Wayne Taylor Racing was founded in 2004 by racing driver Wayne Taylor, initially as the Riley Technologies factory team with SunTrust Bank as title sponsor. The team won the Daytona Prototype team and driver championships in 2005 with Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli, establishing WTR as a front-running operation from an early stage.
Over subsequent seasons the team developed through several sponsorship and chassis phases. SunTrust remained a long-time title partner, and family involvement deepened as sons Ricky and Jordan Taylor became the team's primary drivers. After winning the final Daytona Prototype championship in 2013 — claiming five race victories including the final three of the season — Angelelli and Jordan Taylor delivered one of the most dominant championship conclusions in the series' history.
From 2014, following the merger of Grand-Am and ALMS to form the United SportsCar Championship, Ricky and Jordan Taylor became co-drivers of WTR's flagship entry. The brothers formed a formidable partnership, with Angelelli transitioning to endurance event duties. The team continued to run under various title sponsors before the Konica Minolta partnership became a defining identity for the program.
In 2025, Wayne Taylor Racing made a significant switch from Acura GTP machinery to Cadillac, fielding the Cadillac V-Series.R for both its GTP entries. The number 10 car, co-sponsored by DEX Imaging and HP, was driven by Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor for the full season, with the number 40 car assigned to Jordan Taylor and Louis Delétraz. The move to Cadillac came after a period of strong results under the Andretti Autosport partnership (2023-2025), during which Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor finished second in the 2023 championship — controversially losing the title after a collision with chief rival Pipo Derani in the final hour of the season finale.
The Konica Minolta-liveried Cadillac entered 2025 as one of the marquee entries in the GTP class, carrying the weight of WTR's championship pedigree and the brand recognition of a livery long associated with the team's leading car.
Wayne Taylor Racing's championship record across Daytona Prototype and prototype competition includes winning the 2004 and 2005 Daytona Prototype series, multiple race victories through the ALMS/IMSA transition era, and the 2013 Daytona Prototype title. The Taylor family's sustained involvement — father Wayne as founder, brothers Ricky and Jordan as drivers — made WTR one of the most distinctively family-oriented operations in American endurance racing.
In 2023, the team's partnership with Andretti Autosport elevated its operational profile, with Louis Delétraz joining as an endurance co-driver and Formula 1 drivers Marcus Ericsson and Jenson Button adding high-profile entries at the Rolex 24 at Daytona.
The Konica Minolta Cadillac livery, as a recognizable flag for Wayne Taylor Racing's flagship entry, represents the continuity of a team that grew from a manufacturer-backed operation into a championship-caliber independent at the forefront of North American prototype racing. The blue-and-gold imagery became synonymous with the Taylor family's endurance racing ambitions across multiple eras of IMSA competition.