Two-Time Champion · IMSA

Ricky Taylor

Two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championships, twenty-six race wins, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona twice. He drives the No. 10 Cadillac for his father’s team, where his career began.

Nationality
American
Born
3 August 1989 · Surrey, England
Team
Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing · car 10
IMSA titles
2 (2017, 2020)
Rolex 24 wins
2 (2017, 2021)
Family
Wayne Taylor (father) · Jordan Taylor (brother)
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Two-Time IMSA Champion
2008 — Present
2
IMSA Championships
26
IMSA Race Wins
58
Podium Finishes
2
Rolex 24 Victories

Who is Ricky Taylor?

Ricky Taylor (born 3 August 1989) is an American racing driver who has won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship twice, in 2017 and 2020, and the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2017 and 2021. He drives the No. 10 Cadillac for Wayne Taylor Racing, his father’s team, and his brother Jordan Taylor is also a sports car driver.

Full name
Ricky Scott Taylor
Nationality
American
Career
2008–present
Best known for
Two IMSA championships and two Rolex 24 wins

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Rider Profile

Ricky Taylor: Full Biography

Ricky Taylor is an American racing driver who has won the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship twice, in 2017 and 2020, along with 26 race wins and 58 podium finishes from 125 starts. He has won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2017 and 2021, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2017 and Petit Le Mans in 2014.

Family His father Wayne raced in the IMSA GT Championship in the 1990s and ran the team that gave both his sons their careers; his younger brother Jordan is also a sports car driver. Ricky won the Skip Barber Southern championship in 2006 and made his Rolex 24 debut in 2008 in a Wayne Taylor Racing car shared with his father and Max Angelelli.

2017 He and Jordan drove the No. 10 Cadillac DPi to five wins and the Prototype championship, having already won the Rolex 24 with Angelelli and Jeff Gordon and the 12 Hours of Sebring with Alex Lynn. He left for Acura Team Penske the following year, and won a second title there in 2020 alongside Hélio Castroneves.

Cadillac He returned to his father’s team in 2021, won the Rolex 24 again that January and took the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup, and has driven the team’s prototypes through the DPi and GTP eras since. He shares the No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R with Filipe Albuquerque.

The Career

Three Chapters That Defined Ricky Taylor

Chapter 01

The Family Business

His father Wayne raced in the IMSA GT Championship through the 1990s, so Ricky and his younger brother Jordan grew up in Florida around a race team. He won the Skip Barber Southern championship in 2006 and was runner-up in the national series in 2007, then made his Rolex 24 debut in 2008 in a Wayne Taylor Racing Riley-Pontiac shared with Max Angelelli, Michael Valiante and his father. Grand-Am seasons followed: a win and seven podiums in 2010, three wins and eight podiums in 2011, and runner-up in the Daytona Prototype standings both years behind Scott Pruett and Memo Rojas. A season away with Spirit of Daytona in 2013 preceded the move into the merged IMSA SportsCar Championship in 2014, and the No. 10 Corvette DP he shared with Jordan and Angelelli won Petit Le Mans that October.

The number 10 Konica Minolta Chevrolet Corvette DP shared by Ricky Taylor, Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli, in wet practice for the 2015 Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Konica Minolta Corvette DP · Petit Le Mans, 2015 Photo: Wayne Taylor Racing Corvette DP, Petit Le Mans (2015) by Mark Seymour from UK / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Chapter 02

Two Brothers, One Season

Wayne Taylor Racing took the new Cadillac DPi-V.R for 2017 and the season was close to perfect. In January the No. 10 won the Rolex 24 at Daytona with Ricky and Jordan sharing the car with Max Angelelli and Jeff Gordon, in what was Angelelli’s last race. In March the brothers won the 12 Hours of Sebring with Alex Lynn. Five wins from ten races took the Prototype drivers’ championship, the first of Ricky’s career and the only one he has won with his brother. He left at the end of the year for Roger Penske’s new Acura squad, partnering Hélio Castroneves in one of two ARX-05s from the 2018 Roar Before the 24 onwards.

Ricky Taylor, right, with his brother Jordan in the paddock at the 2017 Petit Le Mans, the season the pair won the IMSA Prototype championship. Ricky and Jordan Taylor · Petit Le Mans, 2017 Photo: Ricky and Jordan Taylor, Petit Le Mans (2017) by Osajus Photography from Oconee, SC, United States / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Chapter 03

Penske, and Back Home

The Penske years took two seasons to come good: seventh in 2018, third in 2019, and then the 2020 DPi drivers’ championship with Castroneves, sealed with an eighth place at the Sebring finale. He returned to his father’s team in 2021 and won the Rolex 24 again in January with Castroneves, Filipe Albuquerque and Alexander Rossi, adding the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup that year and finishing championship runner-up in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The team moved to Acura’s ARX-06 for the GTP era, then to Cadillac. He and Albuquerque took the No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R to victory in the endurance race at Road America in 2026, and he was called into Cadillac Hertz Team Jota’s Hypercar for the World Endurance round at Austin, standing in for the injured Alex Lynn.

The Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 GTP driven by Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque and Louis Delétraz, in practice for the 2023 Six Hours of the Glen. Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06 · Watkins Glen, 2023 Photo: Wayne Taylor Racing Acura ARX-06, Watkins Glen (2023) by SmackJam / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped and resized) · licence
Career Timeline

Ricky Taylor Career Timeline: 1989–Present

Born in Surrey

Ricky Scott Taylor is born on 3 August in Surrey, England, and grows up in Florida.

Skip Barber

Wins the Skip Barber Southern championship, and is runner-up nationally the next year.

