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Opel OPC Race Camp: Baptism of Fire in "Green Hell"
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02/06/2008 23:30. Rsselsheim, 2008-05-29 -- Twelve months ago, the eight OPC Race Camp finalists were simply engineers, students, sales representatives or dentists. Following their baptism of fire in this years 24-hour Nrburgring race, they are now also true racing drivers. They can look back on an exciting year of castings, racing driver trainings and increasingly challenging motorsport races. Professional racing car driver Manuel Reuter, who developed the project with Opel, trained the team from the very first day.

- Exciting finale to worlds first racing driver talent search by Opel

- Reuter and Winkelhock impressed with candidates overall performance

- Alain Visser: Race camp idea and concept have good prospects for the future.

Alain Visser, Chief Marketing Officer, GM Europe, is... // Auto Spectator