Mark Taylor (racing driver)

Mark Taylor 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 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.