Six-time North West 200 winner and proud Northern Irish rider Glenn Irwin was excited to finally have his first IOMTT experience in 2022. Irwin was a Honda factory team rider alongside John McGuinness for the event, and absorbed as much of the vast wealth of knowledge from his teammate that he could.
Irwin also utilized all the other tools at his disposal in 2022, including studying state-of-the-art video games and onboard video footage. Sure enough, whatever combination of studying all the things and sheer talent and experience that Irwin brought to the table worked wonders. In June, 2022, Glenn Irwin officially set a new IOMTT Fastest Newcomer lap record of 129.85 miles per hour.
