He has been acclaimed as one of Australia’s leading motor racing personalities.
His long racing career spans 8 years of motocross dirt bike racing and 23 years of car racing, including 15 years as a professional driver.
To date, Crompton has contested 354 car racing events…
On 22 occasions, Crompton has contested major events at Mt. Panorama. Many times he’s led the Bathurst Classic, winning the 12 Hour Enduro in 1994 and scoring two third placing’s in the coveted Bathurst 1000k in 1992 and 1995.
Vastly experienced, Crompton has raced and tested a huge variety of vehicles from V8 Supercars… to Indy Cars… and on circuits around the world, including New Zealand, England, France, the U.S.A. and Canada.
Neil’s team mates have included Craig Lowndes, Glenn Seton and Mark Skaife. Veteran champions Peter Brock, Jim Richards and World 500cc motorcycle champion Wayne Gardner.
Between 1996 and 2006, Crompton worked with the Network Ten motorsport team – presenting and commentating on V8 Supercar and FiA Formula One World Championship events.
In 2009, Neil continues with the Seven Network as co-host and commentator on the popular Australian V8 Supercar Championship and host of V8Xtra.  Adding to this, Neil Crompton will also debut as Pedders Suspensions official brand ambassador for the 2009 year.
This is the first time for the group to appoint a brand ambassador and Mark Pedder Pedders Suspension Managing Director said:  “Neil is a great fit for our brand.  Having knowledge of our products and our people helped make this an easy decision for us to appoint Neil as our brand ambassador.  We look forward to working closely with Neil Crompton over the coming year and the rest of the group is very excited by the announcement.”
Neil is to appear in 4 new Pedders Suspension tv commercials for the group as well as other various marketing activities.