Ashley Walsh

Ashley Daniel Walsh born January 11, 1988 is a racing driver from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.

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Karting

Walsh was a dual Australian Karting Champion in 2003 at his local Ipswich Kart Track driving a Tony Kart. He won the Junior Clubman and Junior Piston Port categories. He also won the 2004 Australian CIK Karting Championships in a Trulli Kart. Walsh took up motor racing in 1999 by racing karts at the Ipswich Kart Club.

Formula Racing

Ashley was part if the CAMS Rising Stars program for 2007 when he was runner up in the 2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship whilst racing for Borland Racing Developments. In 2008 Ashley competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 WEC (Western European Cup) for Hitech Junior. Ashley finished 4th in the 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship.[1] Ashley only competed in limited races in 2009, including the final 2 round of the Australian Formula Ford Championship. Ashley was also the Rookie Driver for Australia in the now defunct A1 Grand Prix Series.[2] [3]

Touring Cars

In February he finished 16th in the Bathurst 12 Hour driver a Ryan McLeod run Holden Astra turbo and moved into the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series in the newly expanded Miles Racing. In August the team was granted a Wildcard licence by V8 Supercar to gain entry to the Phillip Island 500K and Bathurst 1000.

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2003 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship Junior Clubman 1st Tony Kart Tony Kart
2003 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship Junior Piston Port 1st Tony Kart Tony Kart
2004 Australian CIK Karting Championships 1st Trulli – Parilla
2004 Asia-Pacific Championship ICA 31st Trulli – Parilla
2005 Queensland Formula Ford Championship 5th Van Diemen RF01 Ford CAMS Rising Star
2006 Australian Formula Ford Championship 3rd Van Diemen RF06 Ford VIP Petfoods
2007 Australian Formula Ford Championship 2nd Spectrum 011B Ford CAMS Rising Star
2008 Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup 19th Tatuus – Renault Hitech Junior
2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Mygale SJ08A Ford
2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship 4th Spectrum 012Ford CAMS Rising Star

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 DC Points
2008–09 Australia NED
SPR

NED
FEA

CHN
SPR

CHN
FEA

MYS
SPR

PO
MYS
FEA

PO
NZL
SPR

PO
NZL
FEA

PO
RSA
SPR

PO
RSA
FEA

PO
POR
SPR

POR
FEA

GBR
SPR

GBR
FEA

8th 36

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