Matt Chahda

Matt Chahda
Matt Chahda
Nationality	Australian
Born	12 September 1993 (age 28); Albury, New South Wales
Super2 Series career
Debut season	2015
Current team	Matt Chahda Motorsport
Car number	18
Starts	87
Wins	0
Podiums	1
Poles	0
Best finish	5th in 2020
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 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
2012	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
2016	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
2015	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						22nd	423
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[]

^ "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.

[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.

[Chahda-4] "CAMS STATEMENT: MATT CHAHDA SUPERLICENCE". The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS). 9 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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