Neil Crompton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Neil Crompton
Occupation	Racing Driver
Date Of Birth	Jul 30, 1960(1960-07-30)
Age	64
Birthplace	Ballarat
Country	Australia
Birth City	Victoria
Horoscope	Cancer

Neil Crompton Biography

Neil Crompton is one of the most popular and richest Racing Driver who was born on July 30, 1960 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Neil “Crompo” Crompton, born 30 July 1960, is a well-known Supercars commentator and presenter. Crompton (or “Cromley”, to his friends, and coworkers), has over 15 years of racing experience. This allows him to comment from “experience” when commentating.

Crompton made his first major break in motorsport when he was chosen by Peter Brock to drive in the Holden Dealer Team’s second Group A VL Commodore in the long-distance races in 1987. He was a driver in the 1987 Castrol 500 at Sandown, where he finished 4th with Formula 2 ace Jon Crooke. Later, he competed at the Bob Jane T-Marts 500 Calder Park, which was Round 9 for the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. He was supposed to make his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1987 a week prior to the race at Calder. However, he fell one race short of obtaining the correct FIA licence. (He was reportedly to drive a Subaru at Winton in a Series Production race which would have secured his one- needed signature, but the car was not competitive and he refused to drive the car, as he didn’t want to be seen as a wally, thus losing his chance). The cruel twist was that the #10 Commodore that he was supposed to drive would win the race in the hands Brock, David Parsons and Peter McLeod, his replacement for the race. Crompton was third behind the Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Shelby RS500’s when Mike Raymond, his boss, commentator and producer of Channel 7’s James Hardie 1000, pointed it out to him. He would later be disqualified from the race for technical irregularities. Crompton’s reply was a simple “Don’t remind me” or “The thought crossed my mind.”

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 Motorsport 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.

Although he did not have a regular ATCC seat with HRT, he co-drove the team’s second Commodore in the three years with the team, though results were not forthcoming. He also started racing Formula Holden in 1989, finishing third in the Australian Drivers’ Championship and scoring his first race win in Round 7 at Sydney’s Amaroo Park circuit before going on to win the 10th and final round at Sandown in Melbourne. He scored his first pole position at Amaroo park with a time of 44.04, 3/10ths of a second under the outright circuit record set by John Bowe in the Veskanda-Chevrolet Sports car in 1986 and had hoped to break Bowe’s lap record of 44.36 in the race. However, with the Gold Star race being held late on the days program he was unable to do so as previous races had reportedly left a lot of oil on the circuit. At the end of the year he drove in the Tea Tree Trophy Formula Holden support race at the 1989 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide. There he qualified in 5th place and eventually finished in 6th.

He began racing cars in 1985 and raced in several, mostly sedan-based, categories. His first race was in a Series Production specification Mitsubishi Cordia. He has competed in V8 Supercars and Super Touring Cars as well as Group A Touring Cars and Sports Sedans.

Neil Crompton Net Worth

Neil Crompton is one of the richest Racing Driver from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Neil Crompton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Crompton began racing at the age of eleven on a Honda minibike in 1972. He then moved to motocross, where he enjoyed some success.

Crompton began commentating on motorcross events for Network Ten (then known as the 0/10 Network). From 1980 to 1984, he worked with John Smailes, Drew Morphett and Will Hagon at the ABC. He also commented on motorsport events like the Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC), as well as other events the network covered, such as Sandown 500. Crompton was also transferred to Seven in 1985 to cover the ATCC rights. He replaced Evan Green and joined the motorsport regulars Mike Raymond and Garry Wilkinson in commentary. Crompton also reported from the pits. Crompton, the youngest member of the team and the most fit, was frequently assigned pit duties on race days. This required him to move quickly from one side of the pit lane to another. However, Seven brought in Peter McKay, a motoring journalist and race driver, as a commentator and pit reporter starting in 1987. He would remain with the network in a slowly decreasing capacity, mainly due to his racing commitments, until 1995. His last years included regular segments on “The Great Outdoors”. He also appeared on segments on Triple M radio.

Crompton remained with Brock’s Mobil sponsored team for 1988, though by that time they had switched to running BMW M3’s. He made his Australian Touring Car Championship debut that year, driving the third of the team’s cars to 8th in Round 8 at Amaroo Park, and 9th in the final round at Oran Park. After a promising start to the endurance races with where he and David Parsons finished 4th in the Pepsi 250 at Oran Park (won by Brock and Jim Richards), he failed to finish at both Sandown and Bathurst.

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Who is Neil Crompton Dating?

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In 1993, Crompton ran the ATCC in one of the few Holden V8 powered VP Commodores in the field for Bob Forbes Racing (most of the top Holden teams were using the 5.0 L Chevrolet V8). His first full ATCC ended with a disappointing 13th-place finish in the standings. He then went to 1993 Tooheys 1000 where he qualified the car 10th after spinning on oil during his Tooheys Top 10 runoff lap. Crompton complained on camera after his lap that there was no warning of oil until he got to The Chase (the fastest corner on a race track anywhere in Australia taken at some 280 km/h (174 mph)), but it was later found that it was in fact his car that had dropped the oil and other drivers reported it to be all around the 6.213 km (3.861 mi) circuit.

Facts & Trivia

Neil Ranked on the list of most popular Racing Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. Neil Crompton celebrates birthday on July 30 of every year.

In 1996 he returned to Network Ten to be their “motorsport expert” for their coverage of the CART Series & Australian Super Touring Championship for which they had just gained the broadcasting rights, and which would also end up including Formula One. Crompton was a regular presenter of Ten’s popular motoring magazine program, RPM, and after his racing career wound down at the end of 2002 until the end of 2006, he was the expert commentator on Ten’s coverage of the V8 Supercars (after being lead commentator throughout 2001 when he only drove in endurance races).

Is Neil Crompton ill?

In April 2021, Crompton was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was expected to make a full recovery following surgery.

What is up with Neil Crompton?

Supercars icon Neil Crompton has revealed he would have been dead within five years had his prostate cancer not been “accidentally” discovered. The ‘Voice of Supercars’ missed two rounds of this year’s championship to undergo surgery, after he was diagnosed earlier this year. He’s now back behind the microphone.

Where is Neil Crompton now?

As Crompton prepares to return to broadcasting the Supercars championship later this month with as close to full health as he will ever be, the 61-year- old reflected upon his recovery from prostate cancer and his life in motorsport and broadcasting. Crompton is the voice of motorsport in Australia.

How old is Neil Crompton?

61 years (July 30, 1960)

How many races did Neil Crompton win?

2013 Highlands 101
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