ORDINARILY, a driver ought to be worried if they were approaching the end of the guaranteed period of their contract in as poor a championship position as Aaron Cameron is right now.

But there’s six words that should suggest otherwise in the Supercars sophomore’s case.

There is no substitute for speed.

You’ve probably heard the notion plenty of times that it’s easier to slow a driver down than to speed one up.

So, while Cameron is effectively fifth-last in the standings (i.e. 20th) – 11 positions and 432 points behind Blanchard Racing Team stablemate James Golding – there’s every reason to believe that better things are to come.

Because as it has also often been said, qualifying is king in Supercars.

Occasionally, a driver may make a dent from back in the pack, but not often. This year alone, not a single race has been won from outside the top five on the starting grid.

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Cameron has pace to burn.

He ranks ninth on qualifying average in 2026, ahead of reigning champion Chaz Mostert. Golding is also behind on both that metric and in the head-to-head stakes (10-9).

It’s evidence that headline results are within reach the more Cameron refines his race craft – which may actually end up benefitting from him having signalled to rivals loud and clear that he won’t die wondering in combat.

The 26-year-old recently spoke on the Drivers Only podcast about making alterations to mirror positioning and in-lap/out-lap maximisation to help lift his game.

“I’ve just been working away, trying to refine everything that I’m doing at the moment. Usually I’m a pretty relaxed character the way I go about my racing, but just trying to make sure those one-percenters are locked in,” he said.

“This sport has just got so close with everything that we’re doing that all the ins and out laps are really important now and I feel like that’s somewhere I have lacked a little bit, so pretty keen to knuckle down on that.

Aaron Cameron. Pic: Ross Gibb

“But it’s also a fine line… you’re trying to find a free second or so there but also it can easily go wrong and you lose five or six seconds.

“I’m trying to find any little bit I can to get closer and get back into that top 10, top five sort of fight.”

Sure, if in 12 months’ time Cameron were to be 11 spots behind Golding in the championship, there’d be cause for concern.

But right now, the sheer pace is enough to justify patience that his conversation rate will improve in parallel with experience, and the vibe out of the BRT camp has tended to reflect that.

Cameron is thought to have last year recommitted to BRT on a one-plus-one deal guaranteeing 2026 with scope for 2027.

While the Ford squad does have Super2 leader Lochie Dalton and enduro co-driver Zak Best waiting in the wings, Cameron – who also is a sponsor’s dream with his larrikin personality – figures to be the guy to give BRT a one-two punch alongside Golding into the future.

And with the Townsville 500 just around the corner, it’s worth remembering too that the Reid Park Street Circuit happened to be where the tide started to turn during his 2025 rookie campaign…