0:00:28 > 0:00:31BIKE REVS
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Those of us that are involved in any shape or form,
0:00:45 > 0:00:46we've been kind of brought up with it.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49It's a big family.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52It's part of our way of life.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- MAN:- Here we go, guys. Let's get ready to go.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57BIKES REV
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Road racing is something like a glue which glues up people
0:01:00 > 0:01:03together, you have something to follow, you have to be part of it.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06That's all you're asking for.
0:01:06 > 0:01:08You just want to be on the track in a race day,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10doesn't matter what, and you want to go.
0:01:14 > 0:01:20The people are different, in life in general. I love the people involved.
0:01:20 > 0:01:23There's been many a time I've needed a part and you would find that
0:01:23 > 0:01:26the guy that was close to you on points, that maybe
0:01:26 > 0:01:29he didn't want you to score, he's the guy lending you a part.
0:01:29 > 0:01:31- MAN:- Think that's in the next year's programme?
0:01:33 > 0:01:35The paddock all of a sudden nearly becomes like a festival,
0:01:35 > 0:01:39they're barbecuing and helping with bikes and pushing bikes about
0:01:39 > 0:01:42and stuff, so I do think, yes, it is very family orientated.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43Ooh!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48The week before a race, the day before a race, the second,
0:01:48 > 0:01:49a minute before a race...
0:01:49 > 0:01:50I'll be all right.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52'Anybody who doesn't race
0:01:52 > 0:01:56'doesn't understand that feeling that you get.'
0:01:56 > 0:01:58It is like a drug.
0:02:04 > 0:02:07If you start worrying about getting hurt all the time and,
0:02:07 > 0:02:10"Oh, I'd better not do that, just in case..."
0:02:10 > 0:02:12You know, where are you going with that?
0:02:15 > 0:02:19Down the back straight, the trees coming by you and, you know,
0:02:19 > 0:02:22between 150, 160mph and the white line's just solid the whole way
0:02:22 > 0:02:24up the middle of the road.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Have I got my eyes open?! HE CHUCKLES
0:02:30 > 0:02:31Everybody says you're mad.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I always think there's an aspect of bravery there
0:02:34 > 0:02:38and the spectators respect the people for doing it.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44TYRES SCREECH
0:02:44 > 0:02:46BANG!
0:03:21 > 0:03:23It's true what they say about road racing, you know...
0:03:23 > 0:03:25You do your first one...
0:03:26 > 0:03:28..and that's you, you've bit, you've got the bug.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29The drug's caught you.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33You know, there's no getting away from it.
0:03:40 > 0:03:43When I started racing, the majority of time it was me,
0:03:43 > 0:03:44my dad and my granda.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48I must've started getting better, people started coming in
0:03:48 > 0:03:53and offering me bikes and stuff and I've rode for a few teams now.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56But, you know, there's an awful lot of pressure.
0:04:01 > 0:04:02And different teams, you know,
0:04:02 > 0:04:05put different things in your head and you think,
0:04:05 > 0:04:08"Well, these boys have spent big dough on these bikes,
0:04:08 > 0:04:10"I'm going to have to do something here."
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I started riding for teams brave and early
0:04:16 > 0:04:18and I thought it was too quick, you know,
0:04:18 > 0:04:21I liked to have my dad and my granda around me.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And now we're back, we're back to our own team.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28We're back to family again and we just go to the race and we don't
0:04:28 > 0:04:31have to prove anything to anyone, just go out and enjoy ourselves.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Have a good run. Ride safe.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36ENGINES REV
0:04:36 > 0:04:37I like my family seeing me.
0:04:37 > 0:04:39I definitely do, that's what road racing's all about,
0:04:39 > 0:04:41that's how it started.
0:04:41 > 0:04:43ENGINES REV
0:04:46 > 0:04:49In works' teams they can work away, we do our own thing.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04It's in us and it's all we've really known. Well, that and work.
0:05:04 > 0:05:07But we're working just to pay for the road racing.
