Ricky Taylor

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Ricky Taylor
DP 10 SunTrust Racing Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor Road America 2012.jpg
Corvette DP of Ricky Taylor in the Road America round of the 2012 Rolex Sports Car Series.
Nationality Flag of the United States.svg American
BornRicky Scott Taylor
(1989-08-03) August 3, 1989 (age 34)
Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Related to Jordan Taylor (brother)
Wayne Taylor (father)
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season2014
Current team Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport
Racing licence FIA Platinum Driver.png FIA Platinum
Car number10
EngineAcura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
Co-driverFilipe Albuquerque
Alexander Rossi
Former teamsAcura Team Penske
Starts102
Championships2
Wins24
Podiums50
Poles24
Best finish1st in 2017, 2020
Finished last season2nd

Ricky Scott Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American professional racing driver, most notably in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. His career highlights include an IMSA Series Championship in 2017, as well as marquee wins at the Daytona 24, 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans.

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In 2017, he, along with his brother Jordan, won the 2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in the Prototype class with 5 wins.

In 2018, Taylor left his father's team, Wayne Taylor Racing, to join the new Acura Team Penske Prototype squad in 2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, partnering with Hélio Castroneves for the full season. In 2020 he and codriver Castroneves won the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He returned to his father's team in 2021.

Taylor was also runner-up in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype class in 2010 and 2011. Within that category, he earned seven wins and 20 podiums. He was also second in the 2014 24 Hours of Daytona and fifth in 2008, 2011, and 2013.

Early years

Taylor's father, Wayne, was a driver in the IMSA GT Championship in the 1990s, so Ricky and brother Jordan grew up in Florida. After competing in karting, Ricky was series champion of single seaters' school Skip Barber Southern in 2006 and runner-up of Skip Barber National in 2007.

In 2008, Taylor debuted in the 24 Hours of Daytona for the Grand-Am series with a Riley-Pontiac in the Daytona Prototype class for Wayne Taylor Racing, resulting fifth with Max Angelelli, Michael Valiante, and his father Wayne Taylor. Months later, contested the Virginia round with the Beyer team, accompanied by Andy Wallace and Jared Beyer. Later, Taylor joined Doran's team to participate in the final six races of the season with a Dallara-Ford, earning a fifth-place finish with Burt Frisselle.

Taylor became a regular driver for Beyer in the 2009 season of the Grand-Am series, using first a Riley-Pontiac and then a Riley-Chevrolet. He earned a fourth, an eighth, and a ninth-place finish in the last three races to finish 18th in the drivers' championship in the Daytona Prototype class.

Taylor driving at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, his first in an LMP2 car. Le Mans 2014, Larbre Competition, Morgan.jpg
Taylor driving at the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans, his first in an LMP2 car.

WTR and Spirit of Daytona

Wayne Taylor hired Ricky to contest the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series with a Dallara-Ford. Accompanied by Max Angelelli, he captured one win and seven podiums and sixth place in the 24 Hours of Daytona. He finished second in the drivers' championships and teams in the DP class, behind Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas and his nine victories.

In the 2011 Rolex Sports Car Series season, Taylor was behind the wheel of a Dallara-Chevrolet. He scored three victories (one of them in the 6 Hours of Watkins Glen) and eight podium finishes, and a fifth place in the 24 Hours of Daytona. As a result, he finished as runner-up in the DP class behind Pruett and Rojas again.

Adopting new Chevrolet Corvette DP in 2012, Taylor recorded three wins and seven top 5s in 12 appearances. He finished seventh in the driver standings and fifth among the teams in the DP class. Later, he contested the Gold Coast 600 of V8 Supercars in a Holden Commodore from Garry Rogers Motorsport alongside Greg Ritter; however, he had a frightening rollover several hundred metres after the start whilst trying to avoid two stricken cars.

Taylor became a driver in the Spirit of Daytona Racing for the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season, teaming with Richard Westbrook. He earned a third place, three fifths, and a sixth, finishing 11th in the drivers championship and eighth among teams in the DP. He also obtained a fifth place in the GTE-Am class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, driving a Chevrolet Corvette in the Larbre Competition.

Taylor competing at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans for Cool Racing. 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans (52176002415).png
Taylor competing at the 2022 24 Hours of Le Mans for Cool Racing.

Team Penske

Beginning with the 2018 Roar Before the 24, Taylor partnered with Helio Castroneves in one of two new Acura ARX-05s fielded by Roger Penske. Taylor and Castroneves won the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar DPi Drivers' Championship, after finishing 8th at the season finale at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

Other competition

In 2012, Taylor was selected by Garry Rogers Motorsport to participate in the 2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 event for V8 Supercars as an "international" co-driver. In his first-ever standing start, he managed only 200m before he rolled over a car that had stalled on the grid, totalling his #33 Holden VE Commodore and resigning himself and team-mate Greg Ritter to the sidelines for the rest of the weekend.

