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Matthew Halliday (racing driver)

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Matthew Halliday
NationalityNew Zealand New Zealander
Born (1979-07-14) 14 July 1979 (age 45)
Auckland, New Zealand
Porsche Supercup career
Debut season2009
Current teamSANITEC GILTRAP Racing
Racing licence FIA Gold
Car number42
Former teamsJetstream Motorsport
MRS Team PZ Aschaffenburg
Starts21
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish7th 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
2006Jim 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

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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

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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

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Career summary

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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Indy Lights

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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

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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

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(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 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

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Complete V8 Supercar results

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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

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(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
Sanitec Racing UAE1
6
UAE2
9
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
Sanitec Racing SIL
11
GER
12
HUN BEL ITA UAE1 UAE2

† Guest driver (no points awarded)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

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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

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

References

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  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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