0:05:11 > 0:05:12It's an expensive hobby.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Like, I've seen us a couple of days before payday,
0:05:16 > 0:05:18I've 50 quid to my name.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22I need fuel for the bike, or I need...dinner.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26To eat. There's a packet of crisps in the cupboard. You know? That's...
0:05:26 > 0:05:29It's madness, it sounds mad I know, like, but...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31that's what people do and...
0:05:32 > 0:05:34..for the love of the sport and...
0:05:36 > 0:05:38And just anything to get out - beg, borrow and steal.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48I'm a mechanic, love what I do and...
0:05:50 > 0:05:51..fixing things for people.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53I get stuck in, get the job done, you know,
0:05:53 > 0:05:56get the thing stripped and...
0:05:56 > 0:05:58get it out as quick as I can.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03I suppose you could say the same about bikes. You know...
0:06:04 > 0:06:07You go out and I'm competitive. I don't like anything beating me.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08If a car comes in...
0:06:09 > 0:06:13..I'm going to fix it, I'm not going to let it beat me. You know?
0:06:21 > 0:06:23BIKES REV
0:06:42 > 0:06:45People know me, they know I'm fairly determined.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47If I decide to do something, I'm going to do it.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50I don't just go into doing things half-heartedly.
0:06:50 > 0:06:55I go there with full intention to give it everything that I have
0:06:55 > 0:06:57and I'm still doing that now.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01- We'll wait until we get down there because once it gets hot...- I know.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02..it's hard to start.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05I didn't go looking for motorbikes,
0:07:05 > 0:07:06I didn't go looking to start racing,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09it just all started to fall into place
0:07:09 > 0:07:12and I went along the road that it led me.
0:07:12 > 0:07:16It wasn't something planned, um... I...
0:07:16 > 0:07:19I don't know, sometimes I think things happen for a reason.
0:07:27 > 0:07:292004, I find myself on me own,
0:07:29 > 0:07:34so that was basically the end of the marriage and, um...
0:07:34 > 0:07:38I'd been married for 24 years, so that's been a long time being with
0:07:38 > 0:07:41somebody all the time and all of a sudden you're on your own and it's
0:07:41 > 0:07:46very daunting as well, but, for me, it was the start of a new life.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55I'm a very quiet person, I wouldn't push myself forward much,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59but I just thought, "Do your licence and get a wee motorbike
0:07:59 > 0:08:03"and have a bit of independence," so that's actually what I did do.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17From learning to ride a motorbike to actually racing was only a year.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21It's a bit difficult at first, but I kept thinking,
0:08:21 > 0:08:24"Well, so many other people can do it, so I'm going to do it," and
0:08:24 > 0:08:29I kept at it and it becomes second nature after a very short time.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32BIKE REVS
0:08:34 > 0:08:37I'm a country girl, so I'm used to wee roads.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39You know, that's what you're brought up on,
0:08:39 > 0:08:40that's what you learned to drive on.
0:08:44 > 0:08:48Over jumps and down hills and round corners and...
0:08:48 > 0:08:51over road ends and things.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55It never came off the first road race, you couldn't get your
0:08:55 > 0:08:58helmet off because of the big grin on your face.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00It was great, it was absolutely wonderful.
0:09:04 > 0:09:08You really have to rely on yourself because once the flag drops,
0:09:08 > 0:09:10there's just you and the bike.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28MECHANICAL WHIRRING
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It's not like football, you know,
0:09:35 > 0:09:38where the man of the house goes out and watches the football match.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41He maybe takes his wee boy because he wants to get his wee boy
0:09:41 > 0:09:43watching football, you know, but road racing,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45you take the whole family, especially...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47And the dog, you know, you bring everybody.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55That's what I like about road racing.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57It was always part and parcel, though, of growing up.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59You knew where you were going on holidays -
0:09:59 > 0:10:00going to the North-west
0:10:00 > 0:10:03and the sounds and the bikes were just there.
0:10:03 > 0:10:04It was just...
0:10:04 > 0:10:07It was just normal for us, you know, in the summer, that's what we done.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12When folk hear my second name, they say, "Are you one of THEM Dunlops?"
