At first glance, one might take them as twins. Jordan Taylor grew up around racing as the younger son of three-time-champion Wayne Taylor & his wife Shiela, doing Karts and turning pro in 2011 early on at age 20.
Jordan and his older brother Ricky drove a C8 Corvette Daytona Prototype for their dad’s team in the Grand Am Series, winning a championship in 2013 and another in 2017 when the Corvette moniker gave way to the Caddy. Yet somehow, we see them as “Corvette Guys”.
Ricky was the fastest driver for Jack LeConte of the French Labre team in the # 50 C7.R at selected races in the 2016 World Endurance Championship Series (WEC).
Jordan served as the third driver at selected races in the 2016 World Endurance Championship Series (WEC).
Jordan succeeded Jan Magnusen in 2020 to partner with Antonio Garcia through 2023. They captured two GTLM championships in 2020 and 2021, a third in GTD-Pro in 2022 and a GTLM class victory at the 2021 Rolex 24.
Jordan chose to race his dad’s Wayne Taylor Racing Prototype Acura (cum Cadillac) GTP that paid more money vs staying with Garcia in the Pratt & Miller (Osh Kosh) # 3 Corvette Z06 GT3.R in GTD-Pro.
Jordan consulted at Le Mans in 2024 for Rick Hendrick’s much-ballyhooed Next Gen Chevrolet NASCAR foray…
While hitting it off with the Corvette fans.
Jordan’s playful humor on social media with alter ego Rodney Sandstorm led to invites to race the 1980 # 88 ex Doug Rowe Corvette at Daytona
And the 1976 # 48 Greenwood customer car 012 at Laguna Seca.
Check out the Action!
2019 at Laguna Seca: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx4vQ-pQbwI
2018 at Daytona: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEqVD_eOY1E
Jordan Taylor is the youngest driver to serve as annual membership chairperson for the International Motorsports Research Center (IMRRC) at Watkins Glen which is the birthplace of post war USA road racing and is the place where the Corvette was conceived by Harley Earl.
Vintage racing broke new ground at Watkins Glen in early September. Watch for another story coming your way.
Photo credits: Wayne Taylor Racing, Richard Prince, Nigel Dobbie, Felis Cattus Cattus (Le Chat), Mike Matune, Jan Hyde