1. Timothy Slade was born on 3 August 1985 and is a retired Australian racing driver who is best known for competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.
15 Facts About Tim Slade
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Tim Slade returned to Formula 3 for the following season, beginning a long-running partnership with businessman James Rosenberg, who owned the car.
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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, Tim Slade was dropped from the team.
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Tim Slade narrowly lost a season-long battle with John Martin for the title.
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However, Tim Slade's season was blighted by a team shift to MW Motorsport mid-season and he finished ninth in the points.
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Early in the season Tim Slade won the Wakefield Park round, but poor results at Queensland Raceway and at Mount Panorama, plus the limited resources available, restricted Tim Slade to seventh in the series results.
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Early in 2009, Tim Slade was announced as the replacement driver for the retiring Paul Morris at his eponymous team to graduate into V8 Supercars.
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For 2011, Tim 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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Tim Slade had his breakout year in 2012 aboard the Lucky 7 Falcon, where he finished fifth in the championship.
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Tim Slade remained with the team for the 2015 season, finishing 13th in the championship.
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In 2016, Walkinshaw Racing downsized to two cars and Tim Slade moved to Brad Jones Racing.
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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.
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In 2012, Tim Slade joined Erebus Motorsport for its Bathurst 12 Hour campaign, driving the team's Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG GT3.
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Tim Slade entered the race with Erebus in 2013, finishing in sixth position with Lee Holdsworth and Peter Hackett.
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Tim Slade has appeared as a guest driver at the annual Pro-Am event of the Australian Carrera Cup Championship on multiple occasions.