Gidley eyes 25 Hours of Thunderhill trophy

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Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, never takes much of an off season.  Gidley who just recently got back from Daytona testing after signing with the powerful Gainsco Red Dragon Daytona Prototype team, has joined team Motorsports Solutions in the Ehret Family Winery backed GT3 cup car for this weekend’s NASA United States Air Force 25 Hour of Thunderhill race. The 25 Hours of Thunderhill race is a grueling 25 Hour endurance race for everything from Mazda Miatas to some …Continue reading

Gidley joins Fogarty, Gurney, Law for 2013 Rolex 24

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Debuting team driver Darren Law and a returning Memo Gidley will join two-time GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series Champions Alex Gurney and Jon Fogarty at the wheel of the No. 99 GAINSCO Auto Insurance Corvette Daytona Prototype for the 51st Annual Rolex 24 At Daytona, January 24 – 27, 2013. The announcement was made today by GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing team owner Bob Stallings who was joined by all four drivers in a press conference at Daytona International Speedway (DIS) on the …Continue reading

“Basic Instinct” and the Great Pumpkin Regatta

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Halloween is here and this past weekend was the annual RYC Great Pumpkin Regatta race held on the San Francisco Bay.  The annual race event draws a record number of boats, and this year was no different as a whopping 172 sailboats signed up for the two day races. Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, and his “Basic Instinct” crew just came off a stellar podium finish a few weeks ago in the Island Tour race and were amped for …Continue reading

“Basic Instinct” Sails to Podium

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With the Americas Cup buzz around the SF Bay, Muscle Milk MEGA athlete, Memo Gidley, and his Basic Instinct crew, surprised some of the local sailing veterans, by taking third in class in last weekend’s YRA season ending Island Tour Regatta on the San Francisco Bay. Both Memo and his crew are relative newcomers to the local sailboat racing scene, having been sailing together for only this past season. And even though Memo was raised on the water and has …Continue reading

Gidley Gets 1st at Eagle Lakes

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Muscle Milk MEGA Athlete, Memo Gidley, came away with a big win at the Eagle Lakes Sports Resort in Tracy, CA, this past weekend. Racing in the 850cc standup expert class, Gidley started the weekend right by laying down fast time in the one lap qualifying session. “I really like when the DJSA series runs us in a one lap qualifying run for our heat race gate position,” said Gidley. “It really then just comes down to you and the …Continue reading