Matt Payne and Garth Tander won the 2025 Bathurst 1000 in the #100 Grove Racing Ford Mustang.
Revealed by Speedcafe earlier this month, the news has been confirmed by the Penrite-backed team at Sandown.
Slade, 40, drove alongside Nick Percat at MSR this year but is making the switch to Grove amid a wholesale change to the Ford squad’s co-driver line-up.
It’s expected, but not yet confirmed, that Slade will partner Kai Allen, whose 2025 co-driver Dale Wood was recently let go by the squad.
Tim Slade in Grove Racing colours. Image: Supplied
The team will have a double change following Saturday’s confirmation that Garth Tander is retiring from full-time driving.
Dick Johnson Racing outcast Will Davison is being heavily linked to the vacant drive alongside Matt Payne.
