# Jordan Taylor (racing driver)

Jordan Lee Taylor (born May 10, 1991) is an American professional racing driver. He competes full-time in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 40 Cadillac V-Series.R for Wayne Taylor Racing. He won the 2017 24 Hours of Daytona (along with Jeff Gordon, Max Angelelli and brother Ricky Taylor) and the 2017 championship in the Prototype class of the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
Taylor also won the 2013 Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototypes class, the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT Championship, and was 2014 United SportsCar Championship Prototypes class runner-up. As well, Taylor achieved a GTE-Pro class victory at the 2015 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R.
Taylor 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 to 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. In 2009 he ran 8 races for Beyer Racing at the Rolex Sports Car Series in the Daytona Prototypes class. His first full season came in 2010, driving a Mazda RX-8 for Racers Edge Motorsports, claiming two GT class podiums. In 2011 he drove a Chevrolet Camaro for Autohaus Motorsports with Bill Lester, where he got one win and three second place finishes, ending as the GT class runner-up. In late 2011 at a private test at Sebring, he impressed Corvette Racing enough that they recruited him 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. Also in 2012, he claimed his second Rolex GT win for Autohaus Motorsports.
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, winning five races including the last three of the season consecutively.
In 2014, the Grand-Am Rolex Series merged with the American Le Mans Series to form the new United SportsCar Championship (now IMSA SportsCar Championship). With his brother Ricky Taylor as teammate, he was runner-up with two wins and six podiums. In 2015 he earned two wins and three second place finishes. The driver collected three wins and seven podiums in 2016, and was third in points.
Taylor also competed at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2013 through 2017 in the GTE-Pro class for Corvette Racing, where he won the GT Pro class in 2015, and finished second in 2014 and third in 2017.
For the 2017 IMSA season, Taylor drove a Cadillac DPi-V.R. in the new Daytona Prototype International class. He won the 24 Hours of Daytona, the 12 Hours of Sebring and the next three races. Later he scored two additional podiums en route to the championship. He also won the Pirelli World Challenge SprintX GT Championship, driving a Cadillac ATS-V.R with codriver Michael Cooper. The duo won at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park, took four podiums, and finished in the top 10 in nine out of ten races, taking the title by 3 points.
In 2018, Renger van der Zande became his new co-driver at Wayne Taylor Racing. He scored a single win at Petit Le Mans and three additional podiums, including a second-place finish at the 12 Hours of Sebring, and was third in the overall standings.
Taylor won the 2019 24 Hours of Daytona, and finished second at the 12 Hours of Sebring and Petit Le Mans. However he had poor results at the sprint races, and finished fourth in points.
For the 2020 IMSA season, Taylor became a Corvette Racing full-time factory driver. He claimed five wins and three runner-up finishes to claim his third championship.
In 2021, he got a class win at the 24 Hours of Daytona, as well as a second place finish at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 2023, Taylor made his NASCAR debut in the Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas, driving the No. 9 as a substitute for Chase Elliott, who was recovering from a leg injury he suffered in a snowboarding accident in Colorado. Taylor started fourth and finished 24th. He later raced Kaulig Racing's No. 10 car in the Xfinity Series race at Portland International Raceway and ran well, but due to an issue, finished 27th. Taylor returned to Kaulig to drive their No. 11 car in the Xfinity Series race at the Charlotte Roval.
For the 2024 IMSA season, after spending four years with Corvette Racing, Taylor returned to his father's team, Wayne Taylor Racing, sharing the No. 40 Acura ARX-06 with Louis Delétraz. His older brother Ricky, as well as Filipe Albuquerque were teammates in the No. 10 car.

## Media appearances

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 announcer Darrell Waltrip to call for security (not knowing what was going on).

## Racing record
### Career summary

| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
| 2008 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Terra Firma Motorsports | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 85th |
| 2009 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Beyer Racing | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 146 | 16th |
| 2010 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Racers Edge Motorsports | 11 | 0 | | | 2 | 248 | 11th |
| 2011 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Autohaus Motorsport | 12 | 1 | | | 4 | 317 | 2nd |
| 2012 | Rolex Sports Car Series - GT | Autohaus Motorsports | 10 | 1 | | | 1 | 211 | 15th |
| 2012 | American Le Mans Series - GT | Corvette Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 18th |
| 2013 | Rolex Sports Car Series - DP | Wayne Taylor Racing | 12 | 5 | | | 6 | 339 | 1st |
| 2013 | American Le Mans Series - GT | Corvette Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26th |
| 2014 | United Sports Car Championship - Prototype | Wayne Taylor Racing | 11 | 2 | | | 6 | 330 | 2nd |
| 2015 | United Sports Car Championship - Prototype | Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | 2 | | | 5 | 292 | 5th |
| 2016 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | 3 | | | 7 | 309 | 3rd |
| 2017 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 310 | 1st |
| 2018 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - Prototype | Wayne Taylor Racing | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 270 | 3rd |
| 2019 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - DPi | Konica Minolta Cadillac | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 274 | 4th |
| 2020 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Corvette Racing | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 351 | 1st |
| 2021 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTLM | Corvette Racing | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3549 | 1st |
| 2022 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro | Corvette Racing | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3194 | 3rd |
| 2023 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD Pro | Corvette Racing | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3579 | 3rd |
| 2023 | NASCAR Cup Series | Hendrick Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† |
| 2023 | NASCAR Xfinity Series | Kaulig Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 55th |
| 2024 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2603 | 5th |
| 2025 | IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTP | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 447 | 12th* |
$^†$ As Taylor was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

