Cameron Waters

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Cameron Waters
Nationality Australian
V8 Supercar Record
Car number 23
Current team Kelly Racing
Series Championships 0
Races 2
Round Wins 0
Podium finishes 0
Race Wins 0
Pole positions 0
2011 Championship position NC (0 pts)

Cameron Waters (born 3 August 1994 in Mildura, Australia[1]) is an Australian motor racing driver. 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.[2]

Career

Waters started his racing career in go-karts in 2001. After competing in state championships for a number of years, Waters moved into 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.[3] Waters went on to win the championship the following season, taking seven race wins.[4] 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2011 season and continued on with the team's new initiative, Dreamtime Racing, in the 2012 season before the team was withdrawn for financial reasons.[5]

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.[6] The pair failed to finish the race, however, after Waters hit the wall at Forrests Elbow and damaged the car.[7] Waters returned to the Bathurst 1000 in 2012 to drive with Jesse Dixon, the winner of the Shannons Supercar Showdown, after Denyer injured his shoulder prior to the race.[8] Waters and Dixon were the youngest driver combination in the race's history and finished in a respectable 20th position.[9]

Career results

Season Series Position Car Team
2010 Australian Formula Ford Championship 6th Mygale SJ06a Linde Material Handling
2011 Australian Formula Ford Championship 1st Mygale SJ10a Sonic Motor Racing Services
2011 V8 Supercar Development Series 35th Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2012 Australian Drivers' Championship 13th Mygale M07 HWA-Mercedes-Benz G-Force Motorsport
2012 V8SuperTourer Championship 36th Holden VE Commodore M2 Motorsport
2012 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 23rd Holden VE Commodore DreamTime Racing
2012 International V8 Supercars Championship 53rd Holden VE Commodore Kelly Racing
2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 10th Holden VE Commodore Minda Motorsport

References

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