World record breakers get further award

The Dewar Trophy was awarded to recognise the JCB DIESELMAX team’s outstanding British technical achievement in the automotive world, at a special lunch in London. To form part of the Dewar Trophy celebration, the JCB DIELSELMAX Streamliner was transported into central London for a special photocall with the world’s fastest man on four wheels, Wing Commander Andy Green OBE, before setting off from Hyde Park along Piccadilly, around Piccadilly Circus and down Haymarket before completing a ‘drive past’ the Royal Automobile Club on Pall Mall. Sir Anthony Bamford was quick to praise all of the people involved in the project, which was successfully completed in a very short time period. Bamford said: “First of all I'd like to thank the Technical Committee of the Royal Automobile Club. We are really very honoured to receive such a trophy. Many people may think that winning a record like this was easy, but the only easy part was thinking up the idea in the first place. It was really a very tense time and we were undertaking an engineering project that we as a company had never done before. However, we had the help of a very fine team of people. “We achieved what we set out to do and set a new world record. This award means a lot to me and to our company and I'd like to thank everyone who was involved in the project, which is not only great showcase for JCB, but for British Engineering as well.”