![]() It has agreed to additional ARX-06 being supplied by Honda Peformance Development. The Honda Motor Company, parent to the Acura brand, has not approved of any major sports car effort beyond its American-based entries of Taylor/Andretti and Meyer Shank Racing in the WeatherTech series. Taylor was part of Cadillac’s effort at Le Mans in 2000 to 2002. A source close to GM’s racing operations confirmed it would be no surprise if Taylor was keen on returning to Le Mans with Cadillac. ![]() It remains to be seen if a WEC and Le Mans effort would be with Cadillac, which is returning to Le Mans this year under the convergence of LMDh regulations in a two-car effort with Chip Ganassi Racing.Īndretti has announced intentions of going Formula 1 racing with the GM brand, possibly as early as 2026. That’s where we want to be.”ĬLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE QUALIFYING RESULTS FOR ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA. Le Mans “is the one sports car race in the world that we haven’t won overall,” said Wayne Taylor, “so it’s a major focus for us here. “Our goal is to be in every major racing event in the world and Le Mans is one of the big ones, so down the road we definitely want to be there,” said Michael Andretti in a media conference prior to WeatherTech Championship qualifying for the Rolex 24.Īndretti said he’s looking to expand his current satellite operation in Europe “in the next few years” to include a WEC program and Le Mans. Longer term, the team has its eye on Le Mans and the World Endurance Championship. The immediate goal for Wayne Taylor Racing with Andretti Autosport is to add a second Acura ARX-06 for next season’s WeatherTech Championship campaign. Andretti said he doesn’t think the IMSA partnership with Wayne Taylor Racing will weaken his current efforts in Ind圜ar and Formula E, saying that it’s a matter of not having same people do all the different series.It remains to be seen if any WEC and Le Mans effort would be with Cadillac, which is returning to Le Mans with Chip Ganassi Racing.Michael Andretti, who is trying to gain entry for his race team into Formula 1, also has designs on the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans.
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