> 01:28:41,684
No doubt about it.

1753
01:28:42,600 --> 01:28:43,560
Lucky guy.

1754
01:28:48,841 --> 01:28:51,285
I thought,
"Right, job was looking good."

1755
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:54,284
Job was looking good,
131 and a half from a standing start.

1756
01:28:54,360 --> 01:28:57,688
Uh, slowing to come into the pits,
I think 1306,

1757
01:28:58,360 --> 01:28:59,604
battling for the lead.

1758
01:29:00,361 --> 01:29:04,245
Went out from the pits,
got about five mile out, at Glen Vine.

1759
01:29:05,360 --> 01:29:06,484
Took the front.

1760
01:29:06,921 --> 01:29:09,244
Thought I got it.
Thought I got it! Got it! Got it!

1761
01:29:09,320 --> 01:29:11,280
See, I've had a few moments like this.

1762
01:29:11,280 --> 01:29:13,321
You're just riding into
the grip that you've got.

1763
01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:17,328
And I was riding up to that point of

1764
01:29:17,960 --> 01:29:19,880
I knew where there was decent grip,

1765
01:29:19,880 --> 01:29:21,485
and you couldn't really push
past that point.

1766
01:29:21,560 --> 01:29:23,880
Cos I just left the pits with
another full tank of petrol,

1767
01:29:23,880 --> 01:29:26,804
and I decided in my head
the grip that I could ride up to

1768
01:29:26,880 --> 01:29:28,047
and, um...

1769
01:29:29,961 --> 01:29:31,440
Obviously not.

1770
01:29:31,440 --> 01:29:33,601
I think the full tank of petrol
probably made a bit of difference.

1771
01:29:34,160 --> 01:29:37,565
Uh, lost the front. Far fronner.

1772
01:29:38,280 --> 01:29:42,045
You know, one of the faster corners
of the track.

1773
01:29:42,120 --> 01:29:44,040
Probably 160-70 mile an hour.

1774
01:29:44,840 --> 01:29:45,840
And took the front, I thought

1775
01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:47,401
"I've got it, I've got it,
I've got it, I've got it.

1776
01:29:47,401 --> 01:29:49,485
"No... No, I ain't got it."

1777
01:29:49,561 --> 01:29:51,081
So I had to jump ship.

1778
01:29:51,081 --> 01:29:53,525
And I think I ended up with a few...

1779
01:29:53,600 --> 01:29:56,524
I've got a few bits of
singed eyebrows and eyelashes,

1780
01:29:56,601 --> 01:29:58,762
and singed me fringe and what have you.

1781
01:29:58,840 --> 01:30:00,760
But it's... I ended up
in the wall I think.

1782
01:30:00,841 --> 01:30:02,321
I can't remember much.
I was knocked out.

1783
01:30:02,321 --> 01:30:03,600
But I'm still here.

1784
01:30:03,600 --> 01:30:05,840
And I'm not bad, really. It could have
been a lot worse, couldn't it?

1785
01:30:05,840 --> 01:30:07,401
Could have been a lot worse.

1786
01:30:07,401 --> 01:30:08,521
Yeah, I think it is nothing.

1787
01:30:08,521 --> 01:30:11,565
It's only, you know, a bit of bark
off my knees and what have you,

1788
01:30:11,641 --> 01:30:13,528
you know, when you're sliding at
160-70 mile an hour

1789
01:30:13,601 --> 01:30:14,605
that's a lot of heat, isn't it?

1790
01:30:14,760 --> 01:30:16,844
I've got a lot of
friction burns from sliding.

1791
01:30:17,640 --> 01:30:19,201
A few broken ribs, a punctured lung.

1792
01:30:20,001 --> 01:30:24,605
Uh, four chipped vertebrae
and two cracked vertebrae.

1793
01:30:24,681 --> 01:30:26,361
Apart from that, I'm like a new one.

1794
01:30:26,440 --> 01:30:31,405
So, yeah, just sat here and... Yeah.

1795
01:30:31,480 --> 01:30:34,208
I think... I think here,

1796
01:30:34,281 --> 01:30:36,845
I'm sat here moving my legs
and I think, "Ah, I'm invincible."

1797
01:30:36,921 --> 01:30:39,280
Then I try and get off
and I think, "Oh, fucking hell."

1798
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:41,288
I'm not as good as I think.

1799
01:30:41,800 --> 01:30:43,961
Cos they say like owt with the spine,
you can't rush it, can you?

