John Mguinness MBE
John McGuinness MBE nicknamed "The Morecambe Missile" for his speed and being born and bread from the seaside town of Morecambe in 1972, starting his circuit racing in 1990 and still racing today at 53 years old. John being most famous for his incredible success at Road Racing, especially the Isle of Man TT. Where he is the third most successful rider with 23 TT Wins. John known with the most Superbike and Senior Wins, also for the first lap at an average speed over “130mph” in 2007. John has also had major success at other road races such as: North West 200, Macau GP, Ulster GP and Scarborough Oliver’s Mount. John was awarded with an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2021 for services to Motorcycle Racing.
McGuinness also has had a great short circuit career with him winning the British 250cc Championship in 1999 and multiple British Championship level wins and podiums throughout the years. John also competing in world championship level events such as: 500cc GP’s, 250cc GP’s, World SuperSport and the Endurance World Championship.
John McGuinness career has mainly been on Honda Machinary and is still a Factory Honda rider for the 2026 season. John has always said he’s done well for a “Bricklayer from Morecambe”, Bricklaying being the trade he trained in the 80’s for.
McGuinness Stats
Road Racing:
Isle of Man TT: 23 Wins / 47 Podiums / 111 Starts / 92 Finishes / 84 Silver Replicas / 6 Bronze Replicas / 2 Finishers Medals.
First Man to do “130mph” Lap of the Isle of Man TT in 2007.
North West 200: 6 Wins / 22 Podiums.
Ulster Grand Prix: 2 Wins / 5 Podiums.
Macau Grand Prix: 1 Win / 8 Podiums.
Classic TT: 3 Wins / 3 Podiums.
Scarborough Oliver’s Mount Gold Cup: 1 Win / 4 Podiums.
Scarborough Oliver’s Mount DJ Trophy: 1 Win / 2 Podiums.
British Championships:
1991 ACU Clubman’s Champion.
1999 250cc Champion.
3rd in British SuperSport Championship 2001.
3rd in National SuperStock Championship 2009.
12 British Championship Wins.
53 British Championship Podiums.
World CHampionship:
1997 250cc Grand Prix.
1998 / 1999 / 2000 500cc Grand Prix.
2002 World Supersport.
2011 / 2012 / 2013 SuperBike Endurance World Championship.
2015 / 2016 SuperStock Endurance World Championship.
Other Race Events:
250cc Daytona GP: 2 Wins / 3 Podiums.
Stars at Darley: 4 Wins / 18 Podiums.
Classic Endurance European Championship: 1 Win / 1 Podium.
Wins and Podiums at the Sunflower.
Podiums at the Race of the Year.
4-wheeled Racing:
Podiums in British RallyCross Championship in 2020 / 2021.
Win in GTA Rookies Championship 2022.
Fun Cup Championship in 2021 / 2022.
2 Podiums in International Truck GP 2023 / 2024 / 2025.
team’s of 2025:
Honda Racing UK - North West 200 SBK + STK / Isle of Man TT SBK + STK / National Superstock Championship / Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Team Winfield Paton - Historic Senior Classic Isle of Man TT.
Steadplan Racing Honda - Historic Junior Classic Isle of Man TT.
Hawk Racing Honda - Stars at Darley.
1961 Manx Norton - Goodwood Revival.
Collins Earthworks Honda - ACU Motul National Endurance Championship.
Team Oliver Racing MAN TGS - International Truck GP.
2026 Events:
Next event of 2026 you will se us at:
Bennetts British SuperBike Championship Round 1 at Outlon Park - 1st to the 4th May