Garth Walden
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Garth Walden, born 6 December 1981, in Port Macquarie, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

, 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
Glenn Seton
Glenn Seton is an Australian racing driver.Seton, father of Courtney and Aaron Seton and husband to Jayne Seton, retired from full time racing after the 2005 V8 Supercar season, and is only one of five drivers to have competed in over 200 rounds in the series. The other drivers are Dick Johnson ,...

 Ford Falcon AU where he entered 6 events, qualifying for only 5 of them.

2006 saw him enter the Australian Formula 3
Australian Formula 3
The Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship is a motor racing championship for FIA Formula Three racing cars and is now the official Australian Drivers' Championship. Growing out of Australian Formula 2 racing into a series for the first time in 1999, it has grown into the premier Australian...

 Championship but not start any races. 2007 and 2008 he raced in the Bathurst 12 Hour
Bathurst 12 Hour
The Bathurst 12 Hour is an endurance event for production racing cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, near Bathurst, Australia in February annually. The event was inspired by the long running Bathurst 1000 touring car race, which began in the early 1960s as a race for cars with minimal...

 and 2007 Australian Production Car Championship
Australian Production Car Championship
The Australian Production Car Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of production cars, which must compete in close to standard specification...

 finishing 8th.

2008 sees him return to V8 Supercar competition again with his father Brian's Walden Motorsport team after being granted the 32nd licence.

Career stats

Season Series Position Car Team
2004
2004 V8 Supercar season
The 2004 V8 Supercar season was the 45th year of touring car racing in Australia since the first runnings of the Australian Touring Car Championship and the fore-runner of the present day Bathurst 1000, the Armstrong 500....

V8Supercar Championship Series
V8 Supercar
V8 Supercars is a touring car racing category based in Australia and run as an International Series under Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile regulations...

47th Ford Falcon AU Walden Motorsport
Walden Motorsport
Walden Motorsport, also known as Walden Racing, run by Brian Walden, is a specialist race car preparation outfit in the West of Sydney. Running in Production Car and Improved Production Car events, they entered the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series with Brian driving...

2007 Australian Production Car Championship
Australian Production Car Championship
The Australian Production Car Championship is a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of production cars, which must compete in close to standard specification...

8th Holden
Holden
GM Holden Ltd is an automaker that operates in Australia, based in Port Melbourne, Victoria. The company was founded in 1856 as a saddlery manufacturer. In 1908 it moved into the automotive field, before becoming a subsidiary of the U.S.-based General Motors in 1931...

 Commodore VY
Walden Motorsport
Walden Motorsport
Walden Motorsport, also known as Walden Racing, run by Brian Walden, is a specialist race car preparation outfit in the West of Sydney. Running in Production Car and Improved Production Car events, they entered the 1997 ARDC AMSCAR series with Brian driving...

2008
2008 Australian GT Championship season
The 2008 Australian GT Championship was a CAMS sanctioned national motor racing title for drivers of closed, production based sports cars which were either approved by the FIA for GT3 competition or approved by CAMS as Australian GT cars...

Australian GT Championship
Australian GT Championship
The Australian GT Championship is a CAMS-sanctioned national title for drivers of GT cars, held annually from 1960 to 1963, from 1982 to 1985 and from 2005. Each championship up to and including the 1963 title was contested over a single race and those after that year over a series of races...

28th Lotus Exige S
Lotus Exige
The Lotus Exige is a two-door, two-seat sports car made by Lotus Cars. It is essentially a coupé version of the Lotus Elise, a mid-engined roadster in production since 1996....

Report Factory
2009
2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series
The 2009 Fujitsu V8 Supercars season was the tenth running of the V8 Supercar Development series. It supported the 2009 V8 Supercar Championship Series, beginning on 19 March at the Clipsal 500 and ending on 6 December at the Sydney 500 after seven rounds....

Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 30th Holden VZ Commodore Jay Motorsport

External links

Official Site http://waldenmotorsport.netfirms.com/
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