Matthew Halliday (racing driver)

Matthew Halliday
Matthew Halliday
Nationality	New Zealander
Born	14 July 1979 (age 45); Auckland, New Zealand
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season	2009
Current team	SANITEC GILTRAP Racing
Racing licence	FIA Gold
Car number	42
Former teams	Jetstream Motorsport; MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Starts	21
Wins	0
Poles	0
Fastest laps	0
Best finish	7th 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
2006	Jim 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

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

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

Career summary

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
2000	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
2001	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
2004	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
2005–06	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
2006	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
2006–07	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
2007	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
2008	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
2010	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
2011	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
2013	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

(key)

Indy Lights

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

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Rank	Points	Ref
2007	Conquest Racing	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

(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	New Zealand	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

Complete V8 Supercar results

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

(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
2009	Sanitec Racing												UAE1 6	UAE2 9	7th	93
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
2011	Sanitec Racing					SIL 11	GER 12	HUN	BEL	ITA	UAE1	UAE2			18th	10

† Guest driver (no points awarded)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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

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

References

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

External links

http://www.matthalliday.com/
Matthew Halliday career summary at DriverDB.com

[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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