Australian Supercars Just Had One of It's Wildest Finishes, Cam Waters Wins by.03 Seconds
Waters won Friday night's race and topped Saturday's qualifying to put him in the catbird's seat for a second time. He lost positions early in the 200km race and had to fight back to battle among the podium finers. With four laps to go, Waters made a pass on Feeney and spun the Red Bull driver; instead of facing a possible penalty, Waters redressed and gave the position back under the cover of night.
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— Supercars (@supercars) February 22, 2025
In correcting, Feeney made it back by his teammate Will Brown as well, and Waters settled into the middle of the two Red Bulls, but not before Feeney fed him a right rear in retaliation for turning him in turn four.
"It's pretty hard in the dark because you can't really see how far away cars are compared to the daytime," Waters said in the post-race press conference. "I wasn't really sure how far behind Will was; I knew I had to redress Broc just to make sure I didn't get a penalty. I wasn't sure if I was going to get a penalty or not, but I didn't want that hanging over my head."
The three drivers stayed single final until the final turn and straightaway, where Waters pulled out to make the pass for the lead. The trio combined for Australia Supercars' closest finish in the series history.
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS?!?!?!Cam Waters wins in Sydney!! #RepcoSC #Supercars pic.twitter.com/Gv1h8utcRM
— Supercars (@supercars) February 22, 2025
Waters shared that he's proud to be part of what fans and commentators called one of the sport's best races.
People were telling me how cool a race that was and one of the best races I've seen, it's pretty cool to be part of that," Waters said. "How pumped the team was awesome to see. What a race, it was all going on, I was pushing the whole time."
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