Mark Taylor (born 16 December 1977) is a British former racing driver who drove in the

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. He drove in the 2004 season for two different teams. Taylor began racing in

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in his native Britain, winning the 1997 Winter Championship. He finished 8th in the

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championship in 1999 while also finishing 4th in

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that year. He won the 2000 European championship and was also runner-up in the British championship. Taylor moved to the

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in 2001 and finished 9th. The following year he captured his first win and finished 7th in points. In

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Taylor moved to the American

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. 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

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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

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) before he was dropped in favor of

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. After missing only one race, he was drafted by

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'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

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Infiniti Pro Series

IRL IndyCar Series

References

External links

Mark Taylor IndyCar and Indy Pro Series stats at ChampCarStats.comMark Taylor career summary on Driver Database
{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Mark 1977 births Living people English racing drivers IndyCar Series drivers Indianapolis 500 drivers Indy Lights champions Indy Lights drivers British Formula Three Championship drivers Formula Ford drivers Porsche Supercup drivers Manor Motorsport drivers Panther Racing drivers