Neil Crompton

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Neil Crompton
Neil Crompton 2020 Supercars launch.jpg
Crompton in 2020
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australian
Born (1960-07-30) 30 July 1960 (age 63)
Ballarat, Victoria
Retired2002
ATCC / V8 Supercar
Years active1987–2002
Teams Holden Dealer Team
Holden Racing Team
Advantage Racing
Bob Forbes Racing
Wayne Gardner Racing
Glenn Seton Racing
Gibson Motorsport
Starts85
Best finish10th 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 an Australian former racing driver, Supercars presenter and commentator.

Contents

Racing career

Highlights

According to the official V8 Supercars website, [1] 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 Supercar Championship Series), including three second places and ten thirds.

He 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. His best results being two third placings in the crash shortened 1992 race with Anders Olofsson in a Gibson Motorsport Nissan GT-R and in 1995 with Wayne Gardner in a Wayne Gardner Racing Holden Commodore VR in addition to winning the 1994 12 Hour endurance race with Gregg Hansford in a factory supported Mazda RX-7.

Early years

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

In 1985 he moved to racing cars and has raced in various, mostly sedan-based categories, starting in a Series Production specification Mitsubishi Cordia. Racing categories that he has contested include V8 Supercars, Super Touring Cars, Group A Touring Cars, Sports Sedans, as well as the open-wheel categories of Formula Holden and Formula 3000.

Crompton's first big break in motor sport came when he was selected by Peter Brock as a driver in the Holden Dealer Team's second Group A VL Commodore for the long-distance races in late 1987. This included drives in the 1987 Sandown 500 at Sandown where he and Formula 2 ace Jon Crooke finished a creditable 4th, and later at the Bob Jane T-Marts 500 at Calder Park which was Round 9 of the 1987 World Touring Car Championship. He 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 (he was reportedly to drive a Subaru in a Series Production race at Winton which would have secured the one needed signature for his licence, but the car was uncompetitive and he declined to drive as he "Didn't want to look like a wally", thus losing his chance). In a cruel twist, the #10 Commodore he was to have driven would go on to win the race in the hands of Brock, David Parsons, and his replacement for the race, Peter McLeod. Late in the Channel 7 telecast of the James Hardie 1000, his 'boss', lead commentator and producer of the telecast Mike Raymond, light heartedly pointed this out to Crompton when the Commodore was in third place behind the Eggenberger Motorsport Ford Sierra RS500s which would eventually be disqualified for technical irregularities. All Crompton could say in reply was "Don't remind me" and "The thought has crossed my mind".

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

In 1989 Crompton joined the Holden Racing Team, staying with them until the end of 1991. The HRT announced plans to run the new Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV in the 1989 ATCC alongside former triple British Touring Car Champion Win Percy, but the team did not appear on the race track in the ATCC and would not race until that years Sandown 500.

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 day's program he was unable to do so as previous races had reportedly left a lot of oil on the circuit. [2] 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. [3]

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. He finished his 1990 Formula Holden season on a high note, qualifying his Ralt (complete with its usual Dulux Autocolour multi-coloured blue, yellow, red and green paint scheme that was not unlike that of the Formula One Benettons) on the front row and then driving it to victory in the Thalgo Trophy Formula Holden support race at the 1990 Australian Grand Prix. [4]

In 1991, Crompton drove a 6 cyl Holden VN Commodore S with Peter Brock and motoring journalist/race driver Peter McKay to win Class C and finish 4th outright in the inaugural Bathurst 12 Hour. Unfortunately his Formula Holden season never got off the ground and he missed the 1991 series, though he did lease Simon Kane's car and went on to finish 3rd in the Formula Holden support race at the 1991 Australian Grand Prix. [5]

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. With the team short of funds to run two Holden VNs, Crompton left the team mid-season and returned to the Seven commentary booth, though he did drive in the final round of the 1992 Australian Drivers' Championship at Oran Park in Sydney where he finished in third place behind two future television co-commentators, series champion Mark Skaife and runner up Mark Larkham. He then joined Gibson Motorsport for the 1992 Bathurst 1000 in the team's second 4WD, twin turbo Nissan GT-R. In a race marred by heavy rain, accidents, and the death of 1967 Formula One World Champion Denny Hulme from a heart attack, Crompton and his Swedish co-driver Anders Olofsson finished 3rd in the crash shortened race, with Crompton giving the unruly crowd the finger from the podium on national television.

