Memo Rojas
Memo Rojas | |
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Nationality | Mexican |
Born | Mexico City, Mexico | August 18, 1981
Related to | Memo Rojas Sr. |
United SportsCar Championship career | |
Debut season | 2007 (as Grand-Am) |
Current team | DeltaWing |
Car number | 0 |
Starts | 91 |
Wins | 28 |
Poles | 8 |
Best finish | 1st in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
Previous series | |
2004 2002–2003 2000–2001 1997–1998 | Formula Renault Barber Dodge Pro Series Formula Ford 2000 Formula 3 Mexico |
Championship titles | |
2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 | Rolex Sports Car Series |
Guillermo "Memo" Rojas Jr. (born August 18, 1981) is a Mexican professional race car driver. Successful in American sports car racing, Rojas is a four-time series champion in the Rolex Sports Car Series, a three-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona, and a two-time European Le Mans Series champion. He is the first Mexican driver to win a major American racing championship.[1]
Personal life[]
Rojas was born in 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico.[1] He is son of the Mexican driver Guillermo Rojas Sr.
Career[]
Early career[]
Rojas began his racing career in 1993, racing karts; in 1996 he moved up to professional racing in the Mexican Formula Two series. Heading to the United States in 1997, he joined the Barber Dodge series, before returning to Mexico in 1998 to race for two years in the national Formula Three series.[2]
Returning to the United States in 2000, he spent two years racing in the American Formula Ford 2000 series, before moving up to the Barber Dodge Pro Series for the 2002 and 2003 seasons, claiming two wins during his time in the series, and finishing second in the series championship in 2003.[2] He then graduated to the European Formula Renault series with DAMS in 2004, scoring two top-five finishes over the course of the year.[2] In 2005 he returned to the United States, racing in the Toyota Atlantic championship series for a single race at the Fundidora park circuit in Monterrey.[2]
Grand-Am[]
Switching from open-wheel racing to sports cars in 2007, Rojas joined Chip Ganassi Racing to compete in the Grand American Road Racing Rolex Sports Car Series, as a teammate to Scott Pruett. Claiming his first win in the series in 2007,[1] Rojas won his first 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race the following year with co-drivers Pruett, Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti.[1][3] The victory propelled Rojas and Pruett to the Rolex Sports Car Series championship that year,[4] setting a series record for the most victories in a season with six wins over the course of the year.[1]
In 2009, Rojas would finish second in the Rolex Sports Car Series championship standings, only six points out of first place at the end of the year, before returning in 2010 to once again win the series championship partnered with Pruett.[1] Over the course of the year Rojas set another series record for most victories in a season with nine, and finished on the podium eleven times in twelve races.[1][5]
Rojas' 2011 season started with a co-victory, partnered with Pruett, Graham Rahal and Joey Hand, in the 24 Hours of Daytona, his second win in the event.[6]
On the 51st edition of the 24 Hours of Daytona on January 26–27, 2013 Memo Rojas got the first place, winning his third 24 Hours of Daytona, along with his co-drivers Juan Pablo Montoya, Scott Pruett and Charlie Kimball.[7][8]
12 Hours of Sebring[]
On the 62nd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 15, 2014 Memo Rojas Jr., from Telmex Ganassi Riley Mk XXVI-Ford EcoBoost DP team won the second round of the new United SportsCar Championship by just under five seconds as nine cars in the Prototype class finished on the lead lap. Along with his co-drivers Scott Pruett and Marino Franchitti, Rojas Jr., become the first Mexican to achieve a victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring.[9][10][11]
Motorsports career results[]
American Open-Wheel racing results[]
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)
Barber Dodge Pro Series[]
showBarber Dodge Pro Series results |
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Atlantic Championship[]
showAtlantic Championship results |
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Rolex Sports Car Series (Grand-Am)[]
(key)
showRolex Sports Car Series results |
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♯ Did not complete 30 minutes drive time. No driver's points awarded.
