The Cairns Post

WATERS EMERGES AS FORD’S BEST HOPE

- REBECCA WILLIAMS

FORD star Cameron Waters has emerged as the blue oval’s best hope of chasing down runaway championsh­ip leader Shane van Gisbergen after a winning weekend at Winton.

After being stripped of a win in the last round at Perth, Waters left the Winton SuperSprin­t with two victories and a pair of pole positions to assert himself as the Ford driver most likely to challenge Holden’s defending champion.

Backing up from his first victory of the year in Saturday’s opening race with a second win in Sunday’s final sprint battle, he was again forced to hold off the fast-finishing Triple Eight star as he hunted him late in the race.

Waters had held a lead of almost six seconds over van Gisbergen after the Tickford Racing driver emerged from his pit stop on lap 25, but van Gisbergen had cut that to less than half a second by the end of the 36-lap race.

The title leader earlier claimed his ninth win of the year after producing a brilliant mid-race pass on Waters to secure the 150th podium of his career.

 ?? Picture: Getty Images ?? Cameron Waters celebrates during race 3 of the Winton SuperSprin­t round.
Picture: Getty Images Cameron Waters celebrates during race 3 of the Winton SuperSprin­t round.

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