{"id":487965,"date":"2026-06-21T04:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487965\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:48:16","slug":"supercars-news-cameron-waters-claims-sunday-darwin-triple-crown-pole-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487965\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Cameron Waters claims Sunday Darwin Triple Crown pole position"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/INS11763-copy.jpg\" alt=\"Waters pips Payne to Sunday Darwin pole position\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTickford Racing&#8217;s Cameron Waters claimed pole position for Race 3 at the betr Darwin Triple Crown.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/t.cfjump.com\/92797\/b\/298625\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none; vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/298625.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/speedcafe.com\/supercars-news-2026-darwin-triple-crown-race-3-qualifying-results-matt-payne-fastest-todd-hazelwood-finish\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Having provisionally qualified second in the preceding two-part session<\/a>, Waters was second-to-last on track in the Top 10 Shootout.<\/p>\n<p>Waters went on to clock a 1:06.2529s in the #6 Tickford Racing Ford Mustang.<\/p>\n<p>A meagre 0.0612s split the top two Mustangs, with the earlier pacesetter Matt Payne second for Grove Racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuali was super tricky,\u201d said Waters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe car didn\u2019t feel great, it was obviously still fast, but awesome to make it a little better in the Shootout and put a nice lap together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a trying year, it\u2019s awesome to have good results and a consistent weekend so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve got one more race. Hopefully we can make the car a little better in the race and get a win.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anton De Pasquale made headway from fifth to third in the #18 Team 18 Chevrolet Camaro, just 0.1724s away from Waters.<\/p>\n<p>Triple Eight\u2019s Broc Feeney only lost one position to fourth, bemoaning a lock-up into Turn 11.<\/p>\n<p>Chaz Mostert (Walkinshaw TWG) completed the top five ahead of Will Brown (Triple Eight), Jack Le Brocq (Matt Stone Racing), Cameron Hill (Brad Jones Racing), Zach Bates (Matt Stone Racing) and Andre Heimgartner (Brad Jones Racing).<\/p>\n<p>Race 3 of the Darwin Triple Crown is scheduled for 3:10pm AEST.<\/p>\n<p>Results: Repco Supercars Championship betr Darwin Triple Crown, Race 3 Top 10 Shootout<\/p>\n<p>Pos<br \/>\nNum<br \/>\nDriver<br \/>\nTeam<br \/>\nCar<br \/>\nLap<br \/>\nDiff<br \/>\nGap<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\n6<br \/>\nCameron Waters<br \/>\nTickford Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:06.2529<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n19<br \/>\nMatthew Payne<br \/>\nGrove Racing<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:06.3141<br \/>\n0.0612<br \/>\n0.0612<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n18<br \/>\nAnton De Pasquale<br \/>\nTeam 18<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:06.4253<br \/>\n0.1724<br \/>\n0.1112<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n88<br \/>\nBroc Feeney<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:06.5618<br \/>\n0.3089<br \/>\n0.1365<\/p>\n<p>5<br \/>\n1<br \/>\nChaz Mostert<br \/>\nWalkinshaw TWG Racing<br \/>\nToyota GR Supra A90<br \/>\n1:06.5805<br \/>\n0.3276<br \/>\n0.0187<\/p>\n<p>6<br \/>\n888<br \/>\nWilliam Brown<br \/>\nTriple Eight Race Engineering<br \/>\nFord Mustang GT<br \/>\n1:06.6428<br \/>\n0.3899<br \/>\n0.0623<\/p>\n<p>7<br \/>\n4<br \/>\nJack Le Brocq<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:06.7886<br \/>\n0.5357<br \/>\n0.1458<\/p>\n<p>8<br \/>\n14<br \/>\nCameron Hill<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nToyota GR Supra A90<br \/>\n1:06.7937<br \/>\n0.5408<br \/>\n0.0051<\/p>\n<p>9<br \/>\n10<br \/>\nZach Bates<br \/>\nMatt Stone Racing<br \/>\nChev Camaro ZL1<br \/>\n1:06.8326<br \/>\n0.5797<br \/>\n0.0389<\/p>\n<p>10<br \/>\n8<br \/>\nAndre Heimgartner<br \/>\nBrad Jones Racing<br \/>\nToyota GR Supra A90<br \/>\n1:06.9313<br \/>\n0.6784<br \/>\n0.0987<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tickford Racing&#8217;s Cameron Waters claimed pole position for Race 3 at the betr Darwin Triple Crown. 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