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| Ashley Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 11 January 1988 (age 37) |
| Supercars career | |
| Debut season | 2013 |
| Former teams | Dick Johnson Racing Erebus Motorsport Brad Jones Racing |
| Starts | 51 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Poles | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Best finish | 25th in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2005 2006–07, 2009–10 2008 2008/09 | Queensland Formula Ford Ch. Australian Formula Ford Ch. Formula Renault WEC A1 Grand Prix |
Ashley Daniel Walsh (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former racing driver.
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.
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. [1] 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. [2] [3]
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.
| Season | Series | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Piston Port | 1st |
| Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman | 1st | |
| 2004 | CIK Asian-Pacific Championship ICA | 31st |
| Australian CIK Karting Championships | 1st |
† Team result
(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 |
| Year | Team | Co-drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Overall position | Class position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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| 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 | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 15 | BAR R3 10 | BAR R4 15 | TOW R5 Ret | TOW R6 22 | TOW R7 16 | QLD R8 15 | QLD R9 Ret | QLD R10 21 | BAT R11 DNS | BAT R12 DNS | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | SAN R15 | SYD R16 | SYD R17 | 27th | 341 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Matt Stone Racing | 87 | Ford BF Falcon | ADE R1 4 | ADE R2 5 | BAR R3 2 | BAR R4 7 | BAR R5 7 | TOW R6 5 | TOW R7 5 | TOW R8 Ret | QLD R9 5 | QLD R10 3 | QLD R11 4 | BAT R12 20 | BAT R13 11 | 7th | 1204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ford FG Falcon | WIN R14 8 | WIN R15 8 | WIN R16 6 | SYD R17 DNS | SYD R18 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | ADE R1 1 | ADE R2 3 | BAR R3 1 | BAR R4 5 | BAR R5 2 | TOW R6 10 | TOW R7 8 | TOW R8 4 | QLD R9 4 | QLD R10 4 | QLD R11 28 | WIN R12 4 | WIN R13 4 | WIN R14 4 | BAT R15 8 | BAT R16 4 | SYD R17 1 | SYD R18 Ret | 2nd | 1508 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | ADE R1 1 | ADE R2 6 | WIN R3 3 | WIN R4 1 | BAR R5 2 | BAR R6 2 | TOW R7 18 | TOW R8 1 | QLD R9 5 | QLD R10 2 | BAT R11 Ret | SYD R12 12 | SYD R13 11 | 3rd | 1373 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Matt Stone Racing | 35 | Holden VF Commodore | ADE R1 6 | ADE R2 5 | ADE R3 16 | BAR R4 3 | BAR R5 1 | TOW R6 Ret | TOW R7 12 | QLD R8 10 | QLD R9 14 | BAT R10 Ret | SAN R11 10 | SAN R12 7 | NEW R13 4 | NEW R14 7 | 9th | 1059 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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.