Brendan Lines

February 20, 2020

As the anticipation at the Adelaide 500 builds this afternoon for Practice 1, Adelaide-born Todd Hazelwood is ready to impress with his new team Brad Jones Racing(BJR).

Adelaide’s Todd Hazelwood – Image: Supercars

The 24-year old South Australian is about to step into his #14 BJR ZB Commodore for its first session at the Adelaide 500 today.

“For me this is my first race meeting with this team, I’m brand new to the whole crew at Brad Jones Racing, so for me I just want to start the year off cleanly,” Hazelwood said.

“We had a really positive test on Tuesday at the Bend Motorsport Park, this was my first chance to get an idea what the car is capable of, so far so good, but I’m just keen to go racing.”

But there is some added weight of expectation that Hazelwood and fellow South Aussie team mate and Bathurst winner Nick Percat are proudly baring, as BJR are the adopted home team for many local Holden fans.

“One hundred per cent we’re flying the flag high this week for Holden obviously after the news that’s just come out,” Hazelwood said.

“Having two proud South Aussies doing that I think is quite special and being in the same team together, we’re going to be pushing as hard as we can to get the best result possible.”

With only one day’s testing up their sleeve, Hazelwood says the team is using all its time wisely as the minutes countdown to the 4.00pm start time today.

The garage is now buzzing over his shoulder, Hazelwood says the team is still making final adjustments to the suspension of his BJR ZB Commodore.

“There’s been a few suspension changes with a control damper in the category, so it’s going to be interesting how the car takes the curbs we haven’t really been able to try that yet,” he said.

Superscars will be on track from 4.00pm to 4.40pm today.