Tim Slade
Tim Slade | |
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Tim Slade signing autographs in 2014 | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 39) Hornsby, New South Wales |
Supercars Championship career | |
Car number | 23 |
Current team | PremiAir Racing |
Championships | 0 |
Races | 399 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 17 |
Pole positions | 2 |
2021 position | 12th (1627 pts) |
Timothy Keighran Slade (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship for PremiAir Racing.
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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Ford_FG_Falcon_of_Tim_Slade.jpg/220px-Ford_FG_Falcon_of_Tim_Slade.jpg)
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.
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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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Tim_Slade_2014_Sydney_Motorsport_Park_400.jpg/220px-Tim_Slade_2014_Sydney_Motorsport_Park_400.jpg)
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
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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).
PremiAir Racing
After two years with the Blanchard Racing Team, Tim Slade announced his shift to PremiAir Racing for the 2023 season.
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
Complete Bathurst 1000 results
Year | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
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2009 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden Commodore VE | ![]() | 7th | 161 |
2010 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() | 18th | 161 |
2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() | 12th | 161 |
2012 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon FG | ![]() | 7th | 161 |
2013 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 | ![]() | 26th | 137 |
2014 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() | DNF | 102 |
2015 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() | 14th | 161 |
2016 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() | 7th | 161 |
2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore VF | ![]() ![]() | 9th | 161 |
2018 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() | 17th | 160 |
2019 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore ZB | ![]() | DNF | 0 |
2020 | DJR Team Penske | Ford Mustang S550 | ![]() | 5th | 161 |
2021 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang S550 | ![]() | 9th | 161 |
2022 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang S550 | ![]() | 19th | 161 |
2023 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 | ![]() | 13th | 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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2017 | CGR Performance | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS | A1 | 30 | DNF | DNF |
2018 | CGR Performance | ![]() | Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX RS | A1 | 30 | DNF | DNF |
2021 | Carr Motorsport | ![]() | BMW M3 F80 | X | 120 | 4th | 4th |
2022 | Carr Motorsport | ![]() | BMW M3 F80 | X | 130 | 2nd | 2nd |
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) | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 Ret | HAM R3 Ret | HAM R4 DNS | WIN R5 18 | WIN R6 17 | SYM R7 24 | SYM R8 14 | HDV R9 27 | HDV R10 25 | TOW R11 Ret | TOW R12 13 | SAN R13 21 | SAN R14 24 | QLD R15 10 | QLD R16 22 | PHI QR 23 | PHI R17 7 | BAT R18 7 | SUR R19 17 | SUR R20 21 | SUR R21 17 | SUR R22 21 | PHI R23 21 | PHI R24 16 | BAR R25 19 | BAR R26 22 | SYD R27 Ret | SYD R28 16 | 23rd | 1221 | |||||||||||
