Mark Taylor (driver)

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Mark Taylor
Nationality	United Kingdom
Date of Birth	December 16, 1977 (1977-12-16) (age 30)
Place of Birth	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
Previous series
2003	Infiniti Pro Series
Championship titles
2003	Infiniti Pro Series champion

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

Before driving in the IRL he won the 2003 Infiniti Pro Series season championship, dominating 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 IRL 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. He was dropped by the team in favor of Townsend Bell.

However, he only missed one race of the 2004 season being drafted in by 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 best finishes 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 baby daughter Savannah.

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