Oct 13, 1995
\nAshford, England — In just over one week, rising North American auto racing star Memo Gidley is set to compete in his first international event on the famed Donington Park road course in England. The talented Californian will contest the International Formula 3 Challenge in a Mugen\/Honda-powered Dallara run by Dick Bennetts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 vastly experienced \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and successful \u00e2\u20ac\u201c West Surrey Racing team.
\nThe original plan called for Gidley to drive a year-old chassis in the B-Class category, but after an extremely promising recent test session at Snetterton, England, Bennetts has offered the opportunity for Gidley to upgrade his status to one of the very latest A-Class Dallara F395-Mugen\/Hondas.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I was very impressed with the job Memo did in the car during the test,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Bennetts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153To set a time of 68.1 (seconds) on his first time out in the car, and on that track, was a good effort. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure that with another day in the car, having had time to sit back and think about it, he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d be quite a bit faster.<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u0153I think both he and we will gain more by running him in the A-car at Donington. The newer cars have a slightly stronger engine and I think we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have a good chance of gaining a better overall result.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Gidley, of course, was thrilled to hear the news: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Wow! I had a great time in the car at Snetterton and I just felt so comfortable with the West Surrey team. Dick Bennetts has a huge amount of experience and it was a great opportunity for me to work with \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and learn from \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the team. Just to win the Valvoline Team USA Scholarship was a dream come true for me, and now to learn I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to be driving one of the latest cars and hopefully dicing up there with the big boys, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just fantastic! I can hardly wait to get in the car.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
Gidley, who cemented his position as Rookie of the Year in the close-fought SCCA\/USAC United States Formula Ford 2000 National Championship at Mid-Ohio last weekend \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and only narrowly failed in his bid to win the overall title \u00e2\u20ac\u201c is already in England and will drive the patriotically liveried red, white and blue Valvoline Team USA Scholarship Dallara-Mugen\/Honda in an exclusive Formula 3 test at Snetterton next Tuesday. He is also scheduled to undertake a half-day test at Donington on Thursday, prior to the race weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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