Tags: Motorsport Racer, Nascar Driver, Racing Driver.
Ashley Taws (born November 1 1983 in Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian racing driver. Taws started racing at the age of nine when her father bought go-karts for her and her brother. Taws was a co-winner of the 2002 Rookie of the Year award for Canadian Formula Ford a season in which she became the first woman in the race series to take a pole position. She was then injured as a passenger in a traffic accident; she sustained internal injuries and a broken back. She returned to racing in 2007.