Tim Slade (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship. Slade currently drives the No. 3 Ford Mustang GT for Blanchard Racing Team.
Tim Slade | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | Hornsby, New South Wales | 3 August 1985
Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 3 |
Current team | Blanchard Racing Team |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 350 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 17 |
Pole positions | 2 |
2021 position | 23rd (136 pts)* |
Early career
Slade first appeared at a national level racing in the 2003 Australian Formula Ford Championship. During the 2004 Australian Formula 3 Championship, Slade, in his rookie season with Team BRM, won his first race when making a one-off appearance at the penultimate round of the series.[1] Slade returned to Formula 3 for the following season, beginning a long-running partnership with businessman James Rosenberg, who owned the car.[2] However, after having scored just 25 points after the first four races, compared to the 57 points of joint series leaders Chris Alajajian and Michael Trimble, Slade was dropped from the team.[3]
Taking a step backwards, Slade competed in his first full season at national level in 2006, racing for Sonic Motor Racing Services in the 2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship. Slade narrowly lost a season-long battle with John Martin for the title.[4][5]
Supercars Championship
Development Series
Turning his back on open wheelers, Slade moved into the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series for the 2007 season, starting the season with ANT Racing in a Ford Falcon (BA). However, Slade's season was blighted by a team shift to MW Motorsport mid-season and he finished ninth in the points. The highlight of his season was a second-place finish in the reverse grid race at Queensland Raceway.
In 2008 Slade renewed his partnership with Rosenberg, who purchased Slade a Holden Commodore (VZ) from Perkins Engineering, which ran under the banner of 'Slade Sport'.[2] Early in the season Slade won the Wakefield Park round, but poor results at Queensland Raceway and at Mount Panorama, plus the limited resources available, restricted Slade to seventh in the series results.
Paul Morris Motorsport
Early in 2009, Slade was announced as the replacement driver for the retiring Paul Morris at his eponymous team to graduate into V8 Supercars.[6] The drive was once again backed by Rosenberg.[2] Driving a Holden Commodore (VE) sponsored by Supercheap Auto, Slade finished 23rd in the championship.
James Rosenberg Racing
In 2010, Slade moved teams to the newly formed James Rosenberg Racing, driving the #47 Wilson Security-backed Ford Falcon (FG) as a satellite entry of Stone Brothers Racing. His best results of the year were a pair of fifth places at Hidden Valley Raceway and at the Phillip Island 500, with co-driver Jack Perkins. For 2011, Slade remained with the team, with a new title sponsor, Lucky 7, and improved to ninth in the championship standings including three podium positions at Queensland Raceway.
He had his breakout year in 2012 aboard the Lucky 7 Falcon, where he finished fifth in the championship. Stone Brothers Racing was then sold at the end of 2012 to Erebus Motorsport, who brought in the Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG to V8 Supercars under the new Car of the Future regulations in 2013. However, the Erebus package struggled and Slade could only manage 22nd in the championship.
Walkinshaw Racing
Slade moved to Walkinshaw Racing for the 2014, driving his team's #47 VF Commodore. This also marked a return to Supercheap Auto colours for Slade and a move away from his association with James Rosenberg, who coincidentally ended up running a sister car to Slade at Walkinshaw Racing for Nick Percat.[2] He finished the year in 17th position. He remained with the team for the 2015 season, finishing 13th in the championship.
Brad Jones Racing
In 2016, Walkinshaw Racing downsized to two cars and Slade moved to Brad Jones Racing. After a slow start to the season, Slade won the first two races of his career at the 2016 Woodstock Winton SuperSprint.[7]
DJR Team Penske
After he announced he will retire from full-time competition he was signed by DJR Team Penske to co-drive alongside Scott McLaughlin for the Bathurst 1000.[8] The pair finished 5th behind other DJR Car of Fabian Coulthard and Tony D'Alberto
Blanchard Racing Team
In 2021 Tim Blanchard signed Slade to drive the No. 3 CoolDrive Auto Parts backed ex-23Red Racing Ford Mustang GT for his team Blanchard Racing Team. (Formally known as Tim Blanchard Racing).
GT
In 2012, Slade joined Erebus Motorsport for its Bathurst 12 Hour campaign, driving the team's Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3. Along with Jeroen Bleekemolen, Peter Hackett and Bret Curtis, he finished the race in second position. He once again entered the race with Erebus in 2013, finishing in sixth position with Lee Holdsworth and Peter Hackett. In 2016, he competed in the event once again, this time in a McLaren 650S GT3 with Tony Walls, Matt Campbell and Warren Luff. Slade has also appeared as a guest driver at the annual Pro-Am event of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship on multiple occasions.
