Posts Tagged ‘Martin Plowman’

17 Feb 2010: Indy Lights: Drivers get test laps under their belts

British Indy Lights drivers Pippa Mann and Martin Plowman have been getting to grips with their new teams by taking part in winter testing in Florida.

6 Nov 2009: Indy Lights: Mann tests again with Sam Schmidt

Pippa Mann is about to embark on a second test with Sam Schmidt Motorsports in her quest for an Indy Lights seat for next year.

11 Oct 2009: Indy Lights: Romancini wins thriller as Plowman looks to future

Mario Romancini won the final Indy Lights race of 2009 with a last-gasp lunge for the line to snatch victory from champion-elect JR Hildebrand in the second-closest finish in the history of the series.

9 Oct 2009: It’s all happening in America this weekend

A quiet weekend in European racing allows attention to switch to the other side of the Atlantic – where no fewer than four open-wheel series all have their final races.

30 Aug 2009: Indy Lights: Hildebrand wins title in wheel-to-wheel thriller

J.R. Hildebrand was confirmed as the 2009 Indy Lights champion during a fast-paced and closely fought Chicagoland 100 in which all the cars on the lead lap finished within three quarters of a second of each other.

23 Aug 2009: Indy Lights: Hildebrand heads home to victory

JR Hildebrand ran away with the Carneros Indy 100 at the Infineon Raceway while his team-mate Sebastian Saavedra, sent to the back as penalty for an engine change, carved through the field to finish seventh.

11 Aug 2009: Indy Lights: Top-5 for Plowman as Davison cruises to win

A year ago James Davison won the Mid-Ohio Indy Lights race under bizarre circumstances in a rain storm – this season he returned to do it the conventional way, leading from pole to flag and giving Vision Racing its first-ever victory.

3 Aug 2009: Indy Lights: 100th race spoiled by needless caution

The Firestone Indy Lights drivers served up a thrilling side-by-side contest for their series’ 100th race – only to see the ending spoiled by a completely unnecessary caution flag that forced them to cross the line in single file.

25 Jul 2009: Indy Lights: Hildebrand increases championship lead

JR Hildebrand led every lap of an uninspiring Indy Lights Grand Prix of Edmonton to win from pole and extend his championship lead to 69 points over team-mate Sebastian Saavedra.

11 Jul 2009: Indy Lights: Saavedra cleans up after storm

Colombia’s Sebastian Saavedra won the Indy Lights Grand Prix of Toronto from pole, grabbing back the lead on lap 18 after losing it when the field pitted to change tyres on a track drying out from a pre-race thunderstorm.