$100K damage to new Waters Ford

Cameron Waters’ Monster Ford has been deemed unlikely to make today’s ARMOR ALL Qualifying at the Adelaide 500 after a massive Turn 8 hit in Practice 2.

The damage, estimated by Tickford boss Tim Edwards at $100,000 worth, was spread across all four corners of the car.

In just the second competitive session for the brand-new chassis, Waters ran wide at the high-speed sweeper, clouting the outside barrier.

With broken steering, he was then fired into the right-side wall, which did most of the damage.

“It’s obviously pretty gutting to find the fence at Turn 8 in practice and give the guys a heap of work,” Waters said.

“I didn’t really do much different going in, it just got a bit loose on the entry and it’s just gone in the marbles and stuck me in the fence.

“The hit wasn’t actually that hard but it broke the steering and then I was a passenger. It was the second hit that did all the damage.”

The crash was a major blow in an otherwise encouraging session for Tickford that ended with Chaz Mostert fifth and Mark Winterbottom seventh on the timesheet.

Rookie Richie Stanaway was down in 25th after failing to make the most of his new tyres late in the session.