Supercars Star Cam Waters Set to Run in Kansas Truck Series Race After Martinsville Debut

Being the third Australian driver to enter NASCAR in less than a year, Cam Waters is making his schedule heavier. He made his debut in the Truck Series at Martinsville Speedway earlier this year, after a 12-month-long preparation. Despite his 30th-place finish after a multi-car wreck, Waters is looking forward to his next high-speed venture on NASCAR tracks.

The 11-time race winner in Supercars drives for TickFord Racing. And akin to Trackhouse Driver Shane van Gisbergen, Waters is determined to leave a mark on American soil with ThorSport Racing.

Cam Waters is prepared for a second Truck ride

Waters is looking forward to burning rubber on newer NASCAR tracks after Martinsville. ThorSport Racing recently updated the good news on X, saying, “He’s Back 🇦🇺🦘 Cam Waters returns to ThorSport Racing to drive the No.66 TRADIE Brand Ford F-150 at @kansasspeedway⚡️”.

Cam Waters will again wield the No. 66 as he did at Martinsville, showing some promise around the tight ‘bullring paperclip’. But Kansas Speedway may prove to be more challenging, as the fast 1.5-mile tri-oval hosts much greater speeds. Yet Waters is working tirelessly to build on his limited practice time and unfamiliarity with Trucks, and maybe his efforts will bear fruits in Kansas.

Waters expanded on this angle, “It’s great to be getting another crack at racing the Ford truck for ThorSport and hopefully I can adapt to the Kansas Speedway reasonably quickly. The track is almost three times as long as Martinsville and has an average lap speed of just 180 mph, although I have heard it’s less of a bull ring than Martinsville was. I’ll spend some more time in the simulator to accelerate the learning and look forward to the challenge.”

Cam Waters added that getting to Kansas was a challenge, as he had to prove his mettle in the previous race. “I also appreciate some news services have already mentioned the Kansas race, but what nobody knew at the time was NASCAR has stringent criteria they apply to licensing for the high-speed venues, and I needed to get through Martinsville before I could be assessed for approval to run at Kansas. This has now been completed.”

Waters is now on his way to cement a NASCAR path like Shane van Gisbergen and Brodie Kostecki. Unlike his Australian counterparts in NASCAR, Waters’ initial goal was not the Cup Series.

Waters preferred a truck ride over a Next-Gen one

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Two Australian racing veterans stepped into American motorsports last year. Shane van Gisbergen scripted history by clinching his debut win in Chicago. Brodie Kostecki made his Cup debut with Richard Childress Racing last year in Indianapolis. One small difference sets these drivers and Cam Waters apart. The TickFord driver entered NASCAR’s third tier, the Craftsman Truck Series, and even preferred to do so.

Cam Waters elaborated on why this was the case. “I went to Martinsville 12 months ago and I’ve done a lot of dirt oval stuff, small stuff in Australia,” Waters said, “so for me, I wanted to experience oval racing and the truck was probably the perfect opportunity to come over here and do a short oval and get racing.”

As the 29-year-old Supercars driver jumps into NASCAR, we can only wait and see what wonders he would bring on the race track.