Matt Payne
Matthew Allen "Matt" Payne is a New Zealand racing driver from Auckland, New Zealand. He is currently competing in the Supercars Championship with Grove Racing, driving the No. 19 Ford Mustang GT. He won the 2025 Bathurst 1000 with Garth Tander.
Racing career
Toyota Racing Series
After turning heads with his karting success, Payne tested the FT-50 and impressed immediately with confirmation coming in December 2020 that Payne would contest the full three round 2021 Toyota Racing Series for M2 Motorsport.The 2021 New Zealand Grand Prix was the opening round of the season and was held at Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, due to the COVID-19 pandemic the series lacked international drivers. To compensate the event organizers called on experienced New Zealand racing drivers such as Shane Van Gisbergen, Greg Murphy & Andre Heimgartner to heighten the quantity and quality of the field. Payne impressed in his open-wheel debut finishing third in all three races over the weekend including the NZGP. Payne went on to win five of the remaining six races, winning the 2021 Toyota Racing Series conformably over second placed Kaleb Ngatoa.
Supercars career
Payne would debut in the Australian Supercars Championship in 2022 for Grove Racing, his debut race was the Bathurst 1000 co-driving with Lee Holdsworth where they finished the race in 6th place.2025 was the breakout year for Payne, finishing 5th in the championship, but also winning 5 wins and prestigious trophies including the Jason Richards Memorial Trophy for accumulating the most point during the New Zealand round, Bathurst 1000 & Enduro Cup along with Garth Tander and capping off with the Adelaide 500 at the end of the season.
Racing record
Karting career summary
Circuit racing summary
Complete Toyota Racing Series results
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | DC | Points |
| 2021 | M2 Competition | HD1 1 3 | HD1 2 3 | HD1 3 3 | HD2 1 1 | HD2 2 1 | MAN 1 1 | MAN 2 1 | MAN 3 2 | MAN 4 1 | 1st | 356 |
Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results
Complete Australian Carrera Cup Championship results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts |
| 2021 | Earl Bamber Motorsport | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Type 991.II | SAN R1 12 | SAN R2 10 | SAN R3 16 | BEN R4 Ret | BEN R5 5 | BEN R6 3 | TOW R7 10 | TOW R8 3 | TOW R9 1 | BAT R10 15 | BAT R11 9 | BAT R12 5 | BAT R13 4 | 6th | 362 |
Super2 Series results
Supercars Championship results
Bathurst 1000 results
Complete European Le Mans Series results
| Year | Entrant | Class | Chassis | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Rank | Points |
| 2022 | JMW Motorsport | LMGTE | Ferrari 488 GTE Evo | LEC 10 | IMO 4 | MNZ 6 | CAT | SPA 6 | POR 7 | 15th | 33 |