Michael Dunlop has opened up about the pressure of racing with his legendary fam𒅌ily name.

The Dunlo💖ps are a road racing dynasty and Michael’s father and uncle were icons in their own righ🌳t.

This year at the Isle of Man TT Michael emotionally broke his unclꦕe Joey’s record of victories that had stood for 24 🐽years.

“We’re from a small town but a big family within road racing,” Michael Dunlop🐓 told .

“We’re t✤rying to keep it at the top, and that’s what it’꧟s been all about.”

He said about the all-time record of TT wins that his uncle Joey held: “It’s 💞more of a personal thing to try and keep it in the family more than anything but to get past that is a privilege.

“We’re not any better than Joey, we’ve never perceived that♊, and with our name it hasn’t been an easy lif🅺estyle.

“So for me to keep the name at the top is what keeps pushi🎃ng me to keep going racing.

“It’s been something t🔯hat everybody strives to have and this year, winning꧒ the first Supersport race to equal Joey’s record was a massive thing.”

Michael equalled Joey’s record of 26 TT wins before surpassing it, and endi🥂ng the annual event with a total of 29 to make himself the most successful rider in its history.

A bizarre probꦰlem with his helmet briefly prevented him claiming the record🐠 but he wouldn’t be denied.

“I ge♈nuinely honestly thought I had the Superbike race too, I was leading it and then my visor malfunctioned, so I just thought it was never going to be broken,” Micha𓂃el said.

“But we ca🎃me back and the boys worked hard to get us on the grid and pushed again, and to break it was more to keep the Dunlop name going.”

Th🌠e Dunlop family has 60 win♈s in total at the Isle of Man TT.

Michael’s tally iꦬs 29, his uncle Joey won 26 and his father Robert won five.

Joey and Robert Dunlop died aft🌜er road racing accidents b🎀ut their legacy lives on.

Michael Dunlop is expected back on the🥃 Mountain Course in 2025 where he can further extend his total of victories.