Tim Slade out of Bathurst weekend after opening race shunt 2 months ago The #3 Blanchard Racing Team car of Tim Slade has been scratched from the remainder of the Mount Panorama 500 weekend thanks to a late-race crash in the opening outing of the season. Slade has qualified in second and was running strong in fourth place with only a handful of laps to go, applying pressure to the Dick Johnson Racing car of Will Davison until he got crossed up on the run to Forrest Elbow, whacking the outside wall and causing heavy damage to the entry. Subsequent investigations by the team after the car was returned to their garage confirmed their fears that the chassis can’t be fixed for tomorrow’s race, taking Slade out of the race weekend.