McCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992, for the AnsettSuzuki team. In 1994 he joined the crack Winfield Honda team, and went on to win the 1995 title.
A year in the German Superbike Championship for Suzuki, and two years back with CastrolHonda but in the British Supersport Championship, followed. In 2002 he won the AMA Pro Thunder series on a Ducati (having initially entered the season-opener as a one-off rider),[3] before he returned to Australia, running his family's farm alongside his racing commitments. He was 7th overall in the Australian Superbike Championship in 2003.
In conjunction with a number of industry partners, his family has established an award program to assist young riders in contesting future Australian Superbike Championship (ASC) seasons.
Each year, one rider will be selected to receive the Kirk McCarthy Memorial Award, which will be in the form of financial and product support to contest the following year's ASC. The award is open to riders in all ASC classes.
A perpetual trophy will be awarded to the recipient, who will also receive a replica of the trophy at the annual ASC presentation dinner.
kirk, mccarthy, confused, with, kirk, mccarty, kirk, richard, mccarthy, november, 1966, august, 2004, melbourne, victoria, australia, australian, motorcycle, road, racer, competed, several, major, championships, both, home, internationally, killed, australian,. Not to be confused with Kirk McCarty Kirk Richard McCarthy 18 November 1966 15 August 2004 in Melbourne Victoria Australia was an Australian motorcycle road racer who competed in several major championships both at home and internationally He was killed in an Australian Superbike Championship race at Queensland Raceway in 2004 1 Kirk McCarthyNationalityAustralianBorn 1966 11 18 18 November 1966Died15 August 2004 2004 08 15 aged 37 Motorcycle racing career statisticsGrand Prix motorcycle racingActive years1997Team s YamahaChampionships0Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points15 0 0 0 0 20Superbike World ChampionshipActive years1992 1994 1996 1999ManufacturersSuzuki Honda1999 championship positionN CStarts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points35 0 0 0 0 52Supersport World ChampionshipActive years1998ManufacturersHonda1998 championship position44th 3 pts Starts Wins Podiums Poles F laps Points5 0 0 0 0 3 Contents 1 Superbikes 2 Grand Prix 3 Legacy 4 Career results 4 1 Grand Prix 4 2 World Superbike Championship 4 3 Supersport World Championship 5 ReferencesSuperbikes editMcCarthy began racing in the Australian Superbike Championship in 1992 for the Ansett Suzuki team In 1994 he joined the crack Winfield Honda team and went on to win the 1995 title This earned him a factory Superbike World Championship ride with Suzuki for 1996 finishing 13th overall without a podium 2 In 1998 he did five Supersport World Championship race s one step below World Superbike with less powerful machines on a Castrol Honda finishing only one race in the points A year in the German Superbike Championship for Suzuki and two years back with Castrol Honda but in the British Supersport Championship followed In 2002 he won the AMA Pro Thunder series on a Ducati having initially entered the season opener as a one off rider 3 before he returned to Australia running his family s farm alongside his racing commitments He was 7th overall in the Australian Superbike Championship in 2003 Grand Prix editHe contested the 1997 500cc World Championship on a Red Bull Yamaha 4 with a best result of 12th and best grid position of 18th Legacy editIn conjunction with a number of industry partners his family has established an award program to assist young riders in contesting future Australian Superbike Championship ASC seasons Each year one rider will be selected to receive the Kirk McCarthy Memorial Award which will be in the form of financial and product support to contest the following year s ASC The award is open to riders in all ASC classes A perpetual trophy will be awarded to the recipient who will also receive a replica of the trophy at the annual ASC presentation dinner Career results editGrand Prix edit Year Class Team Machine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Points Rank 1997 500cc World Championship Motorsports ROC Yamaha MALRet JPN16 ESP15 ITA14 AUT17 FRARet NEDRet IMO15 20 21st Red Bull Yamaha WCM Yamaha YZR500 GER15 BRA12 GBR12 CZERet CAT13 INA15 AUS13 World Superbike Championship edit key Races in bold indicate pole position Races in italics indicate fastest lap Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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 1992 Suzuki SPA1 SPA1 GBR GBR GER GER BEL BEL SPA2 SPA2 AUT AUT ITA1 ITA1 MAL MAL JPN JPN NED NED ITA2 ITA2 AUS 17 AUS 15 NZL NZL 75th 1 1994 Honda GBR1 GBR1 GER GER RSM RSM SPA SPA AUT AUT IND IND JPN JPN NED NED ITA ITA GBR2 GBR2 AUS 6 AUS 5 29th 21 1995 Honda GER GER RSM RSM GBR GBR ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT USA USA EUR EUR JPN JPN NED NED IND IND AUS 8 AUS Ret 33rd 8 1996 Suzuki RSM Ret RSM 12 GBR13 GBR14 GER 10 GER9 ITA8 ITA8 CZH14 CZHRet USA 10 USA13 EURRet EUR10 IND13 IND10 JPN 17 JPN18 NED 14 NED9 SPA Ret SPA15 AUS 10 AUS 15 20th 22 1999 Suzuki RSA RSA AUS AUS GBR GBR SPA SPA ITA 19 ITA Ret GER1 Ret GER1 20 RSM RSM USA USA EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER2 GER2 JAP JAP NC 0 Supersport World Championship edit Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 1998 Honda GBR ITA SPA GER SMR RSARet USARet EUR22 AUT21 NED13 44th 3References edit Motorcycling Australia Archived from the original on 31 July 2008 Retrieved 18 February 2020 worldsbk com Archived from the original on 11 May 2008 Retrieved 10 July 2008 ADV Rider The Age 19 August 2004 Career Stats at MotoGP Career Stats at SBK Preceded byAnthony Gobert Australian Superbike Champion1995 Succeeded byPeter Goddard Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kirk McCarthy amp oldid 1118685100, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
