Top drivers get Economy Run awards
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TO THE WINNERS of CM'S first 38-tonne Economy Run go the spoils. Guests at the special presentation ceremony held this week at the Royal Automobile Club in London saw four manufacturers scoop a total of nine prizes between them.
Pride of place went to Roy Coulson — driver of Seddon Atkinson's 401, who walked away with no fewer than six awards, including the prestigious Best Overall Economy Award around the 1,000-mile course, presented by Commercial Motor.
Roy`s other prizes included Best Vehicle with Eaton Fuller Transmission, Stage One Winner awarded by Gardner Engines, Stage Two Winner awarded by Spicer Drivetrain, Stage Four Winner awarded by Rolls-Royce and Best Productivity awarded by Lucas Kienzle, Only Ron Sinclair in his Daf 2500 prevented Roy from making a clean sweep of all the stages by winning the Stage Three award given by Cummins. TIP awarded a prize to Peter Bolden, who returned the best fuel consumption figure for a unit pulling one of the three TIP tandem-axle trailers in the competition, in his Scania 112 6x2.
The 7.82 mpg achieved by Derek Heaton in the E290 powered Leyland Roadtrain was enough to win him the Cummins prize.