🇺🇸 Memo Gidley

Memo Gidley is a professional racing driver competing primarily in GT America, where he races a GT3 car for SKI AUTOSPORTS in the SRO3 class. Graded FIA Bronze, he competes in national and international multiclass endurance and sprint series. His main indexed record spans from 2002 to the present, with 66 starts across ten seasons.[1]

Gidley has won 22 of his 42 GT America starts since 2023, including the 2023 championship with TKO Motorsports and the 2026 title with SKI AUTOSPORTS. He took 39 podiums in that series alone. Beyond GT America, he contested eight starts in IMSA Prototype Challenge between 2018 and 2022, earning one win and four podiums for JDC MotorSports. He won the European Le Mans Series LMGTE class in a single start for Rinaldi Racing in 2022 and took four wins from four starts in International GT in 2025. He has also competed in Asian Le Mans Series for Kessel Racing in 2026 and holds a single IndyCar start from 2002.[2]

In his regular GT America field, Gidley consistently finishes ahead of professional competitors Kyle Washington and Mirco Schultis, both graded FIA Bronze with dozens of starts in national and international GT racing. He has beaten George Kurtz, the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech LMP2 champion and 2024 Asian Le Mans Series champion, sixteen times across their encounters in GT America, though Kurtz holds a significant head-to-head advantage overall. Gidley's sole finish ahead of Matthew Payne, a Gold-graded established professional with nearly 100 Supercars Championship starts, came in European Le Mans Series competition. His 2026 season includes multiple race wins and a dominant stretch at Road Atlanta.