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A-Team, The 31–2
Acum, Bert 28–9, 30–1
Acum, Norma 29
Aghadowey 97
Agostini, Giacomo 86, 183
AIM 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 157, 170
Alex (aircraft designer) 282
Allerdissen, Rolf 285
Amor, Keith 110, 154–5
Andrews, James 91, 95
Andrews, Rebecca 32
Anstey, Bruce 54, 119, 126, 132, 193, 260, 263, 269, 271
Archibald, Adrian 93, 110, 113–14, 126
Armoy 156–7
Armstrong, Lance 78
Ash, Aaron 28, 35, 36, 42
Ballagarey 68
Banks, Bill 63, 249
Baron, Billy 136
Bayliss, Troy 62, 259
Beltran, Havier 173
Ben (aircraft designer) 282
Benney, Russell 133–4, 214
Benny (friend) 120, 248
Bike Animal website 146
Billown Circuit 102
Blade the Spaniel 112–13
Block, Ken 224
Boat That Guy Built, The 163, 212–13, 218–23, 224, 293
airing of 226, 243
Bradbury, Jason 216, 220
Brands Hatch 64
British Grand Prix, Silverstone move by 86
British Superbike 60, 61, 62, 72, 82, 89, 93, 96, 127, 148, 152, 172
British Supersport 89, 129
Britton, Richard 103, 110, 113–14, 126, 194
Buckle (mechanic) 133, 153–4
Buckmaster, Simon 154, 173–4, 202, 203
Burnett, Roger 71
Burns, Chris 129
Cadle, Rob 48
Cadwell Park 64, 67, 233
Campbell, Malcolm 278
Cassidy, Mr (neighbour) 40–1
Castle Combe 176
Charlie (hydro-bike specialist) 283
Charlotte (girlfriend) 249
Chicago Rock Café 78–9
Chimp Paradox, The (Peters) 104
Christian, Steve 183
CinemaNX 181
Clark, Ian 48
Clifford, Stuart 249–50
Closer to the Edge, see TT3D: Closer to the Edge
Cock o’ the North 85, 89–91, 108
Coleman, Joe 115
Coles, Tim 162
Collins, Dr Dave 287–8, 289
Conley, Ross 75
Cookstown 100 99
Cooper, Dan 271, 272
Coulter, Woolsey 99
Craig, Esther 191
Craig, Wilson 173–4, 175, 178, 180, 184, 191, 203, 204
Cranston, Paul 109–10
Crawford, John 74
Crockford, John 74
Crutchlow, Cal 83, 90, 172
Cummins, Connor 54, 110, 202
Daredevils: Life on the Edge 286
‘Dave’ 79–80
Davis, Mark ‘Mave’ 162–3, 212, 217–18, 220–1, 222–3
Davison, Stephen 111, 138
De Aragues, Richard 183, 185
Dean (friend) 120
Denver (mechanic) 199
Dobbs, Paul 191–2
Dobby (friend) 225, 226, 250
Doherty, Jimmy 226
Donald, Cameron 54, 110, 151, 193, 197, 203
Donington Park 64, 73, 96
Doohan, Mick 90, 244–5
Duncan, Uel 110, 112, 113, 114, 116, 170
Duncanson, Neil 214, 227
Dundrod 89, 94, 124, 209, 259–67
Dungait, Forbes 165–6
Dungait, Francis 165–6
Dunlop, Joey 157
Dunlop, Michael 53, 54, 110, 150–1, 157, 193, 203, 263, 266–7, 269, 270–1
Dunlop, Paul 252
Dunlop, Robert 150
Dunlop, William 54, 203, 271
Ellis, Faye 192
Ellis, Johnny 34, 52, 70, 76, 112–13, 115–16, 120, 123, 124, 153, 154, 174, 180, 181, 187, 197
and GM’s Saab 248
and GM’s TT crash 201
Ellison, James 62, 144, 147, 152
Emmett, Sean 74
Farquhar, Ryan 53, 103–4, 109, 110, 113–14, 156
