Jordan Taylor: “Good to Be Back” in Cadillac with WTR’s Switch

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Jordan Taylor said he feels back at home after being reunited with Cadillac after a one-year absence from GM machinery, as the Wayne Taylor Racing driver gets up to speed with the Cadillac V-Series.R for the the first time.

The 2017 IMSA Prototype champion, then at a wheel of Cadillac’s DPi-V.R, will co-drive WTR’s No. 40 entry with Louis Deletraz in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship next year, while older brother Ricky also returns to Cadillac power in the No. 10 car alongside Filipe Albuquerque.

The off-season move reunites Jordan with the GM brand that also included a four-year full-season stint with Corvette Racing that ended last year with a switch to his family-run team that at the time was running Acura GTP machinery.

“It’s good to be back,” he told Sportscar365. “I’ve spent my entire career since 2011 with GM, apart from last year. It’s nice to see a lot of familiar faces and be back in a normally aspirated car that you’re used to feeling that V8 thunder behind you, so it’s been cool.

“It’s obviously a lot different than what we had last year, so it’s a lot to learn, but I’m glad we can come to this test and at least get a little head start for next year.”

Taylor said the move to the Cadillac LMDh car has taken some adjustment, although so far has been a positive experience.

“Every manufacturer probably has a different strategy on systems and the way they and the way they use those options, so getting an understanding of how they’ve worked it, and strategized it,” he explained. “Really interact to the way you drive the car, and you’re driving style.

“So it’s kind of wrapping your head around what we needed to do with our hands and our feet when we’re driving the car to use those tools to the best of our ability has been the biggest thing. But so far, it’s been really good and exciting, and you can already see why the car is always up front.

“As soon as you drop the clutch and bump-starts the engine like that, I think it’ll put a smile on all of our faces.

“Driving on track, it seems very user-friendly. It’s got a big window to drive in, so I think it suits an IMSA-style schedule with all these different race tracks, different conditions, double-stinting tires, so I think it’s uh very well-rounded car.”

WTR arrived at the recent IMSA-sanctioned test at Daytona International Speedway off the back of an outing at Sebring International Raceway with the cars, which Taylor said has helped the re-acclimation process ahead of their 2025 campaign.

“There’s a lot of familiar faces, but also since I was in the Corvette program or even [Cadillac] DPi, the amount of personnel you need to run one of these cars has gone up so much, so there are a lot of new faces as well,” he said.

“But it’s nice that most of the mostly everyone speaks English and we have the same terminology and vocabulary, so it makes it a little bit easier. But it’s a lot of very experienced guys and girls with a lot of success, guys and girls.”

Jonathan Grace contributed to this report

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