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Matt Payne 19

Penrite Racing

Penrite Racing

  • 5Position
  • 1659Points
  • 1Wins

About the Driver

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  • Weight: 00kg
  • Lives: NA
  • Series Debut: Bathurst 2022
  • Car: Camaro
  • Engineer: NA

Career Highlights

  • New Zealand young gun Matthew Payne will make his main game debut in 2023 with Penrite Racing.
  • In 2022, he challenged for the Super2 title, and also made his Great Race debut alongside Lee Holdsworth.
  • It has been a rapid rise for Payne, who competed in the 2021 Porsche Paynter Dixon Carrera Cup Australia season.
  • The Auckland teenager is a multiple karting champion, including the KZ2 National Sprint Championship.
  • He also enjoyed success overseas before focusing on circuit racing.
  • Payne won the 2021 Toyota Racing Series and finished third in the New Zealand Grand Prix behind Shane van Gisbergen.
  • He was later confirmed as the first recipient of the Team Porsche NZ scholarship under the tutelage of Earl Bamber.

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About the ADL500

The Adelaide 500, a round of the Repco Supercars Championship, is Australia’s largest domestic motor sport event.

 

The Adelaide Street Circuit is world renowned both for the excellent racing and the race atmosphere that takes over the city. The 3.219 km (2.000 mi) circuit has played host for the Adelaide 500 Supercars event since 1999 to 2023 (Note the event was cancelled in 2021)