Jordan Taylor (racing driver)
Jordan Taylor (born May 10, 1991) is an American professional racing driver. He currently competes in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for Wayne Taylor Racing. He won the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes class and was 2014 United SportsCar Championship Prototypes class runner-up. Also he won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE-Pro class in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
He is the son of sports car veteran Wayne Taylor, and has raced with brother Ricky Taylor.
Racing career
Born in Orlando, Taylor began his career in professional sports car racing in 2008, competing in the 24 Hours of Daytona and finishing 15th. His first full season came in 2010. In late 2011 at a private test at Sebring Jordan Taylor impressed Corvette Racing enough that they recruited Jordan to fulfill the third driver role for the team in the 2012 season competing at Sebring, Petit Le Mans and also the 24 Hours of Le Mans where he finished in 5th place in the LM GTE PRO #73 Corvette C6.R. In 2013 he joined Wayne Taylor Racing, a team owned by his father, sports car veteran Wayne Taylor, co-driving with Max Angelelli. He and Angelelli teamed to win the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series' Daytona Prototype championship,[1] the final Grand American Road Racing Association championship before the merger of American Le Mans Series and Grand-Am,[2] winning five races including the last three of the season consecutively.[1] Previously, Taylor competed in the GT class, winning two races for Autohaus Motorsports. Taylor has also competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013 through 2015 in the GTE-Pro class for Corvette Racing winning the LM GT PRO Class in 2015. For the 2016 IMSA season, Taylor will drive the new Cadillac DPi-V.R. in the new Daytona Prototype International class.
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Corvette Racing |
 Antonio García Jan Magnussen |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Pro |
326 | 23rd | 5th |
| 2013 | 312 | 19th | 4th | ||||
| 2014 | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | 338 | 14th | 2nd | |||
| 2015 | Corvette Racing-GM |
 Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
337 | 17th | 1st | ||
| 2016 | Corvette Racing - GM |
Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner |
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro |
219 | DNF | DNF |
References
- 1 2 "Jordan Taylor, Max Angelelli win Grand-Am finale, season title". Fox News. September 28, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- ↑ Smith, Steven Cole (September 28, 2013). "Taylor Racing wins Lime Rock, Grand-Am championship". Autoweek. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
External links
- Jordan Taylor driver statistics at Racing-Reference
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Memo Rojas Scott Pruett |
Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype Champion 2013 (with Max Angelelli) |
Succeeded by João Barbosa Christian Fittipaldi United SportsCar Championship Prototype (post-merger) |