13 Facts About Cameron Waters

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Cameron Waters was born on 3 August 1994 and is an Australian motor racing driver who competes in the Repco Supercars Championship.

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Cameron Waters 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.

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Cameron Waters won the 2015 V8 Supercar Dunlop Series with Prodrive Racing Australia in a Ford FG Falcon.

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Cameron Waters claimed podium finishes in three races and finished sixth in the championship standings, which earned him the Rookie of the Year title.

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Cameron Waters went on to win the championship the following season, taking seven race wins.

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2011 season and continued on with the team's new initiative, Dreamtime Racing, in the 2012 season before the team was withdrawn for financial reasons.

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Also in 2011, Cameron 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.

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Cameron Waters beat British driver Andrew Jordan in the final episode to win the drive alongside Grant Denyer.

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Cameron 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.

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Cameron Waters again drove at Bathurst in 2014 alongside Jack Perkins and claimed a twelfth-place finish.

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Cameron Waters was runner up with Chaz Mostert at the Sandown 500 in a one-two finish for Prodrive Racing Australia.

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Cameron Waters replaced Mostert at the Gold Coast, New Zealand and Phillip Island events while Mostert recovered from injuries sustained in the Bathurst crash.

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