| Ashley Walsh | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Australian |
| Born | 11 January 1988 (age 36) Ipswich, Queensland |
| 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 a former Australian 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 |
| 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.
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