Ash was out on the circuit at PFI International, the home circuit of the Trent Valley Kart Club. He had competed in the 4 rounds of the Winter Series.

Ash finally took the top step of the podium, registering two wins and a second in the four rounds of the winter series, 177 points out of the maximum 180.

He went into the final meet of the series 7 points ahead of Matt Parry and only 2 points clear of Andy King. It was all to race for in the 'A' Final. What an eventful race it turned out to be.

Ash started from P2 on the grid, and by the end of Lap 2 had taken the lead from Pole sitter Jack Marshall. Lap 4 saw Marshall briefly regain the lead. A tangle during that lap allowed Matt Parry and Josh Parker  who were both on a charge to take 1st and 2nd places respectively.

Ash held on to the tail of Parker until the 7th of the 13 lap race, regaining a place and now with Parry in his sights. Parry was able to hold his position to the finish line.

It turned out that Parry had left the circuit, cutting across one of the bends allowing him to rejoin the circuit in 1st place thereby gaining an advantage. Parry failed to yeild that advantage, an ajoudication by the Clerk of the Course dropped Parry by 2 places back into his righful 3rd place behind Ash and Josh Parker.

Ash said " I am delighted to have won the Winter Series. We only came here in the earlier rounds to get some pre season race practice in and I found myself in a position to win. Some of the races were in terrible conditions and we also had a couple of mechanical problems, but it all came good in the end".

On Saturday 16th Jan Ash attended at the Autosport International Show, which is held each year at the NEC to collect his Awards for the 2009 Formula Kart Stars Series and also the Super 1 series. The show is well attended each year by both motorsport participants and enthusiasts.

An appreciative crowd of karters saw Ash recieve his Bernie Ecclestone Driver of the day Award from none other than the current reigning F1 World Champion Jenson Button. The prize he and a number of other recipients walked away with was a fantastic expenses paid trip to be the guests of none other than Bernie Ecclestone himself at the 2010 F1 Grand Prix being held at Moza in Italy.

Ash receives his Driver of the day award from the reigning F1 World Champion Jenson Button

No champagne but giant party popper help the 2009 Formula Karts Stars Winners celebrate with a bang

Ash was also there to receive his award for an overall eleventh place finish in the 2009 Super One Championship.

Line up of the 2009 Super One Championship Winners

During the day a number of other events were held, Ash was priviliged to be among a number of karters who attended a racing Workshop hosted by David Brabham a member of the 2009 Le Mans winning team and youngest son of Jack Brabham who in 1966 was the only person ever to win the motor racing world championship whilst driving one of his own cars the Brabham-Repco, which also took the constructors championship.