Steve's Racing Truck History

Steve's first venture into the world of Truck Racing was in 1986 when he bought an old petrol tanker tractor unit from auction.

This was an ERF B series of about 1976 vintage with a Rolls Royce 265 power plant and Fuller 9 speed gearbox. Following extensive conversion Steve took it to his first race meeting at Silverstone in August 1986 and now bitten with the bug, continued to race this truck for 3 seasons.

The second truck was purchased aleady built as a race truck but Steve modified it considerably before racing it. It was an ERF E series with a Cummins 14 litre Big Cam engine and Fuller 9 speed gearbox. With this truck Steve took second place in 1993 which was the nearest to the front since starting. This truck was run through to the 1995 season after which it was sold to Malta where it was converted for straight line drag racing at which it was very succesful.

1996 was a year out for Steve as he was concentrating his efforts on his transport business but it wasn't long before Truck 3 was purchased in the winter of 1996. This was a Seddon Atkinson 301 with a 14 litre Cummins Big Cam engine and 9 speed Fuller gearbox, already converted to a race truck. He raced it in 1997 and went on to win the championship in 1998 with this truck. It was sold to a newcomer who rolled it in his second meeting and wrote it off!!!

Truck 4 was bought in the winter of 98/99 and is Steve's current truck, the Volvo White Aerodyne. The unit is powered by a Detroit deisel 60 series engine and Fuller 9 speed gearbox. The truck was previously campaigned by a Kent team who achieved consistent placings in Europe with it. At this time Steve had sponsorship from Palletways which enabled him to purchase the truck and no modifications were required, it was ready to go! And boy did it go! Steve won the British championship in 1999 and was second in 2000.

Technical rule changes began to make the truck outdated in the second year eg. weight distribution, engine position etc. Steve changed the gearbox to a ZF 16 speed Eco Split for the 2001 season and achieved second place again, and 3rd place in 2002.

Through the last five years of competing Steve has consistently finished in the top three of the British Championships but the Volvo White is now completely outdated due to the technical changes and revised rules so a new truck is currently under construction - see the 'Truck News' pages on this site for progress on this project.