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WTRAndretti Returns to Cadillac for 2025

Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Global and Cadillac announced Thursday morning (Sept. 5) that WTRAndretti will return to the Cadillac fold for the full 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season. The team will continue to field two full-time GTP entries.

The move means that there will be three full-time Cadillac VSeries.Rs in the GTP class in 2025. WTRAndretti’s two Cadillacs will join the existing entry from Action Express Racing on the grid.

“Cadillac Racing is thrilled to run an expanded three-car factory program in the 2025 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship,” said Mark Reuss, president of GM. “Wayne Taylor Racing and Action Express Racing bring decades of proven racing and technical expertise, and we look forward to continued success on the track.

“I am so glad to return to the Cadillac family,” team owner Wayne Taylor stated in a press release. “Having teamed with GM for so many years, with so many wins and championships, and having enjoyed such a fantastic relationship with them, this global program we have put together could not be more thrilling. We have exciting things coming and I look forward to discussing our commercial relationships in the coming months.”

This season, there are two full-time Cadillac VSeries.Rs on the grid. One from Action Express Racing and one from Chip Ganassi Racing that is often branded as Cadillac Racing. Chip Ganassi Racing’s Sebastien Bourdais and Renger van der Zande are currently third in points with a victory at Long Beach. Action Express Racing’s Jack Aitken and Pipo Derani are fourth with no victories, but second-place finishes at Daytona, Long Beach and WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca..

WTRAndretti has a long history with General Motors that dates back to the earliest years of the team. The team began racing a Riley Mk. XI with Pontiac power in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series back in 2004. It took only three races for the team to take their first victory at Phoenix Raceway’s now-defunct infield road course with Wayne Taylor and Max Angelelli driving.

The Pontiac power eventually gave way to Chevrolet after GM folded Pontiac. Following two years with Ford power, the team switched back to Chevrolet when the Corvette DP was introduced. The Corvette DP remained in use through the Grand-Am/American Le Mans Series merger until 2016.

When the DPis were introduced in 2017, they raced the Cadillac DPi-V.R. through 2020 (pictured above) before switching to Acura. In that time, the team won 10 races and claimed the 2017 championship with Wayne Taylor’s sons Jordan and Ricky driving.

Currently, the team field two Acura ARX-06s in the GTP class. One is shared by Filipe Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor, while the other is shared by Louis Deletraz and Jordan Taylor. At present, Deletraz and Jordan Taylor are fifth in GTP points with a win at Sebring, while Albuquerque and Ricky Taylor are sixth with a win at Detroit.

Drivers for the two full-time entries, including additional drivers for the Michelin Endurance Cup races, will be announced at a later date.

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Phil Allaway has three primary roles at Frontstretch. He's the manager of the site's FREE e-mail newsletter that publishes Monday-Friday and occasionally on weekends. He keeps TV broadcasters honest with weekly editions of Couch Potato Tuesday and serves as the site's Sports Car racing editor.

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