Matthew Halliday (racing driver)

Matthew Halliday
NationalityNew Zealand New Zealander
Born (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 45)
Auckland, New Zealand
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2009
Current teamSANITEC GILTRAP Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number42
Former teamsJetstream Motorsport
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Starts21
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th in 2009
Previous series
2007
2005–2006
2004
2003
2001
1999–2000		Champ Car World Series
A1 Grand Prix
Porsche Carrera Cup (AUS)
Formula Renault V6 Eurocup
Indy Lights
Formula Holden
Awards
2006Jim Clark Trophy

Matthew Brent Halliday[1] (born 14 July 1979) is a motor racing driver. He was born in Auckland, New Zealand.

Single seater racing

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Halliday's formula racing career has involved various single seater series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Following two seasons in the Formula Holden category contesting the Australian Drivers' Championship in 1999 and 2000, he moved to the United States and ran in both the Indy Lights and Toyota Atlantic series in 2001. In 2002 he moved to the Infiniti Pro Series but was injured after two races. He finished 3rd and 4th in the inaugural A1 Grand Prix races at Brands Hatch in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with A1 Team New Zealand. He ran the first three races of the 2007 Champ Car World Series season for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after three races and he was replaced by Jan Heylen. He was to drive for Team Australia in the 2008 Champ Car season but this didn't happen with the merger in to the IndyCar Series.

GT and touring car racing

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Halliday has been a regular in Carrera Cup racing in his native New Zealand with the odd season in the Australian Carrera Cup Championship and also the Porsche Supercup. Along with this he has races in the Australian V8 Supercars as an endurance driver from 2004 to 2013.

Career results

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Career summary

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Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position
1998–99 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship ? ? ? ? ? 0 -
1999 Australian Drivers' Championship Challenge Recruitment Racing 12 0 ? ? 6 107 3rd
2000 Formula Holden Tasman Cup NRC International 4 0 0 1 3 81 3rd
Australian Drivers' Championship 16 1 ? ? 11 181 3rd
2000–01 New Zealand Formula Ford Championship 6 0 0 0 0 78 16th
2001 Toyota Atlantic Championship Duesenberg Brothers 1 0 0 0 0 2 24th
Indy Lights Conquest Racing 9 0 0 0 2 89 6th
2001–02 New Zealand V8s Championship ? ? ? ? ? 0 -
2002 Infiniti Pro Series Bowes Seal Fast Racing 2 0 0 0 0 44 17th
2002–03 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series 3 2 1 3 3 91 22nd
2003 Formula Renault V6 Eurocup RD Motorsport 10 0 1 0 2 102 8th
2003–04 Porsche GT3 Cup Trans-Tasman 9 4 1 2 7 867 2nd
2004 Australian Carrera Cup Championship International Motorsport 5 0 0 0 2 129 18th
V8 Supercar Championship Series Larkham Motor Sport 2 0 0 0 0 152 53rd
2004–05 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series International Motorsport 23 7 3 10 18 1301 2nd
2005 V8 Supercar Championship Series Larkham Motor Sport 2 0 0 0 0 148 51st
2005–06 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series International Motorsport 17 6 3 7 16 1106 3rd
A1 Grand Prix A1 Team New Zealand 18 0 0 0 1 77 4th
2006 Formula V6 Asia by Renault Series Meritus.GP 10 2 1 5 7 107 2nd
V8 Supercar Championship Series Ford Performance Racing 2 0 0 0 0 180 50th
2006–07 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series 15 8 2 7 10 911 3rd
A1 Grand Prix A1 Team New Zealand 8 0 0 0 2 93 2nd
2007 V8 Supercar Championship Series Ford Performance Racing 2 0 0 0 0 42 33rd
Champ Car World Series Conquest Racing 3 0 0 0 0 18 21st
2007–08 Toyota Racing Series Triple X Motorsport 9 0 1 2 5 417 15th
2008 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series Triple X Motorsport 9 0 1 4 6 495 9th
V8 Supercar Championship Series Britek Motorsport 3 0 0 0 0 225 44th
2009 Porsche Supercup Federsand-Jetstream Motorsport 8 0 0 0 2 93 7th
2009–10 New Zealand Porsche GT3 Cup Series International Motorsport 18 2 2 2 9 1213 4th
2010 V8 Supercar Championship Series Brad Jones Racing 3 0 0 0 0 209 43rd
Porsche Supercup Sanitec Giltrap Racing 9 0 0 0 0 48 13th
2011 International V8 Supercars Championship Dick Johnson Racing 3 0 0 0 0 137 65th
Porsche Supercup MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Sanitec Aquiles MRS Team 		3 0 0 0 0 10 18th
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship Triple F Racing 3 0 0 0 0 188 46th
V8SuperTourers International Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 787 28th
FIA GT1 World Championship Exim Bank Team China 8 1 1 0 2 37 16th
2013 International V8 Supercars Championship Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport 5 0 0 0 0 207 53rd
Blancpain Endurance Series Belgian Audi Club Team WRT 4 0 0 0 0 4 31st
2017 Australian Endurance Championship International Motorsport 2 0 0 0 0 187 17th
SprintX GT Championship Series (Pro-Am) GMG Racing 2 0 0 0 1 35 14th
Continental Tire SportsCar Challenge (Grand Sport) GMG Racing 1 0 0 0 0 14 36th

