Todd Matthew Hazelwood (born 25 September 1995) is an Australian professional racing driver competing in the Repco Supercars Championship for Dick Johnson Racing as a co-driver in the Shell V-Power Racing Ford Mustang.
Hazelwood's career in Supercars Championship includes 150+ races with podium finishes and pole positions during this time with multiple teams.
Hazelwood previously competed in the Dunlop Super2 Series, and won the series with Matt Stone Racing in a Holden VF Commodore in 2017.
Hazelwood also won the prestigious Mike Kable Young Gun Award in 2014.
Racing career
Karting
Hazelwood started his racing career at the age of seven with his first event at the Adelaide Dirt Kart Club. He managed to progress quickly as a rookie in 2003 and instantly moved into the Juniors division at the age of eight. He went on to claim second in his first ever Australian Title and went on to win three State Titles before making the switch to Bitumen Karts.
In 2008, Hazelwood won his first race meeting on Bitumen and went on to achieve at the highest level around Australia. This included winning five Open State Titles, four Closed State Titles and two pole positions at Australian Titles. He also managed to win plenty of major karting events including the City of Melbourne and City of Adelaide Titles.
Formula Ford
At the end of the 2010 season, Hazelwood was selected from Arrow Racing Karts to test drive a Formula Ford at Winton Raceway. Along with many other karters, this was his first time in a race car on an open circuit. After being very successful on his first test, he was then selected to drive a race meeting in the 2011 South Australian State Series Championships where he finished second on debut. Hazelwood 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, Hazelwood was chosen to be the next Fujitsu 'Cool Driver' for the 2012 Victorian Formula Ford State Series. In a competitive year with fields over 40+ at some events, he managed to finish fourth in the series with one of the oldest chassis/engine combinations in the field.
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 second in the Championship standings in his rookie season.
Highlights include his first pole position and round win at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Super2 Series
Hazelwood started his Development Series career by winning the Shannons Supercar Showdown in 2013 with Supercars team Prodrive Racing Australia (then Ford Performance Racing). 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. He finished eighth overall, and was the highest placed rookie with four top-five finishes and being awarded the V8 Supercars Mike Kable Young Gun Award.
In 2015, Hazelwood returned in the same car with Matt Stone Racing. He achieved his very first overall podium at the Sydney 500 and finished fourth overall in the series standings.
For 2016, Hazelwood had a few changes over the offseason including changing to a Holden VF Commodore, with a Car of the Future (COTF) specification chassis. He finished in the top-three four times throughout the season. He finished third in the series and also won the Supercars Privateers Cup for the highest placed team/driver not affiliated with a main series team.
In 2017, Hazelwood again drove a VF Holden Commodore from Matt Stone Racing supported by Bigmate. He consistently qualified and finished in the top-ten all year long. This included 14 front row starts, 13 podiums and six race wins. A total of three pole positions also helped him receive the Armor All Pole Position Award. With his dominant and consistent results, Hazelwood 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. 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. 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)
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. 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. 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. Results immediately improved, with Hazelwood making his first Top 10 Shootout and achieving his first top-ten finish during the second race at the Adelaide 500. Hazelwood achieved a career best finish during the 2019 season, a fifth placing during the Pukekohe round. Hazelwood finished his final race with MSR on a high in a very strong 10th at the Newcastle 500.
Hazelwood 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 Hazelwood and his team suffered from failures and unlucky racing incidents, tumbling down to 18th in the Championship standings.
Brad Jones Racing (2020–2021) Hazelwood confirmed his move from Matt Stone Racing to Brad Jones Racing in November 2019, replacing Tim Slade who left to join Scott McLaughlin and DJR Team Penske in a co-driver role. 2020 proved to be a breakthrough season for Hazelwood with the 24 year old achieving his maiden podium finish with a third 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 Hazelwood 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 eighth, being a personal best Bathurst 1000 result for Hazelwood. Hazelwood managed to achieve 12 top-ten race results along with four top-five results, finishing the season in 13th.
