Matthew Allen Payne (born 3 October 2002) is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT. He won the 2025 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander. He went to the same school in Waiau Pa with F1 driver Liam Lawson.
Racing career Toyota Racing Series
After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 (older spec TRS) and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport.MATTHEW PAYNE CONFIRMS FULL TRS CAMPAIGN motorsport.org.nz
The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field.Heimgartner joins New Zealand GP field Speedcafe 9 January 2021 Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa.Australia-bound Payne wins Toyota Racing Series title Speedcafe 15 February 2021
Supercars career Payne would debut in the Australian Supercars Championship in 2022 for Grove Racing, his debut race was the Bathurst 1000 co-driving with Lee Holdsworth where they finished the race in sixth place.
2025 was the breakout year for Payne, finishing fifth in the championship, but also winning fivr wins and prestigious trophies including the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy for accumulating the most point during the New Zealand round, winning Race 13 in Tasmania over by Broc Feeney by 0.0550 seconds, the third closest finish in Supercars, Bathurst 1000 & Enduro Cup along with Garth Tander and capping off with the Adelaide 500 at the end of the season.
Racing record Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2010 New Zealand Top Half Series - Cadet 14th 2011 New Zealand Schools Nationals - Cadet 9th 43rd Blossom Festival - Cadet 5th 2012 New Zealand Top Half Series - Cadet 13th New Zealand Sprint Championship - Cadet 1st New Zealand Schools Nationals - Cadet 1st North Island Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 3rd Auckland City of Sails - Cadet Raket 1st CIK Trophy of New Zealand - Cadet 18th Auckland Regional Schools Championship - Cadet 1st 2013 New Zealand Top Half Series - Yamaha Junior 11th New Zealand Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 4th North Island Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 5th Auckland City of Sails - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd 2013 North Island Sprint Championship - Rotax Junior 6th Auckland City of Sails - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd New Zealand Sprint Championship - 100cc Junior Restricted 2nd 2014 New Zealand Sprint Championship - Rotax Junior 6th 2016 RMC New Zealand - Junior Max 1st 2018 New Zealand Pro Kart Series - KZ2 4th North Island Sprint Championship - Rotax Light 2nd New Zealand Sprint Championship - Rotax Light 8th Auckland City of Sails - KZ2 2nd 2019 CIK Trophy of New Zealand - KZ2 11th New Zealand Sprint Championship - KZ2 1st FIA Karting International Super Cup - KZ2 34th Race of Stars - KZ2 3rd Australian Karting Championship - KZ2 10th 2020 WSK Super Masters Series - KZ2 42nd 25th South Gardia Winter Cup - KZ2 12th
Circuit racing summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/laps Podiums Points Position 2021 Toyota Racing Series M2 Competition95359287 1st Porsche Carrera Cup Australia Earl Bamber Motorsport1312033626th Super2 Series Grove Racing3000023417th 2022 Super2 Series Grove Racing 11 2 3 0 6 1209 3rd Supercars Championship 1 0 0 0 0 204 34th 24H GT Series - GT3 Earl Bamber Motorsport10000524th European Le Mans Series - GTE JMW Motorsport500003315th GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup Singha Racing Team TP 12Payne to make GT World Challenge Europe debut Speedcafe 12 June 202210000 0 NC EBM Grove Racing10000 2023 Supercars Championship Grove Racing 28 1 0 0 1 1487 14th2023-24 Middle East Trophy - GT3 EBM – Grove Racing100000NC2024 Supercars Championship Grove Racing24122420196th 24H Series - GT3200000NC2025Supercars Championship345111044615th * Season still in progress
Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2021 M2 Competition HD11 HD12 HD13 HD21 HD22 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 MAN4 1st 356
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2021 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-60 - Toyota 4th 3rd
Complete Australian Carrera Cup Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts 2021 Earl Bamber Motorsport Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II SANR1 SANR2 SANR3 BENR4 BENR5 BENR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 TOWR9 BATR10 BATR11 BATR12 BATR13 6th 362
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 Position Points 2021 Grove Racing 10 Nissan Altima L33BATR1BATR2TOW1R3TOW1R4TOW2R5TOW2R6 SMPR7 SMPR8 BATR9 BATR10 17th 234 2022 SMPR1 SMPR2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 SANR7 SANR8 BATR9 BATR10 ADER11 ADER12 3rd 1209
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 35 36 37 Position Points 2021 Kelly Grove Racing 10 Ford Mustang S550 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 SANR3 SANR4 SANR5 SYMR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 BENR9 BENR10 BENR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 TOW1R15 TOW1R16 TOW2R17 TOW2R18 TOW2R19 SMP1R20 SMP1R21 SMP1R22 SMP2R23 SMP2R24 SMP2R25 SMP3R26 SMP3R27 SMP3R28SMP4R29SMP4R30 BAT2R31 NC 0 2022 Grove Racing 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 ADER33 ADER34 34th 204 2023 19 Ford Mustang S650 NEWR1 NEWR2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 SYMR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 BENR20 BENR21 BENR22 SANR23 BATR24 SURR25 SURR26 ADER27 ADER28 14th 1673 2024 BAT1R1 BAT1R2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 TAUR7 TAUR8 BARR9 BARR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 SMPR15 SMPR16 SYMR17 SYMR18 SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 ADER23 ADER24 6th 2019 2025 SYDR1 SYDR2 SYDR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 TAUR8 TAUR9 TAUR10 SYMR11 SYMR12 SYMR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 BENR26 BATR27 SURR28 SURR29 SANR30 SANR31 ADER32 ADER33 ADER34 5th 4461 2026 SMPR1 SMPR2 SMPR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 MELR7 TAUR8 TAUR9 CHRR10 CHRR11 CHRR12 CHRR13 SYMR14 SYMR15 SYMR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 BARR23 BARR24 BARR25 QLDR26 QLDR27 QLDR28 BENR28 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 SANR33 SANR34 ADER35 ADER36 ADER37 2nd* 2077*
Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2022 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S550 Lee Holdsworth 6th 161 2023 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Kévin Estre 11th 161 2024 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander DNF 130 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander 1st 161 2026 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Will Davison
The Bend 500 Results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2025 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Garth Tander 3rd 102 2026 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Will Davison
Complete European Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Chassis 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rank Points 2022 JMW Motorsport LMGTE Ferrari 488 GTE Evo LEC IMO MNZ CAT SPA POR 15th 33
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