Repco Australia Superlastcar Championship: Late race tire loss leaves Cameron Waters last at Hidden Valley

Saturday, 21 June 2025

Late race tire loss leaves Cameron Waters last at Hidden Valley

Original by supercarxtra.com, cropped by me.

Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy Ford) finished last at Hidden Valley, a lap down, after a wheel came off with 3 laps to go. The finish came after Waters’ 327th start.

A veteran of the sport, Cameron Waters’ career began in 2011 when he won Shannon’s Supercar Showdown and debuted at Bathurst. However, he would crash early, and would finish 2nd last, too many laps down to be classified. Ten seasons later, Cameron Waters has finished second in the championship twice and has 18 race wins. Waters was 9th in Practice 1 and rose to 6th in Practice 2. Waters would crash to 16th in qualifying.

Although Aaron Cameron began the race in the last position, Chaz Mostert’s stall on the formation lap and subsequent pit lane start relegated him to last.

Raylan Gray (#5 Koan Services Ford) would go off at Turn 1 on Lap 5, allowing Mostert past.

The first set of pit stops started on Lap 15 with James Courtney (#7 Snowy River Caravans Ford) pitting and falling to last. Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) pitted on Lap 18, he fell behind Courtney. Davison was ahead of Macauley Jones (#96 Pizza Hut Chevrolet), but a slow stop allowed Jones to jump him. A lap later, Aaron Cameron (#3 Cooldrive Distribution Ford) pitted and fell behind Davison.

Aaron Cameron would remain last until lap 30 when Thomas Randle (#55 Castrol Ford) pitted and fell behind Cameron.

Rylan Grey (#5 Koan Services Ford) pitted the following lap and fell behind Randle.

Lap 38 saw Cameron fall to last after being overtaken by Gray.

Chaz Mostert returned to last on Lap 41, but overtook Cameron.

The second round of pit stops started on Lap 42, with Anton De Pasquale (#18 DeWalt Chevrolet) pitted and fell behind Cameron.

The following lap, Ryan Wood (#2 Truck Assist Ford) pitted and fell behind De Pasquale.

David Reynolds (#20 Tradie Chevrolet) pitted on Lap 44 and fell behind Wood.

Will Davison (#17 Shell V-Power Ford) punted James Courtney, and copped a 15-second time penalty for it, which he served at his second pit stop, leaving him last.

Aaron Cameron’s second pit stop on Lap 47 dropped him behind Davison.

Lap 54 saw Rylan Gray in for his second pit stop, dropping him to last. Will Davison went off on Lap 45 and fell to last.

With just 3 laps to go, Cameron Waters (#6 Monster Energy Ford) lost a left-rear tire and spun. The time to get him to the pits and new tire on left him last.

Will Davison (#17), Aaron Cameron (#3), Rylan Gray (#5), and James Courtney (#7) rounded out the bottom five.

The Bottom Five

Cameron Waters	69 Laps	Running
Will Davison	70 Laps	Running
Aaron Cameron	70 Laps	Running
Rylan Gray	70 Laps	Running
James Courtney	70 Laps	Running

Driver’s Championship

Pos	Driver	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Aaron Cameron	2	5	9
2	Richie Stanaway	2	4	6
3	Jaxon Evans	2	2	2
4	Cooper Murray	1	5	7
5	Will Davison	1	3	6
6T	James Golding	1	2	3
6T	Jack LeBrocq	1	2	3
6T	Macauley Jones	1	2	3
6T	Kai Allen	1	2	3
6T	Bryce Fullwood	1	2	3
11T	Aaron Love	1	2	2
11T	Cameron Crick	1	2	2
13	Cameron Waters	1	1	1
14	David Reynolds	0	2	4
15	Thomas Randle	0	2	3
16T	Anton De Pasquale	0	1	2
16T	Nick Percat	0	1	2
16T	Cameron Hill	0	1	2
19T	Ryan Wood	0	1	1
19T	Chaz Mostert	0	1	1
19T	Brodie Kostecki	0	1	1
22	James Courtney	0	0	4
23	Rylan Gray	0	0	2

Team’s Championship

Pos	Team	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Nulon Racing	2	3/2	6/2	10/2
2	Erebus Motorsports	2	2/2	6/2	10/2
3	Blanchard Racing Team	3	3/3	8/3	14/3
4	Brad Jones Racing	4	4/4	6/4	8/4
5	Dick Johnson Racing	2	1/2	5/2	8/2
6	Grove Racing	2	1/2	2/2	3/2
7	Matt Stone Racing	3	1/3	5/3	7/3
8T	Team 18	2	0	3/2	6/2
8T	Walkinshaw Andretti United	2	0	3/2	3/2
10	Tickford Racing	5	1/5	3/5	6/5

Constructor’s Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	Drivers	Last	Bottom 3	Bottom 5
1	Chevrolet	15	10/15	26/15	42/15
2	Ford	12	5/12	19/12	33/12

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How Juniorgeneric defines a Last-Place finisher

Australian V8 LASTCAR'S Official Definition of a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF)

For the purposes of the Australian V8 LASTCAR championship rankings and statistics, a "Last-Place Finisher" (LPF) is a driver(s) who, after qualifying for a V8 Supercars Championship Points-Paying race, the result must be confirmed from official sources, or unofficial sources failing that. Only one driver (or two in a endurance race) can be classified as the LPF for that race.

Meeting those requirements, the LPF can be any driver classified as such for any reason, including, but not limited to.
1) A "did not start" although it should be noted that there is a difference between my definition of "did not start" and Brock Beard's definition of "Did not Start".
For example, in Bathurst 2015 Chazz Mostert and Cameron Waters' #6 Pepsi Max Ford had a huge accident during practice that injured Mostert and all but wrote off the car. Car #6 was withdrawn, and therefore I don't count Mostert and Waters as finishing last. Under Brock Beard's definition, however, Mostert and Waters would have finished last instead of David Wall and Chris Pither.
2) An entrant who encounters an event once the race has started which prevents the driver(s) from finishing ahead of any other qualified entrants, including both DNFs and drivers who finish under power but laps down*

*Only when all the cars in the race are running ahead of the LPF

3) A decision to “start and park” the driver’s entry (Extremely rare in V8 Supercars)
(4) a disqualification handed down by V8 Supercars and/or track officials that subsequently classifies the driver(s) in the final position behind the unofficial LPF.

Australian V8 LASTCAR shall not consider the LPF as anything else, including but not limited too
1) Any DNQ's
2) Any driver's who's car withdrew before the race start.
3)The lowest-ranked driver who finishes the race under power (unless all cars finished under power, actually quite common in V8 Supercars)
4) A driver(s) who finished last initially, however post-race disqualifications usurped the spot.
5) A driver(s) who may be catagorised as finishing last for exhibition events (I may bring these back at some point in the near future, I need more accurate numbers for the events before I start them up again)
6) Anything in non-V8 Supercar Main game (again, insufficent historical data)
7) A driver who was running last when the checkered flag fell, however because they greeted the checkered flag but a drive who was in front of them at the end of the race, however was not running at the end of the race. In that instance the driver who doesn't finish the race will fall behind the driver whom is still running at the end of the race.

In the rare event where official results or a preponderance of unofficial results are later updated with more accurate information about who was the LPF for that event, Australian V8 LASTCAR rankings and statistics shall be updated to reflect that change.