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In 1987 he finished fourth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
In 1987 he finished fourth in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Foreign the bluegrass musician of the same name, see Blue Highway
He drove for SunTrust Bank Racing with Max Angelelli. He co-drove in the 2006 International Race of Champions in the United States with Angelelli. Taylor now owns and manages his own team competing in the Rolex Sports Carolina Series.
He moved to the FIA World Sportscar Championship.
He competed in the C2 class in 1988, and moved to the C1 class in 1989. He also competed in the IMSA Camel GT series from 1989 through 1993.
From 1991 through 1993, he was one of the lead drivers for the Intrepid RM-1 GTP program He competed in the American Le Mans Series in 1999.
From 2000 to 2002, he was a central part of the Cadillac Le Mans effort.
Unfortunately, it was not successful against Audi"s R8 and even privately entered LMPs, so General Motors discontinued the program at the end of the year. Taylor tried to secure funding to run a privateer effort with the car, but instead eventually continued with Cadillac in the Speed World Challenge Clear To Send-V effort. In 2006, Wayne and his Grand-Am teammate, Max Angelelli made IROC Series history becoming the first tandem of drivers to compete in one car during an IROC season.
They each raced two races and points were combined for their tally as they are in the sportscar series.
In mid-2006, Taylor announced a split with car builder Bob Riley and formed Wayne Taylor Racing for the 2007 season with continued backing from SunTrust Bank, and Angelelli as co-driver. The team is based in Indianapolis.
Early in 2007, Taylor stepped away from full-time driving and used a host of fill in drivers before naming Michael Valiante to team up with Angelelli full-time in 2008. Taylor continues to drive in the long distance events.
The team continued to field Riley Chassis in 2007 before switching to the new Dallara chassis after the 2008 24 Hours of Daytona.
In May 2008, the team"s transporter caught fire and destroyed it, the new Dallara and all of their equipment. The team fielded their old Riley with borrowed equipment until a new Dallara could be built and shipped to the United States. Wayne"s older son Ricky Taylor is also a Grand-Am regular and was Angelelli"s regular teammate until Jordan replaced him in 2013.