{"id":442448,"date":"2026-01-28T07:37:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442448\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T07:37:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T07:37:11","slug":"leigh-diffey-voices-support-for-neil-crompton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/442448\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Diffey voices support for Neil Crompton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed motorsport commentator Leigh Diffey has come out in support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-203-Neil-Crompton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Crompton<\/a> as \u2018the voice of Supercars\u2019 faces an uncertain future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/crompton-breaks-silence-on-supercars-television-future\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crompton last night broke his silence<\/a> amid rampant speculation that he will not be retained in a full-time broadcasting role.<\/p>\n<p>Just weeks out from the season-opening Sydney 500, Supercars continues to be mute on its television talent line-up, with a cloud of doubt also hovering over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.v8sleuth.com.au\/stats-driver-90-Mark-Skaife\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Skaife<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Crompton indicated he had only been offered a reduced role involving two of the 14 rounds this year, leaving him undecided.<\/p>\n<p>Diffey, who commentated alongside Crompton in the 2005 and 2006 Supercars seasons before carving out a fine career in the United States calling IndyCar, NASCAR and sportscars, reacted to the news via social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is sad,\u201d wrote Diffey, who attended the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final and appeared on a recent V8 Sleuth Podcast episode.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing lasts forever but Crompo was at the top of his game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNeil\u2019s been like a big brother to me &amp; he\u2019s been involved, as a mentor, with every career move I\u2019ve ever made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAussie Motorsport fans will be worse off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis dedication to the sport &amp; his craft is top shelf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sydney 500 (February 20-22) will be one of five 2026 rounds live on the screens of Supercars\u2019 free-to-air partner Seven.<\/p>\n<p>Network Ten will also provide live coverage of the Melbourne SuperSprint as part of its broader Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix offering.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed motorsport commentator Leigh Diffey has come out in support of Neil Crompton as \u2018the voice of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442449,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,806,805,803,804,85],"class_list":["post-442448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}