Matt Plumb

Matt Plumb
Matt Plumb
Nationality	American
Born	J. Mathieu Plumb; July 8, 1974 (age 49); Providence, Rhode Island
Related to	Michael Plumb (father) ; Donnan Sharp (mother) ; Hugh Plumb (brother)
Racing licence	FIA Silver
Previous series
2010-2014 ; 2002-2009 ; 1998-2001 ; 1997-98	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ; Rolex Sports Car Series ; Barber Dodge Pro Series ; Skip Barber Formula Dodge Southern Race Series
Championship titles
2011 ; 1997-98	Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge ; Skip Barber Formula Dodge Southern Race Series
Awards
2014 ; 2003	Road Racing Drivers Club member ; SPEED Touring Car Championship Rookie of the Year

Last updated March 04, 2024

Matt Plumb (Born 8 July 1974) is a racing driver who has previously competed in the Barber Dodge Pro Series and currently races in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge. Matt Plumb is also team manager of Rum Bum Racing, a sportscar and GT racing team.

Career

Matt Plumb was born on 8 July 1974 to Michael Plumb and Donnan Sharp. His father was a former Olympic equestrian rider and United States Olympic Hall of Fame inductee. His mother competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. After his bachelor study in history and economics at the University of Virginia and a short career in finance at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Matt pursued a career in auto racing.^[1]

Plumb started his racing career in the 1997-98 Skip Barber Formula Dodge Southern Race Series. The driver from Rhode Island won his first race ever at Sebring International Raceway.^[2] Plumb dominated the series and won ten races in total.^[3] Plumb won the championship over Pete Boss and Giandomenico Brusatin, he was also nominated for the Big Scholarship runoffs. In 1998 Matt Plumb also competed in three Barber Dodge Pro Series races, which was the maximum for a Big Scholarship nominee. Plumb scored two top ten finishes at Homestead-Miami Speedway and Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Despite not winning the Big Scholarship Plumb secured a full-time drive in the 1999 Barber Dodge Pro Series season.

Plumb had a tough start in the 1999 season, he only finished in the top ten once in the first five races. However towards the end of the season the young driver grabbed his first professional podium finish. At Homestead-Miami Speedway Plumb came in third, behind Todd Snyder and Jon Fogarty. Plumb significantly improved for the 2000 Barber Dodge Pro Series season. After consistent top ten finishes the driver from Rhode Island won his first Barber Dodge Pro Series race. At Vancouver Plumb won the first ever Barber Dodge Pro Series race not ran in the United States of America. 2001 was his fourth and final year in the Barber Dodge Pro Series. This proved also to be his most successful. After a rough start with two retirements, Plumb won races at Detroit and Laguna Seca. Scoring another four podium finishes Plumb finished third in the standings equal in points to Sepp Koster. As Koster had more wins than Plumb the Dutchman was awarded second place in the standings.

In 2002 Plumb made his debut in the 24 Hours of Daytona. Plumb finished sixteenth overall in his Seikel Motorsport entered Porsche 996 GT3-RS^[4] For 2003 Plumb returned to full-time racing. He made his debut in the SPEED Touring Car Championship in a BMW 325. At Lime Rock Park Plumb finished second behind Pierre Kleinubing. Plumb won the SPEED Touring Car Championship Rookie of the Year title.^[5] The following season Plumb switched to an Acura TSX and returned in the series. At Mid-Ohio and Mosport Plumb finished first. He eventually finished third in the standings.

For 2005 Plumb joined JMB Racing to race in the Rolex Sports Car Series GT class. Racing the Ferrari 360 Modena was not a success. The team's best result was at the 250 mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The team finished 28th overall, tenth in class. For 2006 Matt joined his brother Hugh Plumb at Bill Fenton Motorsports in the Grand-Am Cup. The combination was a success. The two brothers won races at Barber Motorsports Park and Virginia International Raceway. The duo ended up runners-up in the championship standings and helped Acura win the manufacturers championship.^[6] The following years Matt continued to run a partial schedule in the Grand-Am Cup/KONI Challenge Series with reasonable success. In 2009 Plumb joined Rum Bum Racing LLC as a driver and team manager. In their inaugural Continental Tire Sports Car Championship the team finished fifth in the GS class. Plumb continued to be a front runner in the series. In 2011 Plumb won three races and finished third in the championship. In 2012 Plumb and co-driver Nick Longhi won the prestigious championship. The duo won three races and scored an additional four podium finishes.

