Wayne Taylor Racing

Wayne Taylor Racing
Founded	2004
Team principal(s)	Wayne Taylor (Owner; Team Principal); Travis Houge (VP, General Manager) ; Brian Pillar (Technical Director)
Current series	WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Former series	Rolex Sports Car Series
Current drivers	TBA
Drivers'; Championships	3 ('05, '13 Grand-Am, '17 IMSA)

Max Angelelli and Ricky Taylor at Road America in 2011.

Wayne Taylor Racing is a sports car racing team that competes in the IMSA SportsCar Championship Prototype class. The team campaigns the No. 10 Konica Minolta sponsored Acura ARX-05.

History

The team was founded in 2004 as the Riley Technologies factory team, with title sponsorship from bank holding company SunTrust. The lineup of Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli finished second in the Daytona Prototype teams championship in 2004 and won the Daytona Prototype team and driver championships in 2005.

For the 2007 season, Riley and Wayne Taylor split ways and Wayne Taylor Racing began to run the #10 SunTrust Racing entry.^[1] Wayne Taylor retired as a driver for the 2008 season and signed Michael Valiante as second driver; also the team switched to a Dallara chassis. In 2009, Ford engines were adopted and Brian Frisselle became the second driver.

For the 2010 season, Angelelli was joined by Ricky Taylor, son of Wayne Taylor. They collected a win and seven podiums, finishing runners-up. In 2011, SunTrust Racing switched to Chevrolet engines; they won three races and got eight podiums, resulting runners-up. After adopting the Corvette DP3 chassis, the duo got three wins in 2012 and resulted 6th in the drivers standings.

In 2013, Wayne Taylor Racing lost the SunTrust sponsorship. Ricky Taylor left the team, and was replaced by Jordan Taylor, also son of Wayne Taylor. Angelelli and Jordan Taylor would go on to win the final Daytona Prototype championship before the merger of Grand-Am and the American Le Mans Series in 2014, winning five races, including the final three.

For 2014, the first year of the United SportsCar Championship, Angelelli will enter into a semi-retirement, racing with the team for the endurance events. Ricky Taylor rejoins the team to drive full-time alongside brother Jordan.

Suntrust Pontiac-Riley Daytona Prototype campaigned in 2005.

2011 Rolex season results

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor	5
2	Homestead-Miami Speedway		3
3	Barber Motorsports Park		11
4	Virginia International Raceway		4
5	Lime Rock Park		1
6	Watkins Glen International		1
7	Road America		3
8	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca		3
9	New Jersey Motorsports Park		2
10	Watkins Glen International		1
11	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve		2
12	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course		11

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2012 Rolex season results

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Max Angelelli Ricky Taylor	14
2	Barber Motorsports Park		5
3	Homestead-Miami Speedway		1
4	New Jersey		1
5	Belle Isle		10
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course		9
7	Road America		7
8	Watkins Glen International		11
9	Indianapolis		3
10	Watkins Glen International		4
11	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve		5
12	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca		7
13	Lime Rock Park		1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2013 Rolex season results

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Max Angelelli Jordan Taylor	2
2	Austin		10
3	Barber Motorsports Park		1
4	Road Atlanta		6
5	Belle Isle		1
6	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course		6
7	Watkins Glen International		10
8	Indianapolis		15
9	Road America		7
10	Kansas Speedway		1
11	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca		1
12	Lime Rock Park		1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2014 Tudor United Sportscar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	2
2	Sebring		7
3	Long Beach		2
4	Laguna Seca		2
5	Belle Isle		1
6	Watkins Glen		5
7	Mosport		3
8	Indianapolis		4
9	Road America		10
10	Austin		7
11	Road Atlanta		1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2015 Tudor United Sportscar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	16
2	Sebring		2
3	Long Beach		1
4	Laguna Seca		2
5	Belle Isle		6
6	Watkins Glen		6
7	Mosport		1
8	Road America		8
9	Austin		2
10	Road Atlanta		4

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2016 Weathertech United Sportscar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	2
2	Sebring		12
3	Long Beach		1
4	Laguna Seca		6
5	Belle Isle		1
6	Watkins Glen		4
7	Mosport		3
8	Road America		3
9	Austin		1
10	Road Atlanta		3

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2017 Weathertech United Sportscar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Ricky Taylor Jordan Taylor	1
2	Sebring		1
3	Long Beach		1
4	Austin		1
5	Belle Isle		1
6	Watkins Glen		6
7	Mosport		7
8	Road America		2
9	Laguna Seca		3
10	Road Atlanta		9

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2018 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	15
2	Sebring		2
3	Long Beach		3
4	Mid-Ohio		5
5	Belle Isle		5
6	Watkins Glen		5
7	Mosport		2
8	Road America		4
9	Laguna Seca		12
10	Road Atlanta		1

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

2019 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

Rnd	Circuit	Drivers	Result
1	24 Hours of Daytona	Jordan Taylor Renger van der Zande	1
2	Sebring		2
3	Long Beach		10
4	Mid-Ohio		6
5	Belle Isle		9
6	Watkins Glen		4
7	Mosport		6
8	Road America		5
9	Laguna Seca		4
10	Road Atlanta		2

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Notable race victories

24 Hours of Daytona – 2005, 2017, 2019, and 2020
12 Hours of Sebring – 2017
Petit Le Mans - 2014, 2018,

2020

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship wins

#	Season	Date	Classes	Track / Race	No.	Winning Drivers	Chassis	Engine
1	2014	May 31	Prototype	Belle Isle	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
2	2014	October 4	Prototype	Road Atlanta	10	Max Angelelli / Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
3	2015	April 18	Prototype	Long Beach	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
4	2015	July 12	Prototype	Mosport	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
5	2016	April 16	Prototype	Long Beach	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
6		June 4	Prototype	Belle Isle	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
7		September 17	Prototype	Austin	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Dallara Corvette DP	Chevrolet 5.5L V8
8	2017	January 28–29	Prototype	Daytona	10	Max Angelelli / Jeff Gordon / Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
9		March 18	Prototype	Sebring	10	Alex Lynn / Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
10		April 8	Prototype	Long Beach	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
11		May 6	Prototype	Austin	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
12		June 3	Prototype	Belle Isle	10	Jordan Taylor / Ricky Taylor	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 6.2 L V8
13	2018	October 13	Prototype	Road Atlanta	10	Ryan Hunter-Reay / Jordan Taylor / Renger van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8
14	2019	January 26–27	(DPi)	Daytona	10	Alonso / Kobayashi / J. Taylor / van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8
15	2020	January 25-26	(DPi)	Daytona	10	Briscoe / Dixon / Kobayashi / van der Zande	Cadillac DPi-V.R	Cadillac 5.5 L V8

References

^ SunTrust Team Reorganizes - Motor Racing Network, 26 May 2006

External links

Official website

[1] SunTrust Team Reorganizes - Motor Racing Network, 26 May 2006

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