Career results
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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2003 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 22nd | Van Diemen RF92 Ford | Steel Building Systems |
2004 | Australian Formula 3 Championship | 10th | Dallara F301 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
Australian Formula Ford Championship | 29th | Van Diemen RF01 Ford | Ben Fitzgerald | |
2005 | Australian Drivers' Championship | 11th | Dallara F304 Spiess Opel | Team BRM |
2006 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 2nd | Van Diemen RF04 Ford | Sonic Motor Racing Services |
2007 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 9th | Ford Falcon (BA) | A.N.T. Racing MW Motorsport |
2008 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 7th | Holden Commodore (VZ) | Slade Speed |
2009 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 23rd | Holden Commodore (VE) | Paul Morris Motorsport |
2010 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 16th | Ford Falcon (FG) | James Rosenberg Racing |
2011 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 9th | Ford Falcon (FG) | James Rosenberg Racing |
2012 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 5th | Ford Falcon (FG) | James Rosenberg Racing |
Australian Side x Side Rally Challenge | 11th | Polaris RZR 900 XP | Polaris Off Road Vehicles | |
2013 | Australian GT Championship | 23rd | Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3 | Erebus Motorsport |
V8SuperTourers Championship | 11th | Holden Commodore (VE) | M3 Racing | |
International V8 Supercars Championship | 22nd | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | James Rosenberg Racing | |
2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 17th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Walkinshaw Racing |
2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 13th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Walkinshaw Racing |
2016 | World Time Attack Challenge | 1st | Nissan Silvia S13 | MCA Suspension |
International V8 Supercars Championship | 8th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Brad Jones Racing | |
2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 11th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Brad Jones Racing |
World Time Attack Challenge | 1st | Nissan Silvia S13 | MCA Suspension | |
2018 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 11th | Holden Commodore (ZB) | Brad Jones Racing |
2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 15th | Holden Commodore (ZB) | Brad Jones Racing |
Intercontinental GT Challenge | 15th | Ferrari 488 GT3 | HubAuto Corsa | |
2020 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 30th | Ford Mustang GT | DJR Team Penske |
2021 | Repco Supercars Championship | 21st | Ford Mustang GT | Blanchard Racing Team |
italics: Season still in Progress
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2009 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | Paul Morris | 7th | 161 |
2010 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Jack Perkins | 18th | 161 |
2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Daniel Gaunt | 12th | 161 |
2012 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | Andrew Thompson | 7th | 161 |
2013 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 | Andrew Thompson | 26th | 137 |
2014 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | Tony D'Alberto | DNF | 102 |
2015 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | Tony D'Alberto | 14th | 161 |
2016 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | Ashley Walsh | 7th | 161 |
2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | Ashley Walsh‡ Andre Heimgartner | 9th | 161 |
