Matt Neal is a 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 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, which was an unusual move as 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.