Captain Gidley goes from Porsche 997 to Lola T282 at Monterey Historics

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Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, has been very busy these past few months.  The first milestone for Memo is passing the USCG Commercial Captains License test and receiving his Master Mariners 100 ton commercial captains license which allows him to operate large vessels and yachts up to 100 tons or 200,000 lbs. “I have wanting to get my captains license for the last few years but just could never put aside the time needed to prepare for the test …Continue reading

Wet and wild DJSA night race at Tracy

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The DJSA Outlaw Jet Ski series race #5 was held “under the lights” this past weekend at the beautiful Eagle Lakes resort in Tracy, CA.  Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley was there along with a huge competitor turnout, all wanting to see what racing at night would be like. “Leave it to DJSA president Jim Lambert to always surprise us with something really cool!” said Gidley. “I have raced in the night many times at Daytona, Sebring etc., in …Continue reading

Gidley guest speaker at Simraceway Kids’ Summer Camp

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Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, made a guest appearance at the 2013 Simraceway Kids Go-Karting Summer Camp this past week.  The camp put on by Simraceway at the Sonoma raceway go-kart track was the first go-kart camp of this type ever held at the track. “I was so excited  to hear about a kids go-kart summer camp,” said Gidley. “If I was ten years old, a summer camp like this would have been a dream for me!” The camp …Continue reading

Gidley Shakes Down Winning Thunderhill 25-Hour Porsche 997

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Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, was back in the car that brought he and his four co-drivers the winning cup in last year’s NASA 25 Hours of Thunderhill race.  Gidley was asked to take some of the initial shake down laps in the Ehret Family Vineyards Porsche 997 after an extensive winter re-build and upgrade.  Some of the changes include a rebuilt and larger displacement motor and a bigger wing and more powerful aero package, all in preparation for …Continue reading

Gidley and Basic Instinct Have Challenging Summer Sailstice Race

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After their awesome first win last month at the Great Vallejo Race, Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley and the Basic Instinct crew were looking forward to another strong race this past weekend in the YRA Summer Sailstice Regatta held on the San Francisco Bay.  The Summer Sailstice race is held during the annual celebration of the longest sailing day of the year. A good field was signed up for this YRA regatta, and with ten starts of boats, the …Continue reading

Basic Instinct wins!

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This past weekend was the 112 annual Great Vallejo two day Sailboat race put on by the Vallejo Yacht club, and over 200 sailboats showed up to take on the best on the San Francisco Bay.  Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, and his Basic Instinct crew were not only there, but had their career best results by winning their class on day one and then finishing on the podium again by taking third spot on day two.  It was …Continue reading