2018 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (ZB) | Ashley Walsh | 17th | 160 |
2019 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | Ashley Walsh | DNF | 0 |
2020 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Mustang Mk.6 | Scott McLaughlin | 5th | 161 |
‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew due to injury and was replaced with Heimgartner.
Bathurst 6 Hour
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2021 | Carr Motorsport | Bradley Carr | BMW M3 F80 | X | 120 | 4 | 4 |
Supercars Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | Position | Points | |
2009 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore (VE) | ADER1 Ret | ADER2 Ret | HAMR3 Ret | HAMR4 DNS | WINR5 18 | WINR6 17 | SYMR7 24 | SYMR8 14 | HDVR9 27 | HDVR10 25 | TOWR11 Ret | TOWR12 13 | SANR13 21 | SANR14 24 | QLDR15 10 | QLDR16 22 | PHIQR 23 | PHIR17 7 | BATR18 7 | SURR19 17 | SURR20 21 | SURR21 17 | SURR22 21 | PHIR23 21 | PHIR24 16 | BARR25 19 | BARR26 22 | SYDR27 Ret | SYDR28 16 | 23rd | 1221 | |||||||||||
2010 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | YMCR1 14 | YMCR2 13 | BHRR3 21 | BHRR4 18 | ADER5 Ret | ADER6 17 | HAMR7 Ret | HAMR8 16 | QLDR9 16 | QLDR10 17 | WINR11 12 | WINR12 7 | HDVR13 6 | HDVR14 6 | TOWR15 12 | TOWR16 12 | PHIR17 5 | BATR18 18 | SURR19 18 | SURR20 19 | SYMR21 19 | SYMR22 18 | SANR23 18 | SANR24 6 | SYDR25 Ret | SYDR26 Ret | 16th | 1595 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | YMCR1 5 | YMCR2 Ret | ADER3 8 | ADER4 13 | HAMR5 Ret | HAMR6 Ret | BARR7 22 | BARR8 5 | BARR9 9 | WINR10 15 | WINR11 13 | HIDR12 21 | HIDR13 4 | TOWR14 25 | TOWR15 7 | QLDR16 2 | QLDR17 3 | QLDR18 2 | PHIQR 21 | PHIR19 24 | BATR20 12 | SURR21 12 | SURR22 10 | SYMR23 12 | SYMR24 27 | SANR25 15 | SANR26 7 | SYDR27 6 | SYDR28 10 | 9th | 1904 | |||||||||||
2012 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | ADER1 12 | ADER2 10 | SYMR3 8 | SYMR4 4 | HAMR5 15 | HAMR6 11 | BARR7 6 | BARR8 7 | BARR9 8 | PHIR10 3 | PHIR11 12 | HIDR12 6 | HIDR13 10 | TOWR14 21 | TOWR15 12 | QLDR16 9 | QLDR17 8 | SMPR18 16 | SMPR19 14 | SANQR 4 | SANR20 7 | BATR21 7 | SURR22 5 | SURR23 4 | YMCR24 4 | YMCR25 6 | YMCR26 3 | WINR27 6 | WINR28 5 | SYDR29 2 | SYDR30 4 | 5th | 2790 | |||||||||
2013 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 | ADER1 15 | ADER2 Ret | SYMR3 22 | SYMR4 22 | SYMR5 18 | PUKR6 25 | PUKR7 26 | PUKR8 16 | PUKR9 23 | BARR10 13 | BARR11 23 | BARR12 24 | COAR13 22 | COAR14 26 | COAR15 20 | COAR16 17 | HIDR17 6 | HIDR18 11 | HIDR19 Ret | TOWR20 Ret | TOWR21 8 | QLDR22 24 | QLDR23 13 | QLDR24 8 | WINR25 22 | WINR26 19 | WINR27 15 | SANQR 8 | SANR28 21 | BATR29 26 | SURR30 15 | SURR31 20 | PHIR32 25 | PHIR33 24 | PHIR34 20 | SYDR35 8 | SYDR36 11 | 22nd | 1298 | |||
2014 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADER1 15 | ADER2 14 | ADER3 6 | SYMR4 14 | SYMR5 19 | SYMR6 8 | WINR7 Ret | WINR8 11 | WINR9 3 | PUKR10 11 | PUKR11 Ret | PUKR12 24 | PUKR13 21 | BARR14 23 | BARR15 14 | BARR16 25 | HIDR17 16 | HIDR18 8 | HIDR19 19 | TOWR20 Ret | TOWR21 Ret | TOWR22 13 | QLDR23 15 | QLDR24 17 | QLDR25 14 | SMPR26 Ret | SMPR27 DNS | SMPR28 DNS | SANQR 9 | SANR29 12 | BATR30 Ret | SURR31 3 | SURR32 4 | PHIR33 12 | PHIR34 24 | PHIR35 17 | SYDR36 2 | SYDR37 7 | SYDR38 6 | 17th | 1646 | |
2015 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADER1 8 | ADER2 Ret | ADER3 8 | SYMR4 9 | SYMR5 14 | SYMR6 Ret | BARR7 16 | BARR8 10 | BARR9 23 | WINR10 19 | WINR11 11 | WINR12 14 | HIDR13 7 | HIDR14 2 | HIDR15 9 | TOWR16 20 | TOWR17 14 | QLDR18 11 | QLDR19 14 | QLDR20 19 | SMPR21 15 | SMPR22 14 | SMPR23 8 | SANQR 6 | SANR24 6 | BATR25 14 | SURR26 14 | SURR27 12 | PUKR28 15 | PUKR29 7 | PUKR30 23 | PHIR31 10 | PHIR32 16 | PHIR33 17 | SYDR34 6 | SYDR35 20 | SYDR36 Ret | 12th | 1764 | |||
