The TT Podcast

Episode Seven of The TT Podcast is a double helping as Chris and Steve are joined by a dominant force in sidecar racing, Ben and Tom Birchall. The Birchall brothers take a trip down memory lane looking back from their first TT holidays with the family, to dodging their marshalling dad around the Mountain Course in their debut year. The winning siblings also talk about the deal Ben made with his bo...

In episode six of The TT Podcast, Chris and Steve are joined by 3-time TT winner, 4-time World Superbike Champion and real life King of the Jungle, Carl Fogarty. Fogarty reminisces on an outstanding TT career including his Isle of Man debut, holding the lap record for an incredible 7 years, and that legendary race against Steve Hislop in 1992. The trio also take a look back to the beginning of the...

Episode Five of The TT Podcast sees Chris and Steve joined by the ever-popular Lee Johnston.  In the show, Lee reflects on that tap on the shoulder feeling and what it’s like to set off around the Mountain Course. He talks of his fiery 2017 crash, and what it was like to secure that first TT win back in 2019. He also provides a characteristically honest perspective on his time with the factor...

Davey Todd, a relative newcomer to road racing, is our guest on episode four of The TT Podcast. After becoming the second fastest TT newcomer ever in 2018, Davey went onto record a host of top ten finishes in 2019. Regarded as one of road racing’s hottest properties, Davey talks Chris and Steve through the triumphs and setbacks of his career from riding Motocross bikes aged six, through British Su...

One of the TT’s most experienced competitors, Michael Rutter, is our guest for episode three of The TT Podcast. 2022 will mark Michael’s 28th year as a TT racer, with seven victories and 18 podiums along the way. In the episode, he reflects on his long and illustrious career where he has raced against - and been team mates to - some of the all-time greats of road racing. He talks of what could hav...

John McGuinness MBE joins Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater for Episode 2 of The TT Podcast. One of the sport’s biggest-ever stars looks back on an incredible career to date, and with 99 TT race starts under his belt, he looks forward to hitting the century mark in 2022. We get an insight into John’s family life, the superstitions he carries out before every race, and he opens up and reflects on th...

Peter Hickman joins Chris Pritchard and Steve Plater for the very first episode of The TT Podcast. The serial record-breaker talks through the epic race-long battle with Dean Harrison in 2018, where Peter raised the bar to new heights with an incredible lap at an average speed of 135 miles per hour. He tells of his early life, his families disapproval of his racing, and what makes him so fast arou...

Every fortnight, TT Fan Park host, Chris Pritchard, and 2-time TT race winner-turned TV presenter, Steve Plater, are joined by a range of guests from the world of the Isle of Man TT Races to discuss their lives, their journeys, their ambitions, and their relationship with the greatest motor-sporting event in the world. Music by Calva Louise - latest album ‘Euphoric’ out now. Hosted on Acast. See a...