CAMERON SHIELDS

HE’S got the need for speed, both on the racetrack and in his career as a future motorsport champion.

Cameron Shields has racked up a 37 per cent win rate in the few short years he’s been pursuing his Formula driving dream.

By mid-July this year, the 17-year-old had won 44 of his 119 races, with 87 podium finishes and recorded 38 pace-setting laps.

The 2016 Australian Formula 3 National class champion has continued to impress the sport’s veterans and racing teams across the country since he first stepped into a Formula 3 car at 14 years old.

The Toowoomba Grammar School student set a record as the youngest driver in the history of the series after joining the McDonald’s Gilmour Racing team, and his standing as a driver on the rise has only increased in the years since.

One of four young Australian drivers to be part of the CAMS Foundation Rising Star Program in 2017, Shields received a $50,000 scholarship loan which went towards competing in the Australian Formula 4 Championships last year.

It was the same series that fellow Toowoomba drivers Jordan Lloyd and Will Brown won in previous years.

With his passion and natural ability, and support of his racing family, Shields looks set to follow the success of international champions like Daniel Ricciardo and Toowoomba’s own Indy champion Will Power, who were both recipients of CAMS Foundation assistance.

Closer to home, Shields has supported plans for a motorsports facility to be built near Toowoomba.