With two events remaining in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing GTP pair returns to their endurance racing form to finish the season. The TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a six-hour event around the 2.439-mile road course and marks the home race for the Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing team, whose headquarters are just miles to the west in Brownsburg. 2025 marks the third year of the IMS road course present on the IMSA schedule and the second year as a part of the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup.

Piloting the No. 10 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP for the six hours around IMS will be Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque. In their two starts together as a pair at Indianapolis, Taylor and Albuquerque have compiled two top five results. With two podium finishes so far this season, the No. 10 Cadillac WTR team are solely focused on achieving a win to round out the year and gain as many key championship points as possible.

For the No. 40 Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing V-Series.R GTP, it’s Jordan Taylor and Louis Delétraz back at the helm for all six hours of racing. Entering this weekend, this is only the second time the duo has competed together at IMS and led 24 laps back in 2024. After a challenging season, the No. 40 Cadillac WTR team will continue to seek their first victory in the final two events of the calendar.

“It is our home race at Indianapolis,” said Wayne Taylor, Team Owner. “It will be great to have the team’s families supporting us for the race. It is a long-distance race which I enjoy a lot. I think in the six-hour race, if you don’t have the pace for some reason, the strategy comes into play more significantly than any other race. We have not sort of been in the position to race for wins up until now and we are going to Indy to win.”

The Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing GTP team’s preparations for the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks with practice on Friday, September 19, at 11:15 a.m. ET. Saturday, September 20, will be filled with second, and final, practice at 8:55 a.m. ET and qualifying later that afternoon at 4:30 p.m. ET. Green flag is set for 11:40 a.m. ET on Sunday, September 21, for the TireRack.com Battle on the Bricks. Peacock will broadcast all six hours of racing with NBC on air at 3 p.m. ET through the checkered flag.

Ricky Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: ““It is late in the season, we do not have much to lose in the points. It is our home race, so everyone is really motivated to get a good result and have some momentum at the end of the year. It has been a hard year, but we have been improving and finding some gains. I think, after having a good test in Road Atlanta, having a great race at Indy to take some momentum into Petit is the approach. This is our last Indy six-hour since it is changing next year. A six hour is a hard balance in between a sprint race and an endurance race. It is not one you can take it easy but there is still a lot of opportunity to get behind and make a mistake. It is a hard balance between how much you push and how much you save. Indy is really hard to set the car up for. The track is very unique. It is not really like any other place we go. You could say it is a roval but it is nothing like Daytona. It is smooth but nothing like Watkins Glen or the other smooth tracks we go to. It is quite on its own, so in regards to car set up, it is unique and one of the few places we have not tested with the Cadillac, so it is a little bit of the unknown. Action Express has experience at Indy with the Cadillac, so we will lean on our teammates before going.”

“It is always nice going to Indy with all the families of our team members there. It really feels like a home race, even though I am not from there myself. Everybody’s spouses, kids and parents are there supporting us. It adds a nice family environment – even more so than a home race feel. It is really nice. I guess it is a little bit of pressure as everyone would like to do well in front of their loved ones, but it just a nice family feel.”

Filipe Albuquerque, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Obviously, the expectation is to win. We are closing the gap, narrowing it down and increasing the performance of the Cadillac. We are getting more and more comfortable. We tested as well at Road Atlanta to unlock more knowledge about the Cadillac. We are looking forward to Indianapolis as we are looking forward to any time in the car because it makes us faster. We were pretty competitive in Road America and before that with two podiums. We are definitely looking for podiums at Indy and, obviously, you need to be a little bit lucky as well with the race strategy situation as well since you never know when a yellow comes. So, we look for a podium and a win.”

“Something about home races, it gives you more pressure. However, the pressure is already there from everybody, that you need to win, no matter what. You have family around, which is so nice to have, but it can take the focus off, and I say this from personal experience. It is just nice when we win in front of our home crowd. It is awesome. But the mentality for any race is and should be the same. As Mario Andretti said, ‘every race is important, and preparation must always be at a maximum effort.’.”

Jordan Taylor, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “We only have two races to go. It is another endurance race. It is our home race, so a lot of family and friends of the team will be there. And a lot of support from Dallara, being based in Indy as well. I think we had a decent run there last year and were in contention for the Indy for most of the race. We haven’t been able to test there with the Cadillac, but we will do two days in the sim to prep. Over the course of this year, we have learned a lot and the past couple of events, we have felt comfortable and confident with the car. I think we are arriving with some confidence and hopefully will get a win on the board for the 40 car. Indy is unique. It is not like any of the other endurance races. It is a short and condensed track, especially with the number of cars we have, so you are constantly in traffic. Throughout the race, you are trying to take care of the car and stay out of trouble and at the end of the race, there is a lot of risk versus reward in the traffic itself. It can make or break you there. Last year, we saw mixed conditions, so you kind of never know what you are going to get there, especially with it being 6 hours. We will be ready for whatever comes our way.”

“It is nice for the team to have the extra support with friends and family begin around. I know when we do Daytona, I have a lot of friends and family there to support me. So, for the team, it will be nice to have some extra support there to push us forward.”

Louis Delétraz, full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Indy is always a fun race. It is a different race than usual. Traffic is always pretty crazy. It is a home race for us, so I am very excited. We want to be back on the podium, that is the goal. You need a lot of mechanical grip at Indy. I think that is the focus. We will not have tested there this year, but I think you can set up the car a bit differently than some of the other tracks. It is very smooth. It is a track that you want a well-balanced car with good mechanical grip and easy to drive in traffic.”

“Having all the team, family and fans of Wayne Taylor Racing is great. We always feel a lot of support at this race and it feels great. It definitely makes a difference.”

About Wayne Taylor Racing (WTR)

Wayne Taylor Racing, part of TWG Motorsports, is a global motorsports enterprise that boasts two IMSA driver championships (2013 and 2017), and back-to-back IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup Championships (2020, 2021) which contributed to nine IMSA manufacturer championships for Acura, Pontiac, Corvette and Cadillac. In its brief 18-year history, WTR has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona, Twelve Hours of Sebring, Petit Le Mans, Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen. With its back-to-back PRO Class Championship wins (2022, 2023), WTR currently has 14 North America Lamborghini Super Trofeo Championship titles and a Lamborghini World Finals title. For more information, visit www.waynetaylorracing.com.