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Ashley Walsh

{{short description|Australian racing driver (born 1988)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use Australian English|date=February 2012}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Ashley Walsh

| image =

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| nationality = {{flag|AUS|name=Australian}}

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|11 January 1988}}

| birth_place = Ipswich, Queensland

| related to =

| current series = Supercars

| first year = 2013

| current team =

| car number =

| former teams = Dick Johnson Racing
Erebus Motorsport
Brad Jones Racing

| starts = 51

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 25th

| year = 2015

| prev series = Queensland Formula Ford Ch.
Australian Formula Ford Ch.
Formula Renault WEC
A1 Grand Prix

| prev series years = 2005
2006–07, 2009–10
2008
2008/09

| titles =

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}}

File:Ford FG Falcon of Ashley Walsh.JPG driving this Ford Falcon (FG) for Matt Stone Racing]]

Ashley Daniel Walsh (born 11 January 1988) is a former Australian 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 4th in the 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship.{{cite web|url=http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/champ_info_drivers.php |title=Formula Ford - Championship Info - Drivers |accessdate=2010-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819152616/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/champ_info_drivers.php |archivedate=19 August 2010 }} 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 he 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 7th at Bathurst despite dropping two laps down early in the race with a brake fire.

Career results

= Karting career summary =

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center"

!Season

!Series

!Position

rowspan=2| 2003

| align="left" |Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Piston Port

| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st

align="left" |Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman

| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st

rowspan=2| 2004

| align="left" |CIK Asian-Pacific Championship ICA

| align="center" | 31st

align="left" |Australian CIK Karting Championships

| align="center" style="background: #ffffbf" | 1st

=Circuit career=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Season

! Series

! Position

! Car

! Team

2005

| Queensland Formula Ford Championship

| align="center" | 5th

| Van Diemen RF01 Ford

| CAMS Rising Star

2006

| Australian Formula Ford Championship

| align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f;" | 3rd

| Van Diemen RF06 Ford

| VIP Petfoods

2007

| Australian Formula Ford Championship

| align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | 2nd

| Spectrum 011B Ford

| CAMS Rising Star

2008

| Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup

| align="center" | 19th

| Tatuus – Renault

| Hitech Junior

2008-09

| A1 Grand Prix season

| align="center" | 8th †

| Ferrari A1 - Ferrari V8

| A1 Team Australia

2009

| Australian Formula Ford Championship

| align="center" | 11th

| Mygale SJ08A Ford

| Muzz Buzz

2010

| Australian Formula Ford Championship

| align="center" | 4th

| Spectrum 012 – Ford

| CAMS Rising Star

2011

| Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" | 27th

| Ford Falcon (BF)

| Miles Racing

2012

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" | 7th

| Ford Falcon (BF)

| Matt Stone Racing

rowspan=3 | 2013

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" style="background: #dfdfdf" | 2nd

| rowspan=2 | Ford Falcon (FG)

| Matt Stone Racing

International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 51st

| Dick Johnson Racing

V8SuperTourers Championship

| align="center" | 24th

| Holden Commodore (VE)

| MPC Motorsport

rowspan=2 | 2014

| Dunlop V8 Supercar Series

| align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f" | 3rd

| rowspan=2 | Ford Falcon (FG)

| Matt Stone Racing

International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 48th

| Dick Johnson Racing

2015

| International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 25th

| Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

| Erebus Motorsport

rowspan=2 | 2016

| Porsche Carrera Cup Australia

| align="center" | 6th

| Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

| Sonic Motor Racing Services

International V8 Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 34th

| Holden Commodore (VF)

| Brad Jones Racing

rowspan=2 | 2017

| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 56th

| Holden Commodore (VF)

| Brad Jones Racing

Australian GT Championship

| align="center" style="background: #ffdf9f" | 3rd

| Audi R8 LMS

| Melbourne Performance Centre

2018

| Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 43rd

| Holden Commodore (ZB)

| Brad Jones Racing

rowspan=2 | 2019

| Dunlop Super2 Series

| align="center" | 9th

| Holden Commodore (VF)

| Matt Stone Racing

Virgin Australia Supercars Championship

| align="center" | 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)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%"

! 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

|style=background:#F1F8FF|MYS
SPR
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF|MYS
FEA
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| NZL
SPR
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| NZL
FEA
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| RSA
SPR
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF;| RSA
FEA
{{small|PO}}

|POR
SPR

|POR
FEA

|GBR
SPR

|GBR
FEA

!8th

!36

=Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
Year

! Team

! Co-drivers

! Car

! Class

! Laps

! Overall
position

! Class
position

style="text-align:center;"

