Loyal Shell customer wins once-in-a-lifetime oppurtunity

Mr Chin Po Man, a 39-year-old IT professional, walked away with the grand prize for Shell’s “Win tickets daily to the world’s first night race” competition – a pair of Pit Grandstand tickets to the SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, and a chance to lunch with Ferrari drivers Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa come September.

Mr Chin, who has been pumping at Shell for the past 16 years, was among almost 55,000 contestants from all walks of life who articipated in Shell’s “Win tickets daily to the world’s first night race” competition held between 13 May 2008 and 14 July 2008. Over the two-month period, 63 lucky Shell customers each won a pair of Pit Grandstand tickets to the world’s first night race and two exclusive Ferrari merchandise gift packs worth S$3,500. The exclusive lunch session with Kimi and Felipe was the grand prize conducted among Shell V-Power customers.

“We are pleased to bring the benefits of Shell’s exclusive technical partnership of over 60 years with Ferrari to our customers in Singapore. Shell V-Power has fuelled Ferrari to victory at least five times so far in the 2008 F1 season, and we hope to continue to help propel Ferrari to the winners’ podium in the Singapore race,” said Mr Henry Chu, General Manager, Retail Sales and Operations at Shell.

“We thank all our participants for their continued support and congratulate Mr Chin Po Man on his exciting win. We hope he will enjoy this once-in-a-lifetime experience,” he added.

“I was so surprised when Shell informed me that I’ve won – it was really unexpected and I’ve never been this lucky before. It is a great opportunity that no other in Singapore will have, and my wife and I are greatly looking forward to the world’s first night race and lunch with the Ferrari drivers,” said Mr. Chin.

Shell’s “Win tickets daily to the world’s first night race” competition concluded on 14 July.

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