Blanchard Racing Team (2023) Hazelwood raced for Melbourne-based Supercars team, Blanchard Racing Team in the #3 CoolDrive Auto Parts Ford Mustang. 2023 was the introduction of the new Supercars platform, 'Gen3' and was a huge challenge for all teams to be equipped and ready for the season ahead. He had a solid start to the year and was eighth in the Championship after round four. The team suffered from a severe staff loss during the race season and results took a turn for the worse for the single car operation. Hazelwood finished the season strong featuring in the Top Ten Shootout at Sandown 500 and Adelaide 500, but ultimately was a disappointing year for Hazelwood finishing 21st in the Championship.
Erebus Motorsport (2024) For 2024, Hazelwood signed with Erebus Motorsport as a co-driver for the first time since 2017, stepping down from racing full time in the Supercars Championship. Initially signed with Jack Le Brocq for the season ahead, Todd was sensationally called up to fill in for reigning Supercars Champion, Brodie Kostecki for the start of the 2024 season. He stepped up and raced at both the Bathurst 500 and Formula 1 AGP in the #99 Erebus Motorsport Camaro before Kostecki made the call to return and drive once again. During this time, the team elected for Hazelwood to drive with Kostecki for the Enduro Season with Todd stepping in behind the wheel of the #1 Camaro at Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000. After running in podium contention during the Sandown 500, the team suffered from a mechanical failure putting both drivers out of the race. With a high level of motivation to be better, Kostecki and Hazelwood went to Bathurst full of confidence and determined to fight back after a disappointing Sandown. Brodie qualified on Pole Position and both drivers never looked back all day on race day. Leading from start to finish, it was a dominant race from the team and drivers. The winning time of 5 hours and 58 minutes was the fastest in the history of the Bathurst 1000, aided by just one safety car period, and the first to be completed in less than six hours. Ironically, it was also Hazelwood's maiden Supercars race win whilst becoming just the 66th winner of the Bathurst 1000.
Dick Johnson Racing (2025) Hazelwood joined Dick Johnson Racing in 2025 as a co-driver for Brodie Kostecki. It had been a lifelong dream for Hazelwood to join the team at Dick Johnson Racing and his first Enduro Cup with the team resulted in a win at The Bend 500] and pole position at the Bathurst 1000.
Hazelwood continued in his co-driver role with Kostecki at DJR for 2026, however at the Darwin Triple Crown, Hazelwood filled in for Kostecki for Race 19 of the championship due to Kostecki being unwell. Hazelwood had already been at the event due to his commitments in the Australian National Trans-Am Series as a support category for the event, and had participated in a Trans-Am race earlier in the day prior to his call-up to Supercars. Hazelwood qualified 13th for the race, and finished in 12th.
Trans Am Series
Hazelwood made his Trico Trans Am Series debut in 2024 with TFH Racing, driving the No.111 TFH Hire Ford Mustang. Across seven rounds, he recorded seven race wins and two pole positions, and won the series title in his debut season. He secured the championship at the Adelaide 500, ahead of entries from Gary Rogers Motorsport, which has won the series in the previous three seasons.
World Time Attack Challenge
Hazelwood made his debut in time attack racing at the 2025 World Time Attack Challenge with Tanuki Racing. Driving at Sydney Motorsport Park with the #5 Tanuki Racing Nissan Silvia S13 time attack car, he suffered some setbacks on the Thursday practice day when the car presented with gear shift pressure pump issues. The team managed to temporarily mend the car and with limited seat time, Hazelwood managed to post a 1:21.093 on the Friday session which put him firmly at the top of the leaderboard. On Saturday morning, he had already managed to improve on his previous lap time, bringing it down to a 1:19.365. However, during the superlap shootout session at night, he managed to post a personal best time for the Tanuki Racing Nissan Silvia by posting a 1:18.169 and claiming the outright fastest lap time for the 2025 event.
He repeated this in the 2026 event running for Tanuki Racing in the Nissan Silvia S13 again. Winning the rain effected event for the second time setting a 1m19.303s lap.
Career results Karting career