Ashley Walsh

Ashley Walsh
Nationality	Australian
Born	11 January 1988 (1988-01-11) (age 30) Ipswich, Queensland
Supercars career
Debut season	2013
Current team	Brad Jones Racing (Endurance Race Co-Driver)
Car no.	14
Starts	44
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 racing driver who currently drives for Brad Jones Racing as a co-driver alongside Tim Slade in the Pirtek Enduro Cup.

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. 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.^[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]

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

Walsh placed second in the 2013 Dunlop Series driving this Ford FG Falcon for Matt Stone Racing

† Team result

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
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

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 W212	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

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

References

External links

• Official Webpage
• Ashley Walsh career summary at DriverDB.com
• Ashley Walsh profile on US Racing Reference
• Formula Ford Profile
• A1GP Info Page