Guy Martin: My Autobiography Audiobook
Guy Martin: My Autobiography Audiobook
- Dean Williamson
- Virgin Digital
- 2015-05-21
- 9 h 35 min
Summary:
The Phenomenal Sunday Moments No1 Bestseller
‘It was the beginning of the third lap from the 2010 Senior TT, the final race of the fortnight. The final chance to obtain a TT earn for another season, and I used to be pushing hard.
Ballagarey. The kind of corner that makes me continue road racing. A proper man’s part. You feel the right-hander at something like 170mph, leant right over, eyes set as far later on as I could see.
But this time something happened. This time leading end tucked …’
Guy about Man Martin: My Autobiography Martin, international road-racing story, maverick star of the Isle of Guy TT, truck auto mechanic and Television presenter, lives for the edge, dependent on speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger.
With this book we’ll get inside his head as he stares death in the face, and risks his life searching for the next high.
We’ll uncover what it feels like to survive a 170mph fireball at the TT in 2010 2010, and come back to do it all again. He’ll sweep us up within a gritty type of glory as he slogs it out for a location on the podium, but we’ll also observe him struggle with the flipside of popularity.
We’ll meet his close friends and foes, his family, his teammates and bosses and we’ll discover what motivates him, and where his strengths and weaknesses lie.
For the first time, here is the full story in Guy’s own terms. From the boy who discovered to prep bicycles with his father, to the spirited team mechanic, spending his way by collecting ale eyeglasses in pubs, towards the youthful racer in the beginning of his 1st race and the hype he’s been chasing since.
This thrilling autobiography can be an intense and dramatic ride.