Garth Walden

Garth Walden
Nationality	Australian
Born	(1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number	24
Current team	Walden Racing
Championships	0
Races	8
Wins	0
Podiums	0
Pole positions	0
2004 position	47th

Garth William Walden (born 6 December 1981) is a racing driver from Australia. He is the son of Sydney-based racecar builder and driver Brian Walden.

Biography

Walden began his career in supersprints in a Holden Monaro HQ, before switching to NSW Sports Sedans in a modified Holden Torana LJ.

Walden entered V8 Supercars in 2004, running an older-specification ex-Glenn Seton Racing Ford Falcon AU. Having originally intended to run in the Konica Series, the Waldens' purchased the Romano Racing main series Racing Entitlements Contract. Running with support from Bap Romano and Ford Performance Racing, Walden contested six of the thirteen events – failing to qualify for the Winton round and crashing out of the Bathurst 1000. AVESCO stripped the team of their licence at the conclusion of the season, handing it over to Perkins Engineering.

Following his V8 Supercars foray, Walden opened his own vehicle preparation shop – running in Australian Formula 3 in 2005 and the Australian Production Car Championship in 2007, as well as operating the HPM Racing outfit in the 2007 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series.

In 2008, Walden re-secured his V8 Supercars REC with the intention of operating a Holden Commodore VE. With a car not forthcoming, and an attempt to purchase an ex-WPS Racing Ford Falcon BF falling through, the team did not participate in any races that season and the licence was sold to Walkinshaw Racing at the end of the year. Walden later made two one-off starts in the Development Series, in 2009 and 2014 respectively.

Walden was employed as a factory Radical Sportscars driver and manager in the late-2000s, and later ran in the World Time Attack Challenge and Porsche Carrera Cup Australia. Since 2020, Walden has been a semi-regular competitor in GT World Challenge 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 Commodore (VZ)	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 Commodore (VE)	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 Falcon (AU)	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 Commodore (VE)	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 Commodore (VZ)	ADE	WIN	TOW	SAN	QLD	BAT	HOM 12	30th	123
2014	RSport Engineering	Holden Commodore (VE)	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 Commodore (VY) SS	D	188	24th	4th
2008	Walden Motorsport	Michael Auld Brian Walden	Holden Commodore (VY) SS	D	236	9th	1st
2009	Walden Motorsport	Michael Auld Brian Walden	Holden Commodore (VY) SS	E	228	9th	1st
2010	Walden Motorsport	Michael Auld Brian Walden	Holden Commodore (VY) 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

• "NMD.com.au articles". nmd.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009.
• "PCAA 2007" (PDF). pcaa.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2007.
• "Conrod.com stats". conrod.com.au.
• "V8 Supercar news". v8supercar.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008.
• "Career statistics". driverdb.com. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 28 January 2005)
• Garth Walden career summary at DriverDB.com