! 2011

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} MARC Cars Australia

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chaz Mostert
{{flagicon|AUS}} Gerard McLeod

|align="left"| HSV VXR Turbo

| E

| 227

| 16th

|style="background:#ffdf9f;" | 3rd

style="text-align:center;"

! 2017

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Miedecke Stone Motorsport

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} George Miedecke
{{flagicon|AUS}} Tony Bates

|align="left"| Aston Martin Vantage GT3

| AAM

| 75

| DNF

| DNF

style="text-align:center;"

! 2018

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} Superbarn Supermarkets

|align="left"| {{flagicon|AUS}} James Koundouris
{{flagicon|AUS}} Theo Koundouris
{{flagicon|AUS}} Duvashen Padayachee

|align="left"| Audi R8 LMS

| AAM

| 269

| 10th

|style="background:#ffffbf;" | 1st

=Supercars Championship results=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
colspan=45| Supercars results
Year

! Team

! 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

! Ford Falcon (FG)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| SYM
R3

| SYM
R4

| SYM
R5

| PUK
R6

| PUK
R7

| PUK
R8

| PUK
R9

| BAR
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

| COA
R13

| COA
R14

| COA
R15

| COA
R16

| HID
R17

| HID
R18

| HID
R19

| TOW
R20

| TOW
R21

| QLD
R22

| QLD
R23

| QLD
R24

| WIN
R25

| WIN
R26

| WIN
R27

|style=background:#efcfff| SAN
Q
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#efcfff| SAN
R28
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT
R29
{{small|15}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R30
{{small|19}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R31
{{small|16}}

| PHI
R32

| PHI
R33

| PHI
R34

| SYD
R35

| SYD
R36

!colspan=2|

! 51st

! 225

2014

! Dick Johnson Racing

! Ford Falcon (FG)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| ADE
R3

| SYM
R4

| SYM
R5

| SYM
R6

| WIN
R7

| WIN
R8

| WIN
R9

| PUK
R10

| PUK
R11

| PUK
R12

| PUK
R13

| BAR
R14

| BAR
R15

| BAR
R16

| HID
R17

| HID
R18

| HID
R19

| TOW
R20

| TOW
R21

| TOW
R22

| QLD
R23

| QLD
R24

| QLD
R25

| SMP
R26

| SMP
R27

| SMP
R28

|style=background:#cfcfff| SAN
Q
{{small|23}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R29
{{small|5}}

|style=background:#efcfff| BAT
R30
{{small|Ret}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| SUR
R31
{{small|DSQ}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| SUR
R32
{{small|DSQ}}

| PHI
R33

| PHI
R34

| PHI
R35

| SYD
R36

| SYD
R37

| SYD
R38

! 48th

! 222

2015

! Erebus Motorsport

! Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R1
{{small|20}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| ADE
R2
{{small|8}}

|style=background:#efcfff| ADE
R3
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#efcfff| SYM
R4
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SYM
R5
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SYM
R6
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R7
{{small|17}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R8
{{small|18}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAR
R9
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| WIN
R10
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| WIN
R11
{{small|15}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| WIN
R12
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R13
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| HID
R14
{{small|20}}

|style=background:#efcfff| HID
R15
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R16
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| TOW
R17
{{small|23}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| QLD
R18
{{small|18}}

|style=background:#efcfff| QLD
R19
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| QLD
R20
{{small|22}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R21
{{small|25}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R22
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SMP
R23
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#cfcfff| SAN
Q
{{small|19}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R24
{{small|19}}

|style=background:#efcfff| BAT
R25
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R26
{{small|19}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| SUR
R27
{{small|DSQ}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| PUK
R28
{{small|20}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| PUK
R29
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| PUK
R30
{{small|24}}

| PHI
R31

| PHI
R32

| PHI
R33

| SYD
R34

| SYD
R35

| SYD
R36

!colspan=2|

! 25th

! 769

2016

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden Commodore (VF)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| ADE
R3

| SYM
R4

| SYM
R5

| PHI
R6

| PHI
R7

| BAR
R8

| BAR
R9

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R10
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R11
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R12

| HID
R13

| TOW
R14

| TOW
R15

|style=background: #f1f8ff| QLD
R16
{{small|PO}}

|style=background: #f1f8ff| QLD
R17
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R18

