Mark Taylor (racing driver)

Mark Taylor
Nationality	United Kingdom
Born	December 16, 1977 (1977-12-16) (age 33) 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

Infiniti Pro Series
Years active	2003
Teams	Panther Racing
Starts	11
Wins	7
Poles	3
Best finish	1st in 2003
Previous series
2001-2002 1999-2000 1999-2000	British Formula Three Championship European Formula Ford Championship Formula Ford Great Britain
Championship titles
2003 2000 1997	Infiniti Pro Series European Formula Ford Championship Formula Ford UK Winter Series

Mark Taylor (born December 16, 1977 in Wimbledon, England) is a racing driver who drove in the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He drove the entire 2004 season for two different teams, but could not find a seat for the 2005 season.

Taylor began racing in Formula Ford in his native Britain, winning the Winter Championship in 1997 and finishing 8th in the main championship in 1999 while also finishing 4th in European Formula Ford that year. He won the European championship and was runner-up in the British championship the following year. He 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 and dominated what was perceived as a relatively weak field by 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 but while showing good speed, particularly in qualifying, he struggled to adapt to the top series becoming involved in accidents in 5 of his 6 starts with the team before he was dropped in favor of Townsend Bell.

However, he only missed one race before being drafted in by Greg Ray's Access Motorsports to drive the #13 car after racing the first half of the season, including the Indianapolis 500, for Menard. 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

Sporting positions
Preceded by A.J. Foyt IV	Infiniti Pro Series Champion 2003	Succeeded by Thiago Medeiros

Persondata
Name	Taylor, Mark
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 16, 1977
Place of birth	Wimbledon, England
Date of death
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