In 2014 Plumb was voted into the Road Racing Drivers Club.^[7]

Complete motorsports results

American Open-Wheel racing results

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

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Rank	Points
1998	SEB	LRP	DET	WGI	CLE	GRA	MDO	ROA 26	LS1	ATL	HMS 7	LS2 9	25th	16
1999	SEB 12	NAZ 11	LRP 11	POR 7	CLE 14	ROA 8	DET 7	MDO 22	GRA 14	LS 24	HMS 3	WGI 9	12th	65
2000	SEB 6	MIA 4	NAZ 8	LRP 22	DET 2	CLE 6	MDO 7	ROA 26	VAN 1	LS 26	RAT 2	HMS 5	4th	112
2001	SEB 20	PIR 21	LRP1 2	LRP2 6	DET 1	CLE 2	TOR 3	CHI 5	MDO 2	ROA 6	VAN 5	LS 1	3rd	151

24 Hours of Daytona

24 Hours of Daytona results
Year	Class	No	Team	Car	Co-drivers	Laps	Position	Class Pos.
2002	GT	39	Autosport Race Team	Porsche 996 GT3-RS	Tom Papadopoulos David Friedman	301	51 ^DNF	23 ^DNF
2005	GT	11	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena	Peter Boss Jim Michaelian David Gooding	623	25	11
2007	GT	69	Speedsource	Mazda RX-8	Emil Assentato Nick Longhi Jeff Segal	612	19	7
2008	DP	7	Sigalsport	Riley Mk. XI (BMW)	Quentin Wahl Stephan Gregoire Micheal Cullen Paddy Shovlin	601	28	14
2009	GT	69	Speedsource	Mazda RX-8	Emil Assentato Nick Longhi Jeff Segal	675	17	9
2011	GT	26	Turner Motorsport	BMW M3	Bill Auberlen Boris Said Paul Dalla Lana	565	32	17
2013	GT	13	Audi Sport Customer Racing	Audi R8 Grand-Am	Frank Biela Christopher Haase Markus Winkelhock	677	15	7
2021	GTD	64	Team TGM	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Ted Giovanis Hugh Plumb Owen Trinkler	515	43 ^DNF	17 ^DNF

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship results

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

Year	Team	Class	Make	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pos.	Points
2021	Team TGM	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 17	SEB	MDO	DET	WGL	WGL	LIM	ELK	LGA	LBH	VIR	PET	75th	140
2022	Team TGM	GTD	Porsche 911 GT3 R	Porsche MA1.76/MDG.G 4.0 L Flat-6	DAY 7	SEB	LBH	LGA	MDO	DET	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	PET	56th	252
2023	Team TGM	GTD Pro	Aston Martin Vantage AMR GT3	Aston Martin 4.0 L Turbo V8	DAY 7	SEB	LBH	LGA	WGL	MOS	LIM	ELK	VIR	IMS	PET		28th	230

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References

↑ "J. Mathieu Plumb". LinkedIn . Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "Southern Series Results". Skip Barber. Archived from the original on August 30, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "SOUTHERN, WESTERN 2.0L FORMULA DODGE CHAMPIONS CROWNED ROSAMOND, Calif., and HOMESTEAD, Fla. (April 14)". Skip Barber. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "Daytona 24 Hours". RacingSportsCars. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "2003 SPEED Touring Car Championship" (PDF). SCCA Pro Racing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "Matt Plumb". IMSA. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
↑ "Rum Bum Racing's Matt Plumb voted into Road Racing Drivers Club". Motorsport.com. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

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[1] "J. Mathieu Plumb". LinkedIn . Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[2] "Southern Series Results". Skip Barber. Archived from the original on August 30, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[3] "SOUTHERN, WESTERN 2.0L FORMULA DODGE CHAMPIONS CROWNED ROSAMOND, Calif., and HOMESTEAD, Fla. (April 14)". Skip Barber. Archived from the original on October 7, 2000. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[4] "Daytona 24 Hours". RacingSportsCars. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[5] "2003 SPEED Touring Car Championship" (PDF). SCCA Pro Racing. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 29, 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[6] "Matt Plumb". IMSA. Retrieved 26 October 2014.

[7] "Rum Bum Racing's Matt Plumb voted into Road Racing Drivers Club". Motorsport.com. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

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