Todd Hazelwood

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Todd Hazelwood
Todd Hazelwood Maiden Pole Position (cropped).jpg
Hazelwood in 2020, at the Townsville 500
Nationality Australian
Born (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 25)
Adelaide, South Australia
Supercars Championship career
Car number14
Current teamBrad Jones Racing
Championships0
Races100
Wins0
Podiums1
Pole positions1
2021 position13th (129 pts)*

Todd Hazelwood (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship. He currently drives the No. 14 Holden ZB Commodore for Brad Jones Racing.[1] Hazelwood previously contested in the Dunlop Super2 Series, and won the championship with Matt Stone Racing in a Holden VF Commodore in 2017.[2]

Hazelwood won the Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2014.[3]

Racing career[]

Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship[]

In 2013, Hazelwood made his debut in the Australian Formula 3 National Championship with R-Tek Motorsport in a Dallara F304. He raced the full season with the team and finished 2nd in the Championship standings in his rookie season.

Super2 Series[]

Todd Hazelwood started his Development Series career by winning the Shannons Supercar Showdown in 2013 with Supercars team Prodrive Racing Australia (then Ford Performance Racing).[4] The team helped field a car for Hazelwood to race in the final round of the 2013 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series, with Minda Motorsport. Hazelwood came back in 2014 with Matt Stone Racing driving the iSeek backed Ford FG Falcon.[5] Todd finished 8th overall, and was the highest placed rookie with four top 5 finishes and being awarded the V8 Supercars Mike Kable Young Gun Award.

In 2015 Hazelwood returned in the same car with Matt Stone Racing. Todd achieved his very first overall podium at the Sydney 500 and finished 4th overall in the series standings.

For 2016 Todd had a few changes over the offseason including changing to a Holden VF Commodore, with a Car of the Future (COTF) specification chassis.[6] Todd finished in the top 3 four times throughout the season. He finished 3rd in the series and also won the Supercars Privateers Cup for the highest placed team/driver not affiliated with a main series team.[citation needed]

Todd celebrating the 2017 Dunlop Super2 Series Win

In 2017 Hazelwood again drove a VF Holden Commodore from Matt Stone Racing supported by Bigmate. Todd consistently qualified and finished in the top 10 all year long. This included 14 front row starts, 13 podiums and 6 race wins. A total of three pole positions also helped Todd receive the Armor All Pole Position Award. With Todd's dominant and consistent results, Todd won the Dunlop Super2 Series Title by 95 points over Paul Dumbrell.

Supercars Championship[]

Wildcard entry and Endurance races (2017)[]

Hazelwood made his Supercars Championship debut with Matt Stone Racing as a wildcard entry at the 2017 Ipswich SuperSprint, finishing 22nd and 18th.[7] He made his Enduro Cup debut driving with Tim Blanchard at the 2017 Sandown 500, though the car did not start the race after Hazelwood was involved in a major accident during the first qualifying race.[8] The duo finished 12th at the Bathurst 1000 and 15th and 20th at the Gold Coast 600 to finish 22nd in the Enduro Cup.

Matt Stone Racing (2018–19)[]

Hazelwood's Ford Falcon FG X at the 2018 Adelaide 500

Hazelwood made his full-time debut in 2018, moving up with Matt Stone Racing with the team acquiring an ex-DJR Team Penske Ford Falcon FG X.[9] The team and driver struggled with the adjustment, leading to a mid-season switch of chassis to the Holden VF Commodore used in Super2 in 2017 at The Bend SuperSprint.[10] A trying season continued, and Hazelwood finished 26th in the championship with a best race finish of 13th at the Newcastle 500. He and Bryce Fullwood would finish in 20th and two laps down at the Bathurst 1000 after Fullwood spun into the sand-trap at Murrays' Corner on lap 94.

Hazelwood continued with Matt Stone Racing in 2019, with the team acquiring an ex-Jamie Whincup Holden ZB Commodore and a technical alliance with Triple Eight Race Engineering.[11][12] Results immediately improved, with Hazelwood making his first Top 10 Shootout and achieving his first top 10 finish during the second race at the Adelaide 500.[13]Hazelwood achieved a career best finish during the 2019 season, a 5th placing during the Pukekohe round. Hazelwood finished his final race with MSR on a high in a very strong 10th at the Newcastle 500.