Finley, Sam 95–6, 99, 103, 108, 109, 170
Finnegan, Martin 99–101, 104, 111, 113, 126, 130, 197, 200
Fireblade 134, 146, 147
Flanagan, Alastair 127, 128, 129
Fogarty, Carl 86, 144
Fort William 163–4, 165, 167
fox-hunting 249
Frank, Mr (teacher) 33
Gibson, Guy 22
Goodwood Festival of Speed 155, 183, 244
Graham (hydro-bike specialist) 283
Graham, Rosemary 115
Graham, Will 115
Grant, Mick 87
Grantham and Pegasus Club 64
Griffiths, Jason 89, 103, 104, 109, 129, 133
Gunster, Chris 256
Hailwood, Mike 183
Hamilton, Nick 285
Hand, Jeff 50
Hand, Mick 50
Harris, Karl 156
Harris, Sally 28, 35
Haslam, Leon 160
Haydon, James 74
Hebb, John 52
Hewitt, Gary 187, 245
Higgs, Stuart 84, 94
Hill, Tommy 74, 172
Hillier, James 54, 271
Hirvonen, Mikko 224
Hislop, Steve 74, 144
Horne, Danny 154, 156, 174, 178, 180, 188, 197, 199– 200, 286
and GM’s TT crash 201
Hot-Hands, Johnny 143–4
How Britain Worked 227–30, 236–7, 293
Hoy, Chris 167
human-powered aircraft 282–3
Hunt, Jay 214, 228
Hutchins, James 74
Hutchinson, Ian 110, 126, 132–3, 154–5, 189–90, 191, 202, 259, 269
Hutchinson, Mr (teacher) 33
hydro-bike 283–4
Hynes, (née Martin), Sally (sister) 13–14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 26, 32, 35, 97, 120
birth of 11, 12
café/bar work of 78
dirt-bike gift to 27–8
travels of 78
Icarus Cup 282–3
Industrial Revolutions 286
Irving, Phil 203–4
Isle of Man TT 13, 53, 54, 93, 99–101, 110–12, 116–24, 125–7, 129, 151–2, 154–5, 171, 187, 189–204, 213, 259, 293, 296
Grand Prix status lost by 86–7
James, ‘GP’ (mechanic) 148, 149, 153
Jefferies, David 118–19, 127
Jenkins, Dave 276–7, 279, 280
Jess, Gary 89
Jimmy’s Food Factory 226
John, Elton 14–15
John Hebb Volvo 52
Johnson, Ally 63
Johnson, Dave 58–60, 62–3, 94
Johnson, Gary 54
Johnson, Keith 59–60, 62–3
Jones, Craig 74
Junior Superstock 72, 73–6, 80–1, 99, 169
Jurby 116–18
Kells 91–4, 99, 169
Kershaw, Andy 194, 198
Kidals, Lil (maternal grandmother) 17, 19, 20–2, 23, 180
Kidals, Rita, see Martin, Rita
Kidals, Voldemars ‘Walter’ (maternal grandfather) 18–21, 22, 299
Kirk, Baz 52–3, 54, 55
Knievel, Evel 280
Knowles, Adam 54, 55
Laguna Seca 96
Lancaster, Kate (girlfriend) 25, 28, 130, 141, 150, 189, 190, 192, 252
and GM’s TT crash 201
GM’s unfaithfulness to 206–7, 219
TV interview of 218–19
Lancaster, Mr 27, 44, 233
Lancaster, Mrs 206, 219
Layt, Matt 75, 248
Le Grys, David 275, 280
Le Mans 137, 293
Lindsay, Darran 110, 113, 125
Linsdell, Ollie 54
Linton, Ivan 124
lockwiring 177
Loicht, Martin 192
Lougher, Ian 89, 104, 109, 124–5, 126
McAdoo Racing 103, 110
McAdoo, Winston 110
MacAskill, Danny 286–7, 288–90
Macau Grand Prix 134–9, 142–3, 144–5
McBride, James 130
McCallen, Phillip 194
McCracken, Dwayne 127
McElnea, Rob 157, 171–2
