Heartbreak for Waters on season debut

Cameron Waters showed pace, but his 2024/25 summer of speedway debut ended early at the SA 410 title race won by Rusty Hickman in Mildura.

The Tickford Supercars star is back at Chief Racing and the 410 South Australian title was the first of 11 races he will take part in across the 2024/25 season, highlighted by the Speedweek and Grand Annual Classic.

Things started brilliantly for Waters as he emerged as the fastest qualifier and appeared to be a contender.

Cameron Waters’ dramatic finish at Mildura. Image: Chief Racing

However, the #V6 was one of many big names caught in some opening lap carnage.

Jamie Veal, Waters, Lochie McHugh and Matt Egel were all wiped out in some early incidents, led by the Supercars driver taking a tumble.

After all the drama, the race was all about Hickman.

Hickman controlled the stop-start affair and led all 30 laps to victory.

He won by half a second ahead of Luke Dillon and Brock Hallett.

Todd Moule appeared to be Hickman’s nearest challenger, sitting second for the first four laps before drifting to fifth.

Despite the race ending in disappointment, Waters thought it was a positive start to his 2024/25 campaign.

“It was awesome to be back in the car,” Waters said.

“First night of the season started really good and I felt comfortable in the car.

“Went from fourth to third in the heat and in the Dash did not get the start as good as I would like, but still ended up third.

“The final just tried to go for second and ended up on pole and then tipped her over.

“That is part of the sport we play in and part of the fun. A lot of positives to take out of tonight.”

For Waters his next event is Max’s Race at Premier Speedway this Saturday night.

He will then take part in the final four nights of the USA v Aus Speedweek at Tolmer, Borderline, Avalon and Premier Speedway.

Across the remainder of January the #V6 will take on further races at Simpson, Premier, Avalon and borderline.

These events are all preparation for the Grand Annual Classic on January 24-26, while the final confirmed event is at Timmis Speedway on February 22.

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