Ricky Taylor lastly captured his first Rolex 24 victory on the fourth try in 2017, albeit in contentious method after colliding with Filipe Albuquerque within the closing laps. Nonetheless, the outcome spurred him on to take 5 straight victories to kick off the IMSA season, laying the foundations for a profitable title bid for the family-run Wayne Taylor Racing group alongside brother Jordan.
New pastures beckoned for Ricky in 2018, although, as he signed for Penske’s new Acura DPi programme that may make its race debut at Daytona this weekend. Taylor will race alongside IndyCar stars Helio Castroneves and Graham Rahal at Daytona, and expectations are undoubtedly excessive as an all-star alliance between a few of the most interesting endurance racers, considered one of America’s most well-known racing marques and a longtime producer begins its new journey.
This 12 months’s Rolex 24 could also be a enterprise into the unknown to some extent for Taylor as he takes a step outdoors of the household consolation zone, but you could be certain he’ll go away nothing out on-track as he goes in the hunt for a second straight victory at Daytona.