Matt Chahda

Matt Chahda
Matt Chahda
Nationality	Australian
Born	12 September 1993 (age 32); 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

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]

Chahda and his team were accepted as a wildcard entrant into the 2022 Bathurst 1000.^[5] Running a Caltex-supported Walkinshaw Andretti United-built Holden Commodore ZB with fellow Super2 driver Jaylyn Robotham, the pairing finished 18th having lost two laps when the brakes seized in a pit-stop.^[6]^[7]

In December 2023, Chahda announced plans to run as a wildcard entrant for three events during the 2024 Supercars Championship.^[8] They would only end up racing at two events, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, pairing with Brad Vaughan.^[9] The pairing would finish 19th at Sandown completing their goal of finishing on the lead lap.^[10] 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".^[11] The pairing would eventually finish 25th and last of the active runners, 15 laps down.^[12]

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

Super3 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super3 Series results
Year	Team	No.	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position	Points
2013	Falcon Spares & Repairs	00	Ford AU Falcon	SMP R1 19	SMP R2 12	SMP R3 Ret	MAL R4 14	MAL R5 10	MAL R6 Ret	WIN R7 Ret	WIN R8 8	WIN R9 Ret	QLD R10 9	QLD R11 12	QLD R12 12	PHI R13 Ret	PHI R14 11	PHI R15 9	SAN R16 8	SAN R17 6	SAN R18 7	12th	161
2014	Falcon Spares & Repairs	18	Ford BA Falcon	MAL R1 Ret	MAL R2 3	MAL R3 3	WIN R4 8	WIN R5 3	WIN R6 3	QLD R7 4	QLD R8 3	QLD R9 Ret	PHI R10 Ret	PHI R11 4	PHI R12 Ret	WAK R13 5	WAK R14 4	WAK R15 2	SMP R16 4	SMP R17 3	SMP R18 6	4th	447

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	No.	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	11	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1 14	ADE R2 17	BAR R3 DNS	BAR R4 DNS	BAR R5 DNS																	22nd	423
2015	Matt Chahda Motorsport	18	Ford FG Falcon						WIN R6 17	WIN R7 13	WIN R8 23	TOW R9 17	TOW R10 Ret	QLD R11 19	QLD R12 12	QLD R13 19	BAT R14 Ret	SYD R15 14	SYD R16 Ret						22nd	423
2016			Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1 15	ADE R2 15	PHI R3 16	PHI R4 20	PHI R5 17	BAR R6 23	BAR R7 13	BAR R8 Ret	TOW R9 13	TOW R10 14	SAN R11 DSQ	SAN R12 DSQ	SAN R13 DNS	BAT R14 18	SYD R15 11	SYD R16 Ret						20th	585
2017			Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1 12	ADE R2 17	ADE R3 15	SYM R4 18	SYM R5 12	SYM R6 18	SYM R7 18	PHI R8 20	PHI R9 18	PHI R10 19	PHI R11 17	TOW R12 17	TOW R13 11	SMP R14 21	SMP R15 Ret	SMP R16 DNS	SMP R17 15	SAN R18 11	SAN R19 15	NEW R20 12	NEW R21 14	16th	735
2018			Holden VF Commodore	ADE R1 19	ADE R2 18	ADE R3 14	SYM R4 16	SYM R5 15	SYM R6 Ret	BAR R7 20	BAR R8 17	BAR R9 15	TOW R10 Ret	TOW R11 11	SAN R12 9	SAN R13 15	BAT R14 14	NEW R15 17	NEW R16 C						20th	688
2019			Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 13	ADE R2 14	ADE R3 14	BAR R4 17	BAR R5 19	TOW R6 9	TOW R7 Ret	QLD R8 15	QLD R9 Ret	BAT R10 9	SAN R11 14	SAN R12 10	NEW R13 11	NEW R14 Ret								15th	755
2020				ADE R1 7	ADE R2 5	ADE R3 6	SYD R4 12	SYD R5 10	BAT R6 5	BAT R7 6															5th	566
2021				BAT R1 7	BAT R2 3	TOW1 R3 5	TOW1 R4 11	TOW2 R5 5	TOW2 R6 9	SMP R7 9	SMP R8 C	BAT R9 9	BAT R10 7												4th	867
2022				SMP R1 10	SMP R2 8	BAR R3 11	BAR R4 13	TOW R5 3	TOW R6 2	SAN R7 6	SAN R8 13	BAT R9	BAT R10	ADE R11 11	ADE R12 2										6th	957
2023			Holden ZB Commodore	NEW R1 7	NEW R2 3	BAR R3 5	BAR R4 9	TOW R5 7	TOW R6 8	SAN R7 12	SAN R8 13	BAT R9 8	BAT R10 9	ADE R11 Ret	ADE R12 11										8th	969
2024			Holden ZB Commodore	BAT1 R1 14	BAT1 R2 Ret	BAR R3 15	BAR R4 DNS	TOW R5 8	TOW R6 Ret	SAN R7	SAN R8	BAT2 R9	BAT2 R10	ADE R11 Ret	ADE R12 Ret										23rd	213

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	No.	Car	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	Position	Points
2022	Matt Chahda Motorsport	118	Holden ZB Commodore	SMP R1	SMP R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	MEL R6	MEL R7	MEL R8	MEL R9	BAR R10	BAR R11	BAR R12	WIN R13	WIN R14	WIN R15	HID R16	HID R17	HID R18	TOW R19	TOW R20	BEN R21	BEN R22	BEN R23	SAN R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	PUK R27	PUK R28	PUK R29	BAT R30 18	SUR R31	SUR R32	NEW R33	NEW R34	48th	102
2024	Matt Chahda Motorsport	118	Chevrolet Camaro ZL1	BAT1 R1	BAT1 R2	MEL R3	MEL R4	MEL R5	MEL R6	TAU R7	TAU R8	BAR R9	BAR R10	HID R11	HID R12	TOW R13	TOW R14	SMP R15	SMP R16	SYM R17	SYM R18	SAN R19 19	BAT2 R20 25	SUR R21	SUR R22	ADE R23	ADE R24											51st	156

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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

^ "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.
^ "Matt Chahda Motorsport enters fourth Bathurst wild card". Touring Car Times. 1 July 2022.
^ "Chahda wildcard livery unveiled". Supercars Xtra. 3 October 2022.
^ "Inside the Wildcard: Sunday". The Race Torque. 10 October 2022.
^ "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.

[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.

[5] "Matt Chahda Motorsport enters fourth Bathurst wild card". Touring Car Times. 1 July 2022.

[6] "Chahda wildcard livery unveiled". Supercars Xtra. 3 October 2022.

[7] "Inside the Wildcard: Sunday". The Race Torque. 10 October 2022.

[8] "Chahda announces 2024 Supercars wildcard campaign". Speedcafe.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[9] "Vaughan gets wildcard drive". Autoaction.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[10] "Rookie's monster stint delivers Chahdas' Sandown goal". Supercars. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[11] "Bathurst 1000 Hour 3: Kostecki grows lead". Autoaction.com. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

[12] "2024 Bathurst 1000 Results". Supercars. Retrieved 13 October 2024.

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