1. Martin James Plowman was born on 3 October 1987 and is a British professional racing driver from Tamworth currently competing in the British GT Championship for Paddock Motorsport, which he co-founded with Kelvin Fletcher.
16 Facts About Martin Plowman
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Martin Plowman 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.
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Martin Plowman returned to the same team and series in 2007, finishing joint 7th with Team-Mate Henkie Waldscmidt in Italian Formula Renault.
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Martin Plowman was dropped from the Toyota young driver program at the end of 2007.
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In 2008 Martin Plowman became an official Volkswagen junior driver where he was assigned to the newly re-formed RC Motorsport team and drove in the first seven rounds of the Formula Three Euroseries where he failed to score any points and only managed a best finish of 17th.
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Martin Plowman drove in the Masters of Formula 3 with Signature-Plus where he finished 14th.
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In 2009 Martin Plowman signed to drive for Panther Racing in the American Firestone Indy Lights series, the feeder series to IndyCars.
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Martin Plowman finished 11th in the points standings in his inaugural season with Panther Racing, while achieving two top five finishes and eight top ten finishes.
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Martin Plowman won from the pole to capture his first victory at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course.
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Martin Plowman captured another pole two races later at Chicagoland Speedway but was knocked after making contact with former teammate Pippa Mann while leading the race.
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Martin Plowman finished third in the championship, one spot ahead of Kimball.
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In 2011 Martin Plowman made his IndyCar Series debut with Sam Schmidt Motorsports as a part of their partnership with AFS Racing.
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In each event, Martin Plowman improved upon his starting position and upon his previous results, culminating in a near top-10 finish at the Baltimore Grand Prix.
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Gonzalez, Baguette and Plowman got the second place of LMP2 category, only behind Oreca 03-Nissan team.
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Gonzalez, Baguette and Martin Plowman obtained the seventh place of LMP2 category.
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Therefore, Martin Plowman won the 2013 FIA WEC World Championship for drivers and teams in LMP2 class.