"I finished second in a Shelby Can-Am car here, in the rain, in 1993, my first year in pro racing," says Gidley, who's resume also includes 38 Champ
Car races. "And I was working with the same crew of Steve and Rick Cameron who are our team manager and engineer for Finlay Motorsports. We were
staying in seedy motels and towing around on a trailer that was so small we had to put on really skinny tires to make the car fit. Watkins Glen is a
track that's loaded with history, so you always feel something special racing here, but it's also a technically challenging track with long, fast
straights, high-speed turns and elevation changes. It's a circuit that suits us, and I'm with Michael in feeling like this is the weekend we have a good
chance to make a breakthrough."