15 Facts About Garry McCoy

Garry McCoy is noted for his oversteering style of riding, earning him the nickname "The Slide King".

Garry McCoy mostly rode in Division 2 races at tracks like the now closed Newcastle Motordrome.

Garry McCoy finished second in the NSW Div 2 championship in November 1990.

Garry McCoy entered the full season the year after, though he missed races through injury in both 1993 and 1994.

Garry McCoy won the 1995 Malaysian Grand Prix and the Australian Grand Prix as well as 7 other top-3 finishes and one pole position.

Garry McCoy scored points in six of the nine races he started before a broken ankle ended his season.

Garry McCoy 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.

Garry McCoy 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.

In 2008 Garry McCoy joined Triumph's new Supersport World Championship campaign on the Daytona 675 bike.

Garry McCoy failed to finish the first race in Losail due to a mechanical failure.

Garry McCoy finished 6th in the Philip Island race and retired from the Valencia race.

In 2009 at the Donington circuit Garry McCoy scored the first podium for Triumph with 3rd place.

Garry McCoy was back on the podium with another third at the WSS final round for 2009 in Portimao, Portugal, finishing the season 8th overall.

In 2010 Garry 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 Garry McCoy announced their contract had been terminated by mutual consent.