Bon vivant, racing-car champion, entrepreneur, wheeler-dealer, and champion-maker – this is the life of the irrepressible, effervescent Fred Opert, who went from jail to success as race-car importer/dealer, race team owner and F1 team manager before tragedy caused him to walk away from the sport he loved.
Bon vivant, racing-car champion, entrepreneur, wheeler-dealer, and champion-maker – this is the life of the irrepressible, effervescent Fred Opert, who went from jail to success as race-car importer/dealer, race team owner and F1 team manager before tragedy caused him to walk away from the sport he loved.
Born in Bolton in the UK, Peter Hill has been a motoring journalist since 1970. He started as a freelance journalist in New Zealand. As well as covering motor sport, Peter did new car road tests and had a monthly column in the country’s largest selling motor magazine. After returning to Australia in 197,9 Peter continued to write for NZ magazines covering Australian events as well as specialising in Historic Racing, penning a regular column for the USA historic racing magazine, Victory Lane. Peter has written for more than a dozen motoring publications in Australia, New Zealand and the USA. He also writes fiction, and has had a number of short stories published. He has an MBA and a Certificate of Professional Writing and Editing, and is a Board Member & Secretary of Writers Victoria.
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Forewords by Nico Rosberg, Alan Jones and others Chapters: * His Destiny - Motorsport & Automobiles * Entrepreneur & Car Dealer * Opert Invents the Rent-A-Race-Drive Business * The Canadian Business & Trois-Rivières – A Little Slice of France in North America * Married to Motor Racing * Motor Racing Schools * The Racer * An American in Europe – Formula 2 Team Management * Fun On Far-Flung Shores * Friendships and a Championship * Opert Reaches the Pinnacle of Motor Racing and the Depths of Disappointment * Tragedy & The End of Motor Racing * Life Beyond Motor Racing * The Surrogate Family * The Last Weeks Acknowledgements
Forewords by Nico Rosberg, Alan Jones and others Chapters: * His Destiny - Motorsport & Automobiles * Entrepreneur & Car Dealer * Opert Invents the Rent-A-Race-Drive Business * The Canadian Business & Trois-Rivières – A Little Slice of France in North America * Married to Motor Racing * Motor Racing Schools * The Racer * An American in Europe – Formula 2 Team Management * Fun On Far-Flung Shores * Friendships and a Championship * Opert Reaches the Pinnacle of Motor Racing and the Depths of Disappointment * Tragedy & The End of Motor Racing * Life Beyond Motor Racing * The Surrogate Family * The Last Weeks Acknowledgements
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