# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:37:31.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-taylor"
name: "Wayne Taylor"
slug: "wayne-taylor"
description: "Wayne Taylor is a South African sports car racing driver and team owner. He won the 1996 and 2005 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 2005 Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series Daytona Prototype drivers' championship. He drove for SunTrust Racing with Max Angelelli. He co-drove in the 2006 International Race of Champions in the United States with Angelelli. Taylor now owns and manages his own team competing in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship."
tagline: "South African racecar driver and team owner"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wayne_Taylor_cockpit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1956-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.44
  momentum:             25
  historical:           9.223873333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  248
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.waynetaylorracing.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "واين تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "واين تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ウェイン・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Taylor"
    title: "Wayne Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q530359"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump