Hazelwood gets perfect home gift
By Thomas Miles
Date posted: 15 September 2025
Driving for his boyhood favourtie team for the first time, Todd Hazelwood, took a dream victory for DJR on home turf.
The proud South Australian rose to the occasion in the first enduro held at Shell V-Power Motorsport Park as he helped Brodie Kostecki to victory in the AirTouch 500 at The Bend.
Hazelwood arguably put in the drive of the day, recovering from a slow start to rise from fifth to first to put the #38 DJR Mustang on the path to victory.
While it is the first in DJR colours, it makes it back-to-back enduro wins for Kostecki and Hazelwood after their Great Race glory at Erebus last year.
Although nothing can top lifting the Peter Brock Trophy, Hazelwood said the feeling of winning in front of friends and family at a track so close to home is also up there.
“To get the Bathurst win last year, I thought it would be hard to top so second on that list is winning in your home state,” he said.
“The Hazelwood farm is about an hour up the road in a small little town on the road to Sydney.
“To be essentially racing in my backyard is so special because I had a lot of family, friends and sponsors that have backed me my whole career this weekend, celebrating just as much as I was.
“To have my first two wins as Bathurst and 500 enduro could not be better.”
For Hazelwood personally, the win settles some unfinished business.
Last year he also showed some impressive raw speed at the Sandown 500 last year, only to fall second best in a battle with Jamie Whincup, which led to a costly off at Dandenong Road.
“I learnt from my mistakes last year,” Hazelwood said.
“We clashed (with Whincup) and I came off second best, so I knew I had a great car underneath me.
“I tried to look after my tyres and chose the right moment to get the job done.
“It was a joy to drive and a big kudos to the whole team working their backsides off all weekend.
“I am just reaping off the fruits of their hard work.
“It has not been the smoothest weekend for us and we have had our gremlins, but we had a fast car and were quietly confident.
“To kick off where we finished last year at a new team, which has come with its challenges, I could not be happier.”
Image: Mark Horsburgh
Practice 1: 1: A. Cameron/Z. Best 1:50.0617 2: T. Randle/Z. Best +0.0283 3: B. Kostecki/T. Hazelwood +0.3358
Practice 2: 1: Jamie Whincup 1:50.5875 2: Todd Hazelwood +0.2082 3: Dale Wood +0.3248
Practice 3: 1: Will Brown 1:48.9957 2: Broc Feeney +0.3210 3: Thomas Randle +0.3837
Practice 4: 1 James Moffat 1:50.7387 2 Lee Holdsworth +0.1864 3 Rylan Gray +0.2128
Practice 5: 1 Ryan Wood 1:49.2867 2 Brodie Kostecki +0.0272 3 Broc Feeney +0.0584
Qualifying: 1 Brodie Kostecki 1:49.3947 2 Broc Feeney +0.0081 3 Cameron Waters +0.0628
Top 10 Shootout: 1 Broc Feeney 1:48.6548 2 Cameron Hill +0.1023 3 Brodie Kostecki +0.1286
Warm Up: Sunday 9.30-9.50
Race 26: 1 Brodie Kostecki/Todd Hazelwood 3:15:50.1972 2 Cameron Waters/Mark Winterbottom +3.0181 3 Matt Payne/Garth Tander +7.6515
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