# Matthew Halliday (racing driver)

Matthew Brent Halliday (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 |
| 2012 | V8SuperTourers | International Motorsport | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 787 | 28th |
| 2012 | 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 |
| 2017 | SprintX GT Championship Series (Pro-Am) | GMG Racing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 14th |
| 2017 | 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 | No. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Rank | Points | Ref |
| 2007 | Conquest Racing | 42 | LVG 16 | LBH 15 | HOU 14 | POR | CLE | MTT | TOR | EDM | SJO | ROA | ZOL | ASN | SRF | MXC | 21st | 18 | |

### 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 |