1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
142
143
144
145
146
147
148
149
150
151
152
153
154
155
156
157
158
159
160
161
162
163
164
165
166
167
168
169
170
171
172
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
184
185
186
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198
199
200
201
202 
Highway Code takes heavy
Page 43
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
tollby Paul Brockington • There was a roar of laughter at the Wolverhampton prize-giving on Sunday when M. Richards of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Ltd was awarded the trophy donated by rival brewer Mitchells and Butlers Limited for winning Class C. Deservedly, he was also the overall winner. In the run-off he lost 60 points, six points more than during his class manoeuvring tests, the remaining 60 being lost in the Highway Code test. The average number of points lost by Class winners in the Highway Code tests was around 120. A Mitchells and Butlers driver, T.
King Humphries, won Class B with a loss of 254 points.
While S. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd entered six of the 13 vehicles in Classes F. and G, the company did well to win these classes with losses of 190 and 210 points respectively. The Class F victor, G. Griffiths, lost 90 points in the Highway Code test, and R. Baker, Class G, 150.
Last year's overall winner, A. Fletcher, won his class 1E1 again this year with a loss of 198 points, 150 on the Highway Code. He lost none on the route, and his 48 on the manoeuvring tests was better than Richards's. So he starts near favourite as the Wolverhampton round driver who could win the Final.
S. H. Whitton of Total Oil (GB) Ltd pushed a barrier over while reversing his AEC/Gloster Saro artic tanker during the run off. He had won Class H with a loss of 98 points in the manoeuvring tests (and 160 in Highway Code test) and so could obviously be a finals winner with a bit of luck. Mr Whitton told CM that he had had no accidents and no police prosecution since he started driving in 1938!
RESULTS
Rigid vehicles Class A: up to 20ft and over 1 ton unladen: 1 A. Sayce (Wolverhampton Express and Star) Bedford, 202 points; 2 G. M. Taylor (Post Office Telephones) Morris, 312; 3 R. Fullwood (Wolverhampton Express and Star) Bedford. 314.
Class 8: over 20ft to 24ft: 1 K. Humphries (Mitchells and Butlers Ltd) BMC, 254; 2J. Williams (BRS Parcels Ltd) BMC, 282;3 P. Bourne (Mitchells and Butlers Ltd) BMC, 328.
Class C: over 24ft to 28ft: 1 M. Richards (Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Ltd) Bedford, 114: 2 W. Oliver (Julia Hanson and Sons Ltd) Bedford, 206: 3 R. B. Oseland (Midland Counties Dairy Ltd) Ford, and B. Ayley (James Wilkes Ltd) Bedford. 222 (a tie).
Class D: over 28ft: 1 M. Harper (Bradley and Co Ltd) Bedford. 166; 2 R. Westwood (Bradley and Co Ltd) Bedford, 254; 3 G. Beaman (Mitchells and Butlers Ltd) Bedford, 263.
Artics Class E: flat or sided or drop frame, up to 40ft: 1 A. Fletcher (Midland Counties Dairy Ltd) Bedford, 198; 2 F. R. Gittins (National Carriers Ltd) Dodge, 446: 3 V. Guest (Post Office Telephones) BMC, 448.
Class F: box or sank up to 40ft: 1 G. Griffiths (S. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd) ERF, 190; 2 R. Abbott (Goodyear Tyre and Rubber Co Ltd) Ford, 216: 3 R. Grantham (S. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd) ERF, 224.
Class G: flat or sided, flat or drop-frame, over 40ft: 1 R. Baker IS. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd) ERF. 210: 2 P. Blackmoor (S. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd) ERF, 220; 3 A. Jones IS, Jones (Aldridge) Ltd) ERF, 294.
Class H: box or tank, over 40ft: 1 S. H. Whitton (Total Oil (GB) Ltd) AEC, 258: 2 K. T. Owen (BRS (Contracts) Ltd) Guy, 312; 3 W. E. Blaney (Total Oil (GB) Ltd) AEC, 406.
Overall winner: M. Richards, Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries Ltd.
Team award: S. Jones (Aldridge) Ltd (R. Baker, P. Blackmoor, A. Jones).