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Home Featured Max Taylor to contest part-time Indy Nxt campaign with HMD

Max Taylor to contest part-time Indy Nxt campaign with HMD

by Ida Wood

Photo: Matt Fraver

HMD Motorsports has announced an expansion to its Indy Nxt line-up, with Max Taylor joining the team for five events this season.

The 17-year-old recently tested for HMD at Sebring, making a big step up IndyCar’s support ladder. He was champion of the fifth-tier USF Juniors series in 2024 as well as coming third in the fourth-tier USF2000 and racing in GB3 over in Britain.

Taylor has raced exclusively for the Velocity Racing Development team over the past two years, and has already committed to stepping up to the third-tier USF Pro 2000 series full-time with them for 2025. He will now also make the leap up to Indy Nxt, joining the grid at Barber Motorsports Park, Detroit, Iowa Speedway, Laguna Seca and the Milwaukee Mile.

“I am anxious and excited to get the 2025 season officially underway,” said Taylor. “I have been fortunate enough to test in Indy Nxt as I continue to further my development, but my number one goal and focus is the USFP2000 championship. A huge thank you to everyone who has helped me get to this point. It’s going to be a very busy 2025 season.”

HMD now has seven full-time drivers and an eighth car which may be entered at events beyond the ones Taylor will compete in. At Sebring, reigning Euroformula champion Brad Benavides also tested with the team.

“Max has obvious talent, and his results from the USF ranks prove that,” HMD’s president Mike Maurini said.

He went on to claim: “Running with the HMD Motorsports programme at Sebring during our recent test, Max proved his speed and saw his name near the top of the time charts. At only 17, Max is in a steep learning curve, but from everything we have seen, he has a very bright future in motorsports.”