Cameron Waters

Cameron Waters
Cameron Waters
	Cameron Waters in 2016
Nationality	Australian
Born	3 August 1994 (age 26); Mildura, Victoria
Supercars Record
Car number	6
Current team	Tickford Racing
Series championships	0
Races	139
Race wins	1
Podium finishes	11
Pole positions	2
2020 Championship position	5th (569 pts)*

Cameron Waters (born 3 August 1994) is an Australian motor racing driver who competes in the Virgin Australia Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 6 Ford Mustang GT for Tickford Racing. He is the cousin of Australian Superbike champion Josh Waters and currently holds the record for the youngest driver to compete in the Bathurst 1000, after winning the Shannons Supercar Showdown reality TV show in 2011.[1] Cameron Waters won the 2015 V8 Supercar Dunlop Series with Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG Falcon.

Career

Waters started his racing career in go-karts in 2001. After competing nationally and winning multiple state championships, Waters moved into open wheelers. Starting in Formula Vee in 2009 before progressing to the Australian Formula Ford Championship in 2010. He claimed podium finishes in three races and finished sixth in the championship standings, which earned him the Rookie of the Year title.[2] Waters went on to win the championship the following season, taking seven race wins.[3] Waters drove for Kelly Racing in the V8 Supercar Development Series at Sandown at the end of the 2011 season and continued on with the team's new initiative, Dreamtime Racing, in the 2012 season before the team was withdrawn for financial reasons.[4]

Also in 2011, Waters won the Shannons Supercar Showdown, a reality TV program run by Kelly Racing where ten drivers are given the opportunity to compete for a drive in the Bathurst 1000. Waters beat British driver Andrew Jordan in the final episode to win the drive alongside Grant Denyer.[5] The pair failed to finish the race, however, after Waters hit the wall at Forrests Elbow and damaged the car.[6] Waters returned to the Bathurst 1000 in 2012 to drive with Jesse Dixon, the winner of the 2012 edition of the Shannons Supercar Showdown, after Denyer injured his shoulder prior to the race.[7] Waters and Dixon were the youngest driver combination in the race's history and finished in a respectable 20th position.[8]

In the 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, Waters drove for Minda Motorsport in a VE Commodore, finishing in tenth position in the Championship.

He again drove at Bathurst in 2014 alongside Jack Perkins and claimed a twelfth-place finish. That same year he finished runner-up in the Dunlop Series. In 2015 it was announced he would join Prodrive Racing Australia for the V8 Supercar Enduro Cup and compete for the team in the Dunlop Series. Waters was runner up with Chaz Mostert at the Sandown 500 in a one-two finish for Prodrive Racing Australia. At the Bathurst 1000, Mostert had a massive crash and the car was unable to be repaired, forcing the team to withdraw the entry from the race. Waters replaced Mostert at the Gold Coast, New Zealand and Phillip Island events while Mostert recovered from injuries sustained in the Bathurst crash. Waters was crowned winner of the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series at Sydney Olympic Park, beating reigning champion Paul Dumbrell.

It was announced in early March 2016 the Waters would race full-time in the 2016 V8 Supercars Championship with Prodrive Racing Australia driving the No. 6 Ford FG X Falcon, with Mostert moving to the No. 55 Rod Nash Racing customer car.

