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José Guillermo " Memo" Gidley (born September 29, 1970) is a Mexican and American racing driver, who competed in IndyCar from 1999 to 2004.
Gidley worked at the Jim Russell racing school as a mechanic to fund his career for some time, eventually getting a chance in Champ Car with Derrick Walker in 1999, although this was as a short-term replacement. He did the same task for Gerald Forsythe a year later, and Chip Ganassi in 2001, twice coming close to race victories. He nearly retained his drive for 2002 - Ganassi later suggested that they keep Bruno Junqueira over him as the was under contract.
Gidley has raced assorted sports cars since, although he made two Champ Car starts for Rocketsports in 2004, and briefly ran in the rival IndyCar Series series. After 2005 he competed full-time in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series, co-driving with Michael McDowell to a victory in the Mexico City season finale. In 2006, he raced in the Team Playboy cars and in 2007 he partnered Max Angelelli in the SunTrust Racing team. In 2010 Gidley co-drove CytoSport's Porsche RS Spyder with Germany's Klaus Graf and Sascha Maassen to second in class (and overall) at Laguna Seca, but he reportedly hadn't given up yet on a return to major open wheel racing.
During the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona, Gidley suffered serious injuries when his Corvette DP slammed into the back of a Ferrari 458 Italia GT2 being driven by Matteo Malucelli. Malucelli's car had lost power and had rolled to a near stop on the track, when Gidley hit him at approximately . Gidley was taken by ambulance to Halifax Health, where doctors diagnosed him with a broken back and leg and arm injuries. Gidley underwent three surgeries before being released from the hospital eleven days after the accident. After five further surgeries and three years of recovering from his injuries, Gidley made his return to racing in September 2017.
Gidley made his come-back to racing full-time in 2022, in the IMSA Prototype Challenge, driving a Duqueine D-08 LMP3. He won the second race of the season at Mid-Ohio, and finished second in the championship overall. Gidley raced in GT America Series in 2023, and won the SRO3(GT3) championship, with 8 wins.
| 1995 ! nowrap | Cape Motorsports | PIR1 46 | PIR2 | IRP | RIR | WGI 43 | MOH1 | NHS | Road Atlanta | Road Atlanta | MOH1 | 2nd | 196 |
| 1997 ! nowrap | Lynx Racing | HMS | LBH | NAZ | MIL | MTL | CLE | TOR | TRR | MOH | ROA | VAN | LS | 2nd | 136 | |
| 1998 ! nowrap | Lynx Racing | LBH | NAZ | GAT | MIL | MTL | CLE | TOR | TRR | MOH | ROA | VAN | LS | HOU | 3rd | 134 |
| 1999 ! nowrap | Walker Racing ! 15 ! nowrap | Reynard 99i ! nowrap | Honda HRS V8Turbocharger | MIA | MOT | LBH | NZR | RIO | STL | MIL | POR | CLE | ROA | TOR | MIC | 27th | 4 ! rowspan=2 | ||||||||||
| 2000 ! nowrap | Player's Forsythe Racing ! 32 ! rowspan=2 nowrap | Reynard 2Ki ! nowrap | Ford XF V8Turbocharger | MIA | LBH | RIO | MOT | NZR | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | 20th | 20 ! rowspan=2 | ||||||||||||
| 2001 ! nowrap | Chip Ganassi Racing ! 12 ! nowrap | Lola Cars B01/00 ! nowrap | Toyota RV8F V8Turbocharger | MTY | LBH | TXS | NZR | MOT | MIL | DET | POR | CLE | TOR | MIC | CHI | MOH | ROA | VAN | LAU | ROC | HOU | LS | SRF | FON | 17th | 65 ! | |
| 2004 ! nowrap | Rocketsports ! 17 ! nowrap | Lola B02/00 ! nowrap | Ford XFE V8Turbocharger | LBH | MTY | MIL | POR | CLE | TOR | VAN | ROA | DEN | MTL | LS | LVS | SRF | MXC | 21st | 15^ ! | ||||||||
| 2000 ! nowrap | Team Pelfrey ! 82 ! nowrap | Dallara IR-00 !rowspan=2 | Oldsmobile Aurora V8 | WDW | PHX | LVS | INDY DNQ | TXS | PPIR | ATL | KTY | TX2 | ! NC ! - ! | ||||||||
| 2001 ! nowrap | Brayton Racing ! 61 ! nowrap | Dallara IR-01 | PHX | HMS | ATL | INDY | TXS | PPIR | RIR | KAN | NSH | KTY | STL | CHI | TX2 | ! NC ! - ! | |||||
| 2002 ! nowrap | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing ! 24 ! nowrap | G-Force GF05C ! nowrap | Infiniti VRH35ADE V8 | HMS | PHX | FON | NZR | 46th | 9 ! rowspan="2" | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | DNQ | Team Pelfrey | |
| 2001 | Dallara | Oldsmobile | DNQ | Brayton Racing | |
| 2002 | Dallara | Chevrolet | DNQ | Duesenberg Brothers Racing | |
| 1999 ! nowrap | Panoz ! LMP ! nowrap | Panoz LMP-1 Roadster-S ! nowrap | Ford (Élan-Yates) 6.0 L V8 ! | SEB | ATL | MOS | SON | POR | PET ovr:5 cls:5 | MON | LSV | ! 63rd ! 15 | |||
| 2006 ! nowrap | Highcroft Racing ! LMP1 ! nowrap | MG-Lola EX257 ! nowrap | AER P07 2.0L Turbo I4 ! | SEB | TEX | MID | LIM | UTA | POR | AME | MOS | PET ovr:3 cls:3 | MON | ! 20th ! 19 | |
| 2007 ! nowrap | Team Cytosport ! LMP1 ! nowrap | Lola B06/10 ! nowrap | AER P32T 4.0L Turbo V8 ! | SEB | STP | LNB | TEX | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | DET | PET ovr:14 cls:3 | MON ! 20th ! 19 |
| 2010 ! nowrap | Muscle Milk Team CytoSport ! LMP ! nowrap | Porsche RS Spyder Evo ! nowrap | Porsche MR6 3.4 L V8 ! | SEB | LNB | MON ovr:2 cls:2 | UTA | LIM | MID | AME | MOS | PET | ! NC ! - | ||
| 2012 ! nowrap | Muscle Milk Pickett Racing ! PC ! nowrap | Oreca FLM09 ! nowrap | Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 ! | SEB ovr:42 cls:5 | LNB ovr:4 cls:2 | MON ovr:6 cls:4 | LIM | MOS | MID | AME | BAL | VIR | PET | ! 12th ! 40 |
| 2014 ! nowrap | GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing ! P ! nowrap | Riley Corvette DP ! nowrap | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY | SEB | LBH | LAG | DET | WGL | MOS | IMS | ROA | COA | PET ! rowspan=1 | 56th ! rowspan=1 | 14 | |
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