Martin Plowman

Martin Plowman
Born	(1987-10-03) October 3, 1987 Tamworth, England
Occupation	Racing driver
Known for	2013 24 Hours of Le Mans LMP2 winner; 2013 FIA WEC LMP2 drivers' and teams' champion

Martin James Plowman (born 3 October 1987) is a professional racing driver from Tamworth, England. He currently competes in the British GT Championship representing Paddock Motorsport, a team he co-established with Kelvin Fletcher. In 2013, Plowman achieved victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans within the LMP2 category and claimed both the drivers' and teams' titles in the 2013 FIA WEC World Championship for LMP2.

Early career

Following a successful period in karting, Plowman was signed by Toyota into their decade-long young driver development program. He made his professional debut in 2006 competing with Prema Powerteam in the Italian Formula Renault series, where he finished fifth overall and earned the rookie of the year accolade. Returning to the same series in 2007, he concluded the season tied for seventh place alongside teammate Henkie Waldschmidt after leading mid-season. However, Toyota ended their association with him at the close of 2007.

In 2008, Plowman became an official Volkswagen junior driver and joined RC Motorsport to compete in the Formula Three Euroseries. During the first seven rounds, he did not score points and his highest race finish was 17th. Additionally, he took part in the Masters of Formula 3 event with Signature-Plus, finishing in 14th position.

Indy Lights

Plowman transitioned to the American racing scene in 2009 by signing with Panther Racing to participate in the Firestone Indy Lights series, which serves as a developmental platform for IndyCar. He completed the season ranked 11th in points, achieving two top-five finishes and eight top-ten results.

For the 2010 campaign, he moved to AFS-Andretti Autosport, teaming up with Charlie Kimball. Plowman earned his inaugural victory from pole position at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course and secured another pole at Chicagoland Speedway. His race at Chicagoland was compromised due to contact with former teammate Pippa Mann. Ultimately, he finished third overall in the championship standings, ahead of Kimball.

IndyCar Series

In 2011, Plowman made his debut in the IndyCar Series driving for Sam Schmidt Motorsports in collaboration with AFS Racing. He competed in three events—Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, Infineon Raceway, and the Baltimore Grand Prix—piloting car number 17 under sponsorship from Snowball Express, a charity aiding children of fallen military members. Throughout these races, Plowman consistently improved his starting grid positions and race finishes, nearly breaking into the top ten at Baltimore. During the off-season, he remained active with Snowball Express through public speaking and promotional efforts.

American LeMans Series

On 24 February 2012, it was announced that Plowman would join co-drivers David Heinemeier Hansson and Francesco Dracone for Conquest Endurance’s new LMP2 entry in the American LeMans Series. The team’s Judd-powered Morgan No. 37 car debuted at the 60th Anniversary 12 Hours of Sebring on 17 March 2012, securing third place in the ALMS P2 category despite a last-minute change in drivers. Beginning with the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Conquest partnered with Nissan North America to provide engines for their cars throughout the season. On 22 July 2012 at the Grand Prix of Mosport, Plowman and Heinemeier Hansson earned their first pole position and class victory (third overall), marking Conquest Endurance’s maiden win in ALMS competition.

FIA World Endurance Championship

Following the conclusion of the 2012 campaign, Conquest Endurance withdrew from the ALMS series.

2013 season

In 2013, Plowman teamed up with co-driver Heinemeier Hansson to join OAK Racing, competing in the LMP2 category of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Morgan-Nissan vehicles. Plowman shared driving duties of the No. 35 car alongside Bertrand Baguette and Ricardo González.

The season kicked off at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, where the OAK Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan No. 35 secured a fourth-place finish in class (twelfth overall), earning their initial 10 World Championship points.

At the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, the trio of González, Baguette, and Plowman achieved third place in LMP2 (eleventh overall).

During the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, the OAK Racing Morgan LMP2-Nissan squad, driven by Plowman, González, and Baguette, triumphed in the LMP2 division (seventh overall), completing 329 laps amid difficult weather conditions that included twelve safety car deployments.

At the 6 Hours of São Paulo, hosted at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace, the team finished second in LMP2 behind the Oreca 03-Nissan crew (Rusinov, Martin, Conway), marking Plowman's second podium appearance that year.

In round five, the 6 Hours of Circuit of the Americas event in Austin, Texas, they placed seventh in LMP2 (eleventh overall).

The 6 hours of Fuji race was curtailed early due to weather after a safety car restart. Starting from pole position, the No. 35 OAK Morgan-Nissan was declared winner in LMP2 (fourth overall), with half points awarded to all participants because of the reduced race length.

At the 6 Hours of Shanghai, after qualifying fourth, the team finished third in LMP2 (seventh overall), extending their lead in the championship by 15 points ahead of the final round.

