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.

Personal life Rojas was born in 1981 in Mexico City, Mexico. 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.

Returning to the United States in 2000, Rojas 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. He then graduated to the European Formula Renault series with DAMS in 2004, scoring two top-five finishes over the course of the year. 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.

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, Rojas won his first 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race the following year with co-drivers Pruett, Juan Pablo Montoya and Dario Franchitti. 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.

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. 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.

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 SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition1996Formula Reynard MéxicoN/A??????4th1997Copa Corona Fórmula 3 MexicanaMotorcraft, Dynamic Motorsports81023872nd1998Copa Corona Fórmula 3 MexicanaN/A??????3rd1999Barber Dodge Pro SeriesN/A700013315th2000U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipN/A1300021586th2001U.S. F2000 National ChampionshipRoquin Motorsports1301021806th2002Barber Dodge Pro SeriesN/A100013955th2003Barber Dodge Pro SeriesN/A1022061282nd2004Formula Renault V6 EurocupTelmex-DAMS1900016216th2005Atlantic ChampionshipBrooks Associates Racing100001718th2007Grand American Rolex Series - DPTarget Chip Ganassi Racing1410073814th2008Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing1461084081st2009Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing1223083312nd2010Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing12940113721st2011Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing12500103851st2012Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing1320083791st2013Grand American Rolex Series - DPChip Ganassi Racing1221073262nd2014United Sports Car Championship - PrototypeChip Ganassi Racing1130062856th2015United Sports Car Championship - PrototypeDeltaWing Racing Cars w/ Claro/TracFone900002078th2016European Le Mans Series - LMP2Greaves Motorsport600003610th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A6thIMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLMScuderia Corsa100002924th2017European Le Mans Series - LMP2G-Drive Racing610051101st24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A17th2018European Le Mans Series - LMP2IDEC Sport60002644th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/ADNF2019European Le Mans Series - LMP2IDEC Sport610041251st24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A5th2020European Le Mans Series - LMP2DragonSpeed USA300005.523rd24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/ADNF2021European Le Mans Series - LMP2Duqueine Team60001527th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A9th2022European Le Mans Series - LMP2Duqueine Team600002014th24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A25thFormula Ford MexicoN/A301020NC†2023FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2Alpine Elf Team700002318th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A9th † 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 Barber Dodge Pro Series results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 1998SEBLRPDETWGICLEGRAMOHROALS1ATLHMSLS226th15 1999SEBNAZLRPPORCLEROADETMOHGRALSHMSWGI15th33 2002SEBLRPLAGPORTORCLEVANMOHROAMTL5th87 2003 STP MTY MIL LAG POR CLE TOR VAN MOH MTL 2nd 128

Atlantic Championship Atlantic Championship resultsYearTeam123456789101112RankPointsRef 2005 Brooks Associates RacingLBHMTYPOR1POR2CLE1CLE2TOREDMSJODENROAMTL 18th 17

Rolex Sports Car Series (Grand-Am) (key) Rolex Sports Car Series results Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref2007TELMEX Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR2421MEX4MIA3VIR8MRY2S6H2MID2DAY6IOW1BAR5MON5WGI3SON 3MIL94381 2008Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR241MIA1MEX2VIR1MRY3S6H1MID8DAY1BAR1MON5WGI13SON 6NJP9MIL91408 2009Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR242VIR12NJP9LAG2S6H1LEX1DAY7BAR2WGI2MON10MIL3MIA22331 2010Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR242MIA1BAR1VIR1LIM26S6H1LEX1DAY1NJP2WGI1MON1MIL11372 2011Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR241MIA1BAR1VIR2LIM7S6H2ELK1LAG2NJP1WGI2MON5LEX21385 2012Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR246BAR3MIA2NJP10BEL3LEX2ELK1S6H4IMS2WGI3MON1LAG6LIM71355 2013Chip Ganassi with Felix SabatesR241TXS3BAR4ATL1BEL12♯LEX11S6H7IMS2ELK4KNS2LAG2LIM32326

♯ 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

12 Hours of Sebring 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 with Claro/TracFone DeltaWing DWC13 Katherine Legge Andy Meyrick 60 41 12

24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Greaves Motorsport Nathanaël Berthon Julien Canal Ligier JS P2-Nissan LMP2 348 10th 6th G-Drive Racing Ryō Hirakawa José Gutiérrez Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 327 39th 17th IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 312 DNF DNF IDEC Sport Paul Lafargue Paul-Loup Chatin Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 364 10th 5th DragonSpeed USA Timothé Buret Juan Pablo Montoya Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 192 DNF DNF Duqueine Team Tristan Gommendy René Binder Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 357 14th 9th Duqueine Team Richard Bradley Reshad de Gerus Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 326 52nd 25th Alpine Elf Team Olli Caldwell André Negrão Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 323 19th 9th

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.

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