Slade will join title-winning squad Team BRM for the Race Tasmania event alongside reigning Gold Star winner Joey Mawson and Kaleb Ngatoa.
It will mark a return to open-wheelers for the two-time Supercars race winner, who competed in Australian Formula Ford and Formula 3 earlier in his career.
He even worked with Team BRM during his brief stint in F3.
Slade will take part in this Thursday’s official test day at Symmons Plains ahead of practice on Friday and three races across Saturday and Sunday.
“Any time you get an opportunity to jump into a cool racing car, you grab it!” said Slade.
“The guys at Team BRM and I go back a long way so it’s great to be able to put this together and get back in an open-wheel car. It’s been quite a while but I’m really looking forward to the challenge.
“S5000 has been very competitive and the guys at the front are all strong so I’m looking forward to getting amongst it.
“The team won the championship last year so I know they are up to the job, and…
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