Wayne Taylor

Wayne Taylor in the cockpit of a 2008 Riley Pontiac

Wayne Taylor (born July 15, 1956 in Port Elizabeth ) is a former South African racing driver who is also a US citizen.

Career

Wayne Taylor achieved his successes in motorsport mainly with sports cars , his use in the monoposto remained sparse. Before he came to Europe in 1986, however, he won the overall ranking of the South African Formula Atlantic Championship . In 1987 he drove his first races in the sports car world championship for Kremer Racing and made his debut in the Le Mans 24-hour race . Together with his compatriot George Fouché and the Austrian Franz Konrad , who drives with a German license , he placed the Kremer- Porsche 962 in fourth place in the overall ranking.

The South African achieved his greatest successes in the United States. In 1990 he competed in the IMSA GTP series for the first time . In 1994 he won the overall ranking of the successor series - the IMSA World Sports Car Championship. This year he celebrated nine race victories on a Kudzu DG-3 and secured the championship. Two years later became a master again. Twice, in 1996 and 2005 , he won the Daytona 24-hour race and the Sebring 12-hour race in 1996 .

From 2011 Taylor drove in the Grand-Am Sports Car Series , whose overall classification he won in 2005. Since the mid-2000s, he has also been the team boss in this racing series.

Private

Wayne Taylor lives in Altamonte Springs , is married and has two sons. Ricky and Jordan Taylor are also racing drivers.

statistics

Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1987	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C	George Fouché	Franz Konrad	Rank 4
1988	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Spice SE87C	Costa's lot	Evan Clements	failure	Clutch damage
1989	Spice engineering	Spice SE89C	Thorkild Thyrring	Tim Harvey	failure	Valve damage
1990	Team Schuppan	Porsche 962C	Hurley Haywood	Rickard Rydell	Rank 12
1991	Salamin Primagaz Team Schuppan	Porsche 962C	Hurley Haywood	James Weaver	not classified
1992	British Racing Motors	BRM P351	Harri Toivonen	Richard Jones	failure	Gearbox damage
1993	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962CK6	Giovanni Lavaggi	Jürgen Lässig	Rank 12
1996	Riley & Scott Cars Inc.	Riley & Scott Mk III	Scott Sharp	Jim Pace	failure	Power transmission
1997	Nissan Motorsport	Nissan R390 GT1	Jörg Müller	Martin Brundle	failure	accident
1998	Doyle Risi Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Eric van de Poele	Fermín Velez	Rank 8 and class win
2000	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Eric van de Poele	Max Angelelli	Rank 22
2001	DAMS	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	Christophe Tinseau	Max Angelelli	Rank 15
2002	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP01	Christophe Tinseau	Max Angelelli	Rank 9

Sebring results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
1991	Alucraft	Porsche 962	René Herzog	Hurley Haywood	Daniel Mueller	failure	accident
1992	Tom Milner Racing	Spice SE89P	Hugh Fuller	François Migault	David Tennyson	failure	differential
1993	Auto toy store	Spice SE90P	Jeff Andretti	Morris Shirazi		failure	Engine failure
1994	Downing Atlanta	Kudzu DG-3	Jim Downing	Tim McAdam		Rank 3
1995	Momo	Ferrari 333SP	Giampiero Moretti	Didier Theys		Rank 33
1996	Doyle Racing	Riley & Scott Mk III	Eric van de Poele	Jim Pace		Overall victory
1997	Doyle Racing Riley & Scott	Riley & Scott Mk III	Eric van de Poele	Scott Sharp		failure	mechanics
1998	Doyle-Risi Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Eric van de Poele	Fermín Vélez		failure	Wagon fire
1999	Doyle-Risi Racing	Ferrari 333SP	Alex Caffi	Max Angelelli	Juan Manuel Fangio II	Rank 6
2000	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP	Eric van de Poele	Max Angelelli		Rank 6
2002	Team Cadillac	Cadillac Northstar LMP02	Christophe Tinseau	Max Angelelli		Rank 29

Web links

Commons : Wayne Taylor  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Wayne Taylor in the Driver Database