# Garry McCoy

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. 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | Pos | Pts |
| Year | Bike | 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 | Pos | Pts |
| 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 |