Garry McCoy

Garry McCoy
McCoy on the Ilmor X3
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1972-04-18) 18 April 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Website	garrymccoy.tv

Garry McCoy (born 18 April 1972 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional motorcycle racer. He has won races in the 125 cc and 500 cc 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.

He 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 7 other top-3 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 he 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 Garry 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 2004 he joined NCR Ducati in the Superbike World Championship, winning at Philip Island and finishing 6th overall. He raced for Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team in 2005, as the team attempted to make its 900 cc 3 cylinder bike competitive. After 9 rounds his best finish was 12th, and he has qualified for Superpole and a top-16 starting spot 4 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. [1] 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 6th 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 3rd place. He was back on the podium with another third at the WSS final round for 2009 in Portimao, Portugal, finishing the season 8th 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

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
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	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	ESP	ITA	EUR	GER	NED Ret	HUN	FRA	GBR	BRA	RSA					NC	0
1993	125cc	Honda	AUS 10	MAL Ret	JPN Ret	ESP	AUT	GER 22	NED 16	EUR Ret	RSM 16	GBR 14	CZE 14	ITA 16	USA 7	FIM 10				19th	25
1994	125cc	Aprilia	AUS 3	MAL 12	JPN 9	ESP 11	AUT 3	GER DNS	NED 8	ITA Ret	FRA 17	GBR Ret	CZE 16	USA	ARG	EUR				13th	156
1995	125cc	Honda	AUS Ret	MAL 1	JPN Ret	ESP 14	GER	ITA	NED	FRA	GBR	CZE	BRA	ARG	EUR					22nd	16
1996	125cc	Aprilia	MAL 12	INA Ret	JPN Ret	ESP Ret	ITA 20	FRA 9	NED 18	GER Ret	GBR 14	AUT Ret	CZE 11	IMO 4	CAT 2	BRA 5	AUS 1			12th	87
1997	125cc	Aprilia	MAL Ret	JPN 7	ESP Ret	ITA 3	AUT 4	FRA 3	NED Ret	IMO 4	GER Ret	BRA 13	GBR 4	CZE 11	CAT 9	INA 9	AUS 9			7th	109
1998	500cc	Honda	JPN Ret	MAL 10	ESP 15	ITA 13	FRA 17	MAD 11	NED 11	GBR 13	GER Ret	CZE	IMO	CAT	AUS Ret	ARG				17th	23
1999	500cc	Yamaha	MAL	JPN	ESP	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED 15	GBR Ret	GER 11	CZE 8	IMO 9	VAL 3	AUS 7	RSA 8	BRA 8	ARG 13		14th	65
2000	500cc	Yamaha	RSA 1	MAL 3	JPN 9	ESP Ret	FRA 4	ITA Ret	CAT 16	NED 15	GBR 17	GER 10	CZE 3	POR 1	VAL 1	BRA 3	PAC Ret	AUS 5		5th	161
2001	500cc	Yamaha	JPN 2	RSA Ret	SPA 9	FRA DNS	ITA	CAT DNS	NED DNS	GBR	GER 11	CZE 6	POR 3	VAL 12	PAC 12	AUS Ret	MAL 3	BRA 10		12th	88
2002	MotoGP	Yamaha	JPN Ret	RSA 10	SPA 15	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR 12	GER 9	CZE 13	POR 11	BRA 10	PAC 17	MAL 15	AUS 18	VAL Ret		20th	33
2003	MotoGP	Kawasaki	JPN 16	RSA 17	SPA 18	FRA 9	ITA 15	CAT 17	NED 18	GBR 16	GER 16	CZE 18	POR Ret	BRA Ret	PAC Ret	MAL 19	AUS 13	VAL 19		22nd	11
2004	MotoGP	Aprilia	RSA	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	BRA	GER	GBR	CZE	POR	JPN	QAT	MAL 16	AUS Ret	VAL 16		NC	0
2006	MotoGP	Ilmor X3	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR	GER	USA	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR 15	VAL 15	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	SPA 7	SPA 6	AUS 5	AUS 1	SMR Ret	SMR 17	ITA 3	ITA 3	GER 9	GER 4	GBR 4	GBR 8	USA 7	USA 7	GBR Ret	GBR 7	NED 8	NED Ret	ITA 5	ITA 5	FRA 9	FRA 9							6th	199
2005	Petronas	QAT 17	QAT 16	AUS Ret	AUS Ret	SPA Ret	SPA Ret	ITA Ret	ITA 21	EUR Ret	EUR 13	SMR Ret	SMR Ret	CZE Ret	CZE DNS	GBR 18	GBR Ret	NED 13	NED 12	GER 11	GER Ret	ITA DNS	ITA C	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	QAT Ret	AUS 6	ESP Ret	NED Ret	ITA Ret	GER	SMR Ret	CZE DNS	GBR	EUR	ITA	FRA	POR 13		26th	13
2009	Triumph	AUS 14	QAT 7	SPA Ret	NED 15	ITA 8	RSA 7	USA 6	SMR Ret	GBR 3	CZE 8	GER 8	ITA 5	FRA Ret	POR 3	8th	98

External links

• Garry McCoy at MotoGP.com
• Garry McCoy at WorldSBK.com
• garrymccoy.tv – Official website