Ashley showed enormous talent, worked hard at getting her lights and for the next two years she burned up tracks in Edmonton and Calgary. And she started to win!

In 1997, the family hit the road. On the way to the Junior National Championships in Denver, Ashley entered a pre-race in Pueblo. A first milestone, she got a perfect light (.500) and won a sparkling new paint job for her dragster. By now Ashley was creating a commotion on the junior dragster circuit and her story was featured in the National Junior Dragster magazine. At the end of the racing season she was 6th in points in both Calgary and Edmonton.

1998 and Ashley only got hotter. She raced at the Indianapolis National Championships and came in 2nd in points for the year in Calgary. In 1999 she captured 1st place in the Junior Drag Racing series.

It was time to move on and in 2002 Ashley bought a full size gas engine dragster. The next year she had barely landed her IHRA license in Quick Rod when she won runner up in a Quick 16 race.