Matt Chahda
| Matt Chahda | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 12 September 1993 Albury, New South Wales |
| Super2 Series career | |
| Debut season | 2015 |
| Current team | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| Car number | 18 |
| Starts | 121 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2021 |
| Previous series | |
| 2013-14, 16 2012 2012 | Kumho V8 Touring Car Series V8 Utes New South Wales Formula Ford Championship |
| Awards | |
| 2012 | NSW Formula Ford Rookie of the Year |
Matthew Chahda (born 12 September 1993) is an Australian racing car driver. He currently competes in the Dunlop Super2 Series in the No. 18 Holden Commodore ZB.
Racing career
[edit]Super2 Series
[edit]After competing in the 2013 and 2014 Kumho Tyres V8 Touring Car Series, Chahda graduated to the Dunlop Series competing in the first two rounds in 2015 for RSport Engineering and his own family team for the rest of the season and the full series in 2016, again with the family run team.[1][2] After being refused for the Superlicence dispensation, Chada continued in the Super2 Series with a Holden VF Commodore and finished the championship in 16th place.
Supercars
[edit]On 9 February 2017 it was announced that Chahda would be stepping up to the main game, driving a Holden VF Commodore for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport, despite having only finished 20th in the previous DVS season with not even a top 10 finish. This came off the back of the controversial decision the day before to allow 16 year old Alex Rullo to drive for the same team.[3] Shortly after the announcement the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport released a statement which stated that Chahda had been refused dispensation for a Superlicence for the 2017 season.[4]
In December 2023, he announced plans to run as a wildcard entrant for three events during the 2024 Supercars Championship.[5] They would only end up racing at two events, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, pairing with Brad Vaughan.[6] The pairing would finish 19th at Sandown completing their goal of finishing on the lead lap.[7] They would have less success at Bathurst, after Vaughan spun on lap 23 after a collision with Chaz Mostert, before Chahda was given a bad sportmanship flag for failing to give way under blue flags to James Moffat and Lee Holdsworth, while 14 laps down. His actions including slowing on the racing line, almost causing a collision with Moffat, led to Holdsworth forcing him off the road at the next corner, as well as Moffat to call him an "absolute disgrace".[8] The pairing would eventually finish 25th and last of the active runners, 15 laps down.[9]
Career results
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| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | New South Wales Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Van Diemen RF04K | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| Australian V8 Utes Series | 53rd | Holden VE Ute SS | ||
| 2013 | Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series | 10th | Ford AU Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2014 | Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series | 4th | Ford BA Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2015 | V8 Supercars Dunlop Series | 22nd | Holden VE Commodore Ford FG Falcon |
RSport Engineering Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2016 | Supercars Dunlop Series | 20th | Ford FG Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| Kumho Tyres Australian V8 Touring Car Series | 25th | Ford BA Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport | |
| 2017 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 16th | Holden VF Commodore | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2018 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 20th | Holden VF Commodore | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2019 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 15th | Ford FG X Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2020 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 5th | Ford FG X Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| 2021 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 4th | Ford FG X Falcon | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
Super2 Series results
[edit](key) (Race results only)
| Super2 Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | Position | Points | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | RSport Engineering | Holden VE Commodore | ADE 14 |
ADE 17 |
BAR DNS |
BAR DNS |
BAR DNS |
22nd | 423 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | WIN 17 |
WIN 13 |
WIN 23 |
TOW 17 |
TOW Ret |
QLD 19 |
QLD 12 |
QLD 19 |
BAT Ret |
SYD 14 |
SYD Ret | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG Falcon | ADE 15 |
ADE 15 |
PHI 16 |
PHI 20 |
PHI 17 |
BAR 23 |
BAR 13 |
BAR Ret |
TOW 13 |
TOW 14 |
SAN DSQ |
SAN DSQ |
SAN DNS |
BAT 18 |
SYD 11 |
SYD Ret |
20th | 585 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 12 |
ADE 17 |
ADE 15 |
SYM 18 |
SYM 12 |
SYM 18 |
SYM 18 |
PHI 20 |
PHI 18 |
PHI 19 |
PHI 17 |
TOW 17 |
TOW 11 |
SMP 21 |
SMP Ret |
SMP DNS |
SMP 15 |
SAN 11 |
SAN 15 |
NEW 12 |
NEW 14 |
16th | 735 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Holden VF Commodore | ADE 19 |
ADE 18 |
ADE 14 |
SYM 16 |
SYM 15 |
SYM Ret |
BAR 20 |
BAR 17 |
BAR 15 |
TOW Ret |
TOW 11 |
SAN 9 |
SAN 15 |
BAT 14 |
NEW 17 |
NEW C |
20th | 688 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | ADE 13 |
ADE 14 |
ADE 14 |
BAR 17 |
BAR 19 |
TOW 9 |
TOW Ret |
QLD 15 |
QLD Ret |
BAT 9 |
SAN 14 |
SAN 10 |
NEW 11 |
NEW Ret |
15th | 755 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | ADE 7 |
ADE 5 |
ADE 6 |
SYD 12 |
SYD 10 |
BAT 5 |
BAT 6 |
5th | 566 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | BAT 7 |
BAT 3 |
TOW1 5 |
TOW1 11 |
TOW2 5 |
TOW2 9 |
SMP 9 |
SMP C |
BAT 9 |
BAT 7 |
4th | 867 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Ford FG X Falcon | SMP 10 |
SMP 8 |
WAN 11 |
WAN 13 |
TOW 3 |
TOW 2 |
SAN 6 |
SAN 13 |
BAT |
BAT |
ADE 11 |
ADE 2 |
6th | 957 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | NEW 7 |
NEW 3 |
WAN 5 |
WAN 9 |
TOW 7 |
TOW 8 |
SAN 12 |
SAN 13 |
BAT 8 |
BAT 9 |
ADE Ret |
ADE 11 |
8th | 969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Holden ZB Commodore | BAT1 14 |
BAT1 Ret |
WAN 15 |
WAN DNS |
TOW 8 |
TOW Ret |
SAN |
SAN |
BAT2 |
BAT2 |
ADE |
ADE |
23rd* | 213* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
[edit]| Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Holden Commodore ZB | Jaylyn Robotham
|
18th | 161 |
| 2024 | Matt Chahda Motorsport | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | Bradley Vaughan
|
25th | 146 |
References
[edit]- ^ "All Matt wants is a bit of luck". Border Mail. 6 June 2014.
- ^ "Matt Chahda Motorsport joins the grid". V8 Supercars. 12 May 2015.
- ^ "Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ^ "CAMS STATEMENT: MATT CHAHDA SUPERLICENCE". The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "Chahda announces 2024 Supercars wildcard campaign". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Vaughan gets wildcard drive". Autoaction.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Rookie's monster stint delivers Chahdas' Sandown goal". Supercars. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "Bathurst 1000 Hour 3: Kostecki grows lead". Autoaction.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
- ^ "2024 Bathurst 1000 Results". Supercars. Retrieved 13 October 2024.