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'. 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. The drive was once again backed by Rosenberg. 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.
Slade 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 No. 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. 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.
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 SeasonSeriesPosition 2000Australian National Sprint Kart Championships - Junior Piston Port 2nd 2001CIK Stars of Karting Championship - KF31st
Circuit Career 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 2006-07 Toyota Racing Series 28th Tatuus TT104ZZ - Toyota European Technique 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 9th Ford Falcon (BA) A.N.T. RacingMW 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 Suspension2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 11th Holden Commodore (ZB) Brad Jones Racing Blancpain GT Series Asia - ProAm Cup 10th Ferrari 488 GT3 HubAuto Corsa 2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 15th Holden Commodore (ZB) Brad Jones Racing Intercontinental GT Challenge 18th Ferrari 488 GT3 HubAuto Corsa 2019-20 Asian Le Mans Series 12th 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 S5000 Australian Drivers' Championship 16th Rogers AF01- Ford V8 Team BRM 2023 Repco Supercars Championship 19th Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 PremiAir Racing 2024 Repco Supercars Championship 20th Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 PremiAir Racing 2025 Repco Supercars Championship 29th Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Matt Stone Racing
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) Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points 2007 A.N.T. Racing 30 Ford BA Falcon ADER1 ADER2 WAKR3 WAKR4 WAKR5 9th 139 MW Motorsport 29 Ford BA Falcon WINR6 WINR7 WINR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 ORAR12 ORAR13 ORAR14 BATR15 BATR16PHIR17PHIR18 2008 Slade Speed 23 Holden VZ Commodore ADER1 ADER2 WAKR3 WAKR4 WAKR5 SANR6 SANR7 SANR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 WINR12 WINR13 WINR14 BATR15 BATR16 ORAR17 ORAR18 7th 1061
Supercars Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)