Max Taylor (racing driver)

Max Taylor is an American racing driver who is set to compete in the Indy NXT for Andretti Global. He previously competed in the [2025 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship|USF Pro 2000 Championship|USF Pro 2000 Championship] with Velocity Racing Development. Taylor is the 2024 USF Juniors Champion.

Racing career

USF Juniors

2023

On November 17, 2022, Taylor announced that he would be making his open-wheel racing debut in the 2023 USF Juniors driving for Velocity Racing Development. He would get his maiden win in the series in the third race at the Road America round. Taylor would finish sixth in the championship.

2024

Taylor would return to the series for the 2024 season once again with Velocity Racing Development. He would be in title contention all season with rival Liam McNeilly.

USF2000 Championship

2023

Alongside his full season campaign in USF Juniors, Taylor would make select starts in the 2023 USF2000 Championship with Velocity Racing Development. He had a best finish of sixth in race one at Road America.

2024

Taylor would contest the full USF2000 Championship for 2024, remaining with Velocity Racing Development.

GB3 Championship

2024

Taylor competed in a one-off round in Donington Park during the 2024 GB3 Championship, driving for Arden Motorsport.

2025

Taylor had another one-off round in GB3 for 2025, driving for new entrants Racelab in Donington Park once more.

USF Pro 2000 Championship

In 2025, Taylor stepped up to the 2025 USF Pro 2000 Championship with Velocity Racing Development.

Indy NXT

2025

Alongside his USF Pro 2000 campaign, Taylor also raced part-time in Indy NXT for HMD Motorsports.

2026

Taylor made a full promotion to Indy NXT in 2026, driving for Andretti Global.

Racing record

Racing career summary

* Season still in progress.

American open-wheel racing results

USF Juniors

Year

Team

Rank

Points

2023

Velocity Racing Development

SEB
1
13

SEB
2
13

SEB
3
4

ALA
1
7

ALA
2
5

VIR
1
4

VIR
2
11

VIR
3
3

MOH
1
11

MOH
2
6

ROA
1
13

ROA
2
15

ROA
3
1

COA
1
2*

COA
2
14

COA
3
6

6th

236

2024

Velocity Racing Development

NOL
1
3

NOL
2
6

NOL
3
2

ALA
1
8

ALA
2
5

VIR
1
1

VIR
2
5

VIR
3
3

MOH
1
1*

MOH
2
5

ROA
1
1*

ROA
2
6

ROA
3
3

POR
1
3

POR
2
2

POR
3
DNS

1st

329

Formula 4 United States Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Pos	Points
2023	Velocity Racing Development	NOL 1	NOL 2	NOL 3	ROA 1 12	ROA 2 6	ROA 3 15	MOH 1	MOH 2	MOH 3	NJM 1	NJM 2	NJM 3	VIR 1	VIR 2	VIR 3	COA 1	COA 2	COA 3	25th	4

USF2000 Championship

Year

Team

Rank

Points

2023

Velocity Racing Development

STP
1

STP
2

SEB
1

IMS
1
17

IMS
2
16

IMS
3
8

IRP

ROA
1
6

ROA
2
21

MOH
1
11

MOH
2
21

MOH
3
19

TOR
1

TOR
2

POR
1
11

POR
2
9

POR
3
8

18th

2024

Velocity Racing Development

STP
1
18

STP
2
15

NOL
1
5

NOL
2
6

NOL
3
3

IMS
1
1*

IMS
2
2

IRP
17

ROA
1
3

ROA
2
1

MOH
1
1*

MOH
2
5

MOH
3
1*

TOR
1
2

TOR
2
5

POR
1
17

POR
2
4

POR
3
6

3rd

343

USF Pro 2000 Championship

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position	Points
2025	Velocity Racing Development	STP 1 5	STP 2 4	NOL 1 7	NOL 2 5	NOL 3 3	IMS 1 3	IMS 2 10	IMS 3 19	IRP 8	ROA 1 8	ROA 2 5	ROA 3 1*	MOH 1 3	MOH 2 8	TOR 1 DSQ	TOR 2 19	POR 1 4	POR 2 11	6th	268