### 24 Hours of Daytona results

| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
| 2008 | Terra Firma Motorsports | Ronald Zitza Gary Jensen Mark Jensen | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | GT | 599 | 29th | 15th |
| 2009 | Beyer Racing | Ricky Taylor Jared Beyer David Martínez | Riley Mk. XI | DP | 662 | 20th DNF | 10th DNF |
| 2010 | Racer's Edge Motorsports | Glenn Bocchino Jade Buford John Edwards Todd Lamb | Mazda RX-8 GT | GT | 69 | 43rd DNF | 28th DNF |
| 2011 | Autohaus Motorsports | Bill Lester Johnny O'Connell Matthew Marsh | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | GT | 607 | 28th | 14th |
| 2012 | Autohaus Motorsports | Paul Edwards Matthew Marsh Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | GT | 713 | 20th | 9th |
| 2013 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Max Angelelli Ryan Hunter-Reay | Dallara Corvette DP | DP | 709 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2014 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Wayne Taylor Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli | Dallara Corvette DP | P | 695 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2015 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli | Chevrolet Corvette DP | P | 740 | 52nd | 16th |
| 2016 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Rubens Barrichello | Chevrolet Corvette DP | P | 736 | 2nd | 2nd |
| 2017 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ricky Taylor Max Angelelli Jeff Gordon | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 659 | 1st | 1st |
| 2018 | Wayne Taylor Racing | Ryan Hunter-Reay Renger van der Zande | Cadillac DPi-V.R | P | 555 | 45th DNF | 15th DNF |
| 2019 | Konica Minolta Cadillac | Renger van der Zande Fernando Alonso Kamui Kobayashi | Cadillac DPi-V.R | DPi | 593 | 1st | 1st |
| 2020 | Corvette Racing | Nicky Catsburg Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTLM | 785 | 16th | 4th |
| 2021 | Corvette Racing | Nicky Catsburg Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTLM | 770 | 11th | 1st |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | Nicky Catsburg Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | GTD Pro | 698 | 29th | 6th |
| 2023 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | GTD Pro | 729 | 19th | 2nd |
| 2024 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti | Jenson Button Louis Delétraz Colton Herta | Acura ARX-06 | GTP | 791 | 3rd | 3rd |
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### Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series 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 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points |
| 2008 | Terra Firma Motorsports | GT | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Porsche 3.6L Flat-6 | DAY 15 | MIA | MEX | VIR | LGA | WGL | LEX | DAY 15 | BAR | MON | WGL | SON | NJ 13 | MIL | 85th | 34 |
| 2009 | Beyer Racing | DP | Riley Mk. XI/Crawford DP08 | Pontiac/Chevrolet 5.0L V8/Honda 3.9L V6 | DAY 10 | VIR | NJ | LAG 16 | WGI 10 | LEX 14 | DAY 15 | BAR 13 | WGI 15 | MON | MIL | HOM 9 | | | 16th | 146 |
| 2010 | Racers Edge Motorsports | GT | Mazda RX-8 GT | Mazda 2.0L 3-Rotor | DAY 28 | HOM 17 | BAR 2 | VIR 6 | LIM 11 | WGI 6 | LEX 3 | DAY 8 | NJ 9 | WGI 10 | MON | MIL 11 | | | 11th | 248 |
| 2011 | Autohaus Motorsport | GT | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | DAY 14 | HOM 6 | BAR 7 | VIR 1 | LIM 2 | WGI 2 | ROA 5 | LAG 10 | NJ 4 | WGI 2 | MON 9 | LEX 8 | | | 2nd | 317 |
| 2012 | Autohaus Motorsports | GT | Chevrolet Camaro GT.R | Chevrolet 6.0L V8 | DAY 9 | BAR 6 | HOM 9 | NJ 5 | DET 1 | LEX 9 | ELK 9 | WGI 5 | IMS 10 | WGI DP 6 | MON | LGA | LIM | | 15th | 211 |
| 2013 | Wayne Taylor Racing | DP | Dallara Corvette DP | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | DAY 2 | COA 10 | BAR 1 | ATL 6 | DET 1 | LEX 6 | WGI 10 | IMS 15 | ROA 7 | KAN 1 | LGA 1 | LIM 1 | | | 1st | 339 |