Brad Jones Racing (2020-Current)[]

Hazelwood confirmed his move from Matt Stone Racing to Brad Jones Racing[14] in November 2019, replacing Tim Slade who left to join Scott McLaughlin and DJR Team Penske in a co-driver role.[15]

Todd Hazelwood's maiden Supercars Pole Position at Townsville 2020

2020 proved to be a breakthrough season for Hazelwood with the 24 year old achieving his maiden podium finish with a 3rd at Sydney Motorsport Park and maiden Pole Position at Townsville. The year produced many highlights, including fighting for a race wins at Sydney and Townsville. The year did come with some battles as Hazelwood suffered from a number of setbacks hurting the overall Championship finish ending 17th in the points.

BJR re-signed Todd for 2021 and will start the season opener at the Bathurst 500 in the #14 Dunlop Super Dealer Racing livery. He then raced at the Sandown SuperSprint in the #14 Cub Cadet Mowers Racing livery. For Bathurst he will drive alongside Dean Fiore.

Career results[]

Season Series Position Car Team
2010 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Heavy 4th Arrow AX8 Hazelwood Racing
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior Clubman 10th Arrow XE28
2011 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Heavy 5th Arrow AX8 Hazelwood Racing
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior Clubman 5th Arrow X1
2012 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 4th Mygale SJ07A – Ford Minda Motorsport
2013 Australian Drivers' Championship 9th Dallara F304 Spiess-Opel R-Tek Motorsport
Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 41st Holden VE Commodore Minda Motorsport
2014 Dunlop V8 Supercar Series 8th Ford FG Falcon Matt Stone Racing
2015 V8 Supercars Dunlop Series 4th Ford FG Falcon Matt Stone Racing
2016 Supercars Dunlop Series 3rd Holden VF Commodore Matt Stone Racing
2017 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 47th Holden VF Commodore Matt Stone Racing
Tim Blanchard Racing
Dunlop Super2 Series 1st Holden VF Commodore Matt Stone Racing
2018 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 26th Ford FG X Falcon
Holden VF Commodore
Matt Stone Racing
2019 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 18th Holden ZB Commodore Matt Stone Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 17th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing

Super2 Series results[]

(key) (Round results only)

Super2 Series results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Position Points
2013 Minda Motorsport Holden VE Commodore ADE BAR TOW QLD WIN BAT HOM
DNS
NC 0
2014 Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
11
WIN
12
BAR
4
TOW
10
QLD
19
BAT
5
HOM
7
8th 1131
2015 Matt Stone Racing Ford FG Falcon ADE
9
BAR
5
WIN
8
TOW
5
QLD
8
BAT
5
HOM
3
4th 1404
2016 Matt Stone Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
9
PHI
5
BAR
4
TOW
2
SAN
10
BAT
6
HOM
3
3rd 1418
2017 Matt Stone Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
2
SYM
2
PHI
5
TOW
1
SYD
6
SAN
3
BAT
4
NEW
1
1st 1808

Supercars Championship results[]

Supercars results
Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Position Points
2017 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1
ADE
R2
SYM
R3
SYM
R4
PHI
R5
PHI
R6
BAR
R7
BAR
R8
WIN
R9

