# Ashley Walsh

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. 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.

## 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

| Season | Series | Position |
| 2003 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Piston Port | 1st |
| 2003 | Australian National Sprint Kart Championship - Junior Clubman | 1st |
| 2004 | CIK Asian-Pacific Championship ICA | 31st |
| 2004 | Australian CIK Karting Championships | 1st |

### Circuit career

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 2005 | Queensland Formula Ford Championship | 5th | Van Diemen RF01 Ford | CAMS Rising Star |
| 2006 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 3rd | Van Diemen RF06 Ford | VIP Petfoods |
| 2007 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 2nd | Spectrum 011B Ford | CAMS Rising Star |
| 2008 | Formula Renault 2.0 West European Cup | 19th | Tatuus – Renault | Hitech Junior |
| 2008-09 | A1 Grand Prix season | 8th † | Ferrari A1 - Ferrari V8 | A1 Team Australia |
| 2009 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 11th | Mygale SJ08A Ford | Muzz Buzz |
| 2010 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 4th | Spectrum 012 – Ford | CAMS Rising Star |
| 2011 | Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series | 27th | Ford Falcon (BF) | Miles Racing |
| 2012 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 7th | Ford Falcon (BF) | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2013 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 2nd | Ford Falcon (FG) | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2013 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 51st | Ford Falcon (FG) | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2013 | V8SuperTourers Championship | 24th | Holden Commodore (VE) | MPC Motorsport |
| 2014 | Dunlop V8 Supercar Series | 3rd | Ford Falcon (FG) | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2014 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 48th | Ford Falcon (FG) | Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2015 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 25th | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | Erebus Motorsport |
| 2016 | Porsche Carrera Cup Australia | 6th | Porsche 911 GT3 Cup | Sonic Motor Racing Services |
| 2016 | International V8 Supercars Championship | 34th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Brad Jones Racing |
| 2017 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 56th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Brad Jones Racing |
| 2017 | Australian GT Championship | 3rd | Audi R8 LMS | Melbourne Performance Centre |
| 2018 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 43rd | Holden Commodore (ZB) | Brad Jones Racing |
| 2019 | Dunlop Super2 Series | 9th | Holden Commodore (VF) | Matt Stone Racing |
| 2019 | Virgin Australia Supercars Championship | 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)
| 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 |

### Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

| 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 |

### Supercars Championship results

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 | SAN Q Ret | SAN R28 Ret | BAT R29 15 | SUR R30 19 | SUR R31 16 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | | | 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 | SAN Q 23 | SAN R29 5 | BAT R30 Ret | SUR R31 DSQ | SUR R32 DSQ | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | PHI R35 | SYD R36 | SYD R37 | SYD R38 | 48th | 222 |
| 2015 | Erebus Motorsport | Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG | ADE R1 20 | ADE R2 8 | ADE R3 Ret | SYM R4 Ret | SYM R5 22 | SYM R6 21 | BAR R7 17 | BAR R8 18 | BAR R9 22 | WIN R10 22 | WIN R11 15 | WIN R12 22 | HID R13 21 | HID R14 20 | HID R15 Ret | TOW R16 22 | TOW R17 23 | QLD R18 18 | QLD R19 Ret | QLD R20 22 | SMP R21 25 | SMP R22 16 | SMP R23 21 | SAN Q 19 | SAN R24 19 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 19 | SUR R27 DSQ | PUK R28 20 | PUK R29 21 | PUK R30 24 | PHI R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | SYD R34 | SYD R35 | SYD R36 | | | 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 | WIN R10 PO | WIN R11 PO | HID R12 | HID R13 | TOW R14 | TOW R15 | QLD R16 PO | QLD R17 PO | SMP R18 | SMP R19 | SAN Q 16 | SAN R20 16 | BAT R21 7 | SUR R22 11 | SUR R23 8 | PUK R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SYD R28 | SYD R29 | | | | | | | | | | 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 | WIN R9 PO | WIN R10 PO | HID R11 | HID R12 | TOW R13 | TOW R14 | QLD R15 PO | QLD R16 PO | SMP R17 | SMP R18 | SAN QR 21 | SAN R19 DSQ | BAT R20 PO | SUR R21 | SUR R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | NEW R25 | NEW R26 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | WIN R13 PO | WIN R14 PO | HID R15 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | QLD R19 PO | QLD R20 PO | SMP R21 | BEN R22 | BEN R23 | SAN QR 7 | SAN R24 15 | BAT R25 17 | SUR R26 21 | SUR R27 C | PUK R28 | PUK R29 | NEW R30 | NEW R31 | | | | | | | | 43rd | 270 |
| 2019 | 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 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | HID R15 | HID R16 | TOW R17 | TOW R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | BEN R21 | BEN R22 | PUK R23 | PUK R24 | BAT R25 Ret | SUR R26 8 | SUR R27 17 | SAN QR 23 | SAN R28 13 | NEW R29 | NEW R30 | | | | | | | | | 45th | 266 |

### 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 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.