0:10:12 > 0:10:14And I get that quite a lot, like,
0:10:14 > 0:10:17but...it's-it's still no' a big deal to me.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19And, to be honest, you know, it's... I just am who I am.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25I never started racing for stardom or for anything else,
0:10:25 > 0:10:29I just started to race because I felt I wanted to try it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33Whenever I tried it, I liked it, and I just kept doing it, so...
0:10:33 > 0:10:38They used to say that us boys could build a 125 backwards, so...
0:10:38 > 0:10:40A bit of truth...
0:10:41 > 0:10:42..me da helped.
0:10:42 > 0:10:47You know, never stuck, me da was a trained mechanic, so...
0:10:48 > 0:10:53When I couldnae get a bolt on or a nut on, he put it on for me.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56And that's it. That's... Bike stripped, just like that.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59Yeah, I couldnae...
0:10:59 > 0:11:02I couldnae thank me da enough for all he's done for me, he's...
0:11:02 > 0:11:03He's always been there, you know?
0:11:04 > 0:11:08Whenever I started, he was quiet for a while and me mother was quiet for
0:11:08 > 0:11:12a while, but they never really said anything to me, you know, that...
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Whenever I got... Like, I think I was around 18 maybe when I started
0:11:16 > 0:11:19and they just said that you would do it anyway.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I think maybe secretly they maybe wanted me to, I'm not sure.
0:11:25 > 0:11:28The earliest memory of me starting racing,
0:11:28 > 0:11:31me da was always at me about, "What happens if you would fall off?"
0:11:31 > 0:11:33And I said, "Right, I'll make a deal with you.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36"If I fall off three times, I'll quit."
0:11:37 > 0:11:40And I fell off six times that day and I never quit!
0:11:42 > 0:11:45ENGINE REVS
0:11:49 > 0:11:52We're very close at races and, you know, he's...
0:11:54 > 0:11:57He's a wise head on him at times and, you know,
0:11:57 > 0:12:00he can give you advice that nobody else can, you know?
0:12:05 > 0:12:06I know me da was a good rider.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09You know, I heard folk say,
0:12:09 > 0:12:10"Your da was one of the best,"
0:12:10 > 0:12:13but he just didnae have the financial backing
0:12:13 > 0:12:19or he got hurt at the wrong times, or his family started, you know?
0:12:19 > 0:12:22Whenever he got going, he could run with the best of them.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33I've been at it for over 40 years and I know what it's about
0:12:33 > 0:12:37and I know you need the help, but for a father to be there,
0:12:37 > 0:12:42it's-it's nice in the work up to it, but during the race it's hard to...
0:12:42 > 0:12:46It's nice to see the chequered flag and everybody's home safe.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55I seemed to take to it like a duck to water.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59It is indescribable, like,
0:12:59 > 0:13:04whenever you pull in after doing laps and that, you're buzzing.
0:13:04 > 0:13:07You're in pain because you're wrestling the bike.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13But at the same time, the pain doesn't really matter because
0:13:13 > 0:13:15you're on such a high, your fingertips are bouncing,
0:13:15 > 0:13:20your legs are sore and your arms are killing you, but you're exhilarated.
0:13:53 > 0:13:55People would say, "Road racers, they're not selfish,
0:13:55 > 0:13:57"they're doing what they enjoy and we enjoy it,"
0:13:57 > 0:14:00but it is very selfish.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02A very selfish sport.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04It's probably because I passed him.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Can we get the warmers on them quick?
0:14:09 > 0:14:12'When you're back at the paddock, it's just a waiting game.'
0:14:13 > 0:14:17And then as soon as you're called to the line, next thing it's over.
0:14:17 > 0:14:19You know, it's so quick, it happens so quick.
0:14:21 > 0:14:22Then next thing you're back home
0:14:22 > 0:14:25and you're bursting to get to the next one, you know?
0:14:25 > 0:14:27So, that was a great race.
0:14:28 > 0:14:29I just have to sort of...
0:14:29 > 0:14:31give myself a shake to slow down,
0:14:31 > 0:14:34or I'll be driving a van home at 110mph!
