John was born on the 16th of April 1972. At the age of five he began riding in motorcross, changing to road racing at the age of 18.
Johns first race bike was a 1992 TZ250 he bought with the money he
made from collecting mussels in his home town of Morecambe Bay.
Bricklaying was Johns trade until his talents for motorcycle racing
were recognised. He was inspired from an early age by the likes of
Steve Hislop and Joey Dunlop,and believed that one day he would be
racing alongside them. This dream certainly came true as Johns T.T.
debut in 1996 won him the best newcomer award.He finished 3rd in
the lightweight 250 race in 1997 and again in 1998.
1999 saw John become the British 250cc champion and the following
year he won his second T.T title in the singles race.
2004 was an exciting year for the Morecambe rider as he was drafted
into the Hawk Kawasaki squad half way through the season to replace
Now a member of the official HM Plant Honda, John scored his second successive top six finish in round
three of the National Superstock Championship at
Thruxton, Hampshire, on Easter Monday.
With his 11th T.T. victory achieved there are only
two other T.T. riders records to better, these are Mike Hailwood with 14 T.T.s and Joey Dunlop with an amazing 26 T.T. wins.
the injured Glen Richards,this together with his hat trick of victories at the Isle of Man T.T.s,where he also set a lap record of 127.68mph in the F1 race and another in the juniors. With 3 Superbike wins in the last four races and five wins in two years, John Mc Guinness is most certainly the
T.T.s current number one road racer, He has an incredible knack of putting in scintillating speeds from a standing start, John is also one of only four other riders to win three T.T.s in one week.