1800
01:30:44,041 --> 01:30:46,289
Now, it's a stable fracture
as it is at the moment,

1801
01:30:46,361 --> 01:30:49,040
but push any harder,
you know, and it can...

1802
01:30:49,040 --> 01:30:52,200
Like Conor's just up the corridor there,
not looking clever.

1803
01:30:52,200 --> 01:30:55,889
His back's a bit worse than mine,
and they're having to send him away

1804
01:30:55,961 --> 01:30:58,809
to get his shoulder
and his elbow screwed together.

1805
01:30:59,560 --> 01:31:01,404
But it's part of the game, boy.

1806
01:31:01,480 --> 01:31:03,488
We all know the risks.
No one's making us do owt.

1807
01:31:04,120 --> 01:31:05,648
All part of the game.

1808
01:31:07,520 --> 01:31:09,888
Put me in that position again
and I'll do exactly the same.

1809
01:31:10,160 --> 01:31:11,568
Exactly the same again.

1810
01:31:13,521 --> 01:31:15,004
I’LL be back.

1811
01:31:15,721 --> 01:31:17,488
He's just making me work for it,
isn't he?

1812
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:20,720
Sorted.

1813
01:31:27,241 --> 01:31:30,480
I think I've had a podium
every year since 1997.

1814
01:31:30,480 --> 01:31:33,165
So, it seems weird, you know,
coming up on the access road

1815
01:31:33,241 --> 01:31:36,360
and, you know, not getting
a cheer and a clap

1816
01:31:36,360 --> 01:31:39,880
and getting waved past the rostrum
and I was leading the first race

1817
01:31:39,880 --> 01:31:42,441
and it all went wrong and then
in the senior, the blue ribbon race,

1818
01:31:42,441 --> 01:31:44,721
I got up to a sort of eleven second lead
and then Guy had the crash.

1819
01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:47,888
You know, the red Hags come out
and you've got to come back

1820
01:31:47,961 --> 01:31:49,205
and tune yourself back in,

1821
01:31:49,281 --> 01:31:50,601
and get dialled in and ready
for the restart

1822
01:31:50,681 --> 01:31:52,208
and the restart looking like
it was going good

1823
01:31:52,280 --> 01:31:54,965
and then we had a kill switch failure.

1824
01:31:55,041 --> 01:31:57,169
Two pence wire snaps off
and the solder breaks

1825
01:31:57,241 --> 01:32:00,122
and just puts you
out of contention completely.

1826
01:32:00,520 --> 01:32:01,960
You know, that's
the TT for you, I suppose.

1827
01:32:01,960 --> 01:32:04,841
I've had a lot of luck in the past,
I've won a lot of races round here.

1828
01:32:04,921 --> 01:32:06,808
And when luck's not on your side,
it's not happening for you.

1829
01:32:07,600 --> 01:32:09,400
For sure Guy Martin's had
a worse day than I had,

1830
01:32:09,481 --> 01:32:12,569
and for sure Conor Cummins has had
a lot worse day than I have.

1831
01:32:12,641 --> 01:32:16,360
I'm still in one piece. I'm gonna
head for the ferry and get home

1832
01:32:16,360 --> 01:32:18,924
and get my thoughts together
and see what's going to be available

1833
01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:22,121
for next year, or,
if nothing floats me boat,

1834
01:32:22,201 --> 01:32:23,728
I might hang me leathers up.
You never know.

1835
01:32:30,640 --> 01:32:32,560
Me and the kids, together;
have had our down times

1836
01:32:32,560 --> 01:32:34,928
and I haven't tried to
hide anything from them.

1837
01:32:35,001 --> 01:32:37,401
You know, we've done
our crying together

1838
01:32:38,720 --> 01:32:41,208
And then, "OK, what are we
gonna do now?"

1839
01:32:42,000 --> 01:32:43,560
Get over it, move on.

1840
01:32:44,041 --> 01:32:46,202
I think the point of life
is to enjoy it.

1841
01:32:46,280 --> 01:32:48,845
Have as good a time as we can while
we're here and what we've got given.

1842
01:32:50,160 --> 01:32:51,400
You can't change what you get given

1843
01:32:51,400 --> 01:32:53,320
but you can decide
whether or not to enjoy it.