Career results

Season	Series	Position	Car	Team
2010	Victorian Formula Ford Series	1st	Mygale SJ06a	Waters Motorsport
2010	Australian Formula Ford Championship	6th	Mygale SJ06a	Waters Motorsport
2011	Australian Formula Ford Championship	1st	Mygale SJ10a	Sonic Motor Racing Services
2011	Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series	35th	Holden VE Commodore	Kelly Racing
2012	Australian Drivers' Championship	13th	Mygale M07 HWA-Mercedes-Benz	G-Force Motorsport
	V8SuperTourer Championship	36th	Holden VE Commodore	M2 Motorsport
	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	23rd		DreamTime Racing
	International V8 Supercars Championship	53rd		Kelly Racing
2013	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	10th	Holden VE Commodore	Minda Motorsport
2014	Dunlop V8 Supercar Series	2nd	Ford FG Falcon	Ford Performance Racing
2014	International V8 Supercars Championship	42nd	Ford FG Falcon	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing
2015	South Australian Late Model Championship	1st	V8 Dirt Late Model	Waters Motorsport
	V8 Supercars Dunlop Series	1st	Ford FG Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
	International V8 Supercars Championship	32nd	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2016	International V8 Supercars Championship	19th	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2017	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	8th	Ford FG X Falcon	Prodrive Racing Australia
2018	Modified Production Australian Speedway Title	1st	Ford BA Falcon	Shore Motorsport
2018	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	16th	Ford FG X Falcon	Tickford Racing
2019	Virgin Australia Supercars Championship	7th	Ford Mustang GT	Tickford Racing

Supercars Championship results

Supercars results
Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	Position	Points
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	YMC R1	YMC R2	ADE R3	ADE R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	QLD R18	PHI Q	PHI R19	BAT R20 Ret	SUR R21	SUR R22	SYM R23	SYM R24	SAN R25	SAN R26	SYD R27<	SYD R28											NC	0
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden VE Commodore	ADE R1	ADE R2	SYM R3	SYM R4	HAM R5	HAM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	PHI R10	PHI R11	HID R12	HID R13	TOW R14	TOW R15	QLD R16	QLD R17	SMP R18	SMP R19	SAN Q	SAN R20	BAT R21 20	SUR R22	SUR R23	YMC R24	YMC R25	YMC R26	WIN R27	WIN R28	SYD R29	SYD R30									53rd	90
2014	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Ford FG Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	WIN R7	WIN R8	WIN R9	PUK R10	PUK R11	PUK R12	PUK R13	BAR R14	BAR R15	BAR R16	HID R17	HID R18	HID R19	TOW R20	TOW R21	TOW R22	QLD R23	QLD R24	QLD R25	SMP R26	SMP R27	SMP R28	SAN QR 18	SAN R29 15	BAT R30 12	SUR R31 Ret	SUR R32 14	PHI R33	PHI R34	PHI R35	SYD R36	SYD R37	SYD R38	42nd	321
2015	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1	ADE R2	ADE R3	SYM R4	SYM R5	SYM R6	BAR R7	BAR R8	BAR R9	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	HID R15	TOW R16	TOW R17	QLD R18	QLD R19	QLD R20	SMP R21	SMP R22	SMP R23	SAN QR 3	SAN R24 2	BAT R25 DNS	SUR R26 17	SUR R27 19	PUK R28 17	PUK R29 12	PUK R30 22	PHI R31 9	PHI R32 15	PHI R33 20	SYD R34	SYD R35	SYD R36			32nd	595
2016	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 15	ADE R2 12	ADE R3 4	SYM R4 7	SYM R5 Ret	PHI R6 18	PHI R7 23	BAR R8 13	BAR R9 26	WIN R10 16	WIN R11 5	HID R12 24	HID R13 22	TOW R14 16	TOW R15 6	QLD R16 Ret	QLD R17 16	SMP R18 20	SMP R19 16	SAN QR 26	SAN R20 Ret	BAT R21 4	SUR R22 Ret	SUR R23 14	PUK R24 12	PUK R25 17	PUK R26 20	PUK R27 17	SYD R28 21	SYD R29 Ret										19th	1423
2017	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 4	ADE R2 8	SYM R3 10	SYM R4 6	PHI R5 19	PHI R6 6	BAR R7 19	BAR R8 12	WIN R9 22	WIN R10 4	HID R11 6	HID R12 9	TOW R13 5	TOW R14 14	QLD R15 16	QLD R16 8	SMP R17 17	SMP R18 Ret	SAN QR 1	SAN R19 1	BAT R20 16	SUR R21 2	SUR R22 21	PUK R23 9	PUK R24 3	NEW R25 13	NEW R26 23													8th	2173
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford FG X Falcon	ADE R1 16	ADE R2 5	MEL R3 11	MEL R4 5	MEL R5 9	MEL R6 22	SYM R7 20	SYM R8 13	PHI R9 16	PHI R10 17	BAR R11 6	BAR R12 13	WIN R13 Ret	WIN R14 26	HID R15 12	HID R16 25	TOW R17 8	TOW R18 9	QLD R19 22	QLD R20 17	SMP R21 19	BEN R22 13	BEN R23 15	SAN QR 13	SAN R24 13	BAT R25 23	SUR R26 8	SUR R27 C	PUK R28 7	PUK R29 12	NEW R30 14	NEW R31 14								16th	1873
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1 22	ADE R2 2	MEL R3 3	MEL R4 3	MEL R5 DNS	MEL R6 4	SYM R7 11	SYM R8 11	PHI R9 Ret	PHI R10 6	BAR R11 8	BAR R12 3	WIN R13 11	WIN R14 6	HID R15 4	HID R16 4	TOW R17 21	TOW R18 3	QLD R19 6	QLD R20 6	BEN R21 9	BEN R22 8	PUK R23 2	PUK R24 14	BAT R25 20	SUR R26 4	SUR R27 5	SAN QR 14	SAN R28 21	NEW R29 5	NEW R30 8									7th	2588
2020	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang GT	ADE R1 6	ADE R2 3	MEL R3 C	MEL R4 C	MEL R5 C	MEL R6 C	SMP R7 6	SMP R8 6	SMP R9 13	WIN R10	WIN R11	WIN R12	HID R13	HID R14	TOW R15	TOW R16	SAN R17	SAN R18	BAT R19	BAR R20	BAR R21	SYM R22	SYM R23	SMP R24	SMP R25															4th*	299*