0:14:36 > 0:14:37You know?
0:14:37 > 0:14:40Hiya! Oh, grumpy face!
0:14:41 > 0:14:47'I've a wife, Becki, and my daughter, Holly.'
0:14:47 > 0:14:49She's two and a half.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52Um... Bit of a handful at times.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56You know, people in the paddock, you don't see half their families.
0:14:58 > 0:15:02And you don't know who's got who at home or, you know...
0:15:02 > 0:15:03And you would never see them either.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Unfortunately, that's the way of it.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13I met Becki at a road race. She loved it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17And then we got to know each other a bit more
0:15:17 > 0:15:19and she started to dislike it.
0:15:19 > 0:15:23Because I'm... When I'm out, she can't relax, she can't enjoy it.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Obviously, like, um...
0:15:28 > 0:15:32your whole emotions change whenever he goes out.
0:15:32 > 0:15:37There's a real fear factor to it now, but... Yeah, it's just...
0:15:37 > 0:15:41It's normal. So, you just...become used to it.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- You used to enjoy it, didn't you? - Yeah.- You used to enjoy road racing.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- Yeah, you ruined that.- I know.
0:15:47 > 0:15:50- MAN:- It'll be all right. Put that on there.
0:15:51 > 0:15:55Once the visor goes down, you're... That sounds really bad.
0:15:57 > 0:15:58When you start thinking of family and...
0:15:58 > 0:16:00when you're out there, you know...
0:16:01 > 0:16:04..you start slowing down, you start making mistakes, you're like,
0:16:04 > 0:16:06"Ooh, if I hit that tree," you know?
0:16:06 > 0:16:08- So, in other words, family holds you back?- That's what I'm saying.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10No, no, you know...
0:16:10 > 0:16:11Once the visor goes down,
0:16:11 > 0:16:15you can't think of that because that's when you do make mistakes.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Fuel's in, fire extinguisher.
0:16:42 > 0:16:45And that's it, we're just ready to put the bikes in now.
0:16:45 > 0:16:49This bike, it's faster than I'll ever be able to ride it,
0:16:49 > 0:16:54but I really, really enjoy it because it's one of those things
0:16:54 > 0:16:56that it scares the life clean out of you,
0:16:56 > 0:16:59but whenever you get there, it's just a major grin factor.
0:16:59 > 0:17:01It is something else.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09We wouldn't do anything else.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Nobody's forcing you to go racing, it's something that I really
0:17:12 > 0:17:14want to do, it's the best thing I've ever done.
0:17:14 > 0:17:18But, yeah, I'm an old person now, I can do whatever I want.
0:17:19 > 0:17:23Which is a good thing. I just wish I'd started this 40 years ago.
0:17:23 > 0:17:2740 years ago I'd liked to have done this.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31(That's us.)
0:17:32 > 0:17:34ENGINES REV
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Whenever I'm going to a new circuit,
0:17:38 > 0:17:41I always like to try and get there a few days in advance, or a week
0:17:41 > 0:17:45in advance, it doesn't matter, and walk around the circuit on foot.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48By doing that, you can see the different gradients of the road,
0:17:48 > 0:17:49you can see the surface of the road.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52I would take photographs of the corners and then just
0:17:52 > 0:17:53put them in a file
0:17:53 > 0:17:56and making markings of where I think I should be.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59You know, it's just something that I do and it suits me.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01I'm a wee bit OCD about things,
0:18:01 > 0:18:03things have to be really right and I just like them.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11There's a few people that help me out with oil and things,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14but I'm basically, I'm not sponsored,
0:18:14 > 0:18:17so I have to try and find the money for myself.
0:18:17 > 0:18:19It's tough enough going.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Come here.
0:18:23 > 0:18:24I'm doing back to back,
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- could I drop the 400 here and go to get some...?- Yeah, certainly.
0:18:27 > 0:18:28There's the stand for it.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33'The road racing paddock, I really enjoy the people in it.'
0:18:33 > 0:18:38I think at first they don't know what to make of you because...
