29 Facts About Neil Crompton

Neil Crompton has raced at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, New South Wales on more than 20 occasions dating back to his 1988 debut with Peter Brock's Mobil BMW Team.

Neil Crompton started racing in 1972 at age eleven on a Honda minibike before graduating to motocross where he had some success.

Neil Crompton was to have made his Bathurst 1000 debut in 1987 a week before the race at Calder, but was one race short of gaining the appropriate FIA licence needed.

Neil Crompton remained with Brock's team for 1988, though by that time they had switched to running BMW M3s.

Neil Crompton 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.

In 1989 Neil Crompton joined the Holden Racing Team, staying with them until the end of 1991.

Neil Crompton 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.

Neil Crompton continued to race the Peter Boylan owned, ex-Satoru Nakajima Ralt RT20 in the 1990 Australian Drivers' Championship, though results weren't as forthcoming with his best place being a second in Round 5 behind touring car rival Mark Skaife at Oran Park and finished 4th in the championship.

Neil Crompton finished his 1990 Formula Holden season on a high note, qualifying his Ralt on the front row and then driving it to victory in the Thalgo Trophy Formula Holden support race at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix.

Neil Crompton returned to the Brock team for the first half of the 1992 ATCC, with a best finish of 7th in Round 3 at Symmons Plains.

Neil Crompton then joined Gibson Motorsport for the 1992 Bathurst 1000 in the team's second 4WD, twin turbo Nissan GT-R.

In 1993, Neil Crompton ran the ATCC in one of the few Holden V8 powered VP Commodores in the field for Bob Forbes Racing.

Neil Crompton then went to 1993 Bathurst 1000 where he qualified the car 10th after spinning on oil during his Tooheys Top 10 runoff lap.

In 1997 Neil Crompton headed to the US to compete in the new North American Touring Car Championship in a Honda Accord run by the Tasman Motorsports team.

Neil Crompton was quickly on the pace, and won several races and was in contention for the championship, before a disqualification precluded him from winning the title.

Neil Crompton tested one of Tasman's Champ Cars at Gingerman Raceway.

In 1998 Neil Crompton attained second place in the 1998 Century Batteries Three Hour Bathurst Showroom Showdown.

Neil Crompton then moved to Gibson Motorsport, later renamed 00 Motorsport, in 2001 where he was teamed with Craig Lowndes before leaving at the end of the 2002 season.

Neil Crompton occasionally competes in the Aussie Racing Cars series and has competed in the Australian Rally Championship.

Neil Crompton competed in the 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour driving a 5.0 L V8 powered BMW M3 GTR for Australian Nations Cup Championship team Prancing Horse Racing.

Neil Crompton then worked for the ABC from around 1980 until the end of 1984, generally working with respected commentators Will Hagon, John Smailes and Drew Morphett, and commentating on motorsport events such as the Australian Touring Car Championship plus various other motorsport events that the network covered such as the Sandown 500.

Neil Crompton would stay with the network in a gradually decreasing capacity until the end of 1995, his latter years there including regular segments on the TV program The Great Outdoors.

Neil 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.

Neil Crompton co-hosted the popular web show "The Panelbeaters" with longtime friend Brad Jones.

In 2014, Neil Crompton hosted the Shannons Legends of Motorsport television program on 7mate.

The series, of which he is the executive producer, features Neil Crompton interviewing several major figures from the history of touring car racing in Australia.

Neil Crompton followed the new deal, but instead of a hosting and commentating role as he had previously with Seven, now works predominantly as a commentator.

Neil Crompton married long time partner Sarah Mathewson in March 2008.

Neil Crompton was expected to make a full recovery following surgery.