Martin Plowman

Martin Plowman
Nationality	British
Born	October 3, 1987 (1987-10-03) (age 24) Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (England)
2011 Izod IndyCar Series
Debut season	2011
Current team	Schmidt/AFS Racing
Car no.	17
Starts	3
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Previous series
2009-10 2008 2006–07 2006–07	Firestone Indy Lights Formula Three Euroseries Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Formula Renault Eurocup

Martin Plowman (born October 3, 1987) is an English racing driver from Burton upon Trent currently competing in the IZOD IndyCar Series.

Racing Career

Early career

After several extremely successful years in karting, Toyota signed Martin to a Multi-year contract to their Young driver program. He made his professional debut in 2006 driving in Italian Formula Renault for Prema Powerteam, finishing 5th in the Italian Series, claiming Rookie of the year. He returned to the same team and series in 2007, finishing joint 7th with Team-Mate Henkie Waldscmidt in Italian Formula Renault. A disappointing end to the campaign for the Prema Powerteam after holding 1-2 in the championship half way through the season. In 2008 Martin became an official Volkwagen Junior driver where he was assigned to the newly re-formed RC Motorsport team and drove in the first 7 rounds (14 races) of the Formula Three Euroseries where he failed to score any points and only managed a best finish of 17th. He also drove in the Masters of Formula 3 with Signature-Plus where he finished 14th.

Indy Lights

In 2009 Plowman signed to drive for Panther Racing in the American Firestone Indy Lights series, the feeder series to IndyCars. Martin finished 11th in the points standings in his inaugural season with Panther Racing, while achieving two top 5 finishes and eight top ten finishes.

After the 2009 season, Martin signed on board with AFS-Andretti Autosport to compete with teammate Charlie Kimball in the 2010 Indy Lights season. Plowman won from the pole to capture his first victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. He captured another pole two races later at Chicagoland Speedway but was knocked after making contact with former teammate Pippa Mann while leading the race. He finished third in the championship, one spot ahead of Kimball.

IZOD Indycar Series

On July 8, 2011 it was announced that Plowman will make his IZOD IndyCar Series debut with Sam Schmidt Motorsports as a part of their seven-race partnership with AFS Racing. Plowman will compete in the events at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Infineon Raceway, and the Baltimore Grand Prix, driving the number 17 car featuring the logo of Snowball Express, a volunteer organization created to assist the children of military personnel who have died while on active duty since the 9/11 attacks. ^{[1][2] [3]}

Racing record

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Points
2008	RC Motorsport	Dallara F308/051	Volkswagen	HOC1 1 17	HOC1 2 Ret	MUG 1 Ret	MUG 2 23	PAU 1 Ret	PAU 2 Ret	NOR 1 Ret	NOR 2 Ret	ZAN 1 20	ZAN 2 17	NÜR 1 17	NÜR 2 21	BRH 1 18	BRH 2 22	CAT 1	CAT 2	LMS 1	LMS 2	HOC2 1	HOC2 2	31st	0

American open–wheel racing results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Indy Lights

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Rank	Points
2009	Panther Racing	STP1 15	STP2 16	LBH 15	KAN 5	INDY 22	MIL 15	IOW 8	WGL 10	TOR 12	EDM 13	KTY 9	MDO 5	SNM 10	CHI 8	HMS 7	11th	298
2010	AFS Racing Andretti Autosport	STP 6	ALA 4	LBH 5	INDY 5	IOW 2	WGL 4	TOR 7	EDM 3	MDO 1	SNM 16	CHI 13	KTY 7	HMS 6			3rd	392

IndyCar

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Rank	Points
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS1	TXS2	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MDO 18	NHM	SNM 12	BAL 11	MOT	KTY	LVS	33rd*	49*

* 2011 season in progress.

External links

• Official Martin Plowman fan club
• Martin Plowman interview at BritsOnPole.com

References

1. ^ http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/43917-plowman-to-make-series-debut-at-mid-ohio/
2. ^ http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/43877-schmidt-afs-partner-for-seven-races/
3. ^ http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/44364-plowman-gets-rolling-with-snowball-express/#.Tjgi7T1YHWE.twitter

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Name	Plowman, Martin
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Date of birth	October 3, 1987
Place of birth	Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire (England)
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