17 Facts About Cameron McConville

Cameron Eric "Conkers" McConville was born on 22 January 1974 and is an Australian racing driver and motorsport celebrity.

Cameron McConville spent 14 years as a professional driver, ten of those in the largest Australian domestic category, Supercars Championship.

Cameron McConville has written for several magazines and presented several television programs and up until the end of the 2009 season was the colour commentator for Network Ten's Australian coverage of Formula One.

Cameron McConville announced his retirement from full-time racing for the end of the 2009 season.

Cameron McConville is rumoured to be The Stig in Top Gear Australia.

Cameron McConville began his motor racing career at the age of eight racing go-karts in first local then national championships, culminating in several Victorian titles.

Cameron McConville impressed Johnson and was included in the driver line up for the 1992 Tooheys 1000 in the team's second Ford Sierra RS500.

Unfortunately, whilst in third position, and under pressure from Tomas Mezera in the Holden Racing Team VP Commodore, Cameron McConville miscued going over Skyline, got the car sideways and clouted the wall, causing what turned out to be mostly cosmetic damage to the Falcon.

Cameron McConville won the series in the last race of the year beating championship favourite Jim Richards.

Cameron McConville remained with the team until he was offered a contract with the Garry Rogers Motorsport outfit in 2004 after he was the outright winner of the Bathurst 24 hour race in 2002 in a Holden Monaro driving for the same team.

In 2007, Cameron McConville began a new motorsport reporting role with Channel Ten, including co-hosting the Formula One coverage.

Cameron McConville immediately highlighted the new relationship with an excellent third at the Adelaide 500.

Cameron McConville stepped back into a race car at the 2010 Bathurst 12 Hour and co-drove a HSV R8 Tourer to third place.

Subsequently, Cameron McConville picked up a drive in the 2010 Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series driving the Eggleston Motorsport Commodore which enjoyed support from Holden Racing Team's parent organisation Walkinshaw Performance eager to get Cameron McConville additional racing prior to the 2010 endurance races.

Cameron McConville was a last minute entrant for Team BOC at the Falken Tasmania Challenge of the 2011 V8 Supercars Championship.

Cameron McConville replaced Jason Bright in Race 24, who withdrew after qualifying due to a rib injury.

Cameron McConville started at the rear of the field and finished 19th.