McGahan, Chris 53
McGuinness, John 54, 118–19, 124, 126, 127, 132, 154, 173, 189, 193, 197, 202, 269
Mackenzie, Niall 172
MacSorley, Dr Fred 106–7
Mad Nige 250
Mallory Park 63, 64, 67, 70
Manx Grand Prix 53–5, 104, 116
Marquez, Marc 259
Marshall, Roger 71
Martin, Guy:
and alcohol 36–7, 55–6
apprenticeship of 52
Asperger’s diagnosed in 245–6
back injuries of 128–9, 162, 165, 200–6
bicycle racing by 161–7
birth of 11–12
broken leg suffered by 104–5, 106–7
café/bar work of 78–9
cars owned by 248–55
childhood engine work of 41–3
at college 51–2
crashes of 56, 66, 67, 68–9, 77, 80, 92, 104, 142–3, 144, 149, 150, 167–8, 181, 199–203, 271, 274, 289; see also Martin, Guy: TT crash of
dirt-bike gift to 27–8
driving offences of 233–41
early life of 11–18, 25–58
faith healer used by 143–4
father’s estrangement from 225
first race meeting of 64–6
first road bike of 50–1
hand injuries to 143
labouring work of 96, 225, 231, 243
licence suspension imposed on 94
Martek bought by 256
mouth injury to 222–4
new Suzuki bought by 73
Northern Ireland move of 96
orgy invitation to 79–80
paper round of 43
penalties awarded against 83–5, 94, 190
at school 18, 29–33
Team Racing invitation to 95–6
TT crash of 199–204, 289; see also Martin, Guy: crashes of
TV programmes of, see individual programme titles
see also individual competitions
Martin, Ian (father) 11–15, 25–7 passim, 31–2, 37, 43–53 passim, 64–5, 85, 108, 120, 123, 125, 181
accident suffered by 47–8
bikes built by 49
birth of 22
exhaust made by 41
GM encouraged by 73
GM works for 87, 206
GM’s estrangement from 225
old trail bike of 28
truck-maintenance business set up by 52
van repossessed by 225
workshop of 38–40
WWII interests of 207
Martin, Jack (paternal grandfather) 22–3, 69
Martin, Kate (sister) 17, 44, 108, 133, 148, 154, 194
becomes mechanic 50
birth of 12
Martin, May (paternal grandmother) 23–4
Martin (née Kidals), Rita (mother) 11–12, 13–14, 16–18, 20–1, 25–6, 31, 37, 42, 44–5, 67
and GM’s racing activities 73
and GM’s TT crash 201
hardworking nature of 44
and husband’s injury 47
nursing work of 44
and Ouija boards 35
Martin, Sally (sister), see Hynes, Sally
Martin, Stuart (brother) 16–17, 26, 91, 97, 292
birth of 12
racing beginnings of 66–7
Mathieu (friend) 140, 141
Matthews, Jess 220
Megavalanche 164–5
Mehew, Chris 105–6, 125, 154, 173
Mellor, Steve 127, 129
Mettet 95
Misano 96
Mr X 207–9, 210–11, 228
Moody International 231–2
Moody, Mick 231–2, 235, 236, 237–9, 255, 291, 293
Moore, Jonty 107, 139–41, 248
Moore, Leslie 91
MotoGP 62, 82, 86, 93, 96, 147, 259
Motorcycle News 72
Mountain Bike Rider 163
Muir, Shaun 62, 130–2, 134, 142, 147, 148, 153, 156, 157–8 see also Shaun Muir Racing
Murphy, Yvonne 196
NASCAR 82
Needell, Tiff 220
