Three years and five months after his horrific accident at the 2014 Rolex 24 at Daytona, Memo Gidley has returned to the wheel of a race car, having tested the No. 99 GAINSCO/Bob Stallings Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R.
Gidley, who spent months in the hospital and in rehab after sustaining multiple fractures to his back, knee, heels and other injuries, was invited by team owner Bob Stallings to test their Pirelli World Challenge car this week at Sonoma Raceway.
It marked the next step in Gidley’s goal of returning to racing.
“It felt awesome,” he said.