SONOMA, Calif. — Entering this weekend’s doubleheader for the CUBE 3 Architecture TA2 Series at Sonoma Raceway, Helio Meza has won all three of his starts in the series.
Meza, an 18-year-old Chevrolet development driver from Houston, stood tall on the top step of the Road Atlanta podium last month after his third consecutive pole-to-checkered-flag victory. The driver of the No. 28 Alessandros Racing/Chevrolet/SLR-M1 Racecars Camaro was also victorious in the March 1 season opener at Sebring (Fla.) International Raceway in a followup to his victory in his first career TA2 Series race at the 2025 season finale Nov. 3 at the Circuit of the Americas.
The trifecta made Meza the first driver to win his first three races in the 60-year history of the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli.
Meza has never raced at Sonoma Raceway.
“From the sim and videos and onboards that I’ve watched, it has a lot of elevation,” Meza said. “Typically, all the encounters I’ve had with tracks that I’ve never been to, the elevation doesn’t seem that crazy on video or TV, but when you see it in person, it’s pretty wild, so I can imagine getting to the track for the first time is going to be like that. Turn one simply has plenty of elevation.
“The whole track just seems like a rollercoaster. You’re going up, down, up, down, all the way throughout the track, and then you get to the final sector, where it’s a flatter part of the circuit, but it still has some elevation. I’m really looking forward to it. Obviously, a lot of history at that track, similar to Road Atlanta and Sebring. We’ve been prepping, working really hard to do the best that I can, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what we can do.”
Meza, a graduate of the Mazda MX-5 Cup Series, is accustomed to racing twice on a single weekend.
“Yeah, I think that’s pretty cool. Obviously, last year when I drove in MX-5 Cup, that’s usually what we did – we raced Saturday and Sunday – so I’m pretty used to that format,” Meza said. “But, definitely, I always like the doubleheader weekends because, let’s say you had a bad race in race one, you still had something to look forward to the next day. You didn’t have to wait four or five weeks to try and redeem yourself. So it’ll definitely be a lot of seat time this weekend, for sure.”
