With the sprint portion of the 2026 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship season now complete, Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing shifts back to the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup for the final round of the year, as the MOTUL Petit Le Mans returns to Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta. The 10-hour season finale at Road Atlanta has historically been a place of success for Wayne Taylor Racing, with the team claiming the overall win at the track three times (2014, 2018, 2020). The team recently completed a successful testing session at the circuit and look to take their learnings and translate them into a strong result for the last event of the 2026 season.

Ricky Taylor and Filipe Albuquerque, joined again by IMEC Cup co-driver, Will Stevens, in the No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R, arrive at Road Atlanta as the most recent endurance racing winners at Road America last month. Taylor already knows what it takes to win around the 12-turn, 2.54-mile road course with Wayne Taylor Racing, having done so in 2014 alongside his brother, Jordan Taylor. Taylor and Albuquerque most recently finished third in 2021 at this event, while this will be Stevens second time in competition at this track. With their Cadillac hitting its stride, the trio heads into the finale looking to add a second straight endurance-format victory and send 2026 out on a high note.

At the wheel of the No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R, Jordan Taylor and Louis Delétraz, joined by their IMEC co-driver, Colton Herta, know the way to success at Road Atlanta as well as anyone in the field. Taylor has won the MOTUL Petit Le Mans twice in prototype racing with Wayne Taylor Racing – first in 2014 alongside brother, Ricky, and again in 2018. While Delétraz set the pole position at the 2023 running of the event in his first Road Atlanta appearance with Wayne Taylor Racing. For Herta, this will be his second start at Petit Le Mans with Cadillac WTR. The No. 40 team carries the momentum of a third-place finish at Road America, the team's last endurance format start, and enters the weekend aiming to make it on the top step of the podium to close out the season.

“Petit Le Mans is one of my favorites events on the IMSA calendar,” said Wayne Taylor, team co-owner and inaugural Petit Le Mans winner. “It’s a true and pure sportscar event with an incredible history and I have many memories at this track. Heading to Road Atlanta, our job will be to support Cadillac Racing in the Manufacturers’ Championship and go all in for the race win. This season has had its ups and downs, but I’m so thankful for our partners in Cadillac, GM and DEX. I’m looking forward to ending the season on a high note.”

The 2026 MOTUL Petit Le Mans weekend opens with IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Practice 1 on Thursday, October 1, at 10:40 a.m. ET, followed by Practice 2 at 3:20 p.m. ET and Practice 3 at 7:30 p.m. ET. Qualifying is set for Friday, October 2, at 3:20 p.m. ET. The 10-hour MOTUL Petit Le Mans takes the green flag at 12:10 p.m. ET on Saturday, October 3, with live coverage available on NBC, Peacock and IMSA.TV.

Cadillac Wayne Taylor Racing Driver Quotes

Ricky Taylor, Petit Le Mans Winner (2014) and full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “It's really hard to test at the racetracks where we race months apart from the race because the conditions are so different, but that's the nice thing about enduring racing - knowing the different conditions always helps you. Petit Le Mans can be 85 degrees in the daytime, and then it can be 55 degrees in the nighttime, so at the test earlier this month, we got to see a good sample of the hot weather conditions. With that data, we can hopefully really nail down the car for the race so we can at least have a good starting point for practice. Normally in the third session, when we get to do night practice, we can work on our end of race car. It's a really grueling endurance race, and for the drivers, I think we watch lots of previous year races and see how the end comes out. It is a really intense race - it's long, and it's hard to make it to the end. And then when you do make it to the end, it's really hard to put yourself in the winning position. I think watching what works for other people in previous years, and then just the normal training and normal prep that we do for other weekends will be the best approach here.”

Filipe Albuquerque, full season co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “The Road Atlanta test earlier this month was a bit tricky because it was way too hot. When we come back here for the race, it's not going to be as hot, but obviously we are still able to learn more about it - especially the compression corners. We had work to do there, and we gained more understanding, which is super positive. We have a lot of unfinished business at Petit. I know I have, as I have never won here, and we have been able to lead many times, but no win so far. We are not fighting for the championship, but I think the number one goal is to help our teammates at Action Express Racing and Cadillac Racing to get the manufacturers’ title, and then, it would be cool for us to win. To be honest, I just come with amazing excitement, because this is one of my favorite races of the year. Petit is just unique. You cannot replicate such a track on traffic. And in the night, everything is on the line, people are not just going for the championships, but they want to win to secure a seat for next year or to finish on a high. It doesn't matter, it's just elbows out, and when everyone is driving like that, it's just beautiful. I enjoy it a lot. I have so many great memories of pure racing and pure fun at Petit, and I'm just excited always to come over here to race in Petit.”

