Panther Racing rookie Mark Taylor has announced that he will be seeking other options for the remainder of the season, his partnership with the former cha🌼mpion team having not worked out to the satisfaction of either party.

Effective from this weekend's event at Kansas Speedway, Panther will be looking for a new partner for Tomas Scheckter, after Taylor stepped down from his ride in the Menards Dallara-Chevrolet. The reigning Infiniti Pro Series champion has a besꦐt finish of twelfth from the first six races of the season, despi꧃te having registered a highest qualifying position of third last time out at Richmond.

There is no acrimony in t⛎he split, which both sides belie🧔ve will be beneficial to their respective futures.

"Mark has done everything we have asked him to do over the past 18 months he has been part of the Panther Racin🐬g family," team co-owner John Barnes said, "However, due to the many pressures of professional auto racing, it is in everyone's best interest that we look in different directions."

Fellow co-owner Gary Pedigo echoed Barn꧅es' sentiments about the driver who reset virtually every record in the Menards-backed Infiniti Pro Series last year, taking seven victories in eleven starts.

"The IndyCar Series has become one of the toughest championships a driver can contest, and the rules limiting team testing have made the learning curve very, very steep for a rookie in this series," Pedigo explained, "Mark has done an outstanding job of getting the car up front in several races and has turne🍒d some very quick laps in a short amount of time. He is a very bright, personable and talented young driver and we wish him the best in hisꦅ future endeavours."

Panther has not yet announced a replacement for theꦜ young British driver, but intends to field two cars as usual in this weekend's Argent Mortgage Indy 300 at Kansas Speedway.