Rolex 24 Debut

Debuts at Daytona in a Wayne Taylor Racing car shared with his father.

Runner-Up

A win and seven podiums bring second in the Daytona Prototype standings.

Runner-Up Again

Three wins and eight podiums, and a second consecutive championship second place.

Spirit of Daytona

A season away from the family team, and a first 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Petit Le Mans

Wins Petit Le Mans with Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli in the Corvette DP.

Daytona, Sebring, Title

Wins the Rolex 24, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the IMSA championship with his brother.

Acura Team Penske

Leaves the family team to partner Hélio Castroneves in the new Acura ARX-05.

Second Title

Takes the DPi drivers’ championship with Castroneves.

Home, and Daytona

Returns to Wayne Taylor Racing, wins the Rolex 24 and the Michelin Endurance Cup.

GTP

Moves into the GTP era with the Acura ARX-06, and finishes runner-up for a third year.

Cadillac

Drives the Cadillac V-Series.R, and joins the team’s first attempt at Le Mans.

Road America

Wins the endurance race at Road America with Filipe Albuquerque.

By the Numbers

Ricky Taylor IMSA Record, Season by Season

Ricky Taylor season-by-season record: team, races, wins, podiums, points and final standing.
SeasonTeam Races Wins Podiums Points Pos.
2014 Wayne Taylor Racing · Prototype 11 2 6 330 2
2015 Wayne Taylor Racing · Prototype 10 2 5 292 5
2016 Wayne Taylor Racing · Prototype 10 3 7 309 3
2017 Wayne Taylor Racing · Prototype 10 5 7 310 1
2018 Acura Team Penske · Prototype 10 1 2 243 7
2019 Acura Team Penske · DPi 10 0 5 284 3
2020 Acura Team Penske · DPi 9 4 5 265 1
2021 Wayne Taylor Racing · DPi 10 3 7 3396 2
2022 Wayne Taylor Racing · DPi 10 4 5 3346 2
2023 WTR with Andretti · GTP 9 0 3 2712 2
2024 Taylor Racing with Andretti · GTP 9 1 2 2550 6
2025 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing · GTP 9 0 3 2626 6
2026 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing · GTP 7 1 1 1873 12*
2026 Bryan Herta Autosport · LMP2 1 0 0 312 27*

Championship seasons are highlighted. This is his IMSA SportsCar Championship record from the series’ first season in 2014, including the single LMP2 start he made in 2026; the races, wins and podiums columns each sum exactly to his published career totals of 125 starts, 26 wins and 58 podium finishes. No pole position figure is given: the published career total of 25 cannot be reconciled with the season-by-season column, and his team credits him with 35 across a wider definition that also takes in his Grand-Am years and every class he has raced in — the same wider count that gives 32 wins and 76 podiums rather than 26 and 58. His Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series seasons from 2008 to 2013, in which he was championship runner-up twice, and his Le Mans and World Endurance appearances are covered in the biography and timeline rather than here. Points are not comparable down the table: IMSA changed to a much larger points scale for 2021. The 2026 rows are marked with an asterisk because the season is in progress. Figures verified 6 September 2026.

Frequently Asked

Ricky Taylor: Frequently Asked Questions

What has Ricky Taylor won?

Two IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championships, in 2017 and 2020, the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2017 and 2021, the 12 Hours of Sebring in 2017, Petit Le Mans in 2014 and the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup in 2021. He has 26 IMSA race wins and 58 podium finishes.

Who is Ricky Taylor’s brother?

Jordan Taylor, also a professional sports car driver. The two shared the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing car and won the 2017 IMSA Prototype championship together, along with that year’s Rolex 24 and 12 Hours of Sebring.

Who is Ricky Taylor’s father?

Wayne Taylor, who raced in the IMSA GT Championship in the 1990s and runs Wayne Taylor Racing. Ricky made his Rolex 24 debut in one of the team’s cars in 2008, sharing it with his father and Max Angelelli.

How did Ricky Taylor win the 2017 Rolex 24?

In the No. 10 Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-V.R, sharing the car with his brother Jordan, Max Angelelli and the NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon. It was Angelelli’s final race.

Why did Ricky Taylor leave Wayne Taylor Racing?

He joined Roger Penske’s new Acura prototype programme for 2018, partnering Hélio Castroneves in one of two ARX-05s. The pair won the DPi drivers’ championship in 2020, and Taylor returned to his father’s team in 2021.

What does Ricky Taylor drive now?

The No. 10 Cadillac V-Series.R GTP for Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, shared with Filipe Albuquerque.

Has Ricky Taylor raced at Le Mans?

Yes, several times, in GTE and LMP2 machinery for Larbre Compétition, Corvette Racing, Keating, Jackie Chan DC Racing, Cool Racing and Tower Motorsports, and in Hypercar with Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing from 2025. His best finish is sixth, in the GTE Am class in 2013.

How many times has Ricky Taylor finished runner-up in IMSA?

Three times in a row, in 2021, 2022 and 2023, after championship second places in the Grand-Am Daytona Prototype class in 2010 and 2011.

Where was Ricky Taylor born?

In Surrey, England, on 3 August 1989. He grew up in Florida, where his father was racing, and competes under an American licence.

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References

Sources & Further Reading

Every statistic on this page is drawn from the following records.

  1. Wayne Taylor Racing — drivers · Wayne Taylor Racing (official)
  2. 24 Hours of Daytona · Wikipedia
  3. 12 Hours of Sebring · Wikipedia
  4. Petit Le Mans · Wikipedia
  5. 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship · Wikipedia
  6. 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship · Wikipedia
  7. Ricky Taylor · Wikipedia
  8. Ricky Taylor (Q15691440) · Wikidata entity record

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