{"id":491952,"date":"2026-02-20T07:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491952\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T07:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T07:57:15","slug":"neil-crompton-talks-change-from-supercars-tv-to-brad-jones-racing-advisor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/491952\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Crompton talks change from Supercars TV to Brad Jones Racing advisor"},"content":{"rendered":"

IT was almost jarring to walk into a team garage during Supercars track action at Sydney Motorsport Park and see Neil Crompton<\/a> not in television mode, but rather in race team mode.<\/p>\n

A Toyota Australia ambassador, Crompton was stationed in the Brad Jones Racing garage during testing last night and again throughout Friday practice.<\/p>\n

The eponymous owner of the Albury squad, which has made the switch to running Supras, is a long-time mate of Crompton\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Shuffled out of the commentary box for 2026, Crompton is juggling various duties between time in the GR Cup paddock, with his AirTime Media business, relationships with Pedders, Mobil 1 and Hino, and now advising BJR.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good, a restoration of something I did a couple of moons back,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s good, it\u2019s different and it\u2019s exciting and I\u2019ll be in and out of both garages (i.e. BJR and Walkinshaw TWG Racing).<\/p>\n

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\u201cLet\u2019s face it, Bradley needs a hand,\u201d the Supercars Hall of Famer added with a laugh.<\/p>\n

To which Jones sarcastically responded: \u201cEvery day when I get out of bed, I think \u2018thank god for Neil!\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Crompton continued: \u201cI\u2019ll tell you how far my world has sunk: last night at one o\u2019clock in the morning I\u2019m washing driver race suits and jocks. So things have gone downhill!<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it\u2019s great. We\u2019re old friends, we started racing together a long time ago on dirt bikes and we have been in parallel for a long period of time\u2026 it\u2019s a very different world for me but I\u2019m looking forward to it.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are five Supras on the grid between BJR and Walkinshaw TWG.<\/p>\n

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