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 Corvette Racing. He won the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona (along with Jeff Gordon, Max Angelelli and brother Ricky) and the 2017 championship in the Prototype class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
| Jordan Taylor | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | May 10, 1991 Orlando, Florida |
| Related to | Ricky Taylor |
| WeatherTech SportsCar Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | Corvette Racing |
| Car number | 3 |
| Engine | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 |
| Co-driver | Fernando Alonso Kamui Kobayashi Renger van der Zande |
| Starts | 65 |
| Championships | 1 |
| Wins | 17 |
| Podiums | 35 |
| Poles | 3 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2017 |
| Finished last season | 4th |
Jordan also won the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes class and was 2014 United SportsCar Championship Prototypes class runner-up. Also Jordan won the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans GTE-Pro class in a Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
Jordan is the youngest son of sports car veteran Wayne Taylor. He raced a Cadillac Prototype for his father's team, where he partnered with his older brother, Ricky, from 2014–2017. In 2018, he partnered with Renger van der Zande, as Ricky moved to Acura Team Penske.
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 2017 IMSA season, Taylor drove the new Cadillac DPi-V.R. in the new Daytona Prototype International class.
Taylor is well known for his quirky personality and his social media presence. He has an online alter ego known as Rodney Sandstorm, a parody of 1990s racers and Jeff Gordon, whose antics have drawn positive attention toward both Taylor and IMSA. In particular, during the 2018 Talladega broadcast, Taylor received significant media attention when he, as Rodney Sandstorm, crashed a live NASCAR on Fox broadcast, causing Darrell Waltrip to call for security (not knowing what was going on).[3]
24 Hours of Le Mans results
| Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  |
  |
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Pro |
326 | 23rd | 5th |
| 2013 | |
|
Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Pro |
312 | 19th | 4th |
| 2014 | |
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro |
338 | 14th | 2nd |
| 2015 | |
 |
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro |
337 | 17th | 1st |
| 2016 | |
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro |
219 | DNF | DNF |
| 2017 | |
|
Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro |
340 | 19th | 3rd |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results
(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Wayne Taylor Racing | P | Dallara Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 2 |
SEB 7 |
LBH 2 |
LGA 2 |
DET 1 |
WGL 5 |
MOS 3 |
IMS 4 |
ELK 10 |
COA 7 |
PET 1 |
2nd | 330 |
| 2015 | Wayne Taylor Racing | P | Dallara Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 16 |
SEB 2 |
LBH 1 |
LGA 2 |
DET 6 |
WGL 6 |
MOS 1 |
ELK 8 |
COA 2 |
PET 4 |
5th | 292 | |
| 2016 | Wayne Taylor Racing | P | Dallara Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 2 |
SEB 12 |
LBH 1 |
LGA 6 |
DET 1 |
WGL 4 |
MOS 3 |
ELK 3 |
COA 1 |
PET 3 |
3rd | 309 | |
| 2017 | Wayne Taylor Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 6.2 L V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB 1 |
LBH 1 |
COA 1 |
DET 1 |
WGL 6 |
MOS 7 |
ELK 2 |
LGA 3 |
PET 9 |
1st | 310 | |
| 2018 | Wayne Taylor Racing | P | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 15 |
SEB 2 |
LBH 3 |
MDO 5 |
DET 5 |
WGL 5 |
MOS 2 |
ELK 4 |
LGA 12 |
PET 1 |
3rd | 270 | |
| 2019 | Konica Minolta Cadillac | DPi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | Cadillac 5.5 L V8 | DAY 1 |
SEB 2 |
LBH 10 |
MDO 6 |
DET 9 |
WGL 4 |
MOS 6 |
ELK 5 |
LGA 4 |
PET 2 |
4th | 274[4] | |
| 2020 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 4 |
DAY 1 |
SEB 2 |
ELK 1 |
VIR |
ATL |
MDO |
CLT |
PET |
LGA |
SEB |
1st* | 130* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- "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. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-10.
- https://jalopnik.com/reigning-imsa-champ-jordan-taylor-crashed-the-talladega-1825650526
- https://sportscarchampionship.imsa.com/standings/team%C2%A0
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) |