Racing record

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2013 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Julien Canal
Flag of France.svg Patrick Bornhauser 		Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTE
Am		30229th5th
2014 Flag of France.svg Larbre Compétition Flag of France.svg Pierre Ragues
Flag of Japan.svg Keiko Ihara 		Morgan LMP2-Judd LMP234114th9th
2016 Flag of the United States.svg Corvette Racing - GM Flag of Spain.svg Antonio García
Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Magnussen 		Chevrolet Corvette C7.R GTE
Pro		33625th7th
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Keating Motorsport Flag of the United States.svg Ben Keating
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jeroen Bleekemolen 		Riley Mk. 30-Gibson LMP231247th20th
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jackie Chan DC Racing Flag of France.svg Côme Ledogar
Flag of Denmark.svg David Heinemeier Hansson 		Ligier JS P217-Gibson LMP2195DNFDNF
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jackie Chan DC Racing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jordan King
Flag of Denmark.svg David Heinemeier Hansson 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2199DNFDNF
2021 Flag of Denmark.svg High Class Racing Flag of Denmark.svg Dennis Andersen
Flag of Denmark.svg Marco Sørensen 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP235318th13th
LMP2 Pro-Am4th
2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cool Racing Flag of Germany.svg Niklas Krütten
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yifei Ye 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP236711th7th
2023 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tower Motorsports Flag of Germany.svg René Rast
Flag of the United States.svg Steven Thomas 		Oreca 07-Gibson LMP219DNFDNF
LMP2 Pro-Am
Source: [1]

‡13th in LMP2. Fourth in LMP2 Pro-Am.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position)

YearTeamNo.ClassMakeEngine1234567891011RankPointsRef
2014 Wayne Taylor Racing 10P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
2		 SEB
7		 LBH
2		 LGA
2		 DET
1		 WGL
5		 MOS
3		 IMS
4		 ELK
10		 COA
7		 PET
1		2nd330 [2]
2015 Wayne Taylor Racing 10P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
16		 SEB
2		 LBH
1		 LGA
2		 DET
6		 WGL
6		 MOS
1		 ELK
8		 COA
2		 PET
4		5th292 [3]
2016 Wayne Taylor Racing 10P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5L V8 DAY
2		 SEB
12		 LBH
1		 LGA
6		 DET
1		 WGL
4		 MOS
3		 ELK
3		 COA
1		 PET
3		3rd309 [4]
2017 Wayne Taylor Racing 10P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac 6.2 L V8 DAY
1		 SEB
1		 LBH
1		 COA
1		 DET
1		 WGL
6		 MOS
7		 ELK
2		 LGA
3		 PET
9		1st310 [5]
2018 Acura Team Penske 7P Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
9		 SEB
15		 LBH
6		 MDO
1		 DET
2		 WGL
12		 MOS
5		 ELK
10		 LGA
10		 PET
5		7th243 [6]
2019 Acura Team Penske 7DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
3		 SEB
4		 LBH
2		 MDO
5		 DET
3		 WGL
5		 MOS
5		 ELK
7		 LGA
2		 PET
3		3rd284 [7]
2020 Acura Team Penske 7DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
8		 DAY
8		 SEB
7		 ELK
1		 ATL
1		 MDO
1		 PET
2		 LGA
1		 SEB
8		1st265 [8]
2021 Konica Minolta Acura 10DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
1		 SEB
4		 MDO
1		 DET
3		 WGL
3		 WGL
3		 ELK
4		 LGA
1		 LBH
4		 PET
3		2nd3396 [9]
2022 Konica Minolta Acura 10DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY
2		 SEB
4		 LBH
6		 LGA
1		 MDO
1		 DET
4		 WGL
1		 MOS
6		 ELK
1		 PET
6		2nd3346 [10]
2023 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport 10GTP Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY
2		 SEB
4		 LBH
7		 LGA
4		 WGL
6		 MOS
2		 ELK
3		 IMS
5		 PET
9		2nd2712 [11]
2024 Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti 10GTP Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY
9		 SEB
5		 LBH
8		 LGA
DET
WGL
ELK
IMS
PET
9th*778*
Source: [1]

* Season still in progress.

Complete European Le Mans Series results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456RankPoints
2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT
Ret		 RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 36th0
Source: [1]

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearEntrantClassChassisEngine123456789RankPoints
2013 Larbre Compétition LMGTE Am Chevrolet Corvette C6.R Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
6		 SÃO COA FUJ SHA BHR 20th24
2014 Larbre Compétition LMP2 Morgan LMP2 Judd HK 3.6 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
9		NC0
Corvette Racing LMGTE Pro Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 COA
12		 FUJ SHA BHR SÃO
2016 Corvette Racing – GM LMGTE Pro Chevrolet Corvette C7.R Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
7		 NÜR 25th3.5
LMGTE Am MEX
Ret		 COA
3		 FUJ
6		 SHA
5		 BHR
5		10th43
2017 Keating Motorsport LMP2 Riley Mk. 30 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SIL SPA LMS
20		 NÜR MEX COA FUJ SHA BHR NC0
2018-19 Jackie Chan DC Racing LMP2 Ligier JS P217 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA LMS
Ret		 SIL FUJ SHA SEB SPA LMS
Ret		23rd0
2021 High Class Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SPA ALG MNZ LMS
8		 BHR BHR 24th8
2022 Cool Racing LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEB SPA LMS
7		 MNZ FUJ BHR -*-*
Source: [1]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Ricky Taylor – 2014 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ricky Taylor – 2015 Tudor United SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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  7. ↑ "Ricky Taylor – 2019 Weathertech SportsCar Championship Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by IMSA SportsCar Championship
Champion
2017
With: Jordan Taylor 		Succeeded by
Preceded by IMSA SportsCar Championship
Champion
2020
With: Hélio Castroneves 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Michelin Endurance Cup
Champion
2021
With: Filipe Albuquerque & Alexander Rossi 		Succeeded by
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