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 Bathurst 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.

In 1994 he joined Wayne Gardner in Gardner's newly established Wayne Gardner Racing.

In 1997 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. Crompton was quickly on the pace, and won several races and was in contention for the championship, before a disqualification (which he still disputes) precluded him from winning the title. Crompton also tested one of Tasman's Champ Cars at Gingerman Raceway.

Later years

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

In 1998 he started with Glenn Seton Racing, continuing with the team in its new identity as Ford Tickford Racing in 1999. He 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.

Despite being a full-time television commentator, Crompton continues to compete in races when he can, particularly endurance races. Most recently he finished 17th in the 2009 Bathurst 12 Hour race, completing 222 laps (1,379 km / 857 miles) driving a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X with Glenn Seton. Crompton occasionally competes in the Aussie Racing Cars series and has also competed in the Australian Rally Championship.

Crompton also 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. The car (co-driven by John Bowe, Greg Crick and Maher Algadrie), which had only arrived from the United States a week before the race, qualified in 3rd place but failed to finish after Algadrie hit the wall on top of Mount Panorama following a clash with the race winning Holden Monaro 427C of Peter Brock on its 131st lap. [6]

Crompton also works on the organisational side of V8 Supercar, contributing to TEGA's Parity Board, which works to ensure that none of the competing marques gain any significant advantage over the other.

Media career

Crompton started commentating at motorcross events for Network Ten, then known as the 0/10 Network. He 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 (ATCC) plus various other motorsport events that the network covered such as the Sandown 500. In 1985 when the ATCC rights moved to Channel Seven, Crompton also moved across to Seven, replacing Evan Green and joining the network's motorsport regulars Mike Raymond & Garry Wilkinson in the commentary box, while also doing regular reporting from the pits. As the junior member of the team, and by far the fittest, Crompton was often assigned pit duties on race day which regularly required quickly moving from one end of pit lane to the other, though from 1987 with his racing commitments starting to take precedence, Seven also brought in motoring journalist and race driver Peter McKay as a commentator and pit reporter. He would stay with the network in a gradually decreasing capacity (mostly due to his racing commitments) until the end of 1995, his latter years there including regular segments on the TV program The Great Outdoors. During this time he also had segments on the Triple M radio network.

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).

When the Seven Network bought the television broadcasting rights for the V8 Supercars for 2007 onwards, Crompton, along with a majority of the production team, moved to Seven. Crompton's detailed technical knowledge, combined with his racing and commentating experience, ensures that he is considered an extremely valuable part of the Seven Network's coverage of the series.

Crompton also co-hosted the popular web show "The Panelbeaters" with longtime friend Brad Jones. The show ran every Friday evening before a V8 Supercar meeting, and the Wednesday after. The show began as a radio programme in 2003 on Victorian station SEN 1116, before being taken on by Telstra Bigpond, and made into a video web show. The program was axed after the 2008 season.

After a short time off the radio waves, Crompton returned to broadcasting on radio this time with former Australian V8 Supercar champion Mark Skaife on The Stick Shift, a motoring based show broadcast on the Triple M network on Saturday mornings.

In 2014, Crompton hosted the Shannons Legends of Motorsport television program on 7mate. The series, of which he is also the executive producer, features Crompton interviewing several major figures from the history of touring car racing in Australia. For the second season in 2015, Crompton moved to solely an off-camera role. [7]

In 2015, the V8 Supercars broadcast rights moved to a shared deal between Foxtel and a return to Network Ten. [8] 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.

