OREANDA-NEWS. June 17, 2015. The exciting and highly anticipated 2015 Ford Ranger Odyssey has entered its second phase with a total of 40 contestants selected from South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa to attend the four-day Boot Camp in the middle of June.

Thousands of hopeful South African entrants submitted online applications via the Ranger Odyssey website (www.RangerOdyssey.com), and through dealer events that took place around the country in May.

The applicants were scrutinised by a selection committee that chose a total of 29 South African contestants to proceed to the next phase. In Sub-Saharan Africa, in-market selections were done by the local dealer groups at the end of May to choose the four contestants from Nigeria and two each from Ivory Coast, Angola and Mozambique. This year there will also be one contestant representing Namibia.

The 40 semi-finalists will be attending the Ranger Odyssey Boot Camp in the small town of Prince Albert in the Karoo from 18 to 21 June. During four days of intense action, they will be trained and assessed on all crucial aspects of off-road driving in the Ford Ranger in preparation for the final event which takes place in Namibia from 23 July to 3 August.