{"id":899839,"date":"2026-09-21T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899839\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T07:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T07:58:19","slug":"supercars-news-brodie-kosteckis-co-driver-todd-hazelwood-dislocated-shoulder-at-the-bend-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/899839\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Brodie Kostecki’s co-driver Todd Hazelwood dislocated shoulder at The Bend 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Hazelwood\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEasy on those shoulders! Todd Hazelwood with Brodie Kostecki at The Bend. Image: InSyde Media <\/p>\n

The South Australian suffered a momentary dislocation of his left shoulder in a last-lap incident with James Moffat while battling for the lead in the Saturday Trans Am race.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hazelwood was attempting to duck under Moffat at the exit of the second-last corner when they made multiple bouts of contact, for which Moffat was later penalised.<\/a><\/p>\n

While DJR downplayed any concern over Hazelwood before he took the start on Sunday, the 30-year-old had been seen holding his shoulder in the aftermath of the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first wheel-to-wheel contact was quite violent in the steering, so his right-front wheel hit my left-front wheel,\u201d Hazelwood told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was at full opposite lock trying to catch the wheel and when the second hit happened I wasn\u2019t ready for it, essentially.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe wheel got ripped out of my hand with enough force to pop my left shoulder out momentarily.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was popped for about two to three seconds whilst I was travelling through the grass trying to gather it all up, and then it popped itself back in.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hazelwood reported the shoulder issue to his Todd\u2019s Garage Trans Am team via radio immediately after the finish.<\/p>\n

That led to a group of DJR personnel, including Kostecki, Tom Moore (team manager), Paul Haines (performance coach) and Chloe Prudden (physiotherapist) greeting Hazelwood in parc ferme.<\/p>\n

They whisked him back to DJR\u2019s pit area for treatment. Supercars\u2019 medical delegate Dr Carl Le also checked in on Hazelwood, but the driver was not required to go to the medical centre.<\/p>\n

\"James<\/p>\n

James Moffat and Todd Hazelwood came together on the final lap of Race 2 while fighting for the lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was more as a precaution, just to make sure that if I needed any assistance or if it was bad,\u201d he said of the aftermath.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom my point of view, the pain threshold was non-existent. It was like a one out of 10 pain.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I knocked back a couple of Panadols and had a bit of strapping to make sure that it didn\u2019t fall out again for the big day, and it was fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time Hazelwood has dislocated a shoulder in a race car, having popped his right one out during wheel-to-wheel contact in a Supercars race at Townsville in 2018.<\/p>\n

Hazelwood said that dislocation was far worse and has resulted in his right shoulder subsequently suffering mild dislocations, including while playing cricket and once while pulling a jumper on.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been told recently that I\u2019ve got bad genetics and my shoulders are prone to popping, which is a bit of a feature of the mould, apparently,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was more annoying that this was actually my good shoulder! I\u2019ve always looked after my right shoulder and now this one has decided to play up.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you\u2019ve dislocated your shoulder there\u2019s damage to the bone and so forth, so it\u2019s just something that I have to manage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe did the strapping [at The Bend] as a precaution, just to make sure that I was giving myself the best chance for it to obviously not fall out again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had scans since. I\u2019ve been working with the team just to make sure I get the strength and conditioning back into the shoulder, and everything\u2019s been managed at a really high level.<\/p>\n

\u201cI certainly can eliminate any doubt or any questions going into the big race at Bathurst next month.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Todd<\/p>\n

Hazelwood endured a horror first stint. Image: InSyde Media.<\/p>\n

Hazelwood ultimately endured a horror start to The Bend 500, sinking back through the pack at up to four seconds a lap after starting from pole position.<\/p>\n

That has been blamed on a bad set of wet tyres, with Hazelwood\u2019s speed making a miraculous return after his first pit stop.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were a lot of rumours that I\u2019d torn ligaments and that I\u2019d been in hospital and all sorts of things that weren\u2019t the case,\u201d Hazelwood added.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy physical condition had nothing to do with that first stint.\u201d<\/p>\n

The other rumour at The Bend was that Hazelwood had been taken from parc ferme in haste to avoid a potential physical confrontation with Moffat following their latest on-track scrap.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoff and I had words at QR, and I gave him a few character references, so I\u2019ve said what I need to say, and I think he knows what I think of him now,\u201d added Hazelwood.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I\u2019m a lover, not a fighter, so you won\u2019t see me throwing any punches anytime!\u201d<\/p>\n

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