| SMP
R19

|style=background:#cfcfff| SAN
Q
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R20
{{small|16}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT
R21
{{small|7}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R22
{{small|11}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R23
{{small|8}}

| PUK
R24

| PUK
R25

| PUK
R26

| PUK
R27

| SYD
R28

| SYD
R29

!colspan=9|

! 35th

! 468

2017

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden Commodore (VF)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| SYM
R3

| SYM
R4

| PHI
R5

| PHI
R6

| BAR
R7

| BAR
R8

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R9
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R10
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R11

| HID
R12

| TOW
R13

| TOW
R14

|style=background:#F1F8FF| QLD
R15
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| QLD
R16
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R17

| SMP
R18

|style="background: #cfcfff"| SAN
QR
{{small|21}}

|style="background:#000000; color:white;"| SAN
R19
{{small|DSQ}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| BAT
R20
{{small|PO}}

| SUR
R21

| SUR
R22

| PUK
R23

| PUK
R24

| NEW
R25

| NEW
R26

!colspan=12|

! 55th

! 0

2018

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden Commodore (ZB)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| MEL
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

| SYM
R7

| SYM
R8

| PHI
R9

| PHI
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R13
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R14
{{small|PO}}

| HID
R15

| HID
R16

| TOW
R17

| TOW
R18

|style=background:#F1F8FF| QLD
R19
{{small|PO}}

|style=background:#F1F8FF| QLD
R20
{{small|PO}}

| SMP
R21

| BEN
R22

| BEN
R23

|style=background:#cfcfff| SAN
QR
{{small|7}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R24
{{small|15}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| BAT
R25
{{small|17}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R26
{{small|21}}

|style=background:#ffffff| SUR
R27
{{small|C}}

| PUK
R28

| PUK
R29

| NEW
R30

| NEW
R31

!colspan=7|

! 43rd

! 270

2019

! Brad Jones Racing

! Holden Commodore (ZB)

| ADE
R1

| ADE
R2

| MEL
R3

| MEL
R4

| MEL
R5

| MEL
R6

|style=background:#F1F8FF| SYM
R7

|style=background:#F1F8FF| SYM
R8

| PHI
R9

| PHI
R10

| BAR
R11

| BAR
R12

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R13

|style=background:#F1F8FF| WIN
R14

| HID
R15

| HID
R16

| TOW
R17

| TOW
R18

| QLD
R19

| QLD
R20

|style=background:#F1F8FF| BEN
R21

|style=background:#F1F8FF| BEN
R22

| PUK
R23

| PUK
R24

|style=background:#efcfff| BAT
R25
{{small|Ret}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R26
{{small|8}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SUR
R27
{{small|17}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
QR
{{small|23}}

|style=background:#dfffdf| SAN
R28
{{small|13}}

| NEW
R29

| NEW
R30

!colspan=8|

! 45th

! 266

=Complete Bathurst 1000 results=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Year

! Team

! Car

! Co-driver

! Position

! Laps

2013

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon FG

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Blanchard

| align="center" | 15th

| align="center" | 161

2014

| Dick Johnson Racing

| Ford Falcon FG

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Scott Pye

| align="center" | DNF

| align="center" | 70

2015

| Erebus Motorsport

| Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jack Le Brocq

| align="center" | DNF

| align="center" | 135

2016

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade

| align="center" | 7th

| align="center" | 161

2017

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden Commodore VF

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade
{{flagicon|NZL}} Andre Heimgartner‡

| align="center" | 9th

| align="center" | 161

2018

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden Commodore ZB

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade

| align="center" | 17th

| align="center" | 160

2019

| Brad Jones Racing

| Holden Commodore ZB

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Tim Slade

| align="center" | DNF

| align="center" | 0

‡Walsh was entered as a co-driver to Slade but withdrew and was replaced with Heimgartner.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.ashwalshmotorsport.com/ Official Webpage]
  • {{DriverDB driver|ashley-walsh}}
  • [http://racing-reference.info/driver/Ashley_Walsh Ashley Walsh profile on US Racing Reference]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20100819152616/http://www.formulaford.com.au/content/champ_info_drivers.php Formula Ford Profile]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110710220427/http://www.f1sa.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10288:a1gp--2009-gauteng-team-australia-preview&catid=19:a1gp&Itemid=126 A1GP Info Page]

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{{succession box | title=Mike Kable Young Gun Award | before=Todd Hazelwood | after=Cam Waters| years=2015}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Ashley}}

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