Hugh Plumb Profile
Plumb has been actively competing in several series including the Rolex Grand American Series, Continental Sports Car Tire Challenge and the American Le Mans Series. From 1998 to 2001 he ran in the SPEED World Challenge Series where was Rookie of the Year, was third in the Drivers Championship, helped collect two manufacturers championships, collected four Wins, 15 Podium finishes and 30 top ten finishes. In 2006 he helped to bring home 1st Place in the Manufacturer Championship for Acura. He has finished second in the Rolex Series Championship, and second in the KONI Challenge Championship. He also finished second in the 2002 12 hrs of Sebring. Since 2006, Plumb has accumulated 20 podium finishes.Raised in an equestrian family, Hugh Plumb learned about discipline at an early age. Both parents were Olympians-mother in the 1968, and his father a record setting seven.
Although he raced motorcycles and then cars against his parent's wishes, Hugh credits his parents for instilling the competitive spirit that burns brightly inside him.
“I grew up in a very sport oriented family," said Hugh. " I loved competition, and by the age of eleven, I pretty much knew that one horsepower was not enough for me.”
Dirt bikes led to road race bikes and championships in both Super Sport and Super Bike as Hugh scored 25 wins in his first three seasons. Sports car racing would have to wait until after college. Two years at the University of Delaware and then two more at New England College resulted in a degree in History and a business minor, but Hugh's business was to get to the race track. With two wins and nine podium finishes in thirteen 1996 Skip Barber Racing Series races Hugh was the Rookie of the Year runner-up. The next year that saw him buy his first race car and enter the SCCA World Challenge Championship where he spent the next four seasons.
“I bought a BMW in 1998 looking to do a few World Challenge races and won my third race. After that year I knew I did not want to run my own team, but that I wanted to stay in World Challenge. I moved on to the Realtime Racing (Team) in 1999 and even with the change from rear wheel to a front wheel drive Acura, I was competitive.”
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
| Rolex Series Poles | 0 |
| Rolex Series Wins | 1 |
| Continental Challenge Poles | 4 |
| Continental Challenge Wins | 4 |
CHAMPIONSHIPS WON |
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| Manufacturer Championships for Acura in Continental Tire and World Challenge | 2 |
SIGNIFICANT RACE WINS |
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| Speed Touring Car Wins | 4 |
| Speed Touring Car Podiums | 15 |
| Grand American Rolex Win | 1 |
| Grand American Rolex Podiums | 8 |
| Continental Tire Challenge Win | 4 |
| Continental Tire Challenge Podiums | 20 |
2009
Grand American Continental Tire Challenge Grand Sport Roush Racing/ Horsepower Ranch
- 2nd Place Finish
- 3 Top Ten Finishes
PROFESSIONAL RACING CAREER
2010
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
- Will drive the #9 Stevenson Motorsports Camaro GS.R in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge with Al Carter and Craig Stone
Grand American Continental Tire Challenge Grand Sport Roush Racing/ Horsepower Ranch
- 2nd Place Finish
- 3 Top Ten Finishes
Grand American Continental Tire Challenge Grand Sport HorsePower Ranch scoring
- 1 Win
- 3 Podium Finishes
- 2 Top Five Finishes
- 3 Top Ten Finishes
Grand American Koni Challenge Grand Sport
- 3rd Place Team Championship
- Led Most laps in Grand Sport Class
- 3 Podiums, 8 Top Tens
Grand American Koni Challenge Street Tuner Series
- 1st Place Manufacturer Championship for Acura
- 2nd Place Drivers Championship
- 10 Podiums of 12 Races
- 3 Wins, 4 Pole positions
Grand American Rolex Sports Car / GT Series:
- Rolex 24 at Daytona - Qualified 3rd, Finished 5th
- Miami-Homestead Speedway - Finished 15th
- Laguna Seca - Finished 4th
- 6 Heures du Circuit Mont-Tremblant - Qualified 4th, Finished 4th
Grand-Am Cup Series:
- Barber Motorsports Park - Qualified 2nd, Finished 3rd
- Phoenix 200's - Qualified 3rd, Finished 8th
- Virginia International Raceway - Qualified 3rd, DNF
Grand American Rolex Sports Car / GT Series:
- Rolex 24 at Daytona - Qualified 2nd, Finished 5th
Miami-Homestead Speedway, Plumb set the unofficial track record for the GS class during practice and proceeded to better his own record in the following practice session.
American Le Mans Series:
Plumb partnered with American Le Mans Series regular PK Sport / Porsche GT3 RS season
- Three Top Five Finishes out of Five Starts
Grand American Rolex Sports Car / GT Series:
Second in GT Series Championship in Marcus Motorsport BMW M3
- Seventeen total starts
- 25 Hours of Thunderhill – Finished 1st
- Daytona – Finished 6th
- Miami – Finished 3rd
- Phoenix – Finished 5th
- Birmingham – Finished 1st
- Fontana – Finished 4th
- Watkins Glen – Finished 3rd
- Mid-Ohio – Finished 2nd
- Daytona – Finished 3rd
- Watkins Glen – Finished 3rd
- Mont Tremblant – Finished 4th
- VIR - Finished 2nd
- Daytona - Finished 15th
American Le Mans Series :
- A second at The12 Hours of Sebring in only six starts with Seikel Motorsports.
- Drove a Ferrari 550 Maranello for XL Racing at the Petit Le Mans.
- Daytona – Finished 8th
- Sebring – Finished 2nd
- Infineon – Finished 5th
- Road America – Finished 4th
- Mosport – Finished 4th
- Laguna Seca – Finished 5th
- Petit Le Mans – Finished 13th
World Challenge Series :
Seventh in Touring Driver’s Championship
- Three Top Five Finishes
World Challenge Series :
Fourth in Touring Driver’s Championship
- Two Wins and Five Podium Finishes
- Driving 10 hours and finishing ninth in a BMW M3, First start at Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona
World Challenge Series :
Third in Touring Driver’s Championship
- One win and Seven Podium Finishes
- Driving for Realtime Racing Team, Helped secure
“Touring Manufacturer’s Championship” for
Acura.
World Challenge Series :
SCCA Speed Challenge :
- First professional win in only third professional start.
- Touring Rookie of the Year, with one win and four top-five finishes
World Challenge Series :
Skip Barber Racing Series:
- Rookie of the Year Runner-Up
- Two Wins and Nine Podium Finishes in 13 Races
- Scored Four Wins, 15 Podiums, 30 top-10 Finishes
- Qualified in the Top-Five in 85% of Races.
- Sixth at Petit Le Mans, driving for Seikel Motorsports