In the season-ending 6 Hours of Bahrain, González, Baguette, and Plowman qualified sixth and concluded fourth in class (sixth overall). This outcome clinched Plowman the 2013 FIA WEC World Championship titles for both drivers and teams in LMP2.

British GT

Plowman commenced competing in British GT in 2015 and became a full-time entrant by 2017, partnering with Kelvin Fletcher in a Nissan GT4; Fletcher has continuously served as his co-driver. The pair captured the GT4 Pro-Am championship in 2019 but were absent from competition during 2020 due to pandemic-related disruptions.

They returned to racing in 2021 with JRM before transitioning to Paddock Motorsport—a team established by Plowman and Fletcher—which had already been active in both the BRSCC Mazda MX5 Championship and GT Cup Championship. Under Plowman's leadership as driver and team principal, Paddock Motorsport expanded its operations in 2022 to field entries in both GT3 and GT4 classes.

At the Oulton Park round during the 2022 British GT season, Plowman and Fletcher earned their inaugural overall British GT victory. Additionally, Paddock Motorsport secured its first GT4 win that year at Donington Park, where Moh Ritson and Kavi Jundu claimed victory in the GT4 Pro-Am category.

Full Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results

(key) (Entries shown in bold denote pole position; entries in italics represent fastest laps)

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final Position	Points
2006	Prema Powerteam	ZOL 1 22	ZOL 2 17	IST 1 22	IST 2 Ret	MIS 1 NC	MIS 2 23	NÜR 1 21	NÜR 2 35	DON 1 16	DON 2 11	LMS 1 21	LMS 2 10	CAT 1 9	CAT 2 24	23rd	7
2007	Prema Powerteam	ZOL 1 29†	ZOL 2 Ret	NÜR 1 31	NÜR 2 13	HUN 1 18	HUN 2 20	DON 1 17	DON 2 Ret	MAG 1 18	MAG 2 12	EST 1 19	EST 2 16	CAT 1 12	CAT 2 19	26th	1

Full Formula 3 Euro Series results

(key)

Year	Team	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Final Position	Points
2008	RC Motorsport	Dallara F308/051	Volkswagen	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | HOC 1 17	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | HOC 2 Ret	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | MUG 1 Ret	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | MUG 2 23	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PAU 1 Ret	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | PAU 2 Ret	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | NOR 1 Ret	style="background:#EFCFFF;" | NOR 2 Ret	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ZAN 1 20	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | ZAN 2 17	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | NÜR 1 17	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | NÜR 2 21	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | BRH 1 18	style="background:#CFCFFF;" | BRH 2 22							31st	0

Results in American Open-Wheel Racing

(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions) (Races displayed in italics signify fastest laps)

Indy Lights Performance

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final Standing	Points Accumulated
2009	Panther Racing	STP	STP	LBH	KAN	INDY	MIL	IOW	WGL	TOR	EDM	( ) |style="background:#FFDF9F;"| 11th	298

|- | 2010

! AFS Racing / Andretti Autosport
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" |STP 
 6 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |ALA 
 4 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |LBH 
 5 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |INDY 
 5 
|style="background:#DFDFDF;" |IOW 
 2 
|style="background:#DFFFDF;" |WGL 
 4 
|style="background:#CFEAFF;" |TOR 
 7 
|style="background:#FFDF9F;" |EDM 
 3 
|style="background:#FFFFBF;" |MOH 
 1 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |SNM 
 16 
|style="background:#EFCFFF;" |CHI 
 13 
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!3rd
!392

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IndyCar Series Record

Year	Team	Chassis Model	Car Number	Engine Manufacturer	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final Position	Total Points
2011	Sam Schmidt Motorsports	Dallara IR-05	17	Honda	STP	ALA	LBH	SAO	INDY	TXS	TXS	MIL	IOW	TOR	EDM	MOH 18	NHM	SNM 12	BAL 11	MOT	KTY	LVS1 C	33rd	49	-	2014	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	Dallara DW12	41	Honda	STP	LBH	ALA	IMS 18	INDY 23	DET	DET	TXS	HOU	HOU	POC	IOW	TOR	TOR	MOH	MIL	SNM	FON	34th	18

¹ The IZOD IndyCar World Championships#Las Vegas Indy 300 was canceled following Dan Wheldon's fatal crash on lap eleven.

