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.

Garth Walden
NationalityAustralia Australian
Born (1981-12-06) 6 December 1981 (age 42)
Port Macquarie, New South Wales
Supercars Championship career
Car number24
Current teamWalden Racing
Championships0
Races8
Wins0
Podiums0
Pole positions0
2004 position47th

Biography

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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.[1]

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.[2]

Career stats

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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

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(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

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(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

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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

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  1. ^ "Walden locks in Fujitsu V8 Series drive". Speedcafe. 13 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Chequered Flag Chat – Garth Walden". CF Media. 16 June 2020.
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