Will Stevens, IMEC co-driver, No. 10 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “Petit is always a tricky event, and always hard to make good progress at during the race weekend. I feel like the test days we had earlier this month are very important because we get a bit more time on track to go through more data and make some better decisions. I think the test has a big influence on how we start the race week for Petit, and that obviously makes a huge difference for how the weekend goes. It's important to have time to try a lot of things that are mainly the things we wouldn't get to try on a race week.  I think this is a track that's always has a lot of attrition. I think the nature of the circuit with all the different classes in IMSA sort of lead you into those tight battles because if you get stuck behind a GT, for example, in certain places on track, you can lose a lot of time. It pushes all drivers to be aggressive in traffic, which obviously sometimes results in issues, so that's kind of the risk versus reward decisions we are constantly making as drivers. It’s important to do your homework before you get here on places that you can make overtakes and where you can be aggressive, so that when you get into the car, you can have confidence and know where you need to be placing the car and how you go about those overtakes. It's definitely a track where you need to stay out of trouble for the early part in order to still have the car in one piece to be able to attack at the end.”

Jordan Taylor, Petit Le Mans Winner (2014, 2018) and full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “The two-day test at Road Atlanta earlier this month was super critical and important for race weekend at Petit Le Mans. We've got 55-60 cars going around a lap that's just over a minute, so you're always in traffic and you can never get a clear lap. Coming here for two days with limited cars on track made it possible to get a lot of clean running in and a lot of good setup changes. This helps us better understand what the car does around the track and how you can influence it with setup changes depending on what the balance is. Whenever you can get one or two clear laps through practice on race weekends you kind of get a read on the balance, and then we can go back to our toolbox of things we learned at our test to kind of implement those for race weekend. Petit Le Mans is always one of the most intense races of the year. Obviously, with it being the finale, everyone kind of wants to end their year on a high note and head into the off season with a win. The race itself is always super intense with 55-60 cars on such a short lap, you're always in traffic, and you're always fighting cars. With it ending in the dark the intensity definitely ramps up with lots of risk being taken. The track is super intense with no room for error, so it always creates a lot of excitement.”

Louis Delétraz, Petit Le Mans Polesitter (2021) and full season co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “We did two days of testing at Road Atlanta earlier this month, and it was very warm. Usually, the race is a bit cooler, so it's something we have to take into account because track conditions matter a lot. It definitely helps us feel ready - the car felt great and the Cadillac always behaves well over bumps and tough tracks. I’m feeling ready and motivated for the last one of the year - to do well and achieve good results as a team. It's a 10-hour race, so obviously being in shape - being fit all year long is important, but it's even more important in these longer races. It's also a bit of a different approach coming from the Indy sprint race to this being an endurance race. It is longer with more opportunities to move to the front, so not all risks need to be taken at the beginning. It's important to be up front at night and have a quick car at night because during the day in the heat is not where we're going to win the race for Cadillac.”

Colton Herta, IMEC co-driver, No. 40 Cadillac WTR V-Series.R: “I’m excited to be back with Jordan and Louis at Road Atlanta. It’s been a while since we were last together at Sebring and few years since I’ve raced at this track. I know the team tested here earlier this month to get prepared for the weekend. It’ll be nice to be behind the wheel of the Cadillac V-Series.R again and ready to hit the ground running.”

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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 19-year history, WTR has accumulated multiple victories in sportscar racing’s most iconic events: Rolex 24 At Daytona (4x), Twelve Hours of Sebring (2x), Petit Le Mans (3x), Mid-Ohio, Road America and the Six Hours of The Glen (2x). Since joining in 2015, WTR has earned 18 Lamborghini Super Trofeo North America Championship titles, two Lamborghini World Finals titles (2017, 2025) and in 2025 secured a milestone 100 LST wins. For more information, visit www.waynetaylorracing.com.

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TWG Motorsports is the motorsports entity of TWG Global, unifying a robust racing portfolio across the world's biggest stages in Formula 1®, INDYCAR, Formula E, IMSA, and NASCAR. With strategic partnerships that include General Motors on the Cadillac Formula 1® Team and ownership of Andretti Global, Wayne Taylor Racing and Spire Motorsports, TWG Motorsports combines deep technical expertise, proven competitive excellence and industry-leading business acumen. TWG Motorsports is committed to innovating, growing and winning at the highest levels of the sport. Learn more at TWGMotorsports.com.