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Company Profile

The newest venture of racecar builder Mark Scott, previously of Riley & Scott Inc. Prototype Development is located near the Indianapolis International Airport, in the heart of America’s racing capitol.

Specializing in prototype manufacturing for the auto racing, marine, and aircraft industries, our mission statement is “efficient manufacturing through the use of experience and design”. 

Biography

The founder, Mark Scott, was born in England in 1953 in a room above his father’s gas station, so his interest in cars was ‘bred’ into him.

The Scott family emigrated to New Zealand in 1966 when he was 12 years old. When Mark finished his education, he went straight into the Automobile industry, and was building race cars and engines from the moment he had completed his apprenticeship as an auto mechanic.

Mark returned to England in 1975 to build engines for the McLaren F1 team, and was a member of the race team when they won the F1 world championship in 1976 with James Hunt.

After a short leave of absence to race Formula Ford in New Zealand, He returned to McLaren to be lead mechanic for Niki Lauda in 1982.

Mark subsequently worked with other notable drivers such as Ayrton Senna, Keke Rosberg, & John Watson.

In 1984 Mark came to America with Mayer Motor Racing to compete at the Indy 500 with drivers Tom Sneva and Howdy Holmes.

He worked as the chief mechanic for the BMW factory sports car team in 1985 & 1986, and in 1987 became chief mechanic for the Buick Indy car engine development team with drivers Jim Crawford and Johnny Rutherford.

A new and defining chapter in Mark’s career came when he partnered with Bob Riley to form Riley & Scott Inc. in 1990, for more than a decade that partnership turned out race winning cars in SCCA Trans Am, Le Mans Sports car racing, and even Indy cars, Riley & Scott Inc. was sold to Reynard Racing Cars Inc. in 1999. Technical Partners, Bob and Bill Riley continue the company today as Riley Technologies, LLC.

Mark Scott  married Libby in 1988, and has a son Benjamin, and a daughter Katie, and he became a United States citizen in 2000.

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