Memo Rojas

Guillermo Miguel Ángel "Memo" Rojas Jr. (born August 18, 1981) is a Mexican former 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. 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.

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, The victory propelled Rojas and Pruett to the Rolex Sports Car Series championship that year, setting a series record for the most victories in a season with six wins over the course of the year.

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.

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.

12 Hours of Sebring

On the 62nd edition of the 12 Hours of Sebring on March 15, 2014, Rojas, driving for the 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 become the first Mexican to achieve a victory in the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Retirement After 31 years of professional career, on December 11, 2023, Rojas announced his retirement from motorsport.

Racing record

Racing career summary † As Rojas was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points. Season still in progress.

American Open-Wheel racing results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest race lap)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Atlantic Championship

Rolex Sports Car Series (Grand-Am) (key)

♯ Did not complete 30 minutes drive time. No driver's points awarded.

24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2007 DP 02 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley DP Scott Dixon Dan Wheldon 538 41 21 2008 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley DP Scott Pruett Juan Pablo Montoya Dario Franchitti 695 1 1 2009 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Lexus Riley DP Scott Pruett Juan Pablo Montoya 735 2 2 2010 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley DP Scott Pruett Justin Wilson Max Papis 755 2 2 2011 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley DP Scott Pruett Graham Rahal Joey Hand 721 1 1 2012 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley DP Scott Pruett Graham Rahal Joey Hand 757 6 6 2013 DP 01 Chip Ganassi Racing BMW Riley DP Charlie Kimball Juan Pablo Montoya Scott Pruett 709 1 1 2014 P 01 Chip Ganassi Racing Ford Riley DP Scott Pruett Jamie McMurray Sage Karam 610 43 11 2015 P 0 Claro/TracFone DeltaWing Racing DeltaWing DWC13 Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves Andy Meyrick 42 53 16

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 Ref 2014 Chip Ganassi Racing P Ford EcoBoost Riley DP Ford Ecoboost 3.5 L V6 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK COA PET 6th 285 2015 DeltaWing Racing Cars w/ Claro/TracFone P DeltaWing DWC13 Élan (Mazda) 1.9 L I4 Turbo DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 8th 207 2016 Scuderia Corsa GTLM Ferrari 488 GTE Ferrari F154CB 3.9 L Turbo V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR COA PET 24th 29

European Le Mans Series Results Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2016 Greaves Motorsport LMP2 Ligier JS P2 Nissan VK45DE 4.5 L V8 SIL IMO RBR LEC SPA EST 10th 36 2017 G-Drive Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL MON RBR LEC SPA EST 1st 110 2018 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ RBR SIL SPA ALG 4th 64 2019 IDEC Sport LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC MNZ CAT SIL SPA ALG 1st 105 2020 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC SPA LEC MNZ ALG 23rd 5.5 2021 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 7th 52 2022 Duqueine Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA ALG 14th 20 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rank Points 2023 Alpine Elf Team LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB ALG SPA LMS MNZ FUJ BHR 18th 23 Season still in progress.