### American Le Mans Series 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 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2012 | Corvette Racing | GT | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | SEB 2 | LBH | LAG | LIM | MOS | LEX | ROA | BAL | VIR | PET 2 | 18th | 20 | |
| 2013 | Corvette Racing | GT | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | Chevrolet 5.5L V8 | SEB 11 | LBH | LAG | LIM | MOS | ROA | BAL | COA | VIR | PET 6 | 26th | 10 | |

### 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 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C6.R | GTE Pro | 312 | 19th | 4th |
| 2014 | Corvette Racing | Antonio García Jan Magnussen | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 338 | 14th | 2nd |
| 2015 | Corvette Racing - GM | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 337 | 17th | 1st |
| 2016 | Corvette Racing - GM | Oliver Gavin Tommy Milner | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 219 | DNF | DNF |
| 2017 | Corvette Racing - GM | Jan Magnussen Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C7.R | GTE Pro | 340 | 19th | 3rd |
| 2021 | Corvette Racing | Nicky Catsburg Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTE Pro | 345 | 21st | 2nd |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | Nicky Catsburg Antonio García | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | GTE Pro | 214 | DNF | DNF |
| 2024 | Sprit of Race | Conrad Laursen Johnny Laursen | Ferrari 296 GT3 | LMGT3 | 279 | 35th | 8th |
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### IMSA 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 |
| 2020 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 4 | DAY 1 | SEB 2 | ELK 1 | VIR 1 | ATL 5 | MDO 1 | CLT 1 | PET 2 | LGA 2 | SEB 5 | 1st | 351 |
| 2021 | Corvette Racing | GTLM | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 1 | SEB 4 | DET 2† | WGL 1 | WGL 1 | LIM 1 | ELK 2 | LGA 2 | LBH 2 | VIR 2 | PET 6 | 1st | 3549 |
| 2022 | Corvette Racing | GTD Pro | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 6 | SEB 1 | LBH 3 | LGA 4 | WGL 6 | MOS 2 | LIM 4 | ELK 3 | VIR 2 | PET 5 | | 3rd | 3194 |
| 2023 | Corvette Racing | GTD Pro | Chevrolet Corvette C8.R GTD | Chevrolet 5.5 L V8 | DAY 2 | SEB 5 | LBH 2 | LGA 4 | WGL 3 | MOS 1 | LIM 4 | ELK 3 | VIR 1 | IMS 5 | PET 7 | 3rd | 3579 |
| 2024 | Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport | GTP | Acura ARX-06 | Acura AR24e 2.4 L Turbo V6 | DAY 3 | SEB 1 | LBH 10 | LGA 4 | DET 5 | WGL 4 | ELK 8 | IMS 11 | PET 7 | | | 5th | 2603 |
| 2025 | Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing | GTP | Cadillac V-Series.R | Cadillac LMC55R 5.5 L V8 | DAY 11 | SEB 11 | LBH | LGA | DET | WGL | ELK | IMS | PET | | | 12th* | 447* |
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$^†$ Non-points event. $^*$ Season still in progress.

### Pirelli World Challenge results

(key)(Races in bold indicate pole position, Results are overall/class)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Rank | Points |
| 2017 | Cadillac Racing | SprintX GT | Cadillac ATS-V.R | VIR1 4 | VIR2 3 | MOS 1 | LIM1 4 | LIM2 2 | UTA1 8 | UTA2 3 | COA1 4 | COA2 6 | COA3 Ret | 1st | 175 |

### NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

#### Cup Series

NASCAR Cup Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | NCSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Hendrick Motorsports | 9 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA 24 | RCH | BRD | MAR | TAL | DOV | KAN | DAR | CLT | GTW | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | RCH | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | TAL | ROV | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 53rd | 0$^1$ | |

#### Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results :
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | Ref |
| 2023 | Kaulig Racing | 10 | Chevy | DAY | CAL | LVS | PHO | ATL | COA | RCH | MAR | TAL | DOV | DAR | CLT | PIR 27 | SON | NSH | CSC | ATL | NHA | POC | ROA | MCH | IRC | GLN | DAY | DAR | KAN | BRI | TEX | | | | | | 55th | 21 | |
| 2023 | Kaulig Racing | 11 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ROV 16 | LVS | HOM | MAR | PHO | 55th | 21 | |
$^*$ Season still in progress
$^1$ Ineligible for series points