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, Hector 160, 203, 258
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, 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
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