{"id":502352,"date":"2026-06-30T07:39:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/502352\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:39:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:39:16","slug":"supercars-news-chad-neylon-responds-to-supercars-tv-commentary-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/502352\/","title":{"rendered":"Supercars news: Chad Neylon responds to Supercars TV commentary decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Supercars started the season with Neylon, Craill and Matt Naulty rotating through two rounds each in what loomed as a shootout for the coveted role.<\/p>\n

Pitted against each other to succeed Neil Crompton as the voice of the sport, the trio are long-time friends and were determined to remain so through the process.<\/p>\n

Supercars confirmed today that Craill will be in the position permanently from the upcoming Townsville 500<\/a>, while Neylon and Naulty continue in supporting positions.<\/p>\n

\u201cStoked for my buddy, Richard Craill, one of life\u2019s great people,\u201d wrote Neylon on social media following the announcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve shared the same journey, along with Matt Naulty.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve toiled and worked and networked our asses off across the country.<\/p>\n

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\u201cCraillsy is the best man for the job and I hope everyone gets around him, we\u2019re all about to see just how good he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Neylon had long loomed as Crompton\u2019s heir apparent and until this year worked for the Hall of Famer\u2019s media business.<\/p>\n

\u201cAm I disappointed? Yes, of course,\u201d Neylon added.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to call Supercars my whole life but I also consider myself just so incredibly lucky to be a part of the sport I love.<\/p>\n

\u201cI travel the country with my friends watching car racing for a living, how is that even a job?!<\/p>\n

\u201cPlus there\u2019s plenty in the broadcast for me to sink my teeth in to, as I take on more responsibilities around the grid and paddock walks. I love that stuff.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m also excited about what the future holds.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m keen to grow and expand into the other sports I\u2019m passionate about and also build up my media training work, another thing I enjoy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s lots to be positive about but for now. Bring on Townsville.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supercars locks in new lead TV commentator<\/a><\/p>\n

Craill impressed Supercars bosses with his work across the New Zealand double-header in April and was recently voted by Speedcafe readers as the best candidate.<\/p>\n

The South Australian told the Daily Telegraph in the wake of today\u2019s news that he\u2019ll continue to bring his own style to the broadcasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be Neil, I would never try to be Neil,\u201d Craill said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNeil is one of my broadcasting heroes, he knows that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe approach I took into the two New Zealand rounds I did is that I\u2019m not going to do it any other way than the way I know how to do it, which is what I have been doing for 20 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not going to change anything, I am just going to be me.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Neylon and Craill ham it up for the camera. Image: Richard Gresham Supercars started the season with Neylon,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[250757,250758,111,139,69,193442,1058,213],"class_list":["post-502352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-chad-neylon","tag-matt-naulty","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-richard-craill","tag-slot1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}