Scott Phillip McGraw Taylor (born September 15, 1955)[1] is a retired American professional off-road racing driver from Belvidere, Illinois.

Taylor won championships during the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s in the series that sanctioned off-road racing in the Midwestern United States.

He was the first two-wheel-drive truck winner of the Heavy Metal Challenge (now AMSOIL Cup) world championship race at Crandon International Off-Road Raceway in 2002; he repeated the win in 2008.

In a 2012 interview with the Rockford Register Star, he said "I was hopping up my dad’s lawn mower to make it mow faster when I was 6 years old.

[5] Taylor began his off-road racing career in 1974 at the Indian Summer Sprints at the Lake Geneva Raceway near his hometown Belvidere.

[1] Taylor won the 1997 SODA Class 8 points title over future NASCAR drivers Walker Evans, Brendan Gaughan, and five-time champion Jimmie Johnson.

Taylor took second in the 1998 CORR Pro-2 championship to off-road racing rookie and multiple-time motocross champion Ricky Johnson.

[10] He continued to use Roush Racing engines and had Mobil 1, BFGoodrich and Ford Motor Company as primary sponsors.

Taylor finished second and won his record fourth straight Pro 2 championship.

The five fastest Pro-2 trucks started 1,000 feet (300 m) ahead of the other thirty competitors and Taylor was fourth by the first turn and he quickly moved up to second place behind Carl Renezeder.

[12] After winning the Pro Precision Gear Driver of the Year, Taylor was nominated by the American Auto Racing Writers & Broadcasters Association All-American Team in the At Large category.

[13] The track was wet and slippery on the Saturday race and Taylor finished fourth, two spots ahead of Evans.

[13] In the final round, Taylor finished in second place, one spot in front of Evans, to win his sixth consecutive Pro-2 CORR title.

[13] Taylor started off 2005 by pulling quickly into third place at I-96 Speedway; he raced up to second and passed Kevin Probst's truck for the win near the end of the final lap.

[14] The final two-race weekend happened at the temporary Otay Ranch circuit in Chula Vista, California.

As he dove under the top two trucks for the lead, he slid and the vehicle broke ending his day; he was credited with a 19th-place finish.

[20] He returned to the track later that day for the 14th annual BorgWarner World Championship race as the only driver to compete in all fourteen prior events.

[21] Taylor dominated the race and the top three finishers were all two-wheel-drive trucks for the first time in the event's history.

Mike Kasch continued as the team's long-term crew chief and Dustin Pence took over the duty of preparing the truck for racing at their shop.

[22] Later that season, Taylor and his family were the grand marshal for the Friday parade at the September Crandon World Championship weekend.

[23] Taylor finished sixth in the final season points with three wins and three Oakley Bomb awards.

Taylor finished second at Crandon, third at the Saturday Chicagoland race, and fourth and third at Bark River.

Taylor made his final start in the Heavy Metal Challenge race at the September Crandon Weekend.

[5] Taylor raced as a privateer racer with a limited budget and his family is a part of his pit crew.