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Ashley Taws (born November 1, 1983) 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 , 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. In 2008, she competed in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series in selected races; she only qualified for one race, at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, where she finished 32nd in the NAPA Autopro 100.