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 DRIVER BIO - TIM SLADE CAR PROFILE | Car Make/Model: | Ford Falcon FG |
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| Car number: | 47 |
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| Engineer: | Wes McDougall |
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| History: | - |
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DRIVER PROFILE | Date of birth: | 3 August 1985 |
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| Birthplace: | Hornsby/Kuringai NSW |
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| Lives: | Gold Coast, QLD |
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| Marital Status: | Single |
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| Height: | 172cm |
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| Weight: | 65kg |
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| Children: | N/A |
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| Nickname: | Sladey, Sladedog |
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| Interests: | Dirt Bike Riding, Water Skiing, Fitness Training |
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| Personal vehicle: | Nissan Navara Dual Cab Ute |
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DRIVER CHAT | First Job: | Picking grapes |
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| First Road Car: | Datsun 1200 ute |
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| First race car: | Van Diemen RF92 Formula ford |
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| Hero: | Lance Armstrong |
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| Favourite circuit and why: | Bathurst, amazing circuit, very challenging, everything you could ask for in a race track |
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| Favourite Race and why: | First Bathurst (09), P7 with the boss, 70 lap stint through all the elements in middle phase of race it was certainly interesting! |
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| Most memorable racing moment: | Winning first race and round of the 2008 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series running my own team SladeSpeed |
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| Greatest personal influence: | Too many to mention |
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| I prepare for a race by: | Stretch, hydrate, relax |
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| Best advice ever given: | Just get in and drive it |
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| Best/Worst part of the job: | Best - success
Worst - living out of a suitcase |
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| Significance of helmet design: | Designed it with a mate from karting days (2000), tweaked a little over the years, but the base design still remains the same, blue was to go with the colour of the kart I was driving at the time (Top Kart) |
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| You'll never see me without: | Strawberry chap stick |
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| Favourite food: | Chicken Parmy |
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| Favourite movie: | Days Of Thunder |
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| Music on my iPod: | Bit of everything |
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| My exercise regime includes: | Run, ride (mtn bike & road), gym sessions |
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| Favourite Driver: | Madsen Brothers ('Madman' & '10k Man') |
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DRIVER STATS | Touring Car/V8 Supercar Championship Series Debut: | 2009 Adelaide, Clipsal 500 |
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| First Win: | - |
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| First Pole Position: | - |
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| First Podium Finish: | - |
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| First season in a V8 Supercar: | 2009 |
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| First major crash: | Formula Ford 2006, Sandown |
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| First Bathurst: | 2009 |
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| Number of Bathurst starts: | 1 |
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| Superstitions: | None |
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| Personal Sponsors: | Gawler Farm Machinery |
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2009 RESULTS | Overall result: | 23rd |
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| Best finishes: | L&H 500 7th, Bathurst 1000 7th, QLD Raceway 10th |
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| Best Qualifying result: | 14th, Queensland Raceway |
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| Worst 2009 result: | Adelaide, Clipsal 500 and Hamilton, NZ, 4 consecutive DNF's! |
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| Tim Slade on the season ahead: | I'm very excited about this season, it's a good opportunity working with such a great team with a great history. 2010 goal - to finish in the top 15 of the Championship |
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Alex comes from a true motor racing family. His father Richard and late grandfather Lex Davison have seen much success in open wheel categories. Alex's motor racing career began when he served his driver apprenticeship racing karts where he won the 1995 Australian Karting Championship. 2010 is Alex's second year with Stone Brothers Racing and in the #4 IRWIN Racing Falcon.
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Shane spent his formative years racing ATVs on natural terrain motocross tracks and a Quarter Midget on speedway ovals before a brief but typically successful dalliance with karts. Since then he has been on a fast track to major Australasian success. In 2010, driving the SBR #9 SP Tools Racing Falcon, Shane has already shown signs that have marked him as a future star of V8 Supercars.
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