Matt Chahda

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Matt Chahda
Nationality Australian
Born (1993-09-12) 12 September 1993 (age 28)
Albury, New South Wales
Super2 Series career
Debut season2015
Current teamMatt Chahda Motorsport
Car number18
Starts87
Wins0
Podiums1
Poles0
Best finish5th in 2020
Previous series
2013-14, 16
2012
2012
Kumho V8 Touring Car Series
V8 Utes
New South Wales Formula Ford Championship
Awards
2012NSW 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 with his parents money in the No. 18 Ford FG X Falcon

Racing career[]

Super2 Series[]

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[]

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]

Career results[]

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[]

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
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

9

C
BAT
9
BAT
7
4th 867

References[]

  1. ^ "All Matt wants is a bit of luck". Border Mail. 6 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Matt Chahda Motorsport joins the grid". V8 Supercars. 12 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ^ "CAMS STATEMENT: MATT CHAHDA SUPERLICENCE". The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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