Memo Rojas
Rojas in 2019
Nationality	Mexican
Born	(1981-08-18)August 18, 1981 (age 44) Mexico City,Mexico
Relatives	Memo Rojas Sr. (father)
United SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2007 (as Grand-Am)
Current team	DeltaWing
Racing licence	FIA Gold(until 2022) FIA Silver(2023–)
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
2017,2019 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012	ELMS - LMP2 Rolex Sports Car Series

Guillermo "Memo" Rojas Jr. (born August 18, 1981) is a Mexican former professionalrace car driver. Successful in Americansports car racing, Rojas is a four-time series champion in theRolex Sports Car Series, a three-time winner of the24 Hours of Daytona, and a two-timeEuropean Le Mans Series champion. He is the first Mexican driver to win a major American racing championship.^[1]

Rojas was born in 1981 inMexico City,Mexico.^[1] He is son of the Mexican driver Guillermo Rojas, Sr.^{[citation needed]}

Rojas began his racing career in 1993, racingkarts; in 1996 he moved up to professional racing in the MexicanFormula Two series. Heading to theUnited States in 1997, he joined theBarber Dodge series, before returning to Mexico in 1998 to race for two years in the nationalFormula Three series.^[2]

Returning to the United States in 2000, he spent two years racing in the AmericanFormula 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 EuropeanFormula Renault series withDAMS in 2004, scoring two top-five finishes over the course of the year.^[2] In 2005, he returned to the United States, racing in theToyota Atlantic championship series for a single race at theFundidora park circuit inMonterrey.^[2]

Switching from open-wheel racing to sports cars in 2007, Rojas joinedChip Ganassi Racing to compete in theGrand American Road RacingRolex Sports Car Series, as a teammate toScott Pruett. Claiming his first win in the series in 2007,^[1] Rojas won his first24 Hours of Daytonaendurance race the following year with co-drivers Pruett,Juan Pablo Montoya andDario 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 thepodium eleven times in twelve races.^[1][5]

Rojas' 2011 season started with a co-victory, partnered with Pruett,Graham Rahal andJoey Hand, in the24 Hours of Daytona, his second win in the event.^[6]

On the 51st edition of the24 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 andCharlie Kimball.^[7][8]

On the 62nd edition of the12 Hours of Sebring on March 15, 2014, Memo Rojas Jr., fromTelmex GanassiRiley Mk XXVI-Ford EcoBoost DP team won the second round of the newUnited 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 andMarino Franchitti, Rojas Jr., become the first Mexican to achieve a victory in the12 Hours of Sebring.^[9][10][11]

After 31 years of professional career, on December 11, 2023, Memo Rojas, Jr., announces his retirement from motorsport.^[12]

^† As Rojas was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

^* Season still in progress.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position, races initalics indicate fastest race lap)

(key)

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

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	41DNF	21DNF
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	43DNF	11DNF
2015	P	0	Claro/TracFoneDeltaWing Racing	DeltaWing DWC13	Katherine Legge Gabby Chaves Andy Meyrick	42	53DNF	16DNF
Sources:[14][27]

(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position, Results areoverall/class)

12 Hours of Sebring results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2014	P	01	Chip Ganassi Racing	Ford Riley DP	Scott Pruett Marino Franchitti	291	1	1
2015	P	0	DeltaWing Racing Cars withClaro/TracFone	DeltaWing DWC13	Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick	60	41DNF	12DNF
Sources:[14][27]

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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
2022	Duqueine Team	Richard Bradley Reshad de Gerus	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	326	52nd	25th
2023	Alpine Elf Team	Olli Caldwell André Negrão	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	323	19th	9th
Sources:[14][31][32]

^‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

^* Season still in progress.

• Official website
• Memo Rojas driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Memo Rojas career summary at DriverDB.com

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