24 Hours of Daytona[]
show24 Hours of Daytona results |
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WeatherTech SportsCar Championship[]
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
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2014 | Chip Ganassi Racing | P | Ford EcoBoost Riley DP | Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo | DAY 11 |
SEB 1 |
LBH 1 |
LGA 3 |
DET 11 |
WGL 8 |
MOS 9 |
IMS 2 |
ELK 7 |
COA 1 |
PET 3 |
6th | 285 |
2015 | DeltaWing Racing Cars w/ Claro/TracFone | P | DeltaWing DWC13 | Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo | DAY 15 |
SEB 12 |
LBH 9 |
LGA 8 |
DET | WGL 8 |
MOS 8 |
ELK 6 |
COA 7 |
PET 8 |
8th | 207 |
12 Hours of Sebring[]
show12 Hours of Sebring results |
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24 Hours of Le Mans results[]
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2016 | Greaves Motorsport | Nathanaël Berthon Julien Canal |
Ligier JS P2-Nissan | LMP2 | 348 | 10th | 6th |
2017 | G-Drive Racing | Ryō Hirakawa José Gutiérrez |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 327 | 39th | 17th |
2018 | IDEC Sport | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 312 | DNF | DNF |
2019 | IDEC Sport | Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 364 | 10th | 5th |
2020 | DragonSpeed USA | Timothé Buret Juan Pablo Montoya |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 192 | DNF | DNF |
2021 | Duqueine Team | Tristan Gommendy René Binder |
Oreca 07-Gibson | LMP2 | 357 | 14th | 9th |
European Le Mans Series Results[]
Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
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2016 | Greaves Motorsport | LMP2 | Ligier JS P2 | Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 | SIL 8 |
IMO 8 |
RBR 6 |
LEC 6 |
SPA 4 |
EST Ret |
10th | 36 |
2017 | G-Drive Racing | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | SIL 2 |
MON 1 |
RBR 2 |
LEC 2 |
SPA 2 |
EST 4 |
1st | 110 |
2018 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 7 |
MNZ 3 |
RBR 4 |
SIL 3 |
SPA 4‡ |
ALG 6 |
4th | 64 |
2019 | IDEC Sport | LMP2 | Oreca 07 | Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 | LEC 2 |
MNZ 2 |
'CAT 5 |
SIL 1 |
SPA 5 |
ALG 1 |
1st | 105 |
‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Memo Rojas". Grand American Road Racing. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Memo Rojas joins field for Monterrey race". Motorsport.com. May 17, 2005. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Garrow, Mark (February 15, 2008). "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: Daytona 500". ESPN. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Grand-Am Communications (September 21, 2008). "GRAND-AM: Shank Team Claims Miller Finale". SPEED Channel. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Pruett, Marshall (September 20, 2010). "GRAND-AM: The Year Of Ganassi". SPEED Channel. Archived from the original on November 29, 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-31.
- ^ Dagys, John (January 30, 2011). "ROLEX 24: Ganassi Goes Big With Rolex 1-2". SPEED Channel. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-01-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-01-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/112949
- ^ http://espn.go.com/racing/story/_/id/10615657/ganassi-gets-1st-win-twelve-hours-sebring
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-19. Retrieved 2014-03-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Official website
- Memo Rojas driver statistics at Racing-Reference
- Memo Rojas career summary at DriverDB.com
- Living people
- 1981 births
- Racing drivers from Mexico City
- Mexican racing drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- 24 Hours of Le Mans drivers
- Rolex Sports Car Series drivers
- Atlantic Championship drivers
- Formula Renault V6 Eurocup drivers
- Mexican Formula Three Championship drivers
- Formula Ford drivers
- Barber Pro Series drivers
- WeatherTech SportsCar Championship drivers
- 12 Hours of Sebring drivers
- U.S. F2000 National Championship drivers
- FIA World Endurance Championship drivers
- European Le Mans Series drivers