Ricky Taylor

 ( 1989 Births ) 

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.

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

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Early years Taylor's father, Wayne Taylor, 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.

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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-fives 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.

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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 eighth at the season finale at the 12 Hours of Sebring.

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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 No. 33 Holden VE Commodore and resigning himself and team-mate Greg Ritter to the sidelines for the rest of the weekend.

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Racing record

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Career summary

+ !Season !Series !Team !Races !Wins !Poles !F/Laps !Podiums !Points !Position
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	6th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Larbre Compétition	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	9th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	NC
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am	Larbre Compétition	5	0	0	1	1	43	10th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro	Corvette Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Ben Keating	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	20th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	OAK Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	OAK Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	DNF
European Le Mans Series - LMP2	DragonSpeed	1	0	0	0	0	0	36th
FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2	High Class Racing	1	0	0	0	0	8	24th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2		1	0	0	0	0	N/A	8th
24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2	Cool Racing	1	0	0	0	0	N/A	7th

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Complete Rolex Sports Car Series results () (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

+ !Year !Team !Class !Make !Engine !1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6 !7 !8 !9 !10 !11 !12 !13 !14 !Rank !Points !Ref

2008 !SunTrust Racing ! rowspan="3"

DP !Riley Mk. XI !Pontiac 5.0L V8

DAY 5

MIA

MEX

! rowspan="3"25th ! rowspan="3"

173

2009 !Beyer Racing !DP !Riley Mk. XI !Pontiac/Chevrolet 5.0L V8

R24 10

VIR 14

NJ 10

LAG 14

S6H 10

LEX 12

DAY 12

BAR 12

WGI 10

MON 4

MIL 8

HOM 9

!11th !248

2010 !SunTrust Racing !DP !Dallara DP08 !Ford 5.0L V8

R24 6

HOM 6

BIR 12

LRP 1

LEX 9

DAY 9

WAT 2

SLK 3

!style="background:#DFDFDF;”"2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;”"

332

2011 !SunTrust Racing !DP !Dallara Corvette DP !Chevrolet 5.5L V8

R24 5

BIR 11

VIR 4

S6H 1

Road America 3

Laguna Seca 3

WAT 1

LEX 11

!style="background:#DFDFDF;”"2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;”"

353

2012 !SunTrust Racing !DP !Corvette DP (Dallara DP01) !Chevrolet 5.0L V8

BIR 5

NJ 1

LEX 9

Road America 7

IMS 3

WAT 4

MON 5

Laguna Seca 7

Chevrolet 5.0L V8

R24 5

TXS 11

Road Atlanta 5

BEL 5

LEX 9

S6H 9

IMS 6

Road America 13

Kansas Speedway 12

Laguna Seca 8

LIM 9

!7th !279

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Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results

LMP2 Pro-Am	4th
LMP2 Pro-Am

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Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results ()(Races in bold indicate pole position)

2014 ! Wayne Taylor Racing !10 ! P ! Dallara Corvette DP ! Chevrolet 5.5L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

IMS

ELK

COA

PET !style="background:#dfdfdf;"

2nd !style="background:#dfdfdf;"

330

2015 ! Wayne Taylor Racing !10 ! P ! Dallara Corvette DP ! Chevrolet 5.5L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

COA

PET

! 5th ! 292

2016 ! Wayne Taylor Racing !10 ! P ! Dallara Corvette DP ! Chevrolet 5.5L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

COA

PET

!style="background:#ffdf9f;" 3rd !style="background:#ffdf9f;"

309

2017 ! Wayne Taylor Racing !10 ! P ! Cadillac DPi-V.R ! Cadillac 6.2 L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

COA

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

LGA

PET

! style="background:#ffffbf; 1st ! style="background:#ffffbf;

310

2018 ! Team Penske !7 ! P ! Acura ARX-05 ! Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6

DAY

SEB

LBH

MOH

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

LGA

PET

! 7th ! 243

2019 ! Team Penske !7 ! DPi ! Acura ARX-05 ! Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6

DAY

SEB

LBH

MOH

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

LGA

PET

!style="background:#FFDF9F;" 3rd !style="background:#FFDF9F;"

284

2020 ! Team Penske !7 ! DPi ! Acura ARX-05 ! Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbocharger V6

DAY

DAY

SEB

ELK

ATL

MOH

PET

LGA

SEB

!style="background:#FFFFBF;" 1st !style="background:#FFFFBF;"

265

2021 ! Konica Minolta Acura !10 ! DPi ! Acura ARX-05 ! Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6

DAY

SEB

MOH

DET

WGL

WGL

ELK

LGA

LBH

PET

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

3396

2022 ! Konica Minolta Acura ! 10 ! DPi ! Acura ARX-05 ! Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbocharger V6

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

MOH

DET

WGL

MOS

ELK

PET

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

3346

2023 ! Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport ! 10 ! GTP ! Acura ARX-06 ! Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

WGL

MOS

ELK

IMS

PET

!style="background:#DFDFDF;" 2nd !style="background:#DFDFDF;"

2712

2024 ! Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti ! 10 ! GTP ! Acura ARX-06 ! Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

ELK

IMS

PET

! 6th ! 2550

2025 ! Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing ! 10 ! GTP ! Cadillac V-Series.R ! Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

ELK

IMS

PET

! 6th ! 2626

2026 !nowrap

Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing ! 10 ! GTP !nowrap

Cadillac V-Series.R !nowrap

Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8

DAY

SEB

LBH

LGA

DET

WGL

ELK

IMS

PET

! 11th* ! 225*

^* Season still in progress.

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Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)

2021 ! DragonSpeed ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	CAT	RBR	LEC	MNZ	SPA	ALG ! 36th ! 0

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Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

2013 ! Larbre Compétition ! LMGTE Am ! Chevrolet Corvette C6.R ! Chevrolet 5.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	SÃO	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR	! 20th ! 24
2014 ! Larbre Compétition ! LMP2 ! Morgan LMP2 ! Judd HK 3.6 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	! rowspan=2 NC ! rowspan=2	0
2016 ! rowspan="2"	Corvette Racing ! LMGTE Pro ! rowspan=2	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R ! rowspan=2	Chevrolet LT5.5 5.5 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	! 25th ! 3.5
2017 ! Ben Keating ! LMP2 ! Riley Mk. 30 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SIL	SPA	LMS	NÜR	MEX	COA	FUJ	SHA	BHR ! NC ! 0
2018-19 ! OAK Racing ! LMP2 ! Ligier JS P217 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	LMS	SIL	FUJ	SHA	SEB	SPA	LMS	! 23rd ! 0
2021 ! High Class Racing ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SPA	ALG	MNZ	LMS	BHR	BHR	! 24th ! 8
2022 ! Cool Racing ! LMP2 ! Oreca 07 ! Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8	SEB	SPA	LMS	MNZ	FUJ	BHR	! NC ! 0

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External links

• Ricky Taylor in Race Database

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