Cam Waters has made quite a name for himself as a seasoned pro in the Repco Australian Supercars Series. With a solid track record that includes finishing as runner-up in the championship in both 2020 and 2022, the Victoria native knows his way around both paved roads and street circuits with his 11 career victories.

But racing a stock car—or, in this case, a stock truck—on a short, paved oval was a whole new challenge for him. Then came his big moment at Martinsville, where he jumped into the NASCAR Truck Series fray. Surprisingly, despite the chaos and his race ending with a crash, it looks like Cam Waters had the time of his life.

The race was wild, but he enjoyed it, says Cam Waters

Despite his race getting cut short at 176 out of 200 laps, Cam Waters didn’t let that spoil his mood. He showed some solid speed in practice and managed to qualify for P22 out of 34 trucks. The first half of the race went pretty smoothly, but then the track turned into chaos with six big wrecks involving multiple trucks in the last stage, and Waters got caught up in two of them. And thanks to a mix of different pit stop strategies, he even climbed up to 12th place as the final 100 laps kicked off. 

The deal-breaker happened on lap 178 when Waters’ #66 truck took a serious beating, and he had no choice but to head straight to the garage. But when it came time to chat after the race, Waters was still buzzing about his NASCAR adventure. He shared, “Look I had so much fun tonight, even today. Totally different racing than what I usually do, just wanted to learn and I learned so much. And yeah, just at the end there, a bit of a concentrator. But I mean, I had nowhere to go… It was a bit of a shame but it was all about just having fun and learning and had some awesome battles there too.”

He even mentioned he’s been tuning into a ton of races before, so he kind of saw the madness coming, further adding that Shane van Gisbergen and Marcos Ambrose had already given him a heads-up, “It was definitely wild, but I loved it. It was a lot of fun. Everyone was kind of into each other a bit and the racing is pretty hard.” Even though he thought his first NASCAR outing was fascinating, Cam Waters is on the fence about making a return for the Kansas race.

The Supercar Series champ’s presence at the Kansas NASCAR truck race is up in the air

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ThorSport Racing was keen on having Cam Waters behind the wheel again for the upcoming NASCAR truck race in Kansas. However, Waters hinted that he might not make it to the track this time. When asked about racing in Kansas, Cam Waters mentioned, “At the moment, it is only tonight. I have a pretty busy schedule with Supercars, and I just wanted to get through tonight and see where we were at. We will look at a calendar and see what we can do from here.”

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Just a short while ago, a ThorSport insider, Jamie Howe, let slip in a tweet that Cam Waters was lined up to pilot the #66 Ford F-150 at the Kansas Speedway event in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. If Kansas was on the cards, it would’ve marked the #66 Ford F-150’s 16th race for 2024, with 14 races for Conner Jones and a couple for Cam Waters. But based on what Cam Waters is saying, it seems like those plans might be changing.