2010 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | YMC R1 14 | YMC R2 13 | BHR R3 21 | BHR R4 18 | ADE R5 Ret | ADE R6 17 | HAM R7 Ret | HAM R8 16 | QLD R9 16 | QLD R10 17 | WIN R11 12 | WIN R12 7 | HDV R13 6 | HDV R14 6 | TOW R15 12 | TOW R16 12 | PHI R17 5 | BAT R18 18 | SUR R19 18 | SUR R20 19 | SYM R21 19 | SYM R22 18 | SAN R23 18 | SAN R24 6 | SYD R25 Ret | SYD R26 Ret | 16th | 1595 | ||||||||||||||
2011 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | YMC R1 5 | YMC R2 Ret | ADE R3 8 | ADE R4 13 | HAM R5 Ret | HAM R6 Ret | BAR R7 22 | BAR R8 5 | BAR R9 9 | WIN R10 15 | WIN R11 13 | HID R12 21 | HID R13 4 | TOW R14 25 | TOW R15 7 | QLD R16 2 | QLD R17 3 | QLD R18 2 | PHI QR 21 | PHI R19 24 | BAT R20 12 | SUR R21 12 | SUR R22 10 | SYM R23 12 | SYM R24 27 | SAN R25 15 | SAN R26 7 | SYD R27 6 | SYD R28 10 | 9th | 1904 | |||||||||||
2012 | James Rosenberg Racing | Ford Falcon (FG) | ADE R1 12 | ADE R2 10 | SYM R3 8 | SYM R4 4 | HAM R5 15 | HAM R6 11 | BAR R7 6 | BAR R8 7 | BAR R9 8 | PHI R10 3 | PHI R11 12 | HID R12 6 | HID R13 10 | TOW R14 21 | TOW R15 12 | QLD R16 9 | QLD R17 8 | SMP R18 16 | SMP R19 14 | SAN QR 4 | SAN R20 7 | BAT R21 7 | SUR R22 5 | SUR R23 4 | YMC R24 4 | YMC R25 6 | YMC R26 3 | WIN R27 6 | WIN R28 5 | SYD R29 2 | SYD R30 4 | 5th | 2790 | |||||||||
2013 | James Rosenberg Racing | Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 | ADE R1 15 | ADE R2 Ret | SYM R3 22 | SYM R4 22 | SYM R5 18 | PUK R6 25 | PUK R7 26 | PUK R8 16 | PUK R9 23 | BAR R10 13 | BAR R11 23 | BAR R12 24 | COA R13 22 | COA R14 26 | COA R15 20 | COA R16 17 | HID R17 6 | HID R18 11 | HID R19 Ret | TOW R20 Ret | TOW R21 8 | QLD R22 24 | QLD R23 13 | QLD R24 8 | WIN R25 22 | WIN R26 19 | WIN R27 15 | SAN QR 8 | SAN R28 21 | BAT R29 26 | SUR R30 15 | SUR R31 20 | PHI R32 25 | PHI R33 24 | PHI R34 20 | SYD R35 8 | SYD R36 11 | 22nd | 1298 | |||
2014 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 15 | ADE R2 14 | ADE R3 6 | SYM R4 14 | SYM R5 19 | SYM R6 8 | WIN R7 Ret | WIN R8 11 | WIN R9 3 | PUK R10 11 | PUK R11 Ret | PUK R12 24 | PUK R13 21 | BAR R14 23 | BAR R15 14 | BAR R16 25 | HID R17 16 | HID R18 8 | HID R19 19 | TOW R20 Ret | TOW R21 Ret | TOW R22 13 | QLD R23 15 | QLD R24 17 | QLD R25 14 | SMP R26 Ret | SMP R27 DNS | SMP R28 DNS | SAN QR 9 | SAN R29 12 | BAT R30 Ret | SUR R31 3 | SUR R32 4 | PHI R33 12 | PHI R34 24 | PHI R35 17 | SYD R36 2 | SYD R37 7 | SYD R38 6 | 17th | 1646 | |
2015 | Walkinshaw Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 8 | ADE R2 Ret | ADE R3 8 | SYM R4 9 | SYM R5 14 | SYM R6 Ret | BAR R7 16 | BAR R8 10 | BAR R9 23 | WIN R10 19 | WIN R11 11 | WIN R12 14 | HID R13 7 | HID R14 2 | HID R15 9 | TOW R16 20 | TOW R17 14 | QLD R18 11 | QLD R19 14 | QLD R20 19 | SMP R21 15 | SMP R22 14 | SMP R23 8 | SAN QR 6 | SAN R24 6 | BAT R25 14 | SUR R26 14 | SUR R27 12 | PUK R28 15 | PUK R29 7 | PUK R30 23 | PHI R31 10 | PHI R32 16 | PHI R33 17 | SYD R34 6 | SYD R35 20 | SYD R36 Ret | 12th | 1764 | |||
2016 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 17 | ADE R3 20 | SYM R4 8 | SYM R5 13 | PHI R6 8 | PHI R7 13 | BAR R8 10 | BAR R9 16 | WIN R10 1 | WIN R11 1 | HID R12 13 | HID R13 2 | TOW R14 13 | TOW R15 13 | QLD R16 6 | QLD R17 7 | SMP R18 7 | SMP R19 12 | SAN QR 8 | SAN R20 16 | BAT R21 7 | SUR R22 11 | SUR R23 8 | PUK R24 17 | PUK R25 23 | PUK R26 19 | PUK R27 16 | SYD R28 9 | SYD R29 7 | 8th | 2263 | ||||||||||
2017 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (VF) | ADE R1 14 | ADE R2 7 | SYM R3 Ret | SYM R4 8 | PHI R5 18 | PHI R6 19 | BAR R7 13 | BAR R8 17 | WIN R9 27 | WIN R10 11 | HID R11 11 | HID R12 5 | TOW R13 20 | TOW R14 Ret | QLD R15 4 | QLD R16 7 | SMP R17 18 | SMP R18 17 | SAN QR 17 | SAN R19 DSQ | BAT R20 9 | SUR R21 3 | SUR R22 22 | PUK R23 6 | PUK R24 15 | NEW R25 3 | NEW R26 11 | 11th | 1812 | |||||||||||||
