Ashley Daniel Walsh (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former racing driver.
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/IAME Parilla with Remo Racing. Walsh took up motor racing in 1999 by racing karts at the Ipswich Kart Club.
Formula Racing Walsh was part of 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, Walsh competed in the Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) for Hitech Junior. Walsh finished fourth in the 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship. Walsh only competed in limited races in 2009, including the final two rounds of the Australian Formula Ford Championship. Walsh was also the Rookie Driver for Australia in the A1 Grand Prix Series.http://www.motorsport.com/#/a1gp/news/kyalami-practice-1-times/?v=2&s=1&q=ashley%2Bwalsh&i=3 Retrieved Motorsport.com 11 June 2011.http://www.motorsport.com/#/a1gp/news/sepang-practice-1-times-2008-11-21/?v=2&s=1&q=ashley%2Bwalsh&i=4 Retrieved Motorsport.com 11 June 2011.
Touring Cars In February 2011, Walsh finished 16th in the 2011 Armor All Bathurst 12 Hour driving a Ryan McLeod run HSV VXR Turbo and then moved into the 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series with the newly expanded Miles Racing. Walsh moved to Matt Stone Racing for the 2012 Dunlop Series and immediately achieved regular top-five finishes.
Walsh contested the 2015 V8 Supercars Championship for Erebus Motorsport in a Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG before and including the 2015 ITM 500 Auckland, after which he was dropped in favour of experienced drivers Dean Canto and Alex Davison. He contested the 2016 Enduro Cup with Tim Slade at Brad Jones Racing, finishing seventh at Bathurst despite dropping two laps down early in the race with a brake fire.
Career results Karting career summary SeasonSeriesPosition 2003Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Piston Port 1stAustralian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman 1st 2004CIK Asian-Pacific Championship ICA 31stAustralian CIK Karting Championships 1st
Circuit career Season Series Position Car Team 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 2008-09 A1 Grand Prix season 8th † Ferrari A1 - Ferrari V8 A1 Team Australia 2009 Australian Formula Ford Championship 11th Mygale SJ08A Ford Muzz Buzz 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship 4th Spectrum 012 – Ford CAMS Rising Star 2011 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series 27th Ford Falcon (BF) Miles Racing 2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 7th Ford Falcon (BF) Matt Stone Racing 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 2nd Ford Falcon (FG) Matt Stone Racing International V8 Supercars Championship 51st Dick Johnson Racing V8SuperTourers Championship 24th Holden Commodore (VE) MPC Motorsport 2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 3rd Ford Falcon (FG) Matt Stone Racing International V8 Supercars Championship 48th Dick Johnson Racing 2015 International V8 Supercars Championship 25th Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Erebus Motorsport 2016 Porsche Carrera Cup Australia 6th Porsche 911 GT3 Cup Sonic Motor Racing Services International V8 Supercars Championship 34th Holden Commodore (VF) Brad Jones Racing 2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 56th Holden Commodore (VF) Brad Jones Racing Australian GT Championship 3rd Audi R8 LMS Melbourne Performance Centre 2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 43rd Holden Commodore (ZB) Brad Jones Racing 2019 Dunlop Super2 Series 9th Holden Commodore (VF) Matt Stone Racing Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 45th Holden Commodore (ZB) Brad Jones Racing † Team result
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 Points2008–09AustraliaNEDSPRNEDFEACHNSPRCHNFEAMYSSPRMYSFEA NZLSPR NZLFEA RSASPR RSAFEAPORSPRPORFEAGBRSPRGBRFEA8th36
Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps Overallposition Classposition 2011 MARC Cars Australia Chaz Mostert Gerard McLeod HSV VXR Turbo E 227 16th 3rd 2017 Miedecke Stone Motorsport George Miedecke Tony Bates Aston Martin Vantage GT3 AAM 75 DNF DNF 2018 Superbarn Supermarkets James Koundouris Theo Koundouris Duvashen Padayachee Audi R8 LMS AAM 269 10th 1st
Super2 Series results Super2 Series results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Position Points 2011 Miles Racing 90 Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 TOWR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 BATR11 BATR12SANR13SANR14SANR15SYDR16SYDR17 27th 341 2012 Matt Stone Racing 87 Ford BF Falcon ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 BATR12 BATR13 7th 1204 Ford FG Falcon WINR14 WINR15 WINR16 SYDR17 SYDR18 2013 ADER1 ADER2 BARR3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 QLDR11 WINR12 WINR13 WINR14 BATR15 BATR16 SYDR17 SYDR18 2nd 1508 2014 ADER1 ADER2 WINR3 WINR4 BARR5 BARR6 TOWR7 TOWR8 QLDR9 QLDR10 BATR11 SYDR12 SYDR13 3rd 1373 2019 Matt Stone Racing 35 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 BARR4 BARR5 TOWR6 TOWR7 QLDR8 QLDR9 BATR10 SANR11 SANR12 NEWR13 NEWR14 9th 1059
Supercars Championship results Supercars results Year Team No. Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 Position Points 2013 Dick Johnson Racing 17 Ford FG Falcon ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PUKR6 PUKR7 PUKR8 PUKR9 BARR10 BARR11 BARR12 COAR13 COAR14 COAR15 COAR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 QLDR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 WINR25 WINR26 WINR27 SANQ SANR28 BATR29 SURR30 SURR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 51st 225 2014 16 ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 WINR7 WINR8 WINR9 PUKR10 PUKR11 PUKR12 PUKR13 BARR14 BARR15 BARR16 HIDR17 HIDR18 HIDR19 TOWR20 TOWR21 TOWR22 QLDR23 QLDR24 QLDR25 SMPR26 SMPR27 SMPR28 SANQ SANR29 BATR30 SURR31 SURR32 PHIR33 PHIR34 PHIR35 SYDR36 SYDR37 SYDR38 48th 222 2015 Erebus Motorsport 4 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 SYMR6 BARR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 WINR12 HIDR13 HIDR14 HIDR15 TOWR16 TOWR17 QLDR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 SMPR22 SMPR23 SANQ SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 PUKR30 PHIR31 PHIR32 PHIR33 SYDR34 SYDR35 SYDR36 25th 769 2016 Brad Jones Racing 14 Holden VF Commodore ADER1 ADER2 ADER3 SYMR4 SYMR5 PHIR6 PHIR7 BARR8 BARR9 WINR10 WINR11 HIDR12 HIDR13 TOWR14 TOWR15 QLDR16 QLDR17 SMPR18 SMPR19 SANQ SANR20 BATR21 SURR22 SURR23 PUKR24 PUKR25 PUKR26 PUKR27 SYDR28 SYDR29 35th 468 2017 ADER1 ADER2 SYMR3 SYMR4 PHIR5 PHIR6 BARR7 BARR8 WINR9 WINR10 HIDR11 HIDR12 TOWR13 TOWR14 QLDR15 QLDR16 SMPR17 SMPR18 SANQR SANR19 BATR20 SURR21 SURR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 NEWR25 NEWR26 55th 0 2018 Holden ZB Commodore ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 SMPR21 BENR22 BENR23 SANQR SANR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 PUKR28 PUKR29 NEWR30 NEWR31 43rd 270 2019 ADER1 ADER2 MELR3 MELR4 MELR5 MELR6 SYMR7 SYMR8 PHIR9 PHIR10 BARR11 BARR12 WINR13 WINR14 HIDR15 HIDR16 TOWR17 TOWR18 QLDR19 QLDR20 BENR21 BENR22 PUKR23 PUKR24 BATR25 SURR26 SURR27 SANQR SANR28 NEWR29 NEWR30 45th 266
Complete Bathurst 1000 results Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps 2013 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Tim Blanchard 15th 161 2014 Dick Johnson Racing Ford Falcon FG Scott Pye DNF 70 2015 Erebus Motorsport Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG Jack Le Brocq DNF 135 2016 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Tim Slade 7th 161 2017 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore VF Tim Slade Andre Heimgartner‡ 9th 161 2018 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Tim Slade 17th 160 2019 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Tim Slade DNF 0
‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew and was replaced with Heimgartner.
References
External links Official Webpage
Ashley Walsh profile on US Racing Reference Formula Ford Profile A1GP Info Page