Ricky Taylor
Taylor at the2017 Petit Le Mans
Nationality	American
Born	Ricky Scott Taylor (1989-08-03)August 3, 1989 (age 36) Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Related to	Jordan Taylor (brother) Wayne Taylor (father)
IMSA SportsCar Championship career
Debut season	2014
Current team	Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing
Racing licence	FIA Platinum
Car number	10
Engine	Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6
Co-driver	Filipe Albuquerque Alexander Rossi
Former teams	Acura Team Penske
Starts	117
Championships	2
Wins	25
Podiums	55
Poles	25
Best finish	1st in2017,2020

Ricky Scott Taylor (born August 3, 1989) is an American professional racing driver, most notably in theIMSAWeatherTech 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 the2017 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in thePrototype class with 5 wins.

In 2018, Taylor left his father's team,Wayne Taylor Racing, to join the newAcura Team Penske Prototype squad in2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, partnering withHélio Castroneves for the full season. In 2020 he and codriver Castroneves won the2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship. He returned to his father's team in 2021.

Taylor was also runner-up in the Grand-AmRolex 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 the2014 24 Hours of Daytona and fifth in 2008, 2011, and2013.

Taylor's father,Wayne, was a driver in theIMSA GT Championship in the 1990s, so Ricky and brotherJordan 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 forWayne Taylor Racing, resulting fifth withMax 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.

Wayne Taylor hired Ricky to contest the 2010 Rolex Sports Car Series with a Dallara-Ford. Accompanied byMax 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, behindScott Pruett andMemo Rojas and his nine victories.

In the2011 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 theGold Coast 600 of V8 Supercars in a Holden Commodore fromGarry Rogers Motorsport alongsideGreg 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 theSpirit of Daytona Racing for the2013 Rolex Sports Car Series season, teaming withRichard 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 theLarbre Competition.

Beginning with the 2018 Roar Before the 24, Taylor partnered with Helio Castroneves in one of two newAcura 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 the12 Hours of Sebring.

In 2012, Taylor was selected byGarry Rogers Motorsport to participate in the2012 Armor All Gold Coast 600 event forV8 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 #33Holden VE Commodore and resigning himself and team-mateGreg Ritter to the sidelines for the rest of the weekend.

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Co-drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class pos.
2013	Larbre Compétition	Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R	GTE Am	302	29th	5th
2014	Larbre Compétition	Pierre Ragues Keiko Ihara	Morgan LMP2-Judd	LMP2	341	14th	9th
2016	Corvette Racing - GM	Antonio García Jan Magnussen	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	GTE Pro	336	25th	7th
2017	Keating Motorsport	Ben Keating Jeroen Bleekemolen	Riley Mk. 30-Gibson	LMP2	312	47th	20th
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Côme Ledogar David Heinemeier Hansson	Ligier JS P217-Gibson	LMP2	195	DNF	DNF
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Jordan King David Heinemeier Hansson	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	199	DNF	DNF
2021	High Class Racing	Dennis Andersen Marco Sørensen	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	353	18th	13th
				LMP2 Pro-Am			4th
2022	Cool Racing	Niklas Krütten Yifei Ye	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	367	11th	7th
2023	Tower Motorsports	René Rast Steven Thomas	Oreca 07-Gibson	LMP2	19	DNF	DNF
				LMP2 Pro-Am
2025	Cadillac WTR	Filipe Albuquerque Jordan Taylor	Cadillac V-Series.R	Hypercar	189	DNF	DNF
Sources:[7][8]

(key)(Races inbold indicate pole position)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position; results initalics indicate fastest lap)

(key) (Races inbold indicate pole position) (Races initalics indicate fastest lap)

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• Ricky Taylor in Race Database

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