Wayne Taylor Racing ended a winning streak of more than two years in IMSA Grand Touring Prototype, winnin the Motul SportsCar Endurance Grand Prix at Road America with the No. 10 Cadillac of Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor
In a chaotic race (expanded to six hours) Sunday on the Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, road course, Albuquerque and Taylor delivered the team’s first win in the top category of the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship since Detroit in June 2024. It’s WTR’s first victory since returning to Cadillac last year.
“Very, very special,” Albuquerque said. “This is more than just a win. Super happy with everyone.”
Albuquerque took the lead from Jack Aitken in the No. 31 Cadillac with just under 90 minutes remaining and held on through multiple restarts as the race ended under yellow. The No. 5 JDC-Miller MotorSports Porsche 963 of Laurin Heinrich, Kaylen Frederick and Tijmen van der Helm finished second, and WTR ‘s No. 40 Cadillac of Jordan Taylor and Louis Deletraz finished third.
“Amazing day, it was a full team effort,” Ricky Taylor said. “So proud of how the team has stuck with it and kept working towards this sort of result, and just very thankful to Cadillac for sticking with us through all of it. They’ve always had our back, and they’ve emphasized how it’s one team and that support goes a long way to keeping our confidence because our confidence has been challenged a lot with the lack of results. So, finally getting a win and not just a lucky one. It was a strong performance all day, so we feel like this is something we can build on.”
It’s the second win at Road America for Wayne Taylor’s team.
“I just couldn’t be happier,” Taylor said.“The last 18 months has been the hardest 18 months for me in motorsports that I can remember. I kept saying to myself, we all work hard, we’ve got great partners, and the drivers are all working hard. The most important thing was keeping everybody positive and keeping the passion. To get a win and a third just shows to me that our work ethic, dedication, and focus as a team has paid off. This is really great and I’m very happy for everyone.”
The race featured nine cautions and a few dozen penalties, many for rough driving. More than three hours after the race, official results were pending because IMSA was reviewing an incident between the No. 31 Cadillace and No. 6 Porsche.
In other categories:
- LMP2: The Inter Europol Competition team won its second consecutive race with the trio of Jeremy Clarke, Bijoy Garg and Tom Dillmann in the No. 43 ORECA LMP2 07.
- GTD Pro: Andrea Caldarelli and Sandy Mitchell won in the Pfaff Motorsports-entered No. 9 Lamborghini Temerario GT3.
- GTD: Winward Racing captured its second consecutive victory with Russell Ward, Philip Ellis and Indy Dontje in the No. 57 Mercedes-AMG GT3.
Results from the 2026 IMSA SportsCar Endurance GP at Road America
Results
Results by class
Fastest laps by driver
Fastest laps by driver after race (over the weekend)
Fastest laps by driver and class after race
Race distance and average speed
Fastest lap sequence
Leader sequence
Lap chart
Race analysis by lap
Stint analysis
Time cards
Pit stop time cards
Best sector times
Flag analysis with race control messages
Weather report
Up next
The GTD Pro and GTD classes will race in the Michelin GT Challenge at VIR on Aug. 23 at Virginia International Raceway.
