Supercars star lands top-flight NASCAR race start

Cameron Waters is set to become the next Supercars star to take on the NASCAR Cup Series.

While Waters is a familiar face on dirt ovals in Australia, he won't be racing on a speedway.

The two-time Bathurst 1000 runner-up will contest the upcoming road course race at Sonoma with RFK Racing in a Ford Mustang on June 9.

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Waters will join Brad Keselowski and Chris Buescher at RFK Racing in the "Stage 60" entry, an initiative by the team designed for part-time programs in the Cup Series.

Earlier this year, David Ragan piloted the car at the Daytona 500.

He'll not be the only current Supercars driver in the 110-lapper, with Triple Eight Race Engineering's Will Brown likely to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Waters, who competes for Tickford Racing in Supercars, recently visited the RFK Racing stable ahead of his debut.

"This opportunity for me is a dream come true and one that I do not take lightly given the global audience of NASCAR and the Cup Series," said Waters.

"I've been fortunate to dip my toes into the NASCAR waters a bit this year and am excited to put my road racing experience to the test this summer. 

"It takes a village to make something like this come to fruition."

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Waters earlier this year made his NASCAR Truck Series debut at Martinsville Speedway where he wound up 30th before finishing 19th at Kansas Speedway.

Ford global motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook hailed the arrival of Waters to the Cup Series.

"Cam has certainly logged his share of miles the last couple of months flying back and forth from Australia, but he's done a great job familiarising himself with NASCAR and working with David Ragan in our simulator," said Rushbrook.

"It's always exciting when we can have someone from another part of our global motorsports family compete in a different series and we feel this is a great opportunity for him to showcase his talent.

"We're grateful to RFK for initiating this Stage 60 programme and we're looking forward to Sonoma."

Waters is the fourth Supercars driver to take on the NASCAR Cup Series, a list including Shane van Gisbergen, Brodie Kostecki, and Will Brown.