Garry McCoy

Infobox Supersport rider
Name = Garry McCoy


Caption = Garry McCoy on the Ilmor X3
Birthdate = April 18 1972
Birthplace = Sydney, Australia
Nationality = flagicon|Australia Australian
Website = [http://www.garry-mccoy.net/ garry-mccoy.net]
Bike number = 24
Current team = Triumph SC
Championships = 0
Race Starts = 3
Race Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
Last season = 2008
Last position = 14th (10pts)

Garry McCoy (born April 18, 1972 in Sydney, Australia) is a professional motorcycle racer. He has won races in the 125 cc and 500 cc World Championships, as well as the Superbike World Championship. He is noted for his oversteery riding style, [cite web|url=http://www.moto-rider.net/mccoy.html|title=www.moto-rider.net/mccoy.html ] [cite web|url=http://video.aol.com/video-detail/gary-mccoy-sliding-the-ninja-zx-rr/1147464728|title=video.aol.com/video-detail/gary-mccoy-sliding-the-ninja-zx-rr/1147464728 ] but has frequently missed races due to injury. For WorldSS|2008 he competes in the Supersport World Championship for the works Caracchi Triumph team, on a Triumph 675 Daytona.

McCoy was born in Sydney. 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 1996 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 raced in 500 cc for the first time, with a Shell Advance Honda. 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, [cite web|url=http://www.dropbears.com/m/models/roadtests/issue35.htm|title=www.dropbears.com/m/models/roadtests/issue35.htm ] but he joined WCM mid-season, and finished third at Valencia, 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 Welkom in South Africa. 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 2 further wins that year, [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/928963.stm|title=news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/928963.stm ] [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/908889.stm|title=news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/908889.stm ] and 5th in the 500 championship. 2001 was ruined by a broken wrist sustained at Le Mans, 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 team-mates Andrew Pitt and Alex Hofmann rarely qualified in the top 15.

For SBK|2004 he joined NCR Ducati in the Superbike World Championship, [cite web|url=http://www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/feature/4201-0/mccoy_slides_to_world_superbikes.html|title=www.crash.net/motorsport/motogp/feature/4201-0/mccoy_slides_to_world_superbikes.html ] winning at Philip Island [cite web|url=http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=653|title=www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=653 ] and finishing 6th overall. He raced for Carl Fogarty's Foggy Petronas team in SBK|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. [cite web|url=http://www.ma.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News7&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8805|title=www.ma.org.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=News7&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=8805 ]

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. [http://www.crash.net/news_view~t~Ilmor-confirms-McCoy--Michelin-~cid~6~id~137521.htm Ilmor confirms McCoy, Michelin] article from Crash.net, accessed 18 December 2006] [http://www.gizmag.com/go/6367/] He was expected to ride for Ilmor in 2007, but Andrew Pitt and an injured, 42-year-old Jeremy McWilliams were chosen instead. [http://www.ilmor.co.uk/pdf/AM979.pdf Ilmor Announce Team Manager] official press release, accessed 18 December 2006]

For 2008 Garry joins Triumph's new Supersport World Championship campaign on the Daytona 675 bike. He failed to finish the first race in Losail due to a mecahnical failure. [cite web|url=http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/february/18-24/feb2308qatarworldsupersportrace/?&R=EPI-98762|title=www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2008/february/18-24/feb2308qatarworldsupersportrace/?&R=EPI-98762 ] 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 team-mate Andrew Pitt threatened to end his season [http://www.superbike-news.co.uk/absolutenm/anmviewer.asp?a=12514&z=1]

References

External links

* [http://www.garry-mccoy.net/ garry-mccoy.net] - Official website