Yahoo Autos Wayne Taylor Andretti Will Run Cadillac's IMSA Program
Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti officially announced plans to take over Cadillac's two-car factory IMSA GTP program on Thursday, replacing Chip Ganassi Racing's one-car operation. Action Express Racing will continue to run a separate, one-car factory program in the championship.
The new agreement renews a long-time partnership between WTR and GM, its manufacturer from 2011 to 2020. A four-year run from 2017 to 2020 under the Cadillac brand was particularly productive, producing three 24 Hours of Daytona wins in four years and a 2017 championship headlined by five straight wins to open the season. WTR now re-joins Cadillac, ending a four-year and nine-win run with Acura.
Since Andretti Global bought a stake in WTR two years ago, the new Taylor-Cadillac deal also aligns the Andretti team with Cadillac in sports cars for the first time. That brings Andretti and GM one step closer to synergy across a wide variety of series as the pair seek a Formula 1 team together. The Cadillac-Andretti tie-up was approved by the FIA but rejected by Formula 1 itself, a matter that led Congress to look into the situation. Both Cadillac and Andretti still hope to race in F1 by 2026, although a Cadillac-specific engine program is not expected to launch until 2028. Notably, Andretti still partners with Honda, rather than GM's Chevrolet brand, in IndyCar.
Chip Ganassi Racing, the team that initially served as GM's factory partner when the Cadillac V-Series.R debuted last season, is rumored to be tied to a Hyundai GTP program set to launch in 2026. The team's one-car WEC program will be replaced by a two-car program headed up by Jota, a team currently running privateer Porsches in the series. In IMSA, Acura has already announced plans to bring back 2023 24 Hours of Daytona-winning partner Meyer Shank Racing to replace the WTR team.
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