Garry McCoy

Garry McCoy (born 18 April 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian former professional motorcycle racer. He has won races in the 125cc and 500cc World Championships, as well as in the Superbike World Championship. He is noted for his oversteering style of riding, earning him the nickname "the Slide King".

Career McCoy was born in Sydney and in his late teens was a motorcycle speedway rider in his home state of New South Wales, racing alongside such riders as Todd Wiltshire and Craig Boyce. McCoy mostly rode in Division 2 races at tracks like the now closed Newcastle Motordrome. He finished second in the NSW Div 2 championship in November 1990.

McCoy raced in his first 125 cc world championship races in 1992, only four months after his first road race of any kind. He entered the full season the year after, though he missed races through injury in both 1993 and 1994. He won the 1995 Malaysian Grand Prix and the Australian Grand Prix as well as seven other top-three finishes and one pole position. In 1996, he signed to privateer Team Bramich and rode a 748s Ducati. It was a great year for McCoy as he learnt from team director, Don Bramich, the fundamentals for managing a successful team.

In 1998, McCoy joined the Hardwick Racing Shell Advance Honda team to compete in the premier 500 cc class for the first time, riding a NSR500. He scored points in six of the nine races he started before a broken ankle ended his season. He was out of a ride at the start of 1999, and considered returning to cabinet-making, but he joined WCM mid-season, and finished third at Valencia Grand Prix, though his best result elsewhere was seventh.

2000 was a breakout season for McCoy with WCM, as he opened the year with a shock win at the South African Grand Prix at Welkom. He had been the only rider to get the 16'5-inch Michelin tyre working to full effect, with his sideways riding style and slight build ideally suited to it. There were two further wins that year at Portugal and Valencia (his Valencia victory was the most recent win for a non-Honda satellite bike until Fabio Quartararo's victory at Jerez in 2020) to help secure a fifth-place finish in the 500 championship. 2001 was ruined by a broken wrist sustained at the French Grand Prix, and 2002 was not a huge success either, resulting in him joining Kawasaki's factory team. This was hugely disappointing; McCoy only scored points three times, and he and teammates Andrew Pitt and Alex Hofmann rarely qualified in the top 15.

For , McCoy joined NCR Ducati in the Superbike World Championship, winning at Philip Island and finishing sixth overall. He raced for Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team in , as the team attempted to make its 900 cc 3 cylinder bike competitive. After nine rounds, his best finish was 12th, and he has qualified for Superpole and a top-16 starting spot four times. Results did not improve, and he had no road racing ride for 2006, instead contesting some Supercross.

McCoy worked as a test rider for Ilmor's 2007 Ilmor X3 800 cc MotoGP prototype, competing in the final two rounds of the 2006 MotoGP season as a wildcard. He was expected to ride for Ilmor in 2007, but Andrew Pitt and an injured, 42-year-old Jeremy McWilliams were chosen instead.

In 2008, McCoy joined Triumph's new Supersport World Championship campaign on the Daytona 675 bike. He failed to finish the first race in Losail due to a mechanical failure. He finished sixth in the Philip Island race and retired from the Valencia race. A huge crash at Brno when he struck the slowing bike of one-time teammate Andrew Pitt threatened to end his season

In 2009, at the Donington circuit, McCoy scored the first podium for Triumph with third place. He was back on the podium with another third at the WSS final round for 2009 in Portimao, Portugal, finishing the season eighth overall.

Initial expectations were that McCoy would continue with the team for the 2010 season, however he was not a part of the four-rider lineup. The team stated that he had left by 'mutual consent', however McCoy denied this and claimed that the departure was news to him

In 2010, McCoy was set to make his return to MotoGP with the FB Corse Team with a two-year deal that would have marked his 18 years in competition. However, the team failed to get its three-cylinder 800cc project into competitive shape, and on 7 June 2010, McCoy announced their contract had been terminated by mutual consent.

