Davy Todd revealed that John McGuinness told him he “life will change” after recording his maiden Senior Isle of Man victory last year.
English Rider entered the top step on the TT podium in 2024.
He then followed it with a victory in the Senior TT Finale, securing TAS Racing’s first senior victory since 2004.
When considered the biggest race in TT, it was a number of legendary names, including Todd’s leader McGuinness, and found success.
On the TT Live Podcast previewing the 2025 event, Todd revealed what McGuinness told him at Park Ferme after the senior victory.
“John has everything I’ve done for me since I started TT, so that he comes after victory, and he has given me so great advice over the years,” Todd saw the footage of the moment.
“And he just came and explained his first one and said, ‘Your life will change now.’ ”
He has since detailed how his life has changed, and the winner of Double TT added:
“We’re always talking about this, whether it’s a superbike, a BSB, or a superbike from the world, someone asks what you’re doing when I’m in New Zealand where I’m nowhere.
“You can talk about bikes, not bike circuits or anything like that.
“Or you say, ‘I’m going to compete in the world’s superbikes,’ and they say, ‘What is that? Is that Valentino Rossi?’
“When you say TT’s island, they’ll say, ‘Wow, that’s crazy.’ That expression, and you won it. That’s the next level.
Todd added that his senior victory “takes a lot of time to sink,” and “it’s the best you could ever imagine.”
“It’s not going to get better,” he said.
“It’s a senior TT. It’s hard to explain. It’s the best thing you could ever imagine. And it happened.
“Teams, the work that everyone has in place, that means a lot to everyone. I think every team that comes to TT is very similar.
“Everyone there, it’s out of passion. It’s a job, they’re paid to be there, so they’re not there.
“Because they want to be there and they want to do well.
“It’s the same with the whole team, it’s all about getting a senior TT.
“They didn’t win for a long time. It was a surreal experience. It took me a while to sink.”