American open–wheel racing results

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Indy Lights

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2001 Conquest Racing MTY LBH TXS MIL
9 		POR
4 		KAN
4 		TOR
4 		MDO
5 		STL
3 		ATL
8 		LS
7 		FON
3 		6th 89
2002 Bowes Seal Fast Racing KAN
12 		NSH MIS KTY STL
7 		CHI TXS 17th 44

Champ Car

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Year Team No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref
2007 Conquest Racing 42 LVG
16 		LBH
15 		HOU
14 		POR CLE MTT TOR EDM SJO ROA ZOL ASN SRF MXC 21st 18 [2]

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

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

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 DC Points
2005–06 New Zealand GBR
SPR
3 		GBR
FEA
4 		GER
SPR 		GER
FEA 		POR
SPR
14 		POR
FEA
16 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		MYS
SPR
6 		MYS
FEA
6 		UAE
SPR
15 		UAE
FEA
13 		RSA
SPR
6 		RSA
FEA
4 		IDN
SPR
8 		IDN
FEA
7 		MEX
SPR
Ret 		MEX
FEA
8 		USA
SPR
8 		USA
FEA
12 		CHN
SPR
8 		CHN
FEA
4 		4th 77
2006–07 NED
SPR
6 		NED
FEA
11 		CZE
SPR 		CZE
FEA 		BEI
SPR
10 		BEI
FEA
9 		MYS
SPR 		MYS
FEA 		IDN
SPR 		IDN
FEA 		NZL
SPR 		NZL
FEA 		AUS
SPR 		AUS
FEA 		RSA
SPR
3 		RSA
FEA
3 		MEX
SPR 		MEX
FEA 		SHA
SPR 		SHA
FEA 		GBR
SPR
16 		GBR
FEA
8 		2nd 93

Touring / sports cars

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Complete V8 Supercar results

