Mark Taylor (racing driver)

Mark Taylor
Taylor in 2003
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	(1977-12-16) 16 December 1977 Wimbledon, England
Retired	2004
IRL IndyCar Series
Years active	2004
Teams	Panther Racing Access Motorsports
Starts	15
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	17th in 2004

Mark Taylor (born 16 December 1977 in Wimbledon, England) is a racing driver who drove in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He drove in the 2004 season for two different teams.

Taylor began racing in Formula Ford in his native Britain, winning the 1997 Winter Championship. He finished 8th in the main championship in 1999 while also finishing 4th in European Formula Ford that year. He won the 2000 European championship and was also runner-up in the British championship.

Taylor moved to the British Formula Three Championship in 2001 and finished 9th. The following year he captured his first win and finished 7th in points.

In 2003 Taylor moved to the American Infiniti Pro Series. He dominated what was perceived as a relatively weak field, winning 7 of the 12 races in the season driving the #4 car for the Fulmar Panther team. He graduated to the IndyCar Series driving the #2 for Team Menard in 2004. However, while showing good speed, particularly in qualifying, he struggled to adapt to the top series. He was involved in accidents in five of his six starts (including the Indy 500) before he was dropped in favor of Townsend Bell.

After missing only one race, he was drafted by Greg Ray's Access Motorsports to drive the #13 car. He was unable to repeat his qualifying performances from earlier in the season but showed maturity in the car to finish 7 of his 9 races for Access with a best finish of 7th place.

Having failed to secure a drive for 2005, Taylor has left motor racing and is now living back home in England with his wife Vanessa and daughter Savannah.

Racing record

American Open Wheel

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IndyCar results

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2004	Panther Racing	HMS 19	PHX 12	MOT 16	INDY 30	TXS 17	RIR 18	KAN										17th	232
	Access Motorsports								NSH 7	MIL 14	MIS 21	KTY 19	PPIR 14	NZR 22	CHI 17	FON 10	TX2 7

External links

• Mark Taylor IndyCar and Indy Pro Series stats at ChampCarStats.com
• Mark Taylor career summary on Driver Database