Ashley Daniel Walsh born January 11, 1988 is a racing driver from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
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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.
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]
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.
Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
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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 012 – Ford | CAMS Rising Star |
(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 |
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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 |