About Matt

Matt's Bio

Name		Matthew Chase Brabham
Nickname		Matty Brabs
Birthday		25th February, 1994
Family		Parents, Geoff and Roseina
Born		Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Residence		Gold Coast, Australia & Manalapan Fl
Nationality		USA / Australian
School		TSS - The Southport School
Goal		F1 World Champion and Indy 500 winner
Ambassador		Kidney Health Australia
Kart Debut		10th June 2001 Coomera, Qld Australia
Racing Debut		9th July 2009 FF Sandown, Vic Australia
Racing #		83
Hobbies		Fitness, Surfing, Basketball, Skiing
Racing hero		Valentino Rossi, he refuses to lose
Twitter		@mattybrabs
Career Highlights
2012		Joined Cape Motorsports with Wayne Taylor Racing, to compete as a rookie in the Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda. After two events Matthew has a win, 3 second places, 4 fastest laps, two track records and two pole positions.
2011		Signed with the Sonic Motor Racing Services to compete in the Victorian State Series, and a limited schedule in the Australian National Championship. Matthew won 8 out of 12 State races, including 7 in a row. He also had 2 wins, 2 seconds and a pole position in the National Championship. Matthew finished his year 12 exams at The Southport School.
2010		Matthew competed in the Australian Formula Ford championship with the CAMS Rising Star Team. A pole and one race win in the Victorian State Series were the best results in what proved to be a very difficult year.
2009		The year started with Matthew finishing his Karting career by winning the 'Jr Rotax' Young Guns Title. Matthew switched to Formula Ford as CAMS lowered the age for circuit racing to 14. The rest of the year involved some testing and three races at the end of the year. He had a 2nd and a 3rd in the Victorian State series. Matthew was selected to join the CAMS Rising Star program for 2010.
2008		Matthew won both the NSW & QLD State Jr National Light Titles. He also finished 2nd in the Australian Titles and the Melbourne City Titles. Both times coming through the field from the back of the grid, after failing to finish the pre-finals. Matthew was voted driver of the meeting at the Australian Titles. Best results for the year were 3 wins, 6 seconds and 3 thirds, plus 2 pole positions.
2007		Matthew won the QLD State 'Rookie' Title in a thrilling 3 way battle that went right down to the last corner. In 15 races during the year Matthew had 5 wins, 3 seconds and 4 thirds. After the QLD Titles he moved up to the Jr National Light class.
2006		7 victories out of 14 race meetings highlighted Matthew's 2006 'Rookie' Karting program. Wins included the 'Yamaha' and the SE QLD 'Rookie' Titles. He was also scored podiums in both the Victorian and NSW State Titles.
2001 - 2005		Matthew Started racing Karts when he was 7 years old, racing in the Australian 'Midget' class. During that time he won 21 races including the NSW State Title in 2004