Kirmington motorcycle racer Guy Martin appeared on BBC's The One Show yesterday evening.
He joined hosts Matt Baker and Alex Jones to talk about his newly released autobiography.
He also chatted to Chris Evans about the book on BBC Radio 2 this morning.
The 32-year-old racer, TV personality and truck mechanic has won multiple international road races, including 22 Ulster GPs and eight Scarborough Gold Cups, plus scoring 13 Isle of Man TT podiums.
His book is "the thrilling story of how a working-class lad with a passion for speed, a determination to succeed, and an endless capacity for endurance and hard graft, became a hero of world sport."
Martin takes readers behind the scenes of modern road racing and down into the pits with his fellow bikers, his mechanics and his machines.
But he also talks openly about family, home life, television and his struggles with fame.
Readers can discover what it feels like to stare death in the face and risk it all for a place on the podium – to survive a horrific 170mph fireball crash and come back to do it all over again.
Re-living that remarkable crash at the Isle of Man TT in 2010, Martin recalls: "It was the start of the third lap, the last race of the fortnight. The last chance to get a TT win for another year, and I was pushing hard... then Ballagarey.
"The kind of corner that makes me continue road racing. A proper man's corner. You go through the right-hander at 170mph or more.
"It's blind. You can't see the exit when you fully commit to the entry.
"I'd been through Ballagarey 100 times flat out, but this time something happened. This time the front end tucked, lost grip and started sliding.
"It was the beginning of a crash. I didn't think 'this is going to hurt' just 'whatever will be, will be'."
In Guy Martin – My Autobiography, readers get inside the daredevil's head as he stares death in the face and risks his life in search of the next high.Follow us on Facebook and Twitter
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