Garth Walden

Garth Walden is best known as a race driver in his native Australia. He is the son of well-known Sydney race specialist Brian Walden. He has raced in various classes, probably known for his V8 Supercar Season in 2004, driving a privately entered ex Glenn Seton Ford Falcon AU where he entered 6 events, qualifying for only 5 of them.

Garth Walden
Nationality Australian
Born (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Supercars Record
Car number24
Current teamWalden Racing
Series championships0
Races8
Race wins0
Podium finishes0
Pole positions0
2004 Championship position47th

2006 saw him enter the Australian Formula 3 Championship but not start any races. 2007 and 2008 he raced in the Bathurst 12 Hour and 2007 Australian Production Car Championship finishing 8th.

2008 saw him attempt a return to V8 Supercar competition again with his father's Walden Motorsport team after being granted the 32nd licence. This failed to happen and the V8 Supercar plans evaporated. He made a one off appearance's in the 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series at the final round in Homebush and 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series at Winton. He moved to sports cars and has had some success in Radicals finishing second in the Supersports & Sports 1300 Interstate Challenge Australia in 2010.[1] In 2016/17 he drove in the Porsche Carrera Cup Australia.

Career stats

Season Series Position Car Team
2004 V8Supercar Championship Series 47th Ford Falcon AU Walden Motorsport
2007 Australian Production Car Championship 8th Holden Commodore VY Walden Motorsport
Australian Production Car Championship - Class A 3rd
2008 Australian GT Championship 28th Lotus Exige S Report Factory
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 30th Holden VZ Commodore Jay Motorsport
2010 Supersports & Sports 1300 Interstate Challenge Australia 2nd Radical SR3 - Suzuki Walden Motorsport
2014 New South Wales Supersports Championship 9th Radical SR8 Electric Walden Motorsport
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 41st Holden VE Commodore RSport Engineering
2015 World Time Attack Challenge 1st Mitsubishi Evo 9 Tilton Racing
2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 15th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Walden Motorsport
2017 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 23rd Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Walden Motorsport
Australian Production Car Series 25th Mercedes-Benz A45 AMG
2019 New South Wales Supersports Championship 7th Radical SR3 - Suzuki Walden Motorsport

Complete Supercar results

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Position Points
2004 Walden Motorsport Ford AU Falcon ADE EAS PUK HID BAR QLD
22
WIN
DNQ
ORA
33
SAN
24
BAT
Ret
SUR SYM EAS
34
47th 185
2008 Walden Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE
WD
EAS HAM BAR SAN HID QLD WIN PHI BAT SUR BHR SYM ORA NC 0

Complete Super2 Series results

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Position Points
2009 Jay Motorsport Holden VZ Commodore ADE WIN TOW SAN QLD BAT HOM
12
30th 123
2014 RSport Engineering Holden VE Commodore ADE WIN
23
BAR TOW QLD BAT HOM 41st 75

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps Overall
Position
Class
Position
2007 Walden Motorsport Michael Auld
Brian Walden
Holden VY Commodore SS D 188 24th 4th
2008 Walden Motorsport Michael Auld
Brian Walden
Holden VY Commodore SS D 236 9th 1st
2009 Walden Motorsport Michael Auld
Brian Walden
Holden VY Commodore SS E 228 9th 1st
2010 Walden Motorsport Michael Auld
Brian Walden
Holden VY Commodore SS C 68 DNF DNF
2013 AMAC Motorsport Andrew MacPherson
Benjamin Porter
Mosler MT900 GT3 A 55 DNF DNF
2014 AMAC Motorsport Andrew MacPherson
Benjamin Porter
Porsche 997 GT3 Cup S B 237 21st 7th
2020 Hobson Motorsport/GWR Brett Hobson
Kurt Kostecki
Nissan GT-R Nismo GT3 (2015) Silver 288 21st 5th

References

  1. http://www.driverdb.com/standings/6419-2010/ 2010 Supersports & Sports 1300 Interstate Challenge Australia final points
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