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Born in Bolton in the UK, Peter Hill has been a motoring journalist since 1970. He started his career as a freelance journalist in New Zealand. As well as covering motorsport, Peter performed new car road tests and had a monthly column in the country’s largest selling motor magazine. After returning to Australia in 1979 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.a thoroughly readable and very enjoyable book detailing Opert's life and motorsport career. ... The Fred Opert Story an absolute must-buy! - Classic Driver --- [A] story of a likeable, charismatic man who enjoyed a good life, well-lived ... Peter Hill is to be congratulated for this work.- SpeedReaders --- this entertaining book is full of anecdotes and incidents, some of which are scarcely believable! - Speedscene --- an enjoyable read which shed light on a period and area of racing which is not so well known here in Europe - www.silhouet.com --- This entertaining book takes us back to a time when the term "political correctness" did not exist. Peter R. Hill's work is peppered with anecdotes from the wild days of racing in the 1960s and 1970s ... And we can feel from every line - Fred Opert enjoyed this life to the full. - Mathias Brunner (F1 editor @ Speedweek.com) --- At 'stocking filler' price, though, it's a snip. - Historic Motor Racing News --- Want to make it in racing? The Fred Opert Story, priced at $23.52 from Veloce Publishing in the United Kingdom, will tell you what's really involved. - Jim Donnelly On Wheels --- delightful book which, although small in size is large in content - BRDC Bulletin --- Sometimes the most interesting tales are the ones you’ve never heard, and The Fred Opert Story is packed full of them ... With just 160 pages, Opert’s story is relatively short but an enjoyable read. - Octane (UK)