Matthew Halliday (born 14 July 1979) is a

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driver. He was born in

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, New Zealand.

Single seater racing

Halliday's formula racing career has involved various

single seater An open-wheel single-seater (often known as formula car) is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports cars, stock cars, and touring cars, which have the ...

series in New Zealand, Australia, Europe and the United States. Following two seasons in the

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category contesting the

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in 1999 and 2000, he moved to the United States and ran in both the

Indy Lights Indy NXT, previously Indy Lights, is an American developmental automobile racing series sanctioned by IndyCar, currently known as Firestone Indy NXT Series for sponsorship reasons. Indy Lights is the highest step on the Road to Indy, a progra ...

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 A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themselves or a team, the usual format in most f ...

races at

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in 2005 went on to have a very successful season with

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. He ran the first three races of the

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for Conquest Racing however his sponsorship ended after three races and he was replaced by

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. He was to drive for Team Australia in the

2008 Champ Car season The 2008 Champ Car World Series season would have been the 30th and final season of the series and the fifth instance of the Champ Car World Series. It was scheduled to begin on April 20, 2008, and end on November 9 had the open-wheel unification ...

but this didn't happen with the merger in to the

IndyCar Series The IndyCar Series, currently known as the NTT IndyCar Series under sponsorship, is the highest class of regional North American open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars in the United States, which has been conducted under the auspices o ...

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

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and also the

Porsche Supercup The Porsche Supercup (officially known as Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup, known as Porsche Michelin Supercup prior to 2007) is an international one-make sports car racing series supporting the FIA Formula One World Championship organized by Porsche ...

. Along with this he has races in the Australian

V8 Supercars The Supercars Championship is a touring car racing category in Australia, running as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) regulations, governing the sport. Supercars events take place in all Australian ...

as an endurance driver from 2004 to 2013.

Career results

Career summary

American open–wheel racing results

( key)

Indy Lights

Champ Car

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Touring / sports cars

Complete V8 Supercar results

Complete Porsche Supercup results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Guest driver (no points awarded)

Complete GT1 World Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

External links

* http://www.matthalliday.com/
Career statistics
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