Waters to make NASCAR Cup debut with RFK at Sonoma


The 29-year-old has over 250 begins as a Supercars driver, with 11 race wins to his identify, ending runner-up within the championship on two events.

The Tickford Racing driver will stay with a blue oval-backed group on this inventory automotive racing enterprise, driving the No. 60 Roush Fenway Keselowski (RFK) Racing Ford Mustang at Sonoma Raceway in June. BuildSubmarines.com will function the first sponsor of the automotive.

“This chance for me is a dream come true, and one which I don’t take evenly given the worldwide viewers of NASCAR and the Cup Sequence,” mentioned Waters.

“I’ve been lucky to dip my toes into the NASCAR waters a bit this 12 months and am excited to place my road-racing expertise to the take a look at this summer season. It takes a village to make one thing like this come to fruition, so I particularly wish to thank the group at BuildSubmarines.com and AUKUS for giving me this chance to spotlight the AUKUS safety partnership, and for all of the efforts at RFK to drag this off.”

Waters made his NASCAR Truck Sequence debut at Martinsville Speedway in April, beginning twenty second and ending thirtieth after being concerned in a late-race crash. He made his second begin at Kansas Speedway just a few weeks later, beginning twentieth and ending nineteenth. Each appearances got here with ThorSport Racing. 

David Ragan, RFK Racing, BuildSubmarines.com Ford Mustang

Photograph by: Gavin Baker / NKP / Motorsport Images

RFK Racing already fields two full-time entries with group co-owner Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher, however just lately introduced the formation of ‘Stage 60,’ a 3rd entry to compete on a part-time foundation. David Ragan drove the automotive within the Daytona 500, ending twentieth.

The organisation earned its first win of 2024 this previous weekend when Keselowski received at Darlington.

“Cam has definitely logged his share of miles the final couple of months flying backwards and forwards from Australia, however he’s achieved an incredible job familiarising himself with NASCAR and dealing with David Ragan in our simulator,” mentioned Ford Efficiency Motorsports world director Mark Rushbrook.

“It’s at all times thrilling after we can have somebody from one other a part of our world motorsports household compete in a unique sequence and we really feel this can be a nice alternative for him to showcase his expertise.

“We’re grateful to RFK for initiating this Stage 60 program and we’re trying ahead to Sonoma.”

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