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While Chevy has been dominating the Australian Supercars series throughout 2023, Ford has been lagging behind the competition, something that Ford Performance head Mark Rushbrook has raised concerns about. The Blue Oval’s luck seemed to take a turn for the better on June 17th, 2023, at Hidden Valley Motor Sport Complex in Darwin, Australia, as the No. 6 Gen3 Ford Mustang of Cam Waters took control of the race. Unfortunately, Waters’ No. 6 Mustang was felled by a serious fire under the hood, prompting an investigation by the sanctioning body, per Motorsports.
Waters was leading at Darwin when his No. 6 Mustang caught fire. He was able to guide the ailing race car off the racing surface at the exit of Turns 1 and 2, and extracted himself from the burning Mustang under his own power before it was attended to by safety crews.
The incident bore striking resemblance to two other fires that occurred earlier in the season at the Beaurepaires Melbourne SuperSprint, and Supercars launched an investigation, but found that the fires were unrela