Training tells in Scotland
Page 33
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
• Racehorses and professional sprinters are up at the crack of dawn for training sessions in order to hide their form until they meet in competition. Similarly some of the entrants for the 1969 Dunfermline LDoY event had indulged in secret training, and on the day the result was a low-scoring, hotly contested event.
There are those who believe that precompetition training is unfair but surely training is what the LDoY competition is all about. The drivers train to win and in so doing they train themselves to be better and safer drivers.
When Provost Crawford of Dunfermline addressed the 102 competitors at the prizegiving he said: "This is the place to compete, not the public highway, but do let the skills you displayed today be evident on the highway and act as an example to others."
The Dunfermline event is a model for others; in fact this year the new Dundee committee and the new Edinburgh competition secretary were there to study the organization. What a pity secretary John Paul cannot organize the Weather—it was a damp and misty day.
The scoring, apart from Classes A and B, was relatively low with the winners in C and D collecting only 77 penalty points. I believe the most creditable performance was that of J. Scott in Class G who had only 94 penalties, With a maximum-capacity artic that indicates very good driving.
Mr. Scott will be joined at the final on September 7 by his colleague 0. Downie from Class H. Both have been to the final before but only managed to get second places in their classes.
They and Colin Mack with A. Dinnel should present a real challenge at Brarricote. Navyman H. MacKay will also prove a formidable opponent.
The Class A and B representatives should aim at pulling down their scores by about half, in other words—more training. Despite the keen competition there were no protests, surely a tribute to the clerk of the course and his 60 marshals.
DUNFERMLINE RESULTS
Class A: up to 16ft and over 1 ton unladen weight:
1, W. J. Brown (Andrew Thomson) Ford, 116 points: 2, J. Muir (Ministry of Public Buildings and Works) Bedford, 133; 3, J. Fraser (Dunfermline City) BMC, 138.
Class B: over 16ft to 19ft: 1, G. MacDonald (Plessey Co. Ltd) Ford, 110: 2, J. Winter (Ministry of Public Buildings and Works) BMC, 115: 3, J.
Kay (Dunfermline City) BMC. 123.
Class C: over 19ft to 22ft: 1. C. Mack (John Hutchison and Son) Albion, 77:2. J. Glass (Beatties Bakeries) Ford, 122: 3, W. Munro (John Hutchison and Son) Bedford, 136.
Class D: over 22ft to 25ft: 1, A Dinnel (Robert Lawson (Dyce) Ltd.) Ford. 77: 2, J. Ronaldson (Scottish Gas Board) BMC, 92: 3, J. Glendinning (Scottish Gas Board) BMC, 116.
Class El: over 25ft with two axles: 1. J. Cairnie (Smith and Wellstood Ltd.) Ford, 127: 2, D. Finlay (British Railways) Bedford. 149: 3, D. Donaldson (Scottish Brewers Ltd.) ER F, 159.
Class E2: over 26ft with more than two axles: 1. J. Davidson (Walker Bros. Ltd.) Atkinson. 107; 2, R. Anderson (Walker Bros. Ltd.) AEC. 254: 3. D. Stuart (Thomas Muir) AEC. 266.
Class Fl: flat or sided semi-trailers up to 33ft; 1, H. Mackay (R.N. Dockyard) AEC. 110; 2. J. McKay (R.N. Dockyard) Seddon, 116:3, D. Brown (National Carriers Ltd.) Karrier, 184.
Class F2: box or tank semi-trailers up to 33ft: 1, J. Docherty (Scottish Grain Distillers Ltd.) AEC, 155; 2, B. Little (Freightliners Ltd.) Seddon. 187; 3. J. Hewitt (Freightliners Ltd.) Guy, 325, Class G: flat or sided semi-trailers over 33ft: 1, J. Scott (Freightliners Ltd.) Bedford, 94; 2, T. Murray (National Carriers Ltd.) Bedford, 99:3. A. S. Smith (Allisons Freightlines) Guy, 133.
Class H: box or tank semi-trailers over 33ft:
1, D. Downie (Freightliners Ltd.) Seddon, 207: 2, S. Jackson (Scottish Grain Distillers Ltd.) Bedford, 207; 3, J. Marshall (Walker Bros, Ltd.) Atkinson, 222.
Best Service Award: Driver A. Boyd, RCT.
Team Award: Ministry of Public Buildings and Works.