Driver Profile

Taylor McKeever was born along with his twin sister Brooke Ann on May 5,1995 in Clearwater, Florida. At about the age of two I realized he was born with a motor. He drove everything from crayons to cereal spoons. I should have known then he was going to be a race car driver. He was about five years old when he asked me to take him to the Daytona 500. His favorite driver to this day is still #3 Dale Earnhardt. He keeps a #3 on the right fender of his four wheeler as a tribute to his hero.

Taylor got his first kart when he was 7 years old. It was a Coyote Kart with a Yamaha motor. He drove it around the school car circle every weekend for two months. Our neighbor Gary Long who is a professional car driver came to watch one Sunday. He thought Taylor had some real talent and suggested we take him to the race track.

The very next Saturday we went to the race track for our first time. We all stood in amazement as he set lap after lap faster than the one before. By the end of the day he was setting laps as fast as anyone in his class. Gary suggested that we enter Taylor in the next local race to see how his skills would match up with other drivers.

The next Sunday morning we drove to Ocala Gran Prix to enter Taylor in his first race. Because he was a rookie driver the track director suggested that he start in the back of the pack. In twelve laps Taylor went from last to first and won the first race he entered.

Since that first race in Ocala Taylor has won over one hundred races, won six championships, and placed in the top five in many others. He currently leads the points in the Ocala Winter Series.

The Florida Winter Tour and The Champ Car Rotax Challenge are set to start in January 2007. The race team is anxious to see where Taylor will lead us this year.