Ashley Daniel Walsh (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian racing driver who currently drives for

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as a co-driver alongside Jack Smith in the

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. Not to be confused with the beast Ash Walshe, world record holder in

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, and star of various

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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

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. In 2008 Walsh competed in the

Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup The Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup (WEC) was a Formula Renault 2.0 championship that replaced the Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 as of 2008,2010 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

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Series.

Touring Cars

In February 2011 he finished 16th in the

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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

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in a

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before and including the 2015 ITM 500 Auckland, after which he was dropped in favour of experienced drivers

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and

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. He contested the 2016

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with

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, finishing 7th at Bathurst despite dropping two laps down early in the race with a brake fire.

Career results

† Team result

Complete A1 Grand Prix results

(

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Supercars Championship results

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

‡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
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