Following within the footsteps of Supercars champs Shane van Gisbergen and Brodie Kostecki, Waters will make his NASCAR debut early subsequent month.
The Australian driver has began almost 250 Supercars races throughout his profession, profitable 11. He has been the championship runner-up twice, and has three podiums within the collection’ crown jewel occasion — the Bathurst 1000.
The 29-year-old, who drives a Ford Mustang for Tickford Racing, will stay with the blue oval for his NASCAR debut. He’ll drive a Ford F-150 for ThorSport Racing, a workforce that has gained 5 drivers’ championships within the Truck Collection. ThorSport are additionally the defending champions with Ben Rhodes.
The race takes place on Friday, April 5. The monitor he will probably be competing at is one among NASCAR’s smallest — a historic 0.526-mile oval brief monitor that has been part of the schedule since NASCAR’s inception.
“We’ve been working away at making this occur for a while and to lastly be given the change to race, and with a high operation, is nice,” stated Waters in a launch from the workforce. “I’m not placing an excessive amount of stress on myself figuring out I will probably be getting thrown into the deep finish with none testing, however hopefully I can adapt fairly rapidly and be aggressive. It’s a brief oval so I’m certain will probably be fairly wild on the market.
“I’ve to thank Ford Efficiency and the workforce at ThorSport for serving to make this occur and likewise my long-time workforce Tickford Racing, who’ve at all times supported my plans to discover new driving alternatives in and round my continued dedication to profitable the Supercars Championship with them.“
Add Tickford Racing proprietor Rod Nash: “Something that may present Cam with additional seat time is a bonus, stated Nash. His foray into Dash Automotive racing and now the NASCAR Truck occasion offers a implausible manner for Cam to remain sharp and additional check his expertise. The timing being in-between the AGP occasion and Taupo additionally works properly for our workforce and we’re wishing Cam properly and will probably be watching with enormous curiosity.”
Waters is the newest in a latest inflow of Supercars expertise into the inventory automobile world. Van Gisbergen is at present competing full-time within the NASCAR Xfinity Collection with the hopes of leaping to Cup full-time in 2025. Kostecki made his NASCAR Cup debut final yr, however after all, his present plans stay in limbo following his shock exit from Erebus.