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Todd Hazelwood
Hazelwood at the 2020 Townsville SuperSprint 2
Nationality Australian
Born (1995-09-25) 25 September 1995 (age 28)
Adelaide, South Australia
Racing licence FIA Gold
Supercars Championship career
Car number99
Current teamErebus Motorsport
Championships0
Races100
Wins0
Podiums1
Pole positions1
2022 position18th (1345 pts)

Todd Matthew Hazelwood (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship.

2023 was his sixth season racing in the premier Australian motorsport category and has achieved both a podium finish and Pole Position during this time.

Hazelwood previously competed in the Dunlop Super2 Series, and won the series with Matt Stone Racing in a Holden VF Commodore in 2017.[1]

Hazelwood also won the prestigious Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2014.[2]

Racing career[edit]

Karting[edit]

Todd started his racing career at the age of seven with his first event at the Adelaide Dirt Kart Club. Todd managed to progress quickly as a rookie in 2003 and instantly moved into the Juniors division at the age of 8. Todd went on to claim 2nd in his first ever Australian Title and went on to win 3x State Titles before making the switch to Bitumen Karts.

In 2008, Todd won his first race meeting on Bitumen and went on to achieve at the highest level around Australia. This included winning 5x Open State Titles, 4x Closed State Titles and 2x Pole Positions at Australian Titles. Todd also managed to win plenty of major karting events including the City of Melbourne and City of Adelaide Titles.

Formula Ford[edit]

At the end of the 2010 season, Todd was selected from Arrow Racing Karts to test drive a Formula Ford at Winton Raceway. Along with many other karters, this was Todd's first time in a race car on an open circuit. After being very successful on his first test, Todd was then selected to drive a race meeting in the 2011 South Australian State Series Championships where Todd finished 2nd on debut. Todd and his family couldn't continue to fund the remaining rounds for 2011 and elected to start fundraise and save for the 2012 season.

After a slim year of racing and lots of fundrasing, Todd was chosen to be the next Fujitsu 'Cool Driver' for the 2012 Victorian Formula Ford State Series. In a year that was super competitive with fields over 40+ at some events, Todd managed to finish 4th in the series with one of the oldest chassis/engine combinations in the field.

Formula 3 Australian Drivers Championship[edit]

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.

Highlights include his first pole position and round win at Sydney Motorsport Park.

Super2 Series[edit]

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).[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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[edit]

Wildcard entry and Endurance races (2017)[edit]

Hazelwood made his Supercars Championship debut with Matt Stone Racing as a wildcard entry at the 2017 Ipswich SuperSprint, finishing 22nd and 18th.[6] 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.[7] 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 + 2022)[edit]

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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] 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.[12] 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.

Todd famously returned to MSR in 2022 after a two-year absence with Brad Jones Racing. Racing in the #35 Truck Assist ZB Commodore, The start of the year was very promising which included multiple top five and top ten finishes. After being placed inside the Top Ten of the Championship standings after round #5, the back half of the season would take a turn for the worse as Todd and his team suffered from failures and unlucky racing incidents, tumbling down to 18th in the Championship standings.

Brad Jones Racing (2020-2021)[edit]

Hazelwood confirmed his move from Matt Stone Racing to Brad Jones Racing[13] in November 2019, replacing Tim Slade who left to join Scott McLaughlin and DJR Team Penske in a co-driver role.[14]

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 1000, he drove with Dean Fiore where they finished 8th, being a personal best Bathurst 1000 result for Hazelwood. Todd managed to achieve 12x Top Ten Race results along with 4x Top Five results, finishing the season in 13th.

Blanchard Racing Team (2023)[edit]

Todd is currently racing for Melbourne-based Supercars team, Blanchard Racing Team in the #3 CoolDrive Auto Parts Ford Mustang. 2023 has already been an exciting year for Todd being the first team and driver to prepare and run a new specification GEN3 Supercar. This season will be Todd's sixth season in the Supercars Championship and the family owned and operated team have big ambitions with Todd this season ahead.

Career results[edit]

Season Series Position Car Team
2005 Australia Dirt Kart Titles – Juniors 2nd BRK Gambler Hazelwood Racing
2006 South Australia Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 2nd BRK Gambler Belsey Racing
Northern Territory Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 1st BRK Gambler
2007 South Australia Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 3rd BRK Blitz Belsey Racing
Northern Territory Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 1st BRK Blitz
Australia Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 4th BRK Blitz
Western Australia Dirt Kart State Titles – Juniors 1st BRK Blitz
2008 South Australia Closed State Titles – Junior National Light 2nd Arrow AX9 Hazelwood Racing
City of Adelaide Titles - Junior National Pro 1st Arrow AX9
SA Festival State Cup Champion – Junior National Light 1st Arrow AX9
2009 South Australia Closed State Titles – Junior National Light 1st Arrow AX9 Hazelwood Racing
South Australia Closed State Titles – Junior Clubman 1st Arrow XE28
Northern Territory Open State Titles – Junior National Light 2nd Arrow AX9
City of Melbourne Titles - Junior National Light 3rd Arrow AX9
South Australian Open State Titles – Junior National Light 3rd Arrow AX9
2010 Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Heavy 4th Arrow AX8 A1 Engines x Hazelwood Racing
Northern Territory Open State Titles - Junior National Heavy 1st Arrow AX8
Queensland Open State Titles - Junior Clubman 2nd Arrow X1
New South Wales Open State Titles - Junior National Heavy 1st Arrow AX8
South Australian Open State Titles - Junior National Heavy 1st Arrow AX8
2011 SA State Series Formula Ford - Mallala 2nd Mygale SJ08 BRM
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior National Heavy 5th Arrow AX8 A1 Engines x Hazelwood Racing
Australian National Sprint Kart Championship – Junior Clubman 5th Arrow X1
Northern Territory Open State Titles - Junior Clubman 1st Arrow X1
South Australian Open State Titles - Junior Clubman 1st Arrow X1
2012 Victorian Formula Ford Championship 4th Mygale SJ07A – Ford Minda Motorsport
2013 Australian Formula 3 National Series 2nd Dallara F303 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
Bathurst 6 Hour - Class C 1st BMW 130i On Track Motorsport
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
Bathurst 12 Hour - Pro Am 2nd Audi R8 GT3 Matt Stone Racing
2020 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship 17th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2021 Repco Supercars Championship 13th Holden ZB Commodore Brad Jones Racing
2022 Repco Supercars Championship 18th Holden ZB Commodore Matt Stone Racing
2023 Repco Supercars Championship 21st Ford Mustang GT S650 Blanchard Racing Team

