Truck & Driver UK – August 2019

EDITOR’S CHOICE

Truck & Driver Summer 2019^9

TGX 26.580 driver Scott Lewis (left) and Mike Greene’s son Carwyn, newly qualified at just 19

vlogs following me day-to-day

are the most popular,” he says. “I

have great fun doing it.”

Meet and greet

His reputation is growing too. At

the recent Truckfest Peterborough

show, Lewis was one of five

vloggers to be invited to do a

‘meet and greet’. “We had fans

queuing up to meet us! All we do

is drive lorries,” he laughs. “I’m

not bored of the vlogging yet, so

I will keep on going with it.”

Being a tramper has helped

with Lewis’s video work too. “In

the past I would film in the week,

get home on Friday and spend

Friday evening and Saturday

doing it and then chill out for the

rest of the weekend. But since

I’ve been tramping, it’s got easier

as I can do it on the road, which

means more free time at home.”

But his reputation extends

further than his vlogging skills.

Last year Lewis was Daf

Transport Efficiency Driver

Champion, the Dutch marque’s

biennial challenge to find the

best driver in the country. Twenty

drivers competed at the finals at

Millbrook Proving Ground on

May 19-20, taking part in a range

of challenges testing driving ability

and road and vehicle knowledge.

“Applicants were advertised

for online and at first I thought,

‘nah, that’s never going to be me’.

Eventually I applied, got through

to the second round and next

thing I know I’m a finalist. I just

happened to be very lucky on the

day,” he says modestly.

“Nobody was too competitive,

it was very friendly. We all do the

same job, more or less, and

there were no hard feelings at

the end of the day.”

At the end of

September, he will be

competing in the

“We had fans queuing up to meet us! All

we do is drive lorries. I’m not bored of the

vlogging yet, so I will keep on going with it”