Indianapolis 500 Appearances

Year	Chassis	Engine	Starting Position	Finishing Position	Team
2014	Dallara	Honda	align=center 32	align=center style="background:#CFCFFF;" 23	A. J. Foyt Enterprises

American Le Mans Series Full Record

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Events in bold represent pole positions) (Events in italics denote fastest laps)

Year	Team Entrant	Category	Chassis Model	Engine Type	Event 1	Event 2	Event 3	Event 4	Event 5	Event 6	Event 7	Event 8	Event 9	Event 10	Final Rank	Total Points Earned
2012	Conquest Endurance	P2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE, a naturally aspirated V8 with a displacement of 4.5 liters	style ="background:#DFFFDF; "	style ="background:#DFDFDF; "	style ="background:#DFDFDF; "	style ="background:#DFDFDF; "	style ="background:#FFFFBF; "	style ="background:#DFDFDF; "	style ="background:#FFFFBF; "	style ="background:#EFCFFF; "	style ="background:#DFDFDF; "	style ="background:#000000; color:white"	Second Place	156

FIA World Endurance Championship Complete Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (Bold indicates pole position, italics signify fastest lap)

Year	Team Name	Class Category	Vehicle Model	Engine Details	Race One	Race Two	Race Three	Race Four	Race Five	Race Six	Race Seven	Race Eight	Final Standing	Points Total
2013	OAK Racing	LMP2	Morgan LMP2	Nissan VK45DE, a naturally aspirated V8 with a displacement of 4.5 liters	style ="background:#DFFFDF; " | style ="background:#FFDF9F; " | style ="background:#FFFFBF; " | style ="background:#DFDFDF; " | style ="background:#DFFFDF; " | style ="background:#FFFFBF; " | style ="background:#FFDF9F; " | style ="background:#DFFFDF; " |	First Place	141.5

24 Hours of Le Mans Participation

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car Model	Class Category	Completed Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2013	Template:Flagicon\ OAK Racing	Template:Flagicon\ Bertrand Baguette Template:Flagicon\ Ricardo González	Morgan LMP2-Nissan	LMP2	Completed:329 laps	Finished:7th overall	Class winner (1st place)

British GT Championship Complete Results

(Template:Motorsport driver results legend#key) (bold indicates pole position, italics indicates fastest lap)

2022 Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 GT3 OUL15 (highlighted), OUL3 (highlighted), SIL9, DON11, SNE15, SNE15, SPA7, BRH21, DON Retired 17th place, with a total of36 points 2023 Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 GT3 OUL9, OUL8, SIL17, DON10, SNE12, SNE10, ALG12, BRH9, DON9 20th overall with14.5 points 2024 (current season underway) Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo GT3 OUL16, OUL11, SIL11, DON15, SPA11, SNE13, SNE11, DON8, BRH11 Ranked17th with13 points 2025 (season ongoing) Paddock Motorsport McLaren 720S GT3 Evo GT3 DON8, SIL8, OUL11, OUL7, SPA8, SNE5, SNE9 Positioned9th*, with36* points

- Year - Team - Car - Class - Round Results - Final Classification - Points -
2015	UltraTek Racing	Lotus Evora GT4	GT4	OUL 22 (highlighted) OUL 21 ROC 1 SIL 1 SPA 1 BRH 1 SNE 1 SNE 2 DON 1	28th place	1 point
2016	Stratton Motorsport	Lotus Evora GT4	GT4	BRH 1 ROC 1 OUL 1 OUL 2 SIL 1 SPA 1 SNE Retired (highlighted) SNE Retired (highlighted) DON Retired (highlighted)	Not Classified (NC)	0 points
2017	Nissan Team RJN Nissan with UltraTek	Nissan 370Z GT4	GT4	OUL 24 (highlighted) OUL 16 ROC 20 SNE 21 (highlighted) SNE 20 (highlighted) SIL Retired SPA 18 SPA 20 BRH 25 (highlighted) DON Retired	20th place	17.5 points
2018	UltraTek Racing / Team RJN	Nissan 370Z GT4	GT4	OUL 32 (highlighted) OUL 17 ROC 13 SNE 22 (highlighted) SNE 22 (highlighted) SIL 19 SPA 20 BRH 10 (highlighted) DON Retired	9th place	65.5 points
2019	Beechdean Motorsport / Aston Martin Racing	Aston Martin Vantage GT4	GT4	OUL 18 OUL 17 SNE 21 SNE 19 SIL 14 DON 20 SPA 23 BRH 17 DON 15	5th place	98.5 points
rowspan=2 2021	JRM Racing	rowspan=2 Bentley Continental GT3	rowspan=2 GT3	BRH 7									rowspan=2 11th	rowspan=2 59.5
Paddock Motorsport	SIL 25 DON 7 SPA 1 SNE 2 (highlighted) SNE 8 OUL 9 (bold) OUL 9 DON 10

^* Season currently in progress.

Full Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup Performance

Season	Racing Team	Vehicle	Category	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7	Round 8	Round 9	Round 10	Final Standing	Total Points
2016	Garage 59	McLaren 650S GT3	Pro	MIS QR Retired	MIS CR 26th	BRH QR 32nd	BRH CR 25th	NÜR QR Retired	NÜR CR Retired	HUN QR 23rd	HUN CR Retired	CAT QR 19th	CAT CR 21st	Not Classified	0

External links

• Official Martin Plowman fan club
• Interview with Martin Plowman at BritsOnPole.com