Mark Taylor (racing driver)

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
Mark Taylor
	Taylor in 2003
Nationality	Great Britain
Born	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 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.

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

Complete American Open Wheel Racing results

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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

IRL IndyCar Series

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Rank	Points
2004	Panther Racing	Dallara IR-04	Chevrolet Indy V8	HMS 19	PHX 12	MOT 16	INDY 30	TXS 17	RIR 18	KAN										17th	232
2004	Access Motorsports	G-Force GF09B	Honda HI4R V8								NSH 7	MIL 14	MIS 21	KTY 19	PPIR 14	NZR 22	CHI 17	FON 10	TX2 7	17th	232

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

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