2018 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (ZB) | ADE R1 13 | ADE R2 11 | MEL R3 10 | MEL R4 10 | MEL R5 4 | MEL R6 11 | SYM R7 7 | SYM R8 14 | PHI R9 10 | PHI R10 12 | BAR R11 4 | BAR R12 17 | WIN R13 7 | WIN R14 7 | HID R15 14 | HID R16 21 | TOW R17 11 | TOW R18 14 | QLD R19 14 | QLD R20 6 | SMP R21 10 | BEN R22 12 | BEN R23 4 | SAN QR 8 | SAN R24 15 | BAT R25 17 | SUR R26 21 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 17 | PUK R29 11 | NEW R30 18 | NEW R31 15 | 11th | 2249 | ||||||||
2019 | Brad Jones Racing | Holden Commodore (ZB) | ADE R1 17 | ADE R2 4 | MEL R3 6 | MEL R4 8 | MEL R5 3 | MEL R6 7 | SYM R7 7 | SYM R8 12 | PHI R9 17 | PHI R10 9 | BAR R11 11 | BAR R12 11 | WIN R13 13 | WIN R14 12 | HID R15 Ret | HID R16 18 | TOW R17 16 | TOW R18 12 | QLD R19 Ret | QLD R20 17 | BEN R21 14 | BEN R22 12 | PUK R23 11 | PUK R24 18 | BAT R25 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 | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | MEL R3 | MEL R4 | MEL R5 | MEL R6 | SMP1 R7 | SMP1 R8 | SMP1 R9 | SMP2 R10 | SMP2 R11 | SMP2 R12 | 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 | BAT R31 5 | 30th | 222 | |||||||||
2021 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | BAT1 R1 Ret | BAT1 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 | TOW1 R15 6 | TOW1 R16 8 | TOW2 R17 4 | TOW2 R18 12 | TOW2 R19 22 | SMP1 R20 10 | SMP1 R21 5 | SMP1 R22 9 | SMP2 R23 7 | SMP2 R24 12 | SMP2 R25 5 | SMP3 R26 9 | SMP3 R27 20 | SMP3 R28 20 | SMP4 R29 13 | SMP4 R30 C | BAT2 R31 9 | 12th | 1627 | |||||||||
2022 | Blanchard Racing Team | Ford Mustang GT | SMP R1 8 | SMP R2 10 | SYM R3 11 | SYM R4 14 | SYM R5 11 | MEL R6 4 | MEL R7 8 | MEL R8 7 | MEL R9 4 | BAR R10 13 | BAR R11 13 | BAR R12 10 | WIN R13 16 | WIN R14 15 | WIN R15 20 | HID R16 12 | HID R17 14 | HID R18 11 | TOW R19 8 | TOW R20 8 | BEN R21 23 | BEN R22 16 | BEN R23 11 | SAN R24 18 | SAN R25 11 | SAN R26 6 | PUK R27 Ret | PUK R28 15 | PUK R29 10 | BAT R30 19 | SUR R31 12 | SUR R32 10 | ADE R33 5 | ADE R34 13 | 11th | 1855 | ||||||
2023 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | NEW R1 22 | NEW R2 9 | MEL R3 20 | MEL R4 13 | MEL R5 8 | MEL R6 15 | BAR R7 7 | BAR R8 24 | BAR R9 8 | SYM R10 6 | SYM R11 7 | SYM R12 25 | HID R13 10 | HID R14 11 | HID R15 18 | TOW R16 18 | TOW R17 23 | SMP R18 6 | SMP R19 12 | BEN R20 16 | BEN R21 18 | BEN R22 22 | SAN R23 9 | BAT R24 13 | SUR R25 21 | SUR R26 Ret | ADE R27 16 | ADE R28 16 | 19th | 1497 | ||||||||||||
2024 | PremiAir Racing | Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 | BAT1 R1 17 | BAT1 R2 17 | MEL R3 15 | MEL R4 10 | MEL R5 8 | MEL R6 10 | TAU R7 | TAU R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | SMP R15 | SMP R16 | BEN R17 | BEN R18 | SAN R19 | BAT R20 | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | ADE R23 | ADE R24 | 15th* | 261* |
References
- ^ "Championship Standings: 2004 Australian F3 Championship". The official website of the Australian Formula 3 Championship Series. 2004. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. 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. Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. 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.
- ^ "Slade confirmed at DJR Team Penske for 2020".
External links
- Tim Slade - Official Profile – Supercars.com
- Tim Slade career summary at DriverDB.com
- Tim Slade driver statistics at Racing-Reference
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