Personal life

Crompton married long time partner Sarah Mathewson in March 2008. [9] Crompton has a daughter, Sienna. [10]

In April 2021, Crompton was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He was expected to make a full recovery following surgery. [11]

Career results

Results sourced from Driver Database. [12]

SeasonSeriesPositionCarTeam
1988 Australian Touring Car Championship 20th BMW M3 Mobil 1 Racing
1988 James Hardie Building Products AMSCAR Series 6thBMW M3Mobil 1 Racing
1988 Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship 8thBMW M3Mobil 1 Racing
1989 Australian Drivers' Championship 3rd Ralt RT20 Holden Boylan Racing
1990 Australian Drivers' Championship4thRalt RT20 HoldenBoylan Racing
1990 Australian Touring Car Championship15th Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden Racing Team
1990 Australian Endurance Championship 20th Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Holden Racing Team
1992 Australian Touring Car Championship15th Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV Advantage Racing
1992 Australian Drivers' Championship10thRalt RT20 HoldenBoylan Racing
1993 Australian Touring Car Championship13th Holden VP Commodore Bob Forbes Racing
1993 Aurora AFX AMSCAR Series 4thHolden VP CommodoreBob Forbes Racing
1994 Australian Touring Car Championship10thHolden VP Commodore Wayne Gardner Racing
1995 Australian Touring Car Championship10th Holden VR Commodore Wayne Gardner Racing
1996Mobil New Zealand Sprints6thHolden VR CommodoreWayne Gardner Racing
1996 Australian Touring Car Championship13thHolden VR CommodoreWayne Gardner Racing
1997 North American Touring Car Championship 3rd Honda Accord Tasman Motorsports
1998 Australian GT Production Car Championship 9th Ferrari F355 Challenge Ross Palmer Motorsport
1998 Australian Touring Car Championship24th Ford EL Falcon Glenn Seton Racing
1999 Shell Championship Series 12thFord EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
Glenn Seton Racing
2000 Shell Championship Series12thFord AU FalconGlenn Seton Racing
2001 Shell Championship Series54thFord AU Falcon Gibson Motorsport
2002 V8 Supercar Championship Series17thFord AU Falcon 00 Motorsport
2007 Aussie Racing Cars Super Series 43rd AU Falcon ARC Team
2008Aussie Racing Cars Super Series51st Aurion TRD Racing
2009Aussie Racing Cars Super Series16thAurionToyota Stars
2015 Touring Car Masters (Pro Masters Class)11th Ford Mustang Dunlop Super Dealers / Wilson Security

Complete Australian Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar12345678910111213DCPoints
1988 Mobil 1 Racing BMW M3 CAL SYM WIN WAN AIR LAK SAN AMA
8
ORA
11
20th3
1990 Holden Racing Team Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV AMA
SYM PHI WIN LAK MAL
6
WAN ORA 15th6
1992 Advantage Racing Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV AMA
Ret
SAN
9
SYM
7
WIN
DNS
LAK ECR MAL WAN ORA 18th28
1993 Bob Forbes Racing Holden VP Commodore AMA
16
SYM
10
PHI
Ret
LAK
14
WIN
15
ECR
18
MAL
16
WAN
2
ORA
7
13th37
1994 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VP Commodore AMA
13
SAN
13
SYM
10
PHI
7
LAK
12
WIN
4
ECR
13
WAN
12
MAL
7
ORA
5
10th77
1995 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VR Commodore SAN
7
SYM
4
BAT
Ret
PHI
11
LAK
12
WIN
6
ECR
6
MAL
13
WAN
10
ORA
12
10th76
1996 Wayne Gardner Racing Holden VR Commodore ECR
5
SAN
11
BAT
5
SYM
4
CAL WIN WAN MAL ORA
12
13th73
1998 Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon SAN SYM LAK PHI WIN MAL
13
BAR CAL
12
HID ORA
12
24th116
1999 Glenn Seton Racing Ford EL Falcon
Ford AU Falcon
ECR
25
ADE
13
BAR
8
PHI
31
HID
18
SAN
20
QLD
6
CAL
12
SYM
7
WIN
13
ORA
16
QLD
4
BAT
5
12th1107
2000 Glenn Seton Racing Ford AU Falcon PHI
9
BAR
26
ADE
12
ECR
16
HID
11
CAN
2
QLD
15
WIN
7
ORA
14
CAL
13
QLD
7
SAN
9
BAT
13
12th829
2001 Gibson Motorsport Ford AU Falcon PHI ADE ECR HID CAN BAR CAL ORA QLD
Ret
WIN BAT
17
PUK SAN 54th208
2002 00 Motorsport Ford AU Falcon ADE
Ret
PHI
14
ECR
12
HID
15
CAN
16
BAR
10
ORA
7
WIN
13
QLD
6
BAT
Ret
SUR
16
PUK
10
SAN
26
17th569