0:18:38 > 0:18:41back then in, what, 2005, when I was racing,
0:18:41 > 0:18:43there wasn't many other girls racing at all.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48ENGINE REVS
0:18:48 > 0:18:50If they've got an attitude, they're wasting their time
0:18:50 > 0:18:52because I don't notice it
0:18:52 > 0:18:54and what's the point in being bothered or worrying
0:18:54 > 0:18:57what other people think about me?
0:18:57 > 0:18:59That's their issue, it's not mine.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07The first race meeting I did,
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I had broken five ribs,
0:19:09 > 0:19:12fractured me shoulder blade and punctured my lung.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18The fact that I was back out racing very soon after that,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21I think it was about six weeks after that, showed my commitment,
0:19:21 > 0:19:25that I wasn't just there to wear leathers and walk about,
0:19:25 > 0:19:27I was there to seriously be a racer.
0:19:27 > 0:19:31So I think after that that the people realised that,
0:19:31 > 0:19:34you know, I really mean business.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36I'm there to race.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55The change in road racing, in particular, is kind of...
0:19:57 > 0:19:59For me, it's getting less fun.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03The loss of some people has affected me, but...
0:20:04 > 0:20:06..you push it away.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09You know, as a road racer, you cannae think like that,
0:20:09 > 0:20:13and I may be different because I do think like that a wee bit.
0:20:45 > 0:20:47It was... It was hard.
0:20:52 > 0:20:56The two of them, they were very hard. Very hard on me da. Um...
0:20:56 > 0:20:59We were there when the hearse brought Joey home.
0:21:07 > 0:21:10Watching your father tear up like that's...
0:21:11 > 0:21:14It's... You didn't want to see... No, your...
0:21:14 > 0:21:17Your da's your da, he's strong, he's a... You know, he doesn't cry.
0:21:17 > 0:21:21Grown men didnae cry. But, like, that's your brother, you know?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24I know if anything happened to my brothers, I'd be in bits.
0:21:24 > 0:21:25Um...
0:21:28 > 0:21:33Yeah, Joey was...hard, I think, because he was the eldest,
0:21:33 > 0:21:37he was the big brother and everybody thought Joey was invincible,
0:21:37 > 0:21:42like, it kind of hit home, you know, that this can happen to anybody.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49After a while, you know, time... time heals
0:21:49 > 0:21:51and then Robert happened and then...
0:21:53 > 0:21:54..that was just...
0:22:01 > 0:22:02That was just bad for everybody.
0:22:13 > 0:22:16And Robert's death changed us all, I think.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21We carried on and, you know, the fun was never the same, but...
0:22:23 > 0:22:24But you'd...
0:22:24 > 0:22:25It's-It's...
0:22:25 > 0:22:26It's never nice to say,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28but you just dust yourself off and get on with it.
0:22:28 > 0:22:30You know, you...
0:22:31 > 0:22:34Especially in the game you're in. You know, if you didnae...
0:22:34 > 0:22:37If you let it affect you that much, you'll not do it.
0:22:38 > 0:22:39You just walk away.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- See you later.- OK.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03Have fun.
0:23:09 > 0:23:15The first race of the year, I felt brilliant. I felt really good. Um...
0:23:15 > 0:23:16I went out.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23BIKE REVS
0:23:25 > 0:23:27I started getting into a wee bit of a rhythm.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29There's Gareth there.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31There.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Everything felt normal...
0:23:36 > 0:23:40just until I went to brake
0:23:40 > 0:23:44and my glove actually balled up in my hand.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46And as I went to brake, it just...
0:23:48 > 0:23:49Just lost it.
0:23:49 > 0:23:51BANG!
0:23:51 > 0:23:54I seen green, black, green, black.
0:23:59 > 0:24:03I was lying trackside, came about my wits a wee bit.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09Next thing I know, I'm in the back of the ambulance...
0:24:09 > 0:24:11- FAINT SIREN - ..and there's blood everywhere.
0:24:11 > 0:24:15Unreal... Unreal amount of blood coming from me head.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19And my helmet, it was... You'd swore someone put an axe through it.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26Hello, has Gareth come back in?
