Ricky Taylor

The Morgan LMP2 of Pierre Ragues , Keiko Ihara and Ricky Taylor at the 2014 Le Mans 24 Hours

Ricky Taylor (born August 3, 1989 ) is an American racing car driver .

family

Ricky Taylor is the son of Wayne Taylor and came in the English county of Surrey to the world. His father, born in Port Elizabeth , South Africa , later became a US citizen. Wayne Taylor, who runs his own racing team, was a successful sports car driver in the 1980s and 1990s. Twice, in 1996 and 2005 , he won the Daytona 24-hour race and the Sebring 12-hour race in 1996 . His younger brother Jordan also took up the profession of a racing car driver.

Racing career

Ricky Taylor began his career in karting and went into monoposto racing in 2006 . He won the overall ranking of the Skip Barber Southern Regional Series in 2007 and was runner-up overall in the national Skip Barber Series that same year .

In 2008 , with the debut at the Daytona 24-hour race, the company switched to sports car racing . The race at Daytona International Speedway ended with father, brother, Max Angelelli and Michael Valiante as partners in fifth place overall. His first success in a sports car race he celebrated in the Rolex Sports Car Series 2010 counted 2.45-hour race at Lime Rock . He finished third overall in the championship standings. In 2011 he was runner-up in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series .

In 2013 he made his debut at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and in 2014 at the 12 Hours of Sebring , where he finished second overall in 2015 . In 2017 he won the Daytona 24-hour race together with his brother Jordan, Max Angelelli and Jeff Gordon . A few weeks later, he was also victorious in the Sebring 12-hour race .

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2013	Larbre Compétition	Chevrolet Corvette C6.R-ZR1	Julien Canal	Patrick Bornhauser	Rank 29
2014	Larbre Compétition	Morgan LMP2	Pierre Ragues	Keiko Ihara	Rank 14
2016	Corvette Racing	Chevrolet Corvette C7.R	Jan Magnussen	Antonio García	Rank 25
2017	Keating Motorsport	Riley MKXXX	Jeroen Bleekemolen	Ben Keating	Rank 47
2018	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	Côme Ledogar	David Heinemeier Hansson	failure	malfunction
2019	Jackie Chan DC Racing	Ligier JS P217	Jordan King	David Heinemeier Hansson	failure	Gearbox damage

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2014	Wayne Taylor Racing	Dallara Corvette DP	Jordan Taylor	Max Angelelli		Rank 7
2015	Wayne Taylor Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Jordan Taylor	Max Angelelli		Rank 2
2016	Wayne Taylor Racing	Chevrolet Corvette DP	Jordan Taylor	Max Angelelli	Rubens Barrichello	failure	malfunction
2017	Konica Minolta Cadillac DPi-VR	Cadillac DPi-VR	Jordan Taylor	Alex Lynn		Overall victory
2018	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Graham Rahal	Helio Castroneves		failure	Engine failure
2019	Acura Team Penske	Acura ARX-05	Alexander Rossi	Helio Castroneves		Rank 4

Web links

Commons : Ricky Taylor  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ricky Taylor at the Driver Database
• Ricky Taylor at Racing Sports Cars

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Skip Barber Southern Regional Series 2007
2. ↑ Skip Barber Series 2007
3. ↑ 2008 Daytona 24 Hours
4. ^ Rolex Sports Car Series 2010
5. ↑ Rolex Sports Car Series 2011