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. 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-ten 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. 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.
Chahda and his team were accepted as a wildcard entrant into the 2022 Bathurst 1000. 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.
In December 2023, Chahda announced plans to run as a wildcard entrant for three events during the 2024 Supercars Championship. They would only end up racing at two events, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, pairing with Brad Vaughan. The pairing would finish 19th at Sandown completing their goal of finishing on the lead lap. 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". The pairing would eventually finish 25th and last of the active runners, 15 laps down.
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 CommodoreFord FG Falcon RSport EngineeringMatt 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
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 SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 MALR4 MALR5 MALR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 PHIR13 PHIR14 PHIR15 SANR16 SANR17 SANR18 12th 161 2014 18 Ford BA Falcon MALR1 MALR2 MALR3 WINR4 WINR5 WINR6 QLDR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 PHIR12 WAKR13 WAKR14 WAKR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 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 ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 22nd 423 Matt Chahda Motorsport 18 Ford FG Falcon WINR6 WINR7 WINR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 QLDR11 QLDR12 QLDR13 BATR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 2016 ADER1 ADER2 PHIR3 PHIR4 PHIR5 BARR6 BARR7 BARR8 TOWR9 TOWR10 SANR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 SYDR15 SYDR16 20th 585 2017 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 PHIR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 PHIR11 TOWR12 TOWR13 SMPR14 SMPR15 SMPR16 SMPR17 SANR18 SANR19 NEWR20 NEWR21 16th 735 2018 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 TOWR10 TOWR11 SANR12 SANR13 BATR14 NEWR15 NEWR16 20th 688 2019 Ford FG X Falcon ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 15th 755 2020 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYDR4 SYDR5 BATR6 BATR7 5th 566 2021 BATR1 BATR2 TOW1R3 TOW1R4 TOW2R5 TOW2R6 SMPR7 SMPR8 BATR9 BATR10 4th 867 2022 SMPR1 SMPR2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BATR9 BATR10 ADER11 ADER12 6th 957 2023 Holden ZB Commodore NEWR1 NEWR2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BATR9 BATR10 ADER11 ADER12 8th 969 2024 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BAT2R9 BAT2R10ADER11 ADER12 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 SMPR1 SMPR2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 MELR6 MELR7 MELR8 MELR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 WINR15 HIDR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 TOWR19 TOWR20 BENR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANR24 SANR25 SANR26 PUKR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 NEWR33 NEWR34 48th 102 2024 Matt Chahda Motorsport 118 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 TAUR7 TAUR8 BARR9 BARR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 SMPR15 SMPR16 SYMR17 SYMR18 SANR19 BAT2R20 SURR21 SURR22 ADER23 ADER24 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
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