Neil Crompton
| Neil Crompton | |
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Crompton at the 2014 V8 Supercars Test Day.
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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 30 July 1960 |
| Retired | 2002 |
| ATCC / V8 Supercar | |
| Years active | 1987–2002 |
| Teams |
Advantage Racing Holden Racing Team Bob Forbes Motorsport Wayne Gardner Racing Glenn Seton Racing Gibson Motor Sport |
| Starts | 85 |
| Best finish | 10th in 1994 & 1995 Australian Touring Car Championship |
| Previous series | |
| 1989–92 1997 1998 |
Australian Drivers' Championship North American Touring Car Championship Australian GT Production Car Championship |
| Championship titles | |
| 1994 | Bathurst 12 Hour |
Neil Crompton (born 30 July 1960) is a well-known Supercars presenter and commentator. Crompton ("Cromley" or "Crompo" to his friends and colleagues) has more than 15 years of professional racing car driving experience which allows him to "speak from experience" when commentating.
According to the official V8 Supercars website, Crompton has competed in 357 various motor racing events, finishing in the first three places on 58 occasions. 230 of those races were with events counting towards the Australian Touring Car Championship (nowadays promoted as the V8Supercar Championship Series), including three second places and ten thirds.
He has raced at the famous Mount Panorama Circuit in Bathurst, New South Wales on more than 20 occasions dating back to his 1988 debut with Peter Brock's Mobil BMW Team. His best results being two third placings in the crash shortened 1992 race with Swede Anders Olofsson in a Gibson Motor Sport Nissan GT-R and in 1995 with 1987 500cc Grand Prix Motorcycle World Champion Wayne Gardner in a Wayne Gardner Racing Holden Commodore in addition to winning the 1994 12 Hour endurance race with Gregg Hansford in a factory supported Mazda RX-7.
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