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

Year	Team	Car	Co-driver	Position	Laps
2011	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Grant Denyer	DNF	95
2012	Kelly Racing	Holden Commodore VE	Jesse Dixon	20th	158
2014	Charlie Schwerkolt Racing	Ford Falcon FG	Jack Perkins	12th	161
2015	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Chaz Mostert	DNQ	0
2016	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Jack Le Brocq	4th	161
2017	Prodrive Racing Australia	Ford Falcon FG X	Richie Stanaway	16th	159
2018	Tickford Racing	Ford Falcon FG X	David Russell	23rd	148
2019	Tickford Racing	Ford Mustang Mk.6	Michael Caruso	20th	148

Complete Bathurst 12 Hour results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Overall Position	Class Position
2018	Strakka Racing	Nick Leventis Lewis Williamson David Fumanelli	Mercedes-AMG GT3	APA	271	7th	3rd

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References

"Cameron Waters". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"About: Records and Statistics - 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"About: Records and Statistics - 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"Dreamtime Racing Pulls Plug on Bathurst". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"The Show". Shannons Supercar Showdown. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"Early casualties at Mount Panorama". SpeedCafe. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"Grant Denyer withdraws from Bathurst 1000 drive". SpeedCafe. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
"Championship results and schedule - Bathurst 1000". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Chaz Mostert	Australian Formula Ford Championship Champion 2011	Succeeded by Jack Le Brocq
Preceded by Paul Dumbrell	V8 Supercars Dunlop Series Champion 2015	Succeeded by Garry Jacobson
Awards and achievements
Preceded by Ashley Walsh	Mike Kable Young Gun Award 2016	Succeeded by Will Brown

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[1] "Cameron Waters". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[2] "About: Records and Statistics - 2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[3] "About: Records and Statistics - 2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship". Formula Ford Australia. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[4] "Dreamtime Racing Pulls Plug on Bathurst". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 27 September 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[5] "The Show". Shannons Supercar Showdown. Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[6] "Early casualties at Mount Panorama". SpeedCafe. 9 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[7] "Grant Denyer withdraws from Bathurst 1000 drive". SpeedCafe. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.

[8] "Championship results and schedule - Bathurst 1000". Official site of the Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.