PO
WIN
R10

PO
HID
R11
HID
R12
TOW
R13
TOW
R14
QLD
R15

PO
QLD
R16

PO
SMP
R17
SMP
R18
SAN
Q

22
SAN
R19

DNS
BAT
R20

12
SUR
R21

15
SUR
R22

20
PUK
R23
PUK
R24
NEW
R25
NEW
R26
47th 333
Matt Stone Racing Holden VF Commodore QLD
R15

22
QLD
R16

18
2018 Matt Stone Racing Ford FG X Falcon ADE
R1

22
ADE
R2

21
MEL
R3

22
MEL
R4

Ret
MEL
R5

18
MEL
R6

19
SYM
R7

22
SYM
R8

20
PHI
R9

23
PHI
R10

24
BAR
R11

22
BAR
R12

25
WIN
R13

21
WIN
R14

25
HID
R15

25
HID
R16

24
TOW
R17

20
TOW
R18

23
QLD
R19

27
QLD
R20

23
SMP
R21

24
26th 1201
Holden VF Commodore BEN
R22

26
BEN
R23

25
SAN
QR

23
SAN
R24

21
BAT
R25

20

20

C
PUK
R28

24
PUK
R29

25
NEW
R30

13
NEW
R31

21
2019 Matt Stone Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

12
ADE
R2

10
MEL
R3

23
MEL
R4

17
MEL
R5

14
MEL
R6

13
SYM
R7

14
SYM
R8

18
PHI
R9

11
PHI
R10

16
BAR
R11

23
BAR
R12

14
WIN
R13

19
WIN
R14

15
HID
R15

18
HID
R16

13
TOW
R17

14
TOW
R18

16
QLD
R19

19
QLD
R20

13
BEN
R21

Ret
BEN
R22

14
PUK
R23

14
PUK
R24

5
BAT
R25

Ret
SUR
R26

20
SUR
R27

20

11

20
NEW
R29

18
NEW
R30

10
18th 1609
2020 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore ADE
R1

13
ADE
R2

14
MEL
R3

C
MEL
R4

C
MEL
R5

C
MEL
R6

C
SMP1
R7

11
SMP1
R8

18
SMP1
R9

8
SMP2
R10

13
SMP2
R11

20
SMP2
R12

3

18

20

20

16

15

15

Ret

13

5

12

14

6

24

12

10

19

11

7
BAT
R31

Ret
17th 1181
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore BAT
R1

10
BAT
R2

18

14

14

8

14

14

16

15

19

13
HID
R12

Ret
HID
R13

14
HID
R14

21
TOW
R15

TOW
R16













17th* 511*

Bathurst 1000 results[]

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Laps
2017 Tim Blanchard Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Tim Blanchard 12th 160
2018 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore VF Australia Bryce Fullwood 20th 159
2019 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Jack Smith DNF 98
2020 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Jordan Boys DNF 50

References[]

  1. ^ Howard, Tom (27 November 2019). "Hazelwood completes BJR's 2020 line-up". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.
  2. ^ Howard, Todd (9 February 2017). "T8 built Holden for Marjoram in Dunlop Series". Speedcafe. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  3. ^ "South Australian Todd Hazelwood wins V8 Supercars Mike Kable Young Gun Award". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Teenage Rookie Wins Incredibly Close 2013 Shannons Supercar Showdown". Shannons.com.au. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Hazelwood Completes MSR Dunlop Line-up". Speedcafe. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  6. ^ "Hazelwood confirms third year in V8 Supercars DVS". Speedcafe. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  7. ^ Howard, Tom (1 August 2017). "Hazelwood proud of impressive Supercars debut". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.
  8. ^ Howard, Tom (16 September 2017). "Devastated Hazelwood unscathed after horror shunt". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.
  9. ^ Howard, Tom (30 November 2017). "Hazelwood graduates to Supercars with MSR". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.
  10. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (13 August 2018). "Immediate Holden switch for Hazelwood". supercars.com. Supercars.
  11. ^ "Hazelwood Confirms Whincup Car Switch". motorsport.com. 29 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  12. ^ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (28 November 2018). "Ex-Whincup Commodore for Hazelwood". supercars.com. Supercars.
  13. ^ Howard, Tom (4 March 2019). "Hazelwood relieved with maiden top 10 after 'bruising' 2018". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe.
  14. ^ "Supercars 2020, Supercars news, Supercars silly season, Todd Hazelwood 2020, Brad Jones Racing". 27 November 2019.
  15. ^ https://www.supercars.com/news/championship/slade-not-finished-with-full-time-driving/.

External links[]

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Garry Jacobson
Dunlop Super2 Series
Champion

2017
Succeeded by
Chris Pither
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Scott McLaughlin
Mike Kable Young Gun Award
2014
Succeeded by
Ashley Walsh
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