Tim Slade

Timothy Keighran Slade (born 3 August 1985) is an Australian semi-retired racing driver who is best known for competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.

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. Slade returned to Formula 3 for the following season, beginning a long-running partnership with businessman James Rosenberg, who owned the car. 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.

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.

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'. The drive was once again backed by Rosenberg.

DJR Team Penske After he announced he would retire from full-time competition, Slade was signed by DJR Team Penske to co-drive alongside Scott McLaughlin for the Bathurst 1000. The pair finished fifth 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, 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 Karting career summary

Circuit Career

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 DC Points 2006–07 European Technique PUK1 PUK2 PUK3 RUA1 RUA2 TAU1 TAU2 TAU3 MAN1 MAN2 MAN3 TIM1 TIM2 TIM3 TER1 TER2 TER3 PUK1 PUK2 28th 39

Super2 Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Supercars Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 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 AMG 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 S550 Scott McLaughlin 5th 161 2021 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S550 Tim Blanchard 9th 161 2022 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S550 Tim Blanchard 19th 161 2023 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Jonathon Webb 13th 161 2024 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Cameron McLeod 19th 161 2025 Matt Stone Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Nick Percat DNF 50 2026 Grove Racing Ford Mustang S650 Kai Allen ‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew due to injury and was replaced with Heimgartner.

Bathurst 12 Hour results

Bathurst 6 Hour results

California 8 Hour results