Tim Slade

Australian racing driver (born 1985)

Tim Slade
Tim Slade signing autographs in 2014
Nationality Australian
Born (1985-08-03) 3 August 1985 (age 38)
Hornsby, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number23
Current teamPremiAir Racing
Championships0
Races399
Wins2
Podiums17
Pole positions2
2021 position12th (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

The Ford Falcon (FG) of Tim Slade at the 2010 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
The Ford Falcon (FG) of Tim Slade at the 2011 Clipsal 500 Adelaide

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.

Slade during test day for the 2013 Supercars season

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 at the 2014 Sydney Motorsport Park 400

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

Slade's Holden Commodore (VF) at the 2017 Clipsal 500 Adelaide
Slade's Holden Commodore (ZB) at the 2018 Adelaide 500

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

Season Series Position Car Team
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 12th Ford Mustang GT Blanchard Racing Team
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 11th Ford Mustang GT Blanchard Racing Team
2023 Repco Supercars Championship 19th Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 PremiAir Racing

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2009 Paul Morris Motorsport Holden Commodore VE Australia Paul Morris 7th 161
2010 James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Jack Perkins 18th 161
2011 James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG New Zealand Daniel Gaunt 12th 161
2012 James Rosenberg Racing Ford Falcon FG Australia Andrew Thompson 7th 161
2013 James Rosenberg Racing Mercedes-Benz E63 W212 Australia Andrew Thompson 26th 137
2014 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Tony D'Alberto DNF 102
2015 Walkinshaw Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Tony D'Alberto 14th 161
2016 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Ashley Walsh 7th 161
2017 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Ashley Walsh‡
New Zealand Andre Heimgartner
9th 161
2018 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Ashley Walsh 17th 160
2019 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Ashley Walsh DNF 0
2020 DJR Team Penske Ford Mustang S550 New Zealand Scott McLaughlin 5th 161
2021 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S550 Australia Tim Blanchard 9th 161
2022 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S550 Australia Tim Blanchard 19th 161
2023 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro Mk.6 Australia Jonathon Webb 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.
2017 CGR Performance Australia Dylan Thomas Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X RS A1 30 DNF DNF
2018 CGR Performance Australia Dylan Thomas Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX RS A1 30 DNF DNF
2021 Carr Motorsport Australia Bradley Carr BMW M3 F80 X 120 4th 4th
2022 Carr Motorsport Australia Bradley Carr BMW M3 F80 X 130 2nd 2nd

Supercars Championship results

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

Supercars results
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

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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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