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The Phenomenal Sunday Times No1 Bestseller‘It was the start of the third lap of the 2010 Senior TT, the last race of the fortnight. The last chance to get a TT win for another year, and I was pushing hard. Ballagarey. The kind of corner that makes me continue road racing. A proper man’s corner. You go through the right-hander at something like 170mph, leant right over, eyes fixed as far down the road as I can see.But this time something happened. This time the front end tucked …’Guy Martin, international road-racing legend, maverick star of the Isle of Man TT, truck mechanic and TV presenter, lives on the edge, addicted to speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger. In this book we’ll get inside his head as he stares death in the face, and risks his life in search of the next high.We’ll discover what it feels like to survive a 170mph fireball at the TT in 2010, and come back to do it all again. He’ll sweep us up in a gritty sort of glory as he slogs it out for a place on the podium, but we’ll also see him struggle with the flipside of fame. We’ll meet his 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 words. From the boy who learned to prep bikes with his dad, to the spirited team mechanic, paying his way by collecting beer glasses in pubs, to the young racer at the start of his first race and the buzz he’s been chasing ever since.This thrilling autobiography is an intense and dramatic ride.

''The maddest 12 months of my life. The journey starts with an oddball race up an American mountain and ends with me checking myself out of hospital with a broken back. Again …''As Guy Martin''s grandfather Voldemars frequently reminded him,''When you dead, you dead.'' So, before it''s all over, Guy Martin is making the most of the time he’s got. In this past year alone, Guy has raced the Isle of Man TT and finished on the podium; bike trekked through India; competed in solo 24-hour bicycles races; flown a stunt plane; broken a go-kart speed record down a French mountain and dusted himself off after a dramatic crash at the Dunrod 150 Superbike race. And he’s done all this around his day job as a truck mechanic. But let Guy tell you about it himself: ‘This book starts in a Transit, ends in a Transit, and in between I’ve raced a few pushbikes, raced a few motorbikes and got a fair few stories to tell you.’ Spot on.

‘I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.’In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix superbike race held on the world’s fastest racetrack. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken spine and hand back together, and within days he decided he needed some time away from road racing. But he wasn’t about to take it easy …In his brand new book, discover how Britain’s favourite daredevil fills his time when road racing is taken out of the equation.He set about breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death, cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the United States (while sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family’s roots.There’s some thrilling racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert. And there’s the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire – the truck yard and the butty van.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of We Need to Weaken the Mixture by Guy Martin, read by Dean Williamson.''I can''t stop biting off more than I can chew. Maybe I''m wearing everything out, but I believe the body is a fantastic thing and it will repair itself and I''ll go again. If it''s running too rich, I don''t stop what I''m doing, just weaken the mixture and carry on.''Since we last heard from him, Guy Martin has restored a 1983 Williams F1 car then raced Jenson Button in it; helped to build a WWI tank; ridden with Putin''s favourite biker gang the Night Wolves; competed on the classic endurance circuit; stood on top of one of Chernobyl''s nuclear reactors and taken part in his last ever Isle of Man TT.Then there''s the stuff he really can''t wait to get out of bed for: 12-hour shifts for a local haulage firm and taytie farming in his new John Deere tractor.Besides all this, he''s saved his local pub from closure and become a dad.But let him tell you his own stories, in his own words:''You''re getting it from the horse''s mouth. No filter. I hope you enjoy it.''

Brought to you by Penguin. Guy Martin can''t sit still. He has to keep pushing - both himself and whatever machine he is piloting - to the extreme. He''s a doer, not a talker.That applies whether Guy''s competing in a self-supported 750-mile mountain bike race across Arizona, or trying to reach 300mph in a standing mile on the 800-horsepower motorbike he built in his shed. And during his TV adventures, travelling through Japan, winning records for the world''s fastest tractor, re-creating the famous Steve McQueen Great Escape jump, discovering the toil and sacrifice of the D-Day landings and trying to cut the mustard as a Battle of Britain pilot.Guy''s become a dad now and he''s hoping that one day his daughter will grow up to be a better welder than he is. Oh, and he''s still getting up at 5am to work on trucks in for service or to be out on his tractor, working the Lincolnshire land he''s always called home.This is Guy Martin''s latest book, in his own words, on the last four years of his life that make the rest of us look like we''re in slow motion.We''re here for a good time, not a long time. To Guy, if it''s worth doing, it''s worth dying for.© Guy Martin 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021