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Matt Neal is a [[United Kingdom|British]] motor racing driver, best known for his success in the [[British Touring Car Championship]], although he has also won an [[ETCC]] race. He first entered the [[BTCC]] in the early 90s with his father's [[Team Dynamics]] squad. He is 6'6" tall, making him almost entirely unable to race single-seaters. He won the [[Total Cup]] for drivers without manufacturer support in 1993, before joining [[Mazda]] for a season cut short by a huge crash. He rejoined Dynamics for 1995 and occasionally humbled the big names, as well as winning the Indpendents' title three further times. In 1999 he caused a sensation by winning a race in his [[Nissan]], the first Independent to do so in the modern era, winning him a £250,000 prize. He took a further win a year later.

The championship's regulations changed for 2001, and Neal briefly joined [[Peugeot]] before sitting out most of the season. He returned with [[Vauxhall]] in 2002 and [[Arena International Motorsport|Arena]] in 2003, finishing 3rd in the championship both times, before rejoining Dynamics and coming 5th in 2004.

For 2005 the team developed a [[Honda Integra (Europe)|Honda Integra]], awhich movewas frequentlyan disastrousunusual formove smallas independent teams have historically raced ex-works cars, but he eventually took the drivers' title in the last round at [[Brands Hatch]]. It is also to be noted that Neal finished every single race in the points, the first driver to do so since the calendar expanded to 30 races per year.

==External links==

*[http://www.btccinfo.co.uk/drivers/neal.html Profile from btccinfo.co.uk]