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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrad Jones and Neil Crompton at a BJR livery launch on Tuesday. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrad Jones and Neil Crompton at a BJR livery launch on Tuesday. Image: Supplied <\/p>\n
The voice of Supercars for over 20 years, Crompton will be missing from this year\u2019s broadcasts following the championship\u2019s decision to shake-up its TV product.<\/a><\/p>\n He will instead attend this weekend\u2019s Sydney 500 with the Toyota GR Cup Series support category, which his company is the long-time manager of.<\/p>\n The GR Cup\u2019s opening round has been brought forward from a traditional July date to February this year to coincide with Toyota\u2019s Supercars entry through Walkinshaw TWG and BJR.<\/p>\n Crompton hosted a livery launch for the BJR Toyota Supra of Cam Hill in Sydney on Tuesday<\/a> and is also consulting to the team owned by his long-time friend.<\/p>\n That has included spending time at BJR\u2019s Albury workshop while its Supras have been in-build and attending its recent Winton shakedown.<\/p>\n \u201cNeil and I have worked together in a number of different teams and have been friends since we were kids,\u201d Jones told Speedcafe.<\/p>\n \u201cHe has a lot to offer to the sport and he\u2019s just doing a bit of consulting for us at the moment behind the scenes.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it\u2019s an asset that Supercars has lost and in some ways I\u2019ve gained.<\/p>\n \u201cHe thinks like me in a lot of instances and I think he can help me improve BJR.\u201d<\/p>\n Toyota teams react to low-key Sydney start<\/a><\/p>\n Jones said Crompton\u2019s consultancy is not directly related to his team\u2019s switch to Toyota and the at-times stressful late build of its new vehicles.<\/p>\n Crompton played a pivotal role in bringing Toyota to Supercars \u2013 a journey charted in the recently released \u2018From Clay to Carbon\u2019 doco produced by his AirTime Media business.<\/p>\n The five Toyota Supras from Walkinshaw TWG and BJR hit the track today alongside the field for the first time during part one of the pre-season Sydney test.<\/p>\n BJR\u2019s three Supras enjoyed only a brief shakedown at Winton last week before heading to Sydney and filled three of the bottom four places on the timesheet.<\/a><\/p>\n
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