Even though the 2009 season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway is still a few weeks away, some Firestone Indy Lights drivers and𒁃 teams have already begun their plans for the 2010 schedule.

Bryan Herta Autosport, RLR/Andersen Racing, Sam 🤡Schmidt Motorsports and AFS Racing/Andretti Green Racing all tested potential drivers over 15-16 September at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, while BHA also tested at Indiana's Putnam Park a week later. Firestone Indy Lights rookie Martin Plowman and Star Mazda frontrunner Adam Christodoulou both drove🐓 for Herta's team during the two sessions.

"We were very happy to provide Adam his first experience in an Indy Lights car," the co-owner told junioropenwheeltalent.com, "He has shown this year in Star Mazda that he is a driver with great potential, and he demonstrated his speed and maturity again at the test. Adam is clearly on💙 several teams' short list of drivers for next season,𒁏 and we will be watching him closely as he tries to win the Star Mazda Championship."

Plowman, who has raced for P🌱anther Racing this season, used the test day with the most-recent race-winning team as a gauge as he evaluates his options for next season.

"Not every team has the same philosophy, so I was able to learn a lot from the test," Plowman reported, "It's nice to get a different perspective on things sometimes, and I was able to learn some things while getting a little more experience behind the wheel. I want to do another year in Indy Lights and this was a chance to learn from others teams on where maybe I ♛was lacking this year and how a different team does things."