Waters boosts title hopes with impressive win

Cameron Waters showcased his Dunlop Series title credentials after producing a fighting drive to victory at Barbagallo Raceway.

The Prodrive Racing Australia driver dropped to third at the start having been outpaced by polesitter Chris Pither and Jack Le Brocq on the initial run to the first corner.

Waters was lucky not to lose third to Eggleston Motorsport’s Paul Dumbrell after the pair made contact  through the high speed Turn 2 and Turn 3 complex.

However, the Ford man quickly regrouped and began to reel in Le Brocq before unleashing an aggressive pass on the Erebus Motorsport V8 co-driver at Turn 7.

Race leader Pither soon had his mirrors full of Waters having witnessed his 1.4s lead diminish in a matter of laps.

Waters shot to the lead on lap 11 with a slick move on Pither, who was unable to hang on to the Prodrive Falcon.

In the end, Waters stormed to the chequered flag with a healthy advantage over Pither, while Le Brocq filled the final place on the podium in third.

Dumbrell shadowed Le Brocq for the majority of the 28 lap race in fourth ahead of an impressive Aaren Russell.

Young gun Todd Hazelwood came home in sixth in front of Shae Davies, who surged his way to seventh from 14th on the grid.

Result: Dunlop Series Race 1, Barbagallo Raceway

1	TEAM ENZED PRA	Cameron Waters	Ford Falcon FG	28	27:46.8019
2	Ice Break Racing	Chris Pither	Ford Falcon FG	28	27:53.5212
3	MW Motorsport	Jack Le Brocq	Ford Falcon FG	28	27:56.7407
4	Eggleston Motorsport	Paul Dumbrell	Holden Commodore VE2	28	27:57.2713
5	Plus Fitness / Go Karts Go	Aaren Russell	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:02.1378
6	iseek Racing	Todd Hazelwood	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:04.5448
7	Davbridge Constructions	Shae Davies	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:08.0467
8	United Racing	Paul Morris	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:11.3816
9	Eggleston Motorsport	Garry Jacobson	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:14.8019
10	Hayman Reese Racing	Jesse Dixon	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:15.6965
11	Gippsland Body Building GRM	James Golding	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:16.4195
12	Eggleston Motorsport	Ant Pedersen	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:18.8246
13	Super Black Racing	Simon Evans	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:20.4167
14	THR Developments/SA Racing	Taz Douglas	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:21.6164
15	PAYCE	Macauley Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:21.9038
16	Alphabet / Bursons Auto Parts	Josh Kean	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:22.7472
17	Arcoplate / Penrite	Kurt Kostecki	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:37.2888
18	THR Developments/SA Racing	Jason Leoncini	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:38.1241
19	Street Fighter Performance Upg	Dan Day	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:39.0418
20	Fujitsu Racing	Renee Gracie	Ford Falcon FG	28	28:46.2283
21	Battery World Racing	Aaron McGill	Holden Commodore VE2	28	28:48.0796
22	Matt Hansen Racing	Matt Hansen	Holden Commodore VE2	27	27:51.5403
23	Challenger / Simplex	Brett Hobson	Holden Commodore VE2	24	27:55.9188
DNF	Wilson Medic One / NBS	Andrew Jones	Holden Commodore VE2	5	5:01.2754