caption birth_place teams starts year birth_date poles wins image article_title name retired
taylor in 2003 wimbledon , england panther racing access motorsports 15 2004 16 december 1977 0 0 mark2 -lrb- 61843504 -rrb- . jpg mark taylor -lrb- racing driver -rrb-
 mark taylor 2004
mark taylor -lrb- racing driver -rrb-

mark taylor -lrb- born 16 december 1977 in wimbledon , england -rrb- 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 what was perceived as a relatively weak 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 -lrb- including the indy 500 -rrb- 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 .
