Cameron Waters

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] Cameron Waters won the 2015 V8 Supercar Dunlop Series driving car no. 5.

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.^[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2011 season and continued on with the team's new initiative, Dreamtime Racing, in the 2012 season before the team was withdrawn for financial reasons.^[5]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]

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 Endurance Cup and compete for the team in the Dunlop Series.

In 2015, He came runner up with Chaz Mostert at the Sandown 500, finishing 1,2 for Prodrive Racing. At the Bathurst 1000, Chaz Mostert had a massive crash, the car was unable to be fixed so they had to withdraw from the 1000km race. Cameron went on to be Mostert's replacement at the Gold Coast, New Zealand and Phillip Island events while Chaz was out injured.

Waters was crowned winner of the 2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series on the streets of Sydney Olympic Park, beating reigning champion Paul Dumbrell.

Career results

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