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Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Position Points
2004 Larkham Motor Sport ADL ECK PUK HDV PTH QLD WIN ORP SAN
Ret 		BAT
11 		SUR SYM ECK 53rd 152
2005 Larkham Motor Sport ADL PUK PTH ECK CHI HDV QLD ORP SAN
Ret 		BAT
12 		SUR SYM ECK 51st 148
2006 Ford Performance Racing ADL PUK PTH WIN HDV QLD ORP SAN
15 		BAT
Ret 		SUR SYM BHN PHI 50th 180
2007 Ford Performance Racing ADL PTH PUK WIN ECK HDV QLD ORP SAN
8 		BAT
13 		SUR SYM BHN PHI 33rd 42
2008 Britek Motorsport ADL ECK HAM PER SAN HDV QLD WIN PHI Q
22 		PHI R
21 		BAT
14 		SUR BHR SYM OPR 44th 225
2010 Brad Jones Racing YMC
R1 		YMC
R2 		BHR
R3 		BHR
R4 		ADE
R5 		ADE
R6 		HAM
R7 		HAM
R8 		QLD
R9 		QLD
R10 		WIN
R11 		WIN
R12 		HDV
R13 		HDV
R14 		TOW
R15 		TOW
R16 		PHI
Q
26 		PHI
R17
Ret 		BAT
R18
4 		SUR
R19 		SUR
R20 		SYM
R21 		SYM
R22 		SAN
R23 		SAN
R24 		SYD
R25 		SYD
R26 		43rd 269
2011 Dick Johnson Racing YMC
R1 		YMC
R2 		ADE
R3 		ADE
R4 		HAM
R5 		HAM
R6 		PER
R7 		PER
R8 		PER
R9 		WIN
R10 		WIN
R11 		HDV
R12 		HDV
R13 		TOW
R14 		TOW
R15 		QLD
R16 		QLD
R17 		QLD
R18 		PHI
Q
10 		PHI
R19
25 		BAT
R20
25 		SUR
R21 		SUR
R22 		SYM
R23 		SYM
R24 		SAN
R25 		SAN
R26 		SYD
R27 		SYD
R28 		65th 137
2012 Dick Johnson Racing ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		SYM
R3 		SYM
R4 		HAM
R5 		HAM
R6 		PER
R7 		PER
R8 		PER
R9 		PHI
R10 		PHI
R11 		HDV
R12 		HDV
R13 		TOW
R14 		TOW
R15 		QLD
R16 		QLD
R17 		SMP
R18 		SMP
R19 		SAN
Q
15 		SAN
R20
16 		BAT
R21
22 		SUR
R22 		SUR
R23 		YMC
R24 		YMC
R25 		WIN
R26 		WIN
R27 		SYD
R28 		SYD
R29 		46th 188
2013 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		SYM
R3 		SYM
R4 		SYM
R5 		PUK
R6 		PUK
R7 		PUK
R8 		PUK
R9 		BAR
R10 		BAR
R11 		BAR
R12 		COTA
R13 		COTA
R14 		COTA
R15 		COTA
R16 		HID
R17 		HID
R18 		HID
R19 		TOW
R20 		TOW
R21 		QLD
R22 		QLD
R23 		QLD
R24 		WIN
R25 		WIN
R26 		WIN
R27 		SAN
Q
18 		SAN
R28
18 		BAT
R29
Ret 		SUR
R30
16 		SUR
R31
19 		PHI
R32 		PHI
R33 		PHI
R34 		SYD
R35 		SYD
R36 		53rd 207

Complete Porsche Supercup results

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

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 DC Points
2009 Jetstream Motorsport BHR1
3 		BHR2
8 		ESP1
3 		MON
6 		TUR
13 		GBR
5 		GER HUN ESP2 BEL ITA 7th 93
Sanitec Racing UAE1
6 		UAE2
9
2010 Sanitec Racing BHR1
Ret 		BHR2
6 		ESP1
Ret 		MON
8 		ESP2
12 		GBR
8 		GER
9 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
8 		ITA 13th 48
2011 MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg IST CAT MON
10† 		NNS 18th 10
Sanitec Racing SIL
11 		GER
12 		HUN BEL ITA UAE1 UAE2

† Guest driver (no points awarded)

Complete GT1 World Championship 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 Pos Points
2012 Exim Bank Team China Porsche NOG
QR
9
 		NOG
CR
9
 		ZOL
QR
3
 		ZOL
CR
1
 		NAV
QR
11
 		NAV
QR
12
 		SVK
QR
5
 		SVK
CR
8
 		ALG
QR 		ALG
CR 		SVK
QR 		SVK
CR 		MOS
QR 		MOS
CR 		NUR
QR 		NUR
CR 		BUD
QR 		BUD
CR 		16th 37

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2004 Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon BA Australia Mark Larkham 11th 160
2005 Larkham Motor Sport Ford Falcon BA Switzerland Alain Menu 12th 157
2006 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BA Australia David Brabham DNF 56
2007 Ford Performance Racing Ford Falcon BF Australia Owen Kelly 13th 161
2008 Britek Motorsport Ford Falcon BF Australia Marcus Marshall 14th 160
2010 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VE Australia Jason Bright 4th 161
2011 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia James Moffat 25th 146
2012 Triple F Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Dean Fiore 22nd 147
2013 Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport Holden Commodore VF Australia Dean Fiore DNF 145

References

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  1. ^ "MATTHEW HALLIDAY RACING LIMITED". New Zealand Companies Office. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Matt Halliday – 2007 Champ Car World Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved 14 August 2023.
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