O’Shea won Latrobe, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie wheels in 2012-13 and Welsford admitted the achievement is firmly on his radar after completing the Latrobe-Launceston double.

“Imagine if I could do all four, that would be unreal,” said the 21-year-old two-time team pursuit world champion who was also a silver medallist at the Rio Olympics.

“I was here when Glenn won so it's good to use that as motivation. To see him do all four was amazing and it’s definitely on my bucket list to do the same.

“We won a world cup team pursuit together in Mexico in 2014 and if I did get it I’d be quick to tell him.

“We’re good mates and I aspire to be like him in the future.

“We’ll see how the legs pull up because it’s always hard here.

“I’ve got some good form and feeling confident but anything can happen because these are crazy races and can be a bit of a lottery sometimes.

“But it would be a dream to do all four.”

Welsford won the Launceston Wheel in 2015 and has since dominated the Tasmanian carnivals, winning the Latrobe and Burnie Wheels a year ago and adding two more this year.

One of four scratch riders in the 2000m final, Welsford had reached the front-markers with two laps to go and cruised to victory in 1:59.72 ahead of Nick Yallouris (NSW) and Kelland O'Brien (Vic) with all three scratchmen dipping under the magical two-minute mark.

“That was so fast,” Welsford added. “We had a lot of work to do but got up in the end and I’m stoked, absolutely rapt.”

The Launceston Wheel honour board features a host of cycling greats including Danny Clark (1986), Matthew Gilmore (1990), Robbie McEwen (1991), Brett Aitken (1996), Matthew Goss (2003), Caleb Ewan (2010), Glenn O’Shea (2012 and ’14) and Jack Bobridge (2013).

Welsford went on to complete a near perfect night by winning the 100-lap mixed madison with Launceston’s Lauren Perry. Fellow Tasmanians Macey Stewart and Amy Cure also made the podium.

A modest crowd attended Thursday night’s carnival although numerous patrons complained about time-consuming queues to get into the Silverdome.

Racing was briefly suspended after a scary crash with a lap remaining in the men’s 1000m handicap which saw Tasmanian rider Michael Lockyer receive extensive treatment before being taken to hospital by ambulance.