Earl is king driver '94
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by Juliet Morrison • Silentnight's Earl Dawson has seen off competition from 900 other drivers to he crowned Truck Driver of the Year 1994. He now hopes the accolade will help him achieve his ambition of becoming a transport manager. Dawson from near Cross Hills in Yorkshire, an LGV driver for 14 years, took the title in front of 1,500 spectators at the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) test track in Nuneaton.
Together with 249 other finalists, competing on Sunday 11 September, he had to take part in a number of tests such as manoeuvring his vehicle through a series of obstacles and answering questions on the Highway Code and traffic routes throughout the UK.
Dawson, who drove a drawbar rig in his class championship, says he found the Highway Code the hardest section—but he still managed to score 19 out of 20.
Jim Matthews, a driver at .1 Sainsbury in Buntingford, Hertf ordshire took second place in the competition. And third place went to Edmund butter, a driver at Royal Mail's Belfast depot.