Matt Chahda Explained

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.

Racing career

Super2 Series

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.

Supercars

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] In December 2023, he announced plans to run as a wildcard entrant for three events during the 2024 Supercars Championship.^[5] They would only end up racing at two events, the Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000, pairing with Brad Vaughan.^[6] The pairing would finish 19th at Sandown completing their goal of finishing on the lead lap.^[7] 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".^[8] The pairing would eventually finish 25th and last of the active runners, 15 laps down.^[9]

Career results

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

Super2 Series results

(key) (Race results only)

Super2 Series results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	Position	Points
2015	nowrap	RSport Engineering	nowrap	Holden VE Commodore	ADE	ADE	BAR	BAR	BAR													22nd	423
	Matt Chahda Motorsport	Ford FG Falcon						WIN	WIN	WIN	TOW	TOW	QLD	QLD	QLD	BAT	SYD	SYD
2016	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Ford FG Falcon	ADE	ADE	PHI	PHI	PHI	BAR	BAR	BAR	TOW	TOW	SAN	SAN	SAN	BAT	SYD	SYD						20th	585
2017	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Holden VF Commodore	ADE	ADE	ADE	SYM	SYM	SYM	SYM	PHI	PHI	PHI	PHI	TOW	TOW	SMP	SMP	SMP	SMP	SAN	SAN	NEW	NEW	16th	735
2018	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Holden VF Commodore	ADE	ADE	ADE	SYM	SYM	SYM	BAR	BAR	BAR	TOW	TOW	SAN	SAN	BAT	NEW	NEW						20th	688
2019	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE	ADE	ADE	BAR	BAR	TOW	TOW	QLD	QLD	BAT	SAN	SAN	NEW	NEW								15th	755
2020	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE	ADE	ADE	SYD	SYD	BAT	BAT															5th	566
2021	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Ford FG X Falcon	BAT	BAT	TOW1	TOW1	TOW2	TOW2	SMP	SMP	BAT	BAT												4th	867
2022	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Ford FG X Falcon	SMP	SMP	WAN	WAN	TOW	TOW	SAN	SAN	BAT	BAT	ADE	ADE										6th	957
2023	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Holden ZB Commodore	style=background:#dfffdf	NEW	style=background:#ffdf9f	NEW	style=background:#dfffdf	WAN	style=background:#dfffdf	WAN	style=background:#dfffdf	TOW	style=background:#dfffdf	TOW	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN	style=background:#dfffdf	SAN	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT	style=background:#efcfff	ADE	style=background:#dfffdf	ADE										style=background:	8th	style=background:	969
2024	nowrap	Matt Chahda Motorsport	nowrap	Holden ZB Commodore	style=background:#dfffdf	BAT1	style=background:#efcfff	BAT1	style=background:#dfffdf	WAN	style=background:#fffff	WAN	style=background:#dfffdf	TOW	style=background:#efcfff	TOW	style=background:#	SAN	style=background:#	SAN	style=background:#	BAT2	style=background:#	BAT2	style=background:#	ADE	style=background:#	ADE										style=background:	23rd*	style=background:	213*

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

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

Notes and References

1. News: All Matt wants is a bit of luck. Border Mail. 6 June 2014.
2. News: Matt Chahda Motorsport joins the grid. V8 Supercars. 12 May 2015.
3. News: Rullo to make history as youngest Supercars driver. Speedcafe.com. 8 February 2017.
4. News: CAMS STATEMENT: MATT CHAHDA SUPERLICENCE . The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) . 9 February 2017 . 9 February 2017.
5. News: Chahda announces 2024 Supercars wildcard campaign. Speedcafe.com. 13 October 2024.
6. News: Vaughan gets wildcard drive. Autoaction.com. 13 October 2024.
7. News: Rookie's monster stint delivers Chahdas' Sandown goal. Supercars. 13 October 2024.
8. News: Bathurst 1000 Hour 3: Kostecki grows lead. Autoaction.com. 13 October 2024.
9. News: 2024 Bathurst 1000 Results. Supercars. 13 October 2024.