Career statistics Grand Prix motorcycle racing All stats according to MotoGP.com

By season SeasonClassMotorcycleTeamRaceWinPodiumPoleFLapPtsPlcd 1992 125cc Honda RS125 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1993 125cc Honda RS125 12 0 0 0 0 25 19th 1994 125cc Aprilia RS125 10 0 2 0 0 56 13th 1995 125cc Honda RS125 4 1 1 0 0 16 13th 1996 125cc Aprilia RS125 15 1 2 0 0 87 12th 1997 125cc Aprilia RS125 15 0 2 1 0 109 7th 1998 500cc Honda NSR500 Shell Advance Racing 10 0 0 0 0 23 17th 1999 500cc Yamaha YZR500 Red Bull Yamaha WCM 10 0 1 0 0 65 14th 2000 500cc Yamaha YZR500 Red Bull Yamaha WCM 16 3 6 1 1 161 5th 2001 500cc Yamaha YZR500 Red Bull Yamaha WCM 11 0 3 0 0 88 12th 2002 MotoGP Yamaha YZR500 Red Bull Yamaha WCM 12 0 0 0 0 33 20th 2003 MotoGP Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR Kawasaki Racing Team 16 0 0 0 0 11 22nd 2004 MotoGP Aprilia RS Cube MS Aprilia Racing 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2006 MotoGP Ilmor X3 Ilmor SRT 2 0 0 0 0 2 22nd Total 139 5 17 2 1 676

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Pos Pts 1992 125cc Honda JPN AUSRet MALRet ESP ITA EUR GER NEDRet HUN FRA GBR BRA RSA NC 0 1993 125cc Honda AUS10 MALRet JPNRet ESP AUT GER22 NED16 EURRet RSM16 GBR14 CZE14 ITA16 USA7 FIM10 19th 25 1994 125cc Aprilia AUS3 MAL12 JPN9 ESP11 AUT3 GERDNS NED8 ITARet FRA17 GBRRet CZE16 USA ARG EUR 13th 156 1995 125cc Honda AUSRet MAL1 JPNRet ESP14 GER ITA NED FRA GBR CZE BRA ARG EUR 22nd 16 1996 125cc Aprilia MAL12 INARet JPNRet ESPRet ITA20 FRA9 NED18 GERRet GBR14 AUTRet CZE11 IMO4 CAT2 BRA5 AUS1 12th 87 1997 125cc Aprilia MALRet JPN7 ESPRet ITA3 AUT4 FRA3 NEDRet IMO4 GERRet BRA13 GBR4 CZE11 CAT9 INA9 AUS9 7th 109 1998 500cc Honda JPNRet MAL10 ESP15 ITA13 FRA17 MAD11 NED11 GBR13 GERRet CZE IMO CAT AUSRet ARG 17th 23 1999 500cc Yamaha MAL JPN ESP FRA ITA CAT NED15 GBRRet GER11 CZE8 IMO9 VAL3 AUS7 RSA8 BRA8 ARG13 14th 65 2000 500cc Yamaha RSA1 MAL3 JPN9 ESPRet FRA4 ITARet CAT16 NED15 GBR17 GER10 CZE3 POR1 VAL1 BRA3 PACRet AUS5 5th 161 2001 500cc Yamaha JPN2 RSARet SPA9 FRADNS ITA CATDNS NEDDNS GBR GER11 CZE6 POR3 VAL12 PAC12 AUSRet MAL3 BRA10 12th 88 2002 MotoGP Yamaha JPNRet RSA10 SPA15 FRA ITA CAT NED GBR12 GER9 CZE13 POR11 BRA10 PAC17 MAL15 AUS18 VAL Ret 20th 33 2003 MotoGP Kawasaki JPN16 RSA17 SPA18 FRA9 ITA15 CAT17 NED18 GBR16 GER16 CZE18 PORRet BRARet PACRet MAL19 AUS13 VAL19 22nd 11 2004 MotoGP Aprilia RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED BRA GER GBR CZE POR JPN QAT MAL16 AUSRet VAL16 NC 0 2006 MotoGP Ilmor X3 SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER USA CZE MAL AUS JPN POR15 VAL15 22nd 2

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2004 Ducati SPA7 SPA6 AUS5 AUS1 SMRRet SMR17 ITA3 ITA3 GER9 GER4 GBR4 GBR8 USA7 USA7 GBRRet GBR7 NED8 NEDRet ITA5 ITA5 FRA9 FRA9 6th 199 2005 Petronas QAT17 QAT16 AUSRet AUSRet SPARet SPARet ITARet ITA21 EURRet EUR13 SMRRet SMRRet CZERet CZEDNS GBR18 GBRRet NED13 NED12 GER11 GERRet ITADNS ITAC FRA FRA 22nd 15

Supersport World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts 2008 Triumph QATRet AUS6 ESPRet NEDRet ITARet GER SMRRet CZEDNS GBR EUR ITA FRA POR13 26th 13 2009 Triumph AUS QAT SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR GBR CZE GER ITA FRA POR 8th 98