Mark Taylor (born 16 December 1977) is a British former 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 eighth in the main championship in 1999 while also finishing fourth 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 ninth. The following year, he captured his first win and finished seventh in points.
In 2003, Taylor moved to the American Infiniti Pro Series. He dominated the field, winning seven of the twelve races in the season driving the No. 4 car for the Fulmar Panther team. He graduated to the IndyCar Series driving the No. 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, Taylor was drafted by Greg Ray's Access Motorsports to drive the No. 13 car. He was unable to repeat his qualifying performances from earlier in the season but showed maturity in the car to finish seven of his nine races for Access with a best finish of seventh place.
Racing record
Complete American Open Wheel Racing results (key) Infiniti Pro Series Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points 2003 Panther RacingHMS1PHX1INDY3PPIR5KAN1NSH1MIS1STL9KTYDNSCHI1FON1TXS141st482
IRL IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Rank Points Ref 2004 Panther Racing 2 Dallara IR-04 Chevrolet Indy V8HMS19PHX12MOT16INDY30TXS17RIR18KAN 17th 232 Access Motorsports 13 G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8NSH7MIL14MIS21KTY19PPIR14NZR22CHI17FON10TX27
References
External links Mark Taylor IndyCar and Indy Pro Series stats at ChampCarStats.com