Mark Taylor (racing driver)

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.

Mark Taylor
Taylor in 2003
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	(1977-12-16) 16 December 1977 (age 46) Wimbledon, London, 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

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 the 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.

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 Racing	HMS 1	PHX 1	INDY 3	PPIR 5	KAN 1	NSH 1	MIS 1	STL 9	KTY DNS	CHI 1	FON 1	TXS 14	1st	482
Source:[1][2]

IRL IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	No.	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points	Ref
2004	Panther Racing	Dallara IR-04	2	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS 19	PHX 12	MOT 16	INDY 30	TXS 17	RIR 18	KAN										17th	232	[3]
	Access Motorsports	G-Force GF09B	13	Honda HI4R V8								NSH 7	MIL 14	MIS 21	KTY 19	PPIR 14	NZR 22	CHI 17	FON 10	TX2 7
Source:[1]

References

1. "Mark Taylor Results". Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
2. "Mark Taylor – 2003 Infiniti / Indy Pro Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
3. "Mark Taylor – 2004 IndyCar Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2023.

External links

• Mark Taylor IndyCar and Indy Pro Series stats at ChampCarStats.com
• Mark Taylor career summary at DriverDB.com

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