| Matt Chahda | |
| Nationality: |  Australia |
| Birth Date: | 1993 9, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Albury, New South Wales |
| Current Series: | Super2 Series |
| First Year: | 2015 |
| Current Team: | Matt Chahda Motorsport |
| Car Number: | 18 |
| Starts: | 121 |
| Wins: | 0 |
| Poles: | 0 |
| Podiums: | 5 |
| Best Finish: | 4th |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Prev Series: | Kumho V8 Touring Car Series V8 Utes New South Wales Formula Ford Championship |
| Prev Series Years: | 2013-14, 16 2012 2012 |
| Awards: | NSW Formula Ford Rookie of the Year |
| Award Years: | 2012 |
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.
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.
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]
| 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 Commodore Ford FG Falcon | RSport Engineering Matt 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 |
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| 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 | nowrap | Ford AU Falcon | SMP R1 | SMP R2 | SMP R3 | MAL R4 | MAL R5 | MAL R6 | WIN R7 | WIN R8 | WIN R9 | QLD R10 | QLD R11 | QLD R12 | PHI R13 | PHI R14 | PHI R15 | SAN R16 | SAN R17 | SAN R18 | 12th | 161 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 18 | nowrap | Ford BA Falcon | MAL R1 | MAL R2 | MAL R3 | WIN R4 | WIN R5 | WIN R6 | QLD R7 | QLD R8 | QLD R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | PHI R12 | WAK R13 | WAK R14 | WAK R15 | SMP R16 | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | 4th | 447 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | nowrap | Matt Chahda Motorsport | 118 | nowrap | 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 | TOW R19 | TOW R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN R24 | SAN R25 | SAN R26 | PUK R27 | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT R30 | SUR R31 | SUR R32 | NEW R33 | NEW R34 | 48th | 102 | |||
| 2024 | nowrap | Matt Chahda Motorsport | 118 | nowrap | 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 | style=background:#dfffdf | SAN R19 | style=background:#dfffdf | BAT2 R20 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | ADE R23 | ADE R24 | 51st | 156 | |||||||||||
| 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 |
