After some 40 years involved in motorsport he has written an autobiography titled 'The Best Seat in the House'.

I've got to say I'm not a great reader but this is one book I've found difficult to put down.

For all those who listen to the banter between him, Mark Skaife and Mark Larkham you'd think this was the total Neil Crompton. You'd be wrong. Neil started off dreaming of being a racing driver from a very young age.

He was close friends with, and drove with Peter Brock. He was a champion in open wheelers (Formula Holden).

He even drove internationally for Tom Walkinshaw.

Neil Crompton has had the best seat in the house for the last 40 years of Australian motorsport, an amazing lifetime upgrade to a first-hand, front row seat to see the biggest names, machines and events of this high-speed, high-octane sport.

A kid from Ballarat in country Victoria obsessed by speed with an undying passion to pursue a career in the sport, Neil ended up finding his way to lining up on the grid at the biggest race in Australia, the Bathurst 1000, driving for a team run by his childhood hero, Peter Brock.

Since then he's raced wheel-to-wheel with some of the biggest stars the sport has ever seen in this country and experienced first-hand the thrilling success, heartbreaking disappointment and emotional trauma that is a life spent in motorsport and the relentless pursuit of the ultimate success.

Uniquely, Neil has spent his entire career either driving a race car, a microphone or sometimes both. As the trusted and respected modern-day voice and face of Supercars racing on television in Australia, he's added the audio soundtrack from the commentary box to some of the biggest spine-tingling moments in the sport and is well qualified to offer his account of the who, what and where of Aussie motorsport.

From navigating for Dame Edna Everage at the Adelaide Grand Prix to driving some of the fastest race cars in the world and everything in between, he has been there and seen it all.

This is a great book and at just $39.99 from the Pitstop Bookshop is highly recommended.

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