Ian Ashley

Former F1 driver

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Name = Ian Ashley
Nationality = flagicon|UK British
Years = F1|1974 - F1|1977
Team(s) = Token, Williams, BRM, Hesketh; non-works Brabham
Races = 11 (4 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 0
Points = 0
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race = 1974 German Grand Prix
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Last race = 1977 Canadian Grand Prix

Ian Hugh Gordon Ashley (born 26 October 1947 in Wuppertal, Germany)cite web|title= Driver: Ian Ashley |url= http://www.chicanef1.com/indiv.pl?name=Ian%20Ashley&type=d |work= ChicaneF1.com |accessdate= 2007-11-27] is a British former racing driver who raced in Formula One for the Token, Williams, BRM and Hesketh teams.

Ashley began racing in 1966 when he took a course at the Jim Russell Racing School. He was fast but rather erratic, and soon earned the nickname "Crashley".cite web|title= Drivers: Ian Ashley |url= http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-ashian.html |work= GrandPrix.com |accessdate= 2007-11-27] He reached Formula 5000 in 1972 and was a front-runner in 1973, when he won the European Championship and finished third the following year. He made his debut in Formula One in 1974, and briefly drove for the Williams team the following year. During 1975 and 1977 he suffered some spectacular accidents.

In 1985 he made his CART Championship Car debut at the Miami Grand Prix. He was entered in the 1986 Indianapolis 500 but the car did not appear on track. However, he did make 3 CART starts in 1986 and finished 9th at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, enough for 28th in the championship. He failed to finish in his other two 1986 starts. He also made a single Indy Lights start at Pocono Raceway and finished 6th. He made one more CART appearance in 1987, again in Miami but was knocked out by drivetrain trouble.

After Formula One he built a career as a pilot for executive jets in the United States. However, in 1993 he made a return to racing, driving a Vauxhall in the British Touring Car Championship.cite web|title= Driver: Ashley, Ian |url= http://www.autocoursegpa.com/driver~driver_id~11569.htm |work= Autocourse Grand Prix Archive |accessdate= 2007-11-27] Following this he briefly raced motorcycle sidecar combinations, before a stint in the TVR Tuscan Challenge one-make series.

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