{"id":217198,"date":"2026-01-05T02:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/217198\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T02:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:53:14","slug":"sprintcar-team-behind-supercars-star-cameron-waters-shuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/217198\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprintcar team behind Supercars star Cameron Waters shuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/487083754_1096859535788621_7006711868898476464_n.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Not an easy decision\u2019: Sprintcar team behind Waters shuts\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCameron Waters with the Chief Racing team.<\/p>\n<p>Waters made his Sprintcar debut in 2021 with Chief Racing under the guidance of team owner Colin McQuinn.<\/p>\n<p>The Tickford Racing driver did not contest the latest summer of speedway, and now Chief Racing has announced its closure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday we would like to officially announce that the Chief Racing will not continue racing,\u201d a statement read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was not an easy decision to make, but ultimately, the best for the team at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank you to everyone for supporting us and following along for the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile that illustrious A-Main win escaped us, it has been an amazing journey, nonetheless. We are so grateful for the time we\u2019ve spent in this sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we won\u2019t be trackside this season, it does not mean Cam won\u2019t be. We wish him all the best for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Waters has not been on track, Tickford Racing teammate Thomas Randle recently got behind the wheel of a V8 Dirt Modified at Avalon Raceway.<\/p>\n<p><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/285249\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767218481_96_285249.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cameron Waters with the Chief Racing team. Waters made his Sprintcar debut in 2021 with Chief Racing under&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[131069,111,139,69,1732,213],"class_list":{"0":"post-217198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-cameron-waters","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-newzealand","11":"tag-nz","12":"tag-slot4","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}