Max Taylor is a racing driver from United States who competes in Indy NXT for Andretti Global. Taylor is a one-time champion (2024), with 9 wins and 27 podiums from 86 starts.[1]
A Racer Rating of 4,601 ranks Taylor 1744th of 40,349 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file.
| 2026-09-06 | Grand Prix Of Monterey Race 2 | P14 | −59 |
| 2026-09-05 | Grand Prix Of Monterey Race 1 | P7 | +34 |
| 2026-08-30 | Indy Nxt By Firestone At The Milwaukee Mile | P4 | +83 |
| 2026-08-09 | Grand Prix Of Portland | P3 | +96 |
| 2026-07-19 | Music City Grand Prix | P5 | +78 |
| Rating won | Race | Series | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| +152 | Grand Prix Of Arlington 2026 | Indy NXT | P1 |
| +149 | Grand Prix Of St. Petersburg 2026 | Indy NXT | P2 |
| +135 | Grand Prix Of Alabama Race 2 2026 | Indy NXT | P2 |
| +131 | Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino 2022 | SKUSA SuperNationals | P3 |
| +119 | Indianapolis Grand Prix Race 2 2026 | Indy NXT | P2 |
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | DNFs | Poles | Points | Pos | Gain/Loss | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ▸Indy NXT | Andretti Global | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P4 | +692 | 4,601 |
| 2025 | ▸USF Pro 2000 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P6 | −249 | 3,909 | |
| ▸Indy NXT | HMD Motorsports | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P15 | ↑399−90 | ||
| ▸GB3 | Race Lab | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | −36 | ||
| 2024 | ▸USF Juniors | 15 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P1 | +433 | 3,886 | |
| ▸USF2000 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P2 | +215 | |||
| ▸GB3 | Arden Motorsport | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P25 | ↑253−39 | ||
| 2023 | ▸USF2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P14 | −84 | 3,024 | |
| ▸US F4 | Velocity Racing Development | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P23 | ↑855+33 | ||
| 2022 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +196 | 2,220 | |
| 2021 | ▸SKUSA SuperNationals | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | +674 | 2,024 |
| Rival | Rating | Raced | Ahead | Behind | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 Max Garcia | 4,585 | 55 | 21 | 34 | 38% |
| 🇺🇸 Carson Etter | 2,753 | 50 | 43 | 7 | 86% |
| 🇺🇸 Brady GolanFIA Silver | 3,225 | 39 | 36 | 3 | 92% |
| 🇺🇸 Michael Costello | 3,279 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 69% |
| 🇺🇸 Alessandro de Tullio | 4,608 | 33 | 17 | 16 | 52% |
| 🇧🇷 Nicholas Monteiro | 3,058 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 84% |
| 🇺🇸 Joey Brienza | 2,914 | 31 | 21 | 10 | 68% |
| 🇮🇱 Ariel Elkin | 4,138 | 30 | 13 | 17 | 43% |
| 🇦🇺 Lochie Hughes | 4,842 | 27 | 15 | 12 | 56% |
| 🇺🇸 G3 Argyros | 3,987 | 25 | 21 | 4 | 84% |
| 🇳🇴 Dennis HaugerFIA Gold, 3× champion | 5,359 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% |
| 🇧🇷 Enzo FittipaldiFIA Gold, 1× champion | 5,324 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 59% |
| 🇲🇽 Ernesto RiveraHigher-rated | 5,269 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 67% |
| # | Driver | Series | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,734 | 🇺🇸 John Shoffner | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,604 |
| 1,735 | 🇫🇷 Thomas Laurent | European Le Mans Series | 4,604 |
| 1,736 | 🇺🇸 Townsend Bell | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,604 |
| 1,737 | 🇺🇸 Dylan Murry | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,603 |
| 1,738 | 🇩🇪 Finn Gehrsitz | WEC | 4,603 |
| 1,739 | 🇩🇪 Nico Hantke | Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie | 4,603 |
| 1,740 | 🇮🇹 Paolo Delle Piane | International Formula 3000 | 4,603 |
| 1,741 | 🇬🇧 Thomas Fleming | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,602 |
| 1,742 | 🇨🇭 Gilles Tinguely | Formula 3 Euro Series | 4,601 |
| 1,743 | 🇺🇸 Janine Hill | Nürburgring 24 Hours | 4,601 |
| 1,744 | 🇺🇸 Max Taylor | Indy NXT | 4,601 |
| 1,745 | 🇩🇪 Lirim Zendeli | Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup | 4,600 |
| 1,746 | 🇯🇵 Akihiko Nakaya | Super GT | 4,599 |
| 1,747 | 🇯🇵 James Pull | Super GT | 4,599 |
| 1,748 | 🇫🇷 Adrien Tambay | GT World Challenge Europe | 4,598 |
| 1,749 | 🇦🇺 Jimmy Piszcyk | British F4 | 4,598 |
| 1,750 | 🇺🇸 Terry Labonte | NASCAR Xfinity | 4,597 |
| 1,751 | 🇳🇱 Huub van Eijndhoven | European Le Mans Series | 4,596 |
| 1,752 | 🇨🇦 Mikael Grenier | GT World Challenge America | 4,596 |
| 1,753 | 🇧🇷 Pedro Cardoso | TCR World Tour | 4,596 |
| 1,754 | 🇲🇽 Sebastian Alvarez | IMSA WeatherTech | 4,596 |
Max Taylor is a professional racing driver competing in Indy NXT for Andretti Global. He races single-seaters across the North American ladder, having progressed through USF2000, USF Pro 2000, and USF Juniors before joining Indy NXT in 2025. Taylor won the 2024 USF Juniors championship and has taken nine wins across 86 career starts.[1]
His record shows steady progression through the ladder rather than breakthrough dominance. He finished second in the 2024 USF2000 championship, a season in which he took four wins and eight podiums against a field mixing amateurs with established professionals. In USF Pro 2000 the following year he won once in 16 starts and took four podiums; in his 23 Indy NXT starts to date he has one win and five podiums. His climb has been marked by competition against Max Garcia, a fellow professional who has won both 2024 USF2000 and 2025 USF Pro 2000 and remains closely matched with Taylor across series. Against Carson Etter, a semi-professional regular across these same championships, Taylor typically finishes ahead.[2]
Taylor races in fields that include established professionals with significant touring car and open-wheel experience. He has finished ahead of Enzo Fittipaldi, an established professional and former Italian F4 champion with 85 Formula 2 starts, on multiple occasions, and beaten Dennis Hauger, the 2025 Indy NXT champion and a Gold-graded driver who has raced in Formula 2 and Formula 3, once in competition. His Andretti Global team has fielded stronger drivers; his nearest teammate in current results is a developing driver like himself.