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21st June 1968, Page 123
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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

by John Darker • In sultry weather at Newcastle-underLyme, 146 entrants were dealt with efficiently on the corporation's central depot premises at Knutton Lane. Though there is adequate space for the manoeuvring tests on the site there is insufficient parking space and volunteer motorcyclists conducted the contestants to one of the four lorry parks provided in the vicinity.

As an experiment-and it seems to have pleased the organizers-the larger, slower vehicles were dealt with before the smaller. By 2.30 p.m. nearly 100 vehicles had been through all the tests. The mayoral party optimistically arrived much too early for the prizegiving, and departed for another engagement.

The sizeable entries to the smaller category vehicles occupied the rest of the afternoon but the prize-giving, by Mrs. Norman Salmon, mayoress of Newcastleunder-Lyme was completed by 5.30 p.m.

D. Bradshaw, of Petrofina Ltd., did well to lose only 50 penalty points in class E2, His team mate, B. Stacey, was second with 100, but third place was won by J. G. Stainsby, of Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.

Another good performance was that of G. Nevatt, of Quicklit and Quartz, with a score of 57 in class El. Class Fl (four entries) was monopolized by BR drivers from Wrexham and Birmingham. K.

Bentley, from "Brum", won with 128 penalty points.

NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYRAE RESULTS

Class A: up to 16ft: 1. S. J. Turner (GPO Telephones) Morris, 9Opts; 2. D. Selby (flints Wires and Cables Ltd.) Morris. 24.3. F. R. Beech (GPO Telephones) Morris, 136, and S. Davies (Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd.) Morris, 136.

Class B: 16 to 19ft: 1, W. R. Higgins !Newcastle Corp. Borough Surveyor's Dept.) Bedford, 94; 2, C. Shropshire (Quickfit 'and Quartz, Stone) Ford, 129; 3, A. W. Cheadle (John Joules, Stone) Austin, 139.

Class C:19 to 22ft: 1, A. J. Moss (Stoke Corp. )Dennis, 691 2, G. Taylor (Quickfit and Quartz, Stone) Bedford,'81; 3, J. Lamonby (Michelin Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd.) Ford, 89. Class D: 22 to 25ft: 1, L. Moreton (Rists Wire and Cables Ltd) Morris, 69: 2, M. Ooohan (Michelin Tyre and Rubber Co. Ltd.) Bedford, 79; 3, J. Anderson !Stoke Corp.) Bedford, 91.

Class El 25ft with 2 axles: 1, G. Nevitt (Quickfit and Quartz, Stone) Bedford, 57; 2, P. Jones (John Joules, Stone) Thorneycraft, 75; 3, E. W. Turner (John Joules, Stone) Austia, 89.

Class E2: Over 25ft with more than 2 axles: 1, O. Bradshaw (Petrofina Ltd.) AEC, 50: 2, B. Stacey (Ind Coope Ltdi ERF, 100; 3, J. G. Stainsby (Shell Metand BP Ltd.) Scammell, 121.

Class Fl: Flat or sided semi-trailers with fiat or drop-frame, up to and including 33ft overall length: 1, K. Bentley (BR, Birmingham) Bedford, 129; 2, C. Francis (BR, Birmingham) Bedford, 140; 3, P. Grimes (BR, Wrexham) Bedford, 286.

Class F2: Box or tank semi-trailers with flat or dropframe, up to and including 33ft overall length: 1. A. Fletcher (Petrofina Ltd.) AEC, 194; 2, F. Dibble (Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd.) Ford, 216; 3, D. Macbeth (Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd.) Ford, 287.

Class G: Flat or sided semi-trailers with flat or dropframes, over 33ft: 1, J. Keeping (Howard Tenens Transport) Commer, 82; 2, M. R. Hayes (RR, Birmingham) Dodge, 98: 3, R. Ellis (Howard Tenens Transport) Cornmer, 112.

Class H: Box or tank semi-trailers with flat or dropframes over 33ft: 1, M. Warren (Adams Butter Ltd.) AEC, 108; 2, S. Evans {BRS Parcels Ltd.) Ford, 136; 3, 0, Frearson (Michelin Tyre Co. Ltd.) Leyland, 139.

Bost team: Quicktit and Quartz.

Overall champion: D. Bradshaw (Petrofina).