0:24:28 > 0:24:30No? It's been red flagged.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Have you heard anything?
0:24:33 > 0:24:35No? OK. That's all right. OK.
0:24:38 > 0:24:42It's unlikely because... It's unlikely.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46Went to hospital. My dad was with me, I remember.
0:24:48 > 0:24:53There was a tear in his eye and I was holding a lump in my throat,
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I said, "Dad, go away."
0:24:55 > 0:24:58I was thinking that, I never told him, like, I never told him.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00I was reassuring him.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05The bones were shattered in my neck
0:25:05 > 0:25:09and there was a couple of bones really bad in my back
0:25:09 > 0:25:12and my spine, and they says, "No, we have to operate."
0:25:15 > 0:25:17It was a five-hour operation.
0:25:18 > 0:25:21But I wasn't in any pain until the bloody operation,
0:25:21 > 0:25:23so I reckon I would have been all right.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24It was only a scratch!
0:25:31 > 0:25:34Oh, it was a good race, bud. That was a good race.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Laying flat for over six weeks is not...not fun.
0:25:38 > 0:25:40The first day I was lying there and I thought, "You know what?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42"That would near do me." And then...
0:25:43 > 0:25:44..I gave myself a shake,
0:25:44 > 0:25:47"What are you talking about? It was only pain."
0:25:47 > 0:25:50- That's just sheer power. - That was good.- I know.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53'Mum and Dad were begging me to quit.'
0:25:53 > 0:25:55Was some craic.
0:25:55 > 0:25:56'I says, "Look..." '
0:25:57 > 0:25:59"If I quit, what else am I going to be doing?"
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- Yes, to the bar. - MAN LAUGHS
0:26:02 > 0:26:03'There would be...'
0:26:05 > 0:26:07..a huge void to be filled.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15I've thought, you know, "What do I do if I stop racing?"
0:26:15 > 0:26:17and I really, really don't know.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20I couldn't understand it whenever I was watching racing
0:26:20 > 0:26:22and people are getting injured.
0:26:22 > 0:26:24I was wondering, "Yeah, well, why do they do this?"
0:26:26 > 0:26:28There's something just about being on the roads.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31You come in and you've done it well,
0:26:31 > 0:26:35the bike's gone well and I feel I've ridden well and it's just brilliant.
0:26:35 > 0:26:40Whoo! You're just buzzing, you really are buzzing.
0:26:41 > 0:26:47In 2017 I'm going to be 60 and I think it's made me
0:26:47 > 0:26:48a stronger person.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54A rider knows when it's time to stop and everybody else respects
0:26:54 > 0:26:58a rider whenever they decide to stop because they know
0:26:58 > 0:27:00it's the right thing to do, which is fine.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04- Samuel Dunlop. - CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:05 > 0:27:09I think I'm at the age where I'm going to look for something else.
0:27:09 > 0:27:15Ended up getting a degree with a 2:1 and absolutely delighted, like.
0:27:15 > 0:27:16- WOMAN:- All right, folks...
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Starting a new career and never thought I'd be going to
0:27:19 > 0:27:21work with a shirt and tie, you know?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Done my first day today and I'm... I'm wrecked!
0:27:26 > 0:27:29ENGINE REVS
0:27:29 > 0:27:32You can't race forever, so... having another career,
0:27:32 > 0:27:36another step on the ladder is... It's a good job, yeah.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Great to see a Dunlop doing something else rather than
0:27:39 > 0:27:40motorbike racing.
0:27:40 > 0:27:43Uh, and getting a degree, like.
0:27:43 > 0:27:47So, maybe... Maybe the next generation will follow suit.
0:27:48 > 0:27:49There you go.
0:27:49 > 0:27:52'It's always going to be there, I think, um...'
0:27:52 > 0:27:54I'll still ride a bike, like,
0:27:54 > 0:27:56I'll never be getting rid of me bikes or anything, but...
0:27:56 > 0:27:59You never know what the future will hold, like, but...
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I'm no' retiring, put it that road. I'll still be there or thereabouts.