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234567891011DCPoints
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Dealer Team Holden VL Commodore SS Group A MNZ JAR DIJ NUR SPA BNO SIL BAT CLD
ovr:11
cls:7
WEL
Ret
FJI NC0

Not registered for series & points

Complete Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar1234DCPoints
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mobil 1 Racing BMW M3 BAT
Ret
WEL
Ret
PUK
4
FJI 8th25

Complete Bathurst 1000 results

YearCar#TeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1988 56 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mobil 1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of New Zealand.svg Jim Richards
BMW M3 B89DNFDNF
1989 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV A1587th7th
1990 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV 11595th5th
1991 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV 1100DNFDNF
1992 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gibson Motorsport Flag of Sweden.svg Anders Olofsson Nissan Skyline R32 GT-R A1433rd3rd
1993 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Forbes Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Gibbs Holden VP Commodore A125DNFDNF
1994 4 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VP Commodore A99DNFDNF
1995 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 1613rd3rd
1996 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 1604th4th
1997*26 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Esso Ultron Team Peugeot Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Patrick Watts Peugeot 406 112DNFDNF
1997 7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore 89DNFDNF
1998 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon OC1605th5th
1999 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 1615th5th
2000 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford AU Falcon 15813th13th
2001 00 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gibson Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford AU Falcon 15617th17th
2002 00 Flag of Australia (converted).svg 00 Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Lowndes Ford AU Falcon 127DNFDNF

* Denotes Super Touring race.

Complete Sandown 500 results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1987 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Dealer Team Flag of New Zealand.svg Jon Crooke Holden VL Commodore SS Group A A1264th3rd
1988 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mobil 1 Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Parsons
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
BMW M3 B58DNFDNF
1989 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Harrington Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV A1556th6th
1990 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Win Percy Holden VL Commodore SS Group A SV Div.132DNFDNF
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Holden Racing Team Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Jones Holden VN Commodore SS Group A SV A103DNFDNF
1993 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bob Forbes Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Gibbs Holden VP Commodore V861DNFDNF
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VP Commodore V827DNFDNF
1995 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 139DNFDNF
1996 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VR Commodore 1597th7th
1997 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Gardner Holden VS Commodore 1556th6th
1998 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Racing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Ford EL Falcon OC1454th4th

Complete Bathurst/Eastern Creek 12 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
1991 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter McKay
Holden VN Commodore S C2354th1st
1992 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peugeot Concessionaires Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Brock
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Gover
Peugeot 405 Mi16 B23514th2nd
1994 Flag of Australia (converted).svg BP Mazda Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gregg Hansford Mazda RX-7 X2621st1st
2007 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Subaru Australia Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Alajajian
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Denyer
Subaru Impreza WRX Sti Spec C C2485th3rd
2009 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pro-Duct Motorsport Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X C22217th7th
2010 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Pro-Duct Flag of Australia (converted).svg Glenn Seton
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark King
Mitsubishi Lancer RS Evo X A2012nd1st

Complete Bathurst 24 Hour results

YearTeamCo-driversCarClassLapsPos.Class
pos.
2003 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Prancing Horse Racing Scuderia Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Bowe
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Crick
Flag of Indonesia.svg Maher Algadrie
BMW M3 GTR A131DNFDNF

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Peter Gerard McLeod is a retired Australian racing driver, best known as co-winner of the 1987 James Hardie 1000 at Bathurst, and for driving the distinctive yellow and black Slick 50 Mazda RX-7 Group C touring car during the early to mid-1980s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">1983 Australian Touring Car Championship</span>

The 1983 Australian Touring Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned motor racing title for drivers of Group C Touring Cars. The title, which was the 24th Australian Touring Car Championship, was contested over a series which began on 6 February 1983 at Calder Park Raceway and ended on 19 June at Lakeside International Raceway after eight rounds.

References

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  2. Formula Holden Amaroo Park 1989
  3. Formula Holden Australian GrandPrix 1989
  4. Formula Holden Australian Grand Prix 1990
  5. Formula Holden 1991 AGP
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  12. Neil Crompton at Driver Database
Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Bathurst 12 Hour
1994
(with Gregg Hansford)
Succeeded by