Taylors Trucksport Racing are back in action this weekend when they return to adrenaline-packed action after a seven-week summer break in the Goodyear FIA European Truck Racing Championship, writes Paul Horton.

The Huthwaite-based race team is looking forward to Round 5 of the European Championship at Autodrom Most, Czech Republic and intends to carry on where it left off before the break, currently third place in the Chrome Championship.

During the last four rounds the team has held on to that third place with their race ace driver, 37-year-old Mark Taylor, behind the wheel of the highly-modified MAN TGX race truck that packs a punch with acceleration to match a Porsche 911, despite scaling in at around
5.5 tonnes.

Mark said: “The last four rounds before the break have gone great, we are still third in the Chrome Championship and let’s hope the next three rounds in the Czech Republic, France, and Spain go the same.

“I can’t wait to get back out there after some intense simulator work over the break.”

Mark has had a phenomenal four rounds so far this season, his second in Europe after five seasons in the British Championship previously, moving up to join some of Europe’s elite drivers in truck racing.

He’s taken to the sport like a duck to water and is now one of the elite drivers thanks to the professional, small family-run motorsport team making headway in the rankings and the series.

Mark has been on the podium seven times this season so far, gaining trophies in the Chrome Championship, and on top of that team principal Alan Taylor has been up their too, collecting further Team Championship silverware with their collaboration with Reboconort
Racing Truck Team and their Portuguese driver, Jose Eduardo Rodrigues.

In 2023, Mark had an exceptional debut season in the championship, finishing fifth in the Promoters Cup that should have been really a top three place, after the team suffered after a big crash in Most, virtually writing the truck off. The truck then struggled and under performed for the rest of the season after it was re-built in just under two weeks after the incident for the next race weekend.