Neill, Philip 153, 203, 258
New Era 69
Nichols, Craig 28
Nichols, Mark ‘Shorty’ 28, 34, 35, 37, 97
No Fuss 164
North One Television 111, 182–5, 211, 213–23, 224, 227–30, 236, 275
North West 200 21, 97, 125, 131–2, 149–50, 179, 180, 181–2, 259
Nutts Corner 98
Oliver’s Mount 47, 85–6, 87–91, 169
Ouija boards 35
Oulton Park 64, 147, 148
out-breaking 82
Paddy (friend) 150, 225
Painter, Mr (school ghost) 30
Parrish, Steve 245
Parry-Thomas, J G 278
Pedrosa, Dani 171
Pendine 278
Performance Bikes 136, 146, 202, 242, 259
Peters, Dr Steve 104
Phase One 133–4
Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh 108
Phillips, Paul 110–11
Plater, Steve 71, 154, 173
Plato, Jason 220
Quayle, Richard ‘Milky’ 92–3
Quinn, Liam 97–8
Read, Phil 86
Relentless 24 166
Reynolds, John 74, 106
Rob (‘uncle’) 194
Robinson, Gareth 112, 113
Robinson, Jamie 74
Rockingham 81–2
Rodders (‘uncle’) 113, 123, 125
Rossi, Valentino 86, 171
Rourke, Brian 276
Rourke, Jason 276, 277
Rutter, Michael 149
Ryan, Gary 269–70
Scarborough Gold Cup 105, 108–9, 129, 153, 209–10, 259, 293
Schwantz, Kevin 171
Scott, Gus 136
Senior, Terry 285
Shand, Les 110, 139
Shanley, Mick 131, 133, 148, 149, 153, 155, 156
Shaun Muir Racing (SMR) 130–2, 146, 157–8
see also Muir, Shaun Shaun the Sheep 210
Sheene, Barry 87
Silverstone 64, 96
British Grand Prix moves to 86
Smith, Ronnie 136
Snetterton 64, 71
Southern 100 102–3, 113, 124–5, 155, 259, 293, 295, 297
Speed 275–86
Spellman, Andy 182–3, 184, 185, 201, 208, 211–12, 215, 217, 219, 226, 227, 243, 284, 294
and GM’s court appearance 237–40
and Mr X 209, 211
Stansfield, Jem 215–16
Steph (girlfriend) 167–8, 206–7, 243, 244
Strathpuffer 166
Superbike 188, 189
explained 61–2; see also British Superbike Championship; World Superbike
Supersport 74, 89, 120–1, 152, 155, 173, 189, 191
deaths during 191–2
explained 60
Superstock 188–9, 191
explained 60–1
Supertwin 121, 189
Swallow, Bill 53
Swallow, Chris 54
Sykes, Tom 74, 90
TAS Suzuki 258, 267–8
Taupin, Bernie 14–15
Team Ireland 99
Team Racing 95–6, 170
GM quits 109
GM’s first outing for 97
Ten Kate Racing 69
Thorpe, Andrew 28
Thorpe, Simon 28, 37
Thruxton 147, 179
toboggan 284–5
Todd, Richard 256
Townsend, Keith 55
TT3D: Closer to the Edge 182–5, 211, 242–3
Tuning for Speed (Irving) 203
Tuxworth, Neil 173
UCI World Cup 164
Ulster Grand Prix 85, 89, 110, 124, 173, 209, 259–67, 270–2, 293, 297
Valencia 96
Valentine, Jack 127
Walker, Mark 256
Wharton, Bob 156
Whitworth, Cameron ‘Cammy’ 153, 154, 174, 180, 187, 197
and GM’s TT crash 201
Wildee, Matt 259
Woodage, Mark 190
Woodruff, James 278–9
World Endurance Championship 134, 147
World Rally 224
World Superbike 55, 86, 93, 259
Wozza (mechanic) 133, 148
X, Mr 207–9, 210–11, 228
Yellow Belly 71