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FALLEN CHAMPIONS

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27th May 1966

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RUISLIP ROUND

XCELLENT organization was again a feature of the Ruislip Round of the LDOY this year and in spite of inevitable slowing up of the proceedings because of intermittent heavy rain the 138 drivers taking part completed the tests before 4.30 p.m.

It turned out to be a day of fallen champions with only one of last year's class winners repeating his success. The Ruislip champion driver of 1965, J. Sartain, of Smiths Industries. Ltd., came to grief on the kerb-parking test which ruined his chances. Nevertheless, Smiths' drivers came out very well, winning three classes and taking the team award.

R. J. Harrington. of Express Dairy, was the driver who again won his class whilst J. H. Maker, from the same company, did very well to jump from second in 1965 to be winner of Class E (2). These wins were well deserved by Express, who as hosts at Ruislip provide probably the best facilities in the country for drivers and spectators at a LDOY round.

There were very close results in two classes. J. Brown almost made Class E(1) the fourth win for Smiths but failed by just one point, and J. Wilkin of Harvey, Bradfield and Toyer Ltd. was behind his colleague by the same margin in Class F (2). Local firm Harvey, Bradfield and Toyer actually went one better than last year, taking all the

honours in Class F (2) compared with first and third in 1965.

Rockware Glass Ltd. drivers also came near to a clean sweep in Class _ F (1) with a first, third and fourth, whilst the success of Hoover men in Class G was inevitable as the three drivers from this company were the only entrants; they included, of course, the champion of the round, D. Thomas.

It was noticeable in the driving tests at Ruislip that kerb parking caused the most difficulty for drivers, particularly those in the lighter classes and in the heavier attics. A high degree of skill or a lot of luck is now needed to do well in this test and drivers either get a very low or very high mark.

It is unfortunate that the changes made this year in scoring can result in astronomical marks and possibly discourage drivers re-entering. Instead of being given 50 over the worst performance at a certain stage, a driver must go on piling up points against himself if he gets into an impossible situation. This was well illustrated by one driver in Class B who got 752 penalties in this test and others in the round had 400 or 500 chalked up against their name here.

A.J.P.W.