Mini Biography

Matt’s racing ability has improved noticeably over recent seasons. In 2006 he successfully made Superstar for the first time and won the World Masters at Northampton. At the 2007 Kings Lynn World Final, Mat led for good number of laps before being forced to relinquish the lead to eventual winner Stuart Smith jnr (390).

A family based budget racer he is usually accompanied at race meetings by both parents. All of his cars and engines are built by his Father and his Mother does all the sign writing. Originally Matt only had one car and spent valuable garage time transferring car set-up depending on the racing surface. The 2008 season was the first time Matt had the use of two cars having loaned (ex-racer) Billy Tom O’ Connor’s pink and white tarmac car. However, whenever necessary, Matt used his shale car on tarmac and was successful on both surfaces.

Matt is very quick around his home track of Kings Lynn and in 2009 the World Final will be returning to the Norfolk shale venue. Older and wiser after his experience in 2007, Matt should really be in with a shout second time around.

Further Reading:
All site articles ‘tagged’ with “Matt Newson”

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Final Wins

WIN #	YEAR	DATE	VENUE	SURFACE
1	2003	May 26th	Sheffield	Shale
2	2005	Aug 13th	Skegness	Tarmac
3	2005	Sep 24th	Kings Lynn	Shale
4	2006	Sep 3rd	Northampton	Tarmac
5	2006	Oct 28th	Kings Lynn	Shale
6	2007	Jul 22nd	Sheffield	Shale
7	2007	Oct 27th	Kings Lynn	Shale
8	2008	Oct 11th	Skegness	Tarmac
9	2009	Jun 13th	Knockhill	Tarmac
10	2009	Jun 27th	Kings Lynn	Shale
11	2009	Jul 4th	Coventry	Shale
12	2010	Mar 21st	Belle Vue	Shale
13	2010	Jun 4th	Coventry	Shale