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NEW LIVERY FOR HAZELWOOD

New livery for Todd Hazelwood - Image: Supplied

By Dan McCarthy

Brad Jones Racing has announced TRG Transport Solutions as the sponsor that will align Todd Hazelwood’s #14 BJR ZB Holden Commodore this weekend at The Bend Motorsport Park

Hazelwood is a proud South Aussie and is pleased to be back by an SA company at his local racetrack.

Round 4 of the Supercars Championship, the OTR Supersprint will be held at Tailem Bend just over an hour south-east of Adelaide and Hazelwood is looking forward to racing in front of his home crowd.

“I’m super excited to be back racing in my home state for the first time in 2021 and with the return support from TRG Transport Solutions,” Hazelwood said.

“It’s fantastic to continue our relationship from last year and I’ll be giving it my all to get the South Australian supported Supercar to the front of the field.

“The Bend has been good to the team in the past and hopefully we can continue that success and score a bag of points.”

The former Super2 Series winner highlighted that tyre management will be a big factor to success this weekend.

“The key factor at Tailem Bend will be tyre management as we saw some bad tyre delamination on the soft tyre last year,” he recalled.

“If it’s like that again it’ll definitely make the racing interesting and it’s a real opportunity to score a strong result. I’m pumped and ready for the challenge.”

Hazelwood believes that the qualifying car needs to improve to allow him to maximise the race package.

“We’ve got to work a bit on our qualifying as we’ve been struggling to maximise our performance and every session this season, we’ve ended up six or seven spots further back from our race pace which is hurting our results,” Hazelwood explained.

“On a positive note, we’ve passed cars in every race so far this year, but we need to do better and hopefully The Bend is a turning point.”

The black, orange and silver livery itself will draw attention with support from 3M Films and PPG. Scandia also returns for a second round taking the coveted bonnet sponsor.

TRG Transport Solutions is one of Australia’s leading transport companies and managing director Tony Musolino is looking forward to continuing the partnership with Brad Jones Racing,

“We are delighted to showcase our business on BJR’s Supercar for a second year running,” Musolino said.

“TRG prides itself on giving back to the community by contributing to local sporting teams and events so it’s a pleasure to assist with this local race at The Bend and support SA’s own, Todd Hazelwood.

“We are honoured and proud to be a part of the BJR team and the 2021 Supercars Championship.”

While support categories take to the track on Friday, Supercars on track action begins on Saturday May 8.

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