Pain no barrier for rookie Cameron on debut
Aaron Cameron fighting through foot injury in Supercars debut
Cameron injured toe in go kart in go kart transporter mishap
BRT rookie raced to to 22nd after spinning off at Turn 3 on Thursday
He's making his solo Supercars debut with a broken toe, but Aaron Cameron still "had a lot of fun" in what proved to be an action-packed Race 4.
Cameron has been drafted in to replace Aaron Love at Blanchard Racing Team for this weekend’s Melbourne SuperSprint.
Amid the excitement of his debut, the 25-year-old Victorian is also managing a toe injury sustained while loading a go kart last weekend.
The injury came just days before Cameron was announced as the new driver of BRT’s CoolDrive Ford Mustang.
Cameron wore a moon boot up until Tuesday, but joined a number of drivers in an appearance on Wednesday with A-League club Melbourne Victory.
Speaking at the appearance, Cameron said he was managing the injury, but was fully focused on his big weekend.
“I was loading some stuff in a truck for my go kart team last week, and I ended up getting my big toe on my right foot caught between the tail lift and the truck bed,” Cameron told Supercars.com.
“It broke one of the bones in there. I’m managing a bit of pain but it's not too bad. We'll make it work.
“There's no way I wasn't gonna take up this opportunity to have my solo debut in Supercars in the CoolDrive Mustang.
“It’s really exciting, but it’ll be a tough weekend."
Cameron made his Supercars debut in last year’s enduros with BRT, and finished runner-up in last year’s Dunlop Series. A winner in TCR and S5000, he recently contested Formula Regional in the Middle East, before joining BRT in Sydney.
In a big first track day, Cameron was an impressive 10th in Practice 1, but came home 22nd after being one of many drivers caught out at the treacherous Turn 3.
Despite the incident, Cameron said he "got hit plenty of other times" and while "pain is rather high now," he was excited to get back into it on Friday.
“I’ve spoken to a few specialists. We've got some general management plans in place," he added.
“I’ve also got a little bit bigger boots so I can get my foot in there. It’ll be fine.
“I’m incredibly excited to get stuck in, and on such a big stage like the AGP weekend, it’s unreal.”
