Joey Dunlop

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Overview By Mac McDiarmid In this classic book, written in association with the Dunlop family and originally published a year after Joey’s death, Mac McDiarmid charts the life of the passionate motorcycle road racer who competed for the love of the sport, whether at high-profile races or to promote humbler events such as the Estonian one that claimed his life in July 2000. His achievements included three hat tricks at the Isle of Man TT races (1985, 1988 and 2000), where he won a record 26 races in total, as well as 24 wins in the Ulster Grand Prix and 13 in the North West 200 in his native Northern Ireland. For motorcycle fans, Joey Dunlop is still akin to royalty. The people’s hero with little time for corporate ephemera, who worked on his own machines and liked a pint with his mates after racing. The man of honour who never signed contracts because his handshake was binding. The humanitarian, delivering aid to Albania, Bosnia and Romania – for which he received an OBE, to add to the MBE awarded for his racing. The family man, father of five, running a railway pub in County Antrim. The all-round legend, awarded what amounted to an Irish state funeral, televised live and attended by 50,000 well-wishers including cabinet ministers. Specification ISBN: 978-1-910505-00-7 Format: 250x250mm Jacketed hardback Page extent: 192pp Illustration: 221 photographs, colour and black/white The author Mac McDiarmid, who witnessed Joey Dunlop’s first Isle of Man win in 1977, is a former TT racer and renowned writer about motorcycle racing, specialising in the TT. When not sailing in the Mediterranean, he lives in Peel on the Isle of Man. Reviews ‘...a moving read, not just a race account’ Daily Telegraph ‘there's no better qualified author for this work’ Biking Times