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.
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.
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.
Team Penske
Beginning with the 2018 Roar Before the 24, Taylor partnered with Hélio 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.
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.
Racing record
Career summary
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition2008Rolex Sports Car Series - DPSunTrust Racing1000017325thBeyer Racing10000Doran Racing600002009Rolex Sports Car Series - DPBeyer Racing12000024811th2010Rolex Sports Car Series - DPSunTrust Racing1212073322nd2011Rolex Sports Car Series - DPSunTrust Racing1236283532nd2012Rolex Sports Car Series - DPSunTrust Racing1332043436th2013Rolex Sports Car Series - DPSpirit of Daytona Racing1200012797th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Larbre Compétition100002420th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Am10000N/A6th2014 United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Wayne Taylor Racing1120063302nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Larbre Compétition10000N/A9th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Pro Corvette Racing10000N/ANC2015 United Sports Car Championship - Prototype Wayne Taylor Racing1022052925th2016 IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Wayne Taylor Racing10373093rd FIA World Endurance Championship - LMGTE Am Larbre Compétition500114310th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMGTE Pro Corvette Racing – GM10000N/A7th2017 IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Wayne Taylor Racing1055073101st 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Keating Motorsport10000N/A20thSprintX GT Championship Series - GTCadillac Racing1001021495thPirelli World Challenge - GT10010214917th2018 IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype Acura Team Penske1010022437th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing10000N/ADNF2018-19 FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing10000023rd2019 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Acura Team Penske1001052843rd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Jackie Chan DC Racing10000N/ADNF2020 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Acura Team Penske942152651st2021 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Konica Minolta Acura10320733962nd European Le Mans Series - LMP2 DragonSpeed USA10000036th FIA World Endurance Championship - LMP2 High Class Racing10000824th 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP210000N/A8th2022 IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi Konica Minolta Acura10420533462nd 24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2 Cool Racing10000N/A7th2023 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport9000327122nd24 Hours of Le Mans - LMP2Tower Motorsports10000N/ADNF2024 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Taylor Racing with Andretti9101225506th 2025 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing 9 0 0 0 3 2626 6th24 Hours of Le Mans - HypercarCadillac WTR10000N/ADNF 2026 IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing 9 1 0 0 1 2448 11thIMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2Bryan Herta Autosport with PR1/Mathiasen 1 0 0 0 0 312 34th24 Hours of Le Mans - HypercarCadillac WTR10000N/A9thFIA World Endurance Championship - HypercarCadillac Hertz Team Jota 1 0 0 0 0 2* 24th* * Season still in progress.
Complete Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) +YearTeamClassMakeEngine1234567891011121314RankPointsRef2008SunTrust RacingDPRiley MkXIPontiac 5.0 L V8DAY5MIAMEX25th173Beyer RacingCrawford DP03Ford 5.0 L V8VIR4LGAWGLDoran RacingDallara DP01Ford 5.0 L V8LEX7DAY11BAR5MON9WGL17SON10NJMIL2009Beyer RacingDPRiley MkXIPontiac/Chevrolet 5.0 L V8R2410VIR14NJ10LAG14S6H10LEX12DAY12BAR12WGI10MON4MIL8HOM911th2482010SunTrust RacingDPDallara DP08Ford 5.0 L V8R246HOM6BIR12VIR3LRP1S6H2LEX9DAY9NJ3WAT2MON3SLK32nd3322011SunTrust RacingDPDallara Corvette DPChevrolet 5.5 L V8R245HOM3BIR11VIR4LIM1S6H1ELK3LAG3NJ2WAT1MON2LEX112nd3532012SunTrust RacingDPDallara Corvette DPChevrolet 5.0 L V8R2414BIR5HOM1NJ1BEL20LEX9ELK7S6H11IMS3WAT4MON5LGA7LIM16th3432013Spirit of Daytona RacingDPCoyote Corvette DPChevrolet 5.0 L V8R245TXS11BIR3ATL5BEL5LEX9S6H9IMS6ELK13KAN12LGA8LIM97th279
Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps 2013 Larbre Compétition Julien Canal Patrick Bornhauser Chevrolet Corvette C6.R GTEAm 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 GTEPro 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 2026 Cadillac WTR Filipe Albuquerque Jordan Taylor Cadillac V-Series.R Hypercar 379 9th 9thSources:
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2014 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS IMS ELK COA PET 2nd 330 2015 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 5th 292 2016 Wayne Taylor Racing P Dallara Corvette DP Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS ELK COA PET 3rd 309 2017 Wayne Taylor Racing P Cadillac DPi-V.R Cadillac LT4 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH COA DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 1st 310 2018 Acura Team Penske P Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 7th 243 2019 Acura Team Penske DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH MOH DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 3rd 284 2020 Acura Team Penske DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY DAY SEB ELK ATL MOH PET LGA SEB 1st 265 2021 Konica Minolta Acura DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB MOH DET WGL WGL ELK LGA LBH PET 2nd 3396 2022 Konica Minolta Acura DPi Acura ARX-05 Acura AR35TT 3.5 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH LGA MOH DET WGL MOS ELK PET 2nd 3346 2023 Wayne Taylor Racingwith Andretti Autosport GTP Acura ARX-06 Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 DAY SEB LBH LGA WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 2nd 2712 2024 Wayne Taylor Racingwith Andretti 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 GTP Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 6th 2626 2026 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing GTP Cadillac V-Series.R Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL ELK IMS PET 11th 2448 Bryan Herta Autosportwith PR1/Mathiasen LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 MOS 34th 312Source:
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2021 DragonSpeed USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 CAT RBR LEC MNZ SPA ALG 36th 0Source:
Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)