Early Life
Born and raised in Morecambe, Lancashire, he has two siblings Faye and Kurt.
His father owned a motorcycle repair shop, but advised John to train as a bricklayer. Graduating in 1990, the resultant recession forced him into cockle fishing with his future father-in-law.
McGuiness's first race was an endurance road race at Aintree in 1990, at age 18.
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