Falcon: EL
Round Results:
Round 1 Sandown - 3rd
Round 2 Symmons Plains - 7th
Round 3 Lakeside - 21st
Round 4 Phillip Island - 4th
Round 5 Winton (Long) - 11th
Round 6 Mallala - 4th
Round 7 Waneroo (Barbagallo) - 10th
Round 8 Calder Park - 5th
Round 9 Hidden Valley - 3rd
Round 10 Oran Park - 9th
ENDURANCE ROUNDS - Co Driver: Neil Crompton
Tickford Sandown 500 - 4th
FAI Bathurst Classic 1000 - 5th
SPECIAL EVENTS
Albert Park TAC V8 Supercar Showdown - 6th
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1998 marked a year of increased competition, Mark Larkham took out the Surfers Paradise special event and Stone Brothers Racing officially took off with a Pirtek sponsered Falcon piloted by Jason Bright.
Following a year of unsuccessful racing in the North American Touring Car Championship, Neil Crompton joined GSR. Though Neil Crompton came 3rd in America in 1997, his Honda Accord lacked the sponsership dollars he needed to be competitive. Given that Neil had close ties with the team that reported the Touring Cars (having once been a pit lane reporter and the first reporter on the scene of the famous Texaco Sierra scandal at the Bathurst 1000), GSR gained a driver with not only cross promotional potential, but also driving talent.
Neil Crompton drove for GSR in the second Ford Credit/O'Brien Glass Falcon (#111) at Mallala (13th), Calder Park (12th) and Oran Park (12th). Then joined team leader Glenn at Sandown and Bathurst. Neil also drove Glenn's #5 Falcon at the Hogs Breath V8 Supercar Challenge Race 2 finishing 10th.