Super2 Series results[edit]

(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[edit]

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 33 34 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 		SUR
R26
20 		SUR
R27
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 		SAN
QR
11 		SAN
R28
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 		HID1
R13
18 		HID1
R14
20 		HID1
R15
20 		HID2
R16
16 		HID2
R17
15 		HID2
R18
15 		TOW1
R19
Ret 		TOW1
R20
13 		TOW1
R21
5 		TOW2
R22
12 		TOW2
R23
14 		TOW2
R24
6 		BEN1
R25
24 		BEN1
R26
12 		BEN1
R27
10 		BEN2
R28
19 		BEN2
R29
11 		BEN2
R30
7 		BAT
R31
Ret 		17th 1181
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden ZB Commodore BAT1
R1
10 		BAT1
R2
18 		SAN
R3
14 		SAN
R4
14 		SAN
R5
8 		SYM
R6
14 		SYM
R7
14 		SYM
R8
16 		BEN
R9
15 		BEN
R10
19 		BEN
R11
13 		HID
R12
Ret 		HID
R13
14 		HID
R14
21 		TOW1
R15
22 		TOW1
R16
7 		TOW2
R17
9 		TOW2
R18
5 		TOW2
R19
4 		SMP1
R20
14 		SMP1
R21
10 		SMP1
R22
23 		SMP2
R23
5 		SMP2
R24
26 		SMP2
R25
9 		SMP3
R26
12 		SMP3
R27
13 		SMP3
R28
5 		SMP4
R29
14 		SMP4
R30
C 		BAT2
R31
8 		13th 1599
2022 Matt Stone Racing Holden ZB Commodore SMP
R1
14 		SMP
R2
13 		SYM
R3
10 		SYM
R4
10 		SYM
R5
5 		MEL
R6
19 		MEL
R7
5 		MEL
R8
14 		MEL
R9
14 		BAR
R10
9 		BAR
R11
10 		BAR
R12
8 		WIN
R13
23 		WIN
R14
17 		WIN
R15
18 		HID
R16
16 		HID
R17
24 		HID
R18
23 		TOW
R19
21 		TOW
R20
15 		BEN
R21
18 		BEN
R22
17 		BEN
R23
21 		SAN
R24
21 		SAN
R25
24 		SAN
R26
24 		PUK
R27
15 		PUK
R28
20 		PUK
R29
23 		BAT
R30
20 		SUR
R31
18 		SUR
R32
Ret 		ADE
R33
Ret 		ADE
R34
21 		18th 1345
2023 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang GT NEW
R1
14 		NEW
R2
15 		MEL
R3
DSQ 		MEL
R4
20 		MEL
R5
15 		MEL
R6
9 		BAR
R7
4 		BAR
R8
7 		BAR
R9
14 		SYM
R10
20 		SYM
R11
19 		SYM
R12
24 		HID
R13
17 		HID
R14
14 		HID
R15
10 		TOW
R16
23 		TOW
R17
Ret 		SMP
R18
18 		SMP
R19
21 		BEN
R20
12 		BEN
R21
16 		BEN
R22
16 		SAN
R23
17 		BAT
R24
Ret 		SUR
R25
19 		SUR
R26
18 		ADE
R27
12 		ADE
R28
11 		21st 1221*
2024 Erebus Motorsport Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 BAT1
R1
11 		BAT1
R2
13 		MEL
R3
9 		MEL
R4
9 		MEL
R5
6 		MEL
R6
15 		TAU
R7 		TAU
R8 		BAR
R9 		BAR
R10 		HID
R11 		HID
R12 		TOW
R13 		TOW
R14 		SMP
R15 		SMP
R16 		BEN
R17 		BEN
R18 		SAN
R19
 BAT
R20
 SUR
R21 		SUR
R22 		ADE
R23 		ADE
R24 		9th* 303*

Bathurst 1000 results[edit]

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
2021 Brad Jones Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Dean Fiore 8th 161
2022 Matt Stone Racing Holden Commodore ZB Australia Jayden Ojeda 20th 159
2023 Blanchard Racing Team Ford Mustang S650 Australia Tim Blanchard DNF 156

References[edit]

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

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