1844
01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:01,568
I've been to look at
where the crash was,

1845
01:33:01,640 --> 01:33:06,528
there's still bits of green paint from
either the bike or me leathers

1846
01:33:06,600 --> 01:33:08,281
still on the cat's eye
on the side of the road.

1847
01:33:08,360 --> 01:33:11,280
I can actually see
where it's all gone wrong.

1848
01:33:11,280 --> 01:33:13,040
I've disappeared over the side.

1849
01:33:13,040 --> 01:33:15,880
And the way I look at it that's where
the injuries started to happen

1850
01:33:15,880 --> 01:33:19,001
and it sort of..
It does get to you a little bit.

1851
01:33:19,961 --> 01:33:21,249
The main one was me back.

1852
01:33:21,321 --> 01:33:23,001
I broke that in five places

1853
01:33:23,080 --> 01:33:25,089
and I've got a big scar on my back

1854
01:33:25,161 --> 01:33:29,405
as a result of getting tumbled clown
the hill and hitting a few things,

1855
01:33:29,480 --> 01:33:31,440
I broke my arm in four places.

1856
01:33:31,440 --> 01:33:34,529
Some slight nerve damage to it
but that's coming back nicely.

1857
01:33:34,600 --> 01:33:37,885
My knee was dislocated, a few scrapes,

1858
01:33:37,960 --> 01:33:42,128
I had a fractured pelvis
and a fractured shoulder blade

1859
01:33:42,201 --> 01:33:43,565
and a bruised lung, as well.

1860
01:33:44,241 --> 01:33:47,645
Um, there was a bit
to take in really, you know.

1861
01:33:48,040 --> 01:33:52,525
To get my head around it
was a big challenge, you know, mentally.

1862
01:33:53,480 --> 01:33:54,921
There's no chance I'm giving up.

1863
01:33:55,000 --> 01:33:59,649
I'm 24 year old and I perfectly accept
I've been really really lucky

1864
01:33:59,721 --> 01:34:03,168
but me love for bike racing
is still there

1865
01:34:03,240 --> 01:34:04,845
and I've got goals I want to achieve.

1866
01:34:04,921 --> 01:34:07,965
So the first opportunity I ever get
I 'll be straight on it.

1867
01:34:08,040 --> 01:34:09,840
That's my plan, you know.

1868
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,689
Come up to the Verandah at the
next TT or whenever I get back,

1869
01:34:13,561 --> 01:34:16,081
and just attack it like normal.

1870
01:34:17,480 --> 01:34:21,005
Yeah, it was a big one but
we'll just get on with life.

1871
01:34:21,320 --> 01:34:22,761
The world ain't gonna stop for me.

1872
01:34:23,520 --> 01:34:26,008
Tremendous start,
round the outside.

1873
01:34:26,081 --> 01:34:27,282
We think Ian Hutchinson,

1874
01:34:27,360 --> 01:34:30,645
the five times in a week
winner of the TT

1875
01:34:30,721 --> 01:34:33,000
may be the lad who's down there.

1876
01:34:33,000 --> 01:34:37,000
Unfortunately, yeah, I got into
the second to last race of the year

1877
01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:41,049
on a short circuit, not a road race,
and ended up with this injury.

1878
01:34:41,920 --> 01:34:45,565
I mean, it's a shame how it happened.
To be ridden off by somebody else.

1879
01:34:46,761 --> 01:34:50,120
You know, when it happened and they were
talking about amputating my leg,

1880
01:34:50,120 --> 01:34:53,241
there was only one reason
I didn’t want to amputate

1881
01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:55,644
and that's so I can race
a motorbike, you know.

1882
01:34:56,121 --> 01:34:58,609
Apart from that,
nothing else really matters, so,

1883
01:34:59,241 --> 01:35:01,800
you know, my argument
was to get my foot back on.

1884
01:35:01,800 --> 01:35:03,880
And not only get it on,

1885
01:35:03,880 --> 01:35:07,405
I said, "I don't want a foot
just on the end of my leg.

1886
01:35:07,481 --> 01:35:10,841
"I want a foot that's 1 00% working
so I can get on with my job."

1887
01:35:12,161 --> 01:35:14,125
Couldn't have been a better time
for it to happen, obviously,

1888
01:35:14,201 --> 01:35:16,928
seven months until
the start of the season, so...

1889
01:35:17,000 --> 01:35:20,680
I've just got to get on with it
and get back to fitness

1890
01:35:20,680 --> 01:35:22,448
for the start of next year.