Small Vans May be Banned
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from Lorry Driver Contest
THE question of allowing small vans. based on private car designs. to continue competing in Class A of the Lorry Driver of the Year competition is tinder review.
The national organizing committee of the competition decided, in Coventry on Tuesday, to leavethe entry of these small vans untouched during 1961, except to " tighten-up" the rules, but to make a special review, based on this year's competitions, before the 1962 competitions begin. The committee rejected a recommendation from the executive committee that all such vehicles be banned from the contest.
It was decided that vehicles will be allowed view mirrors; any extra vehicles will be blacked competition is in progres Another alteration to
petition will be that a visual inspection for defects in vehicles will, be made before they are. accepted. Their owners will be required to make a statement that the vehicles are roadworthy and conform, to Ministry of Transport requirements.
The penalty of 100 marks plus the worst completed performance, previously imposed on competitors who failed to complete any test correctly, will he modi
all coin peling Only two rearmirrors on the out whilst the s.
the 1961 com
fled to five marks plus the worst completed performance. In tests involving kerb parking the penalty will in future he two. marks per inch out of parallel. when comparing the position of rear wheels with front ones. Previously it was a standard 20 marks for anything more than nine inches out of parallel.
It was confirmed that the 1961 National final would be held at Fort Dunlop, Birmingham, on September 17. A new centre this year for an eliminating contest will be Leicester.
The national committee decided to sponsor a trophy in memory of Mr. Torn Austin, a South Wales driver who lost his life when trying to assist the occupants of a car which had crashed through a bridge on to a railway line: he was struck by a train.
The following dates for eliminating contests were announced:—
May 6 Weymouth May 14 Birmingham June 11 Coventry June 11 Newcastle June 18 ... . Manchester June 25 (provisional) Leeds June 25 (provisional) Southend July 16 Stoke July 16 Oxford July 23 Leicester