Matthew Halliday (racing driver)

New Zealand racing driver

Matthew Halliday

Nationality|  New Zealander
Born|  (1979-07-14) 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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

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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Year  | Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | 12  | 13  | DC  | Points

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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

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

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2012 | Exim Bank Team China | Porsche | NOG

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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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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

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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.

## External links

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

*[Best finish]: Best finish in the championship