2016 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADER1 Ret | ADER2 17 | ADER3 20 | SYMR4 8 | SYMR5 13 | PHIR6 8 | PHIR7 13 | BARR8 10 | BARR9 16 | WINR10 1 | WINR11 1 | HIDR12 13 | HIDR13 2 | TOWR14 13 | TOWR15 13 | QLDR16 6 | QLDR17 7 | SMPR18 7 | SMPR19 12 | SANQR 8 | SANR20 16 | BATR21 7 | SURR22 11 | SURR23 8 | PUKR24 17 | PUKR25 23 | PUKR26 19 | PUKR27 16 | SYDR28 9 | SYDR29 7 | 8th | 2263 | ||||||||||
2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADER1 14 | ADER2 7 | SYMR3 Ret | SYMR4 8 | PHIR5 18 | PHIR6 19 | BARR7 13 | BARR8 17 | WINR9 27 | WINR10 11 | HIDR11 11 | HIDR12 5 | TOWR13 20 | TOWR14 Ret | QLDR15 4 | QLDR16 7 | SMPR17 18 | SMPR18 17 | SANQR 17 | SANR19 DSQ | BATR20 9 | SURR21 3 | SURR22 22 | PUKR23 6 | PUKR24 15 | NEWR25 3 | NEWR26 11 | 11th | 1812 | |||||||||||||
2018 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (ZB) | ADER1 13 | ADER2 11 | MELR3 10 | MELR4 10 | MELR5 4 | MELR6 11 | SYMR7 7 | SYMR8 14 | PHIR9 10 | PHIR10 12 | BARR11 4 | BARR12 17 | WINR13 7 | WINR14 7 | HIDR15 14 | HIDR16 21 | TOWR17 11 | TOWR18 14 | QLDR19 14 | QLDR20 6 | SMPR21 10 | BENR22 12 | BENR23 4 | SANQR 8 | SANR24 15 | BATR25 17 | SUR R26 21 | SUR R27 C | PUKR28 17 | PUKR29 11 | NEWR30 18 | NEWR31 15 | 11th | 2249 | ||||||||
2019 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (ZB) | ADER1 17 | ADER2 4 | MELR3 6 | MELR4 8 | MELR5 3 | MELR6 7 | SYMR7 7 | SYMR8 12 | PHIR9 17 | PHIR10 9 | BARR11 11 | BARR12 11 | WINR13 13 | WINR14 12 | HIDR15 Ret | HIDR16 18 | TOWR17 16 | TOWR18 12 | QLDR19 Ret | QLDR20 17 | BENR21 14 | BENR22 12 | PUK R23 11 | PUK R24 18 | BATR25 Ret | SUR R26 8 | SUR R27 17 | SAN QR 20 | SAN R28 13 | NEW R29 9 | NEW R30 3 | 15th | 1940 | |||||||||
2020 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Mustang GT | ADER1 | ADER2 | MELR3 | MELR4 | MELR5 | MELR6 | SMP1R7 | SMP1R8 | SMP1R9 | SMP2R10 | SMP2R11 | SMP2R12 | HID1 R13 | HID1 R14 | HID1 R15 | HID2 R16 | HID2 R17 | HID2 R18 | TOW1 R19 | TOW1 R20 | TOW1 R21 | TOW2 R22 | TOW2 R23 | TOW2 R24 | BEN1 R25 | BEN1 R26 | BEN1 R27 | BEN2 R28 | BEN2 R29 | BEN2 R30 | BATR31 5 | 30th | 222 | |||||||||
2021 | Tim Blanchard Racing | Ford Mustang GT | BAT R1 Ret | BAT R2 DNS | SAN R3 13 | SAN R4 9 | SAN R5 17 | SYM R6 17 | SYM R7 12 | SYM R8 12 | BEN R9 14 | BEN R10 15 | BEN R11 7 | HID R12 7 | HID R13 19 | HID R14 9 | TOWR15 6 | TOWR16 | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | BAR R20 | BAR R21 | BAR R22 | BAT R23 | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | 17th* | 664* |
References
- ^ "Championship Standings: 2004 Australian F3 Championship". The official website of the Australian Formula 3 Championship Series. 2004. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d Bartholomaeus, Stefan (26 May 2016). "Pride for Rosenberg after Slade breakthrough". Speedcafe. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Championship Standings: 2005 Australian Drivers Championship". The official website of the Australian Formula 3 Championship Series. 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Tim Slade". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "Formula Ford Australia 2006". Driver Database. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ "News: Rookie Slade secures Supercheap Auto Racing V8 seat alongside Ingall". supercheapautoracing.com.au. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 9 July 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2009.
- ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (22 May 2016). "Slade and BJR do the double at Winton". Speedcafe. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ https://www.motorsport.com/v8supercars/news/slade-djr-penske-enduro-premat/4606149/
External links
- Tim Slade - Official Profile – Supercars.com
- Tim Slade career summary at DriverDB.com
- Tim Slade driver statistics at Racing-Reference