Next Stop on Jordan, Ricky Taylor Reunion Tour Is IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach

• Ricky and Jordan Taylor co-drove to three straight IMSA WeatherTech Championship victories from 2015-17 in the Daytona Prototype and DPi era.

• Ricky broke away from the family enterprise to join the Acura team of Roger Penske but is back this year with father Wayne Taylor's WTRAndretti team.

• This year, Ricky Jordan is co-driving once again with Felipe Albuquerque; Jordan is driving with Louis Deletraz.

In a tale of like father, like sons, the Taylor family will seek to re-establish their street fighting credentials at the the IMSA Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach.

The race will be a SoCal reunion of team owner Wayne Taylor with his two sons, once again driving for the family team and now seeking to revive their previous success at Long Beach. Ricky and Jordan Taylor co-drove to three straight WeatherTech Championship victories from 2015-17 in the Daytona Prototype and DPi era before the oldest son, Ricky, broke away from the family enterprise to join the Acura team of Roger Penske.

Leaving behind his dreams of Formula 1 and eventually his home in South Africa, Wayne Taylor established himself in IMSA on street circuits. He won his first pole at the temporary Del Mar track in 1989 on board a Spice-Chevy and two seasons later scored his first IMSA victory on the bumpy streets of New Orleans in an Intrepid-Chevy. Currently in command at WTRAndretti as the team principal, he expects his cars to return to the winner’s circle in Long Beach, saying “I feel good about our driver lineup, feel good about the team.”

The occasionally quixotic father, a nonpareil perfectionist, was known to take extraordinary steps to win when behind the wheel—once refusing to allow his car owner Gianpiero Moretti into the cockpit of his MoMo Ferrari 333sp in order to finish a solo drive to victory. In his determination to finally make it to F1, in two weeks’ time Taylor will drive the vintage Wolf-Cosworth WR4 he owns through the streets of Monaco during the city’s Historic races.

It’s not possible for the family history to repeat itself this year at Long Beach when it comes to victory lane, because the brothers will be competing against each other in their family cars, two Acura ARX-06 hybrids, during Saturday’s 100-minute sprint.

Ricky, co-driving once again with Felipe Albuquerque, and Jordan, who will pair with Louis Deletraz, have often shared hotel rooms even after they split up to drive for other teams. Two years after Ricky left for Team Penske, Jordan moved to Corvette Racing in 2020 for four seasons.

“It’s hard for all four members of the family to be happy at the same time,” said Ricky, who was including his mom Shelley, a regular at the track. “With Jordan back, there’s a 50% higher chance that Dad will be happy. Of course, Jordan brings his sense of humor to the team. There was a lot of stress going to two cars, so all of the guys were happy to see Jordan back.”