Guy Martin, for all his achievements and accomplishments is a record breaker – during the TV series ‘Speed’ Guy broke several British and world records on land, sea, and in the air.
His incredible engineering abilities and his skill in handling vehicles of all sorts – together with his extreme endurance abilities and willingness to ‘have a go’ – make him unique in the world of television and have turned him into a household name. But first and foremost he’s a former road and short-circuit racer and lover of the classic racer scene.
Of course, any conversation with Guy tends to veer off on tangents, but they’re always tangents worth listening to, and he always comes back to where he started. So, let’s get a brew on, mention a couple of subjects, then sit back and enjoy the ride.
“Classic British bikes were where it all first started for me,” Guy says as he settles down with his first mug of tea and his three dogs clambering all over him.
“The first race bike I ever rode was my dad’s 1972 BSA Rocket 3. That was at a track day at Cadwell Park in about 1997 or 1998, and I was just obsessed from then on, really. I worked my arse off to get enough money to buy a race bike and I did club level stuff, then
