15. International six-day trip

The 15th International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition held in Llandrindod Wells , Welsh from September 18 to 23, 1933 . The national team of the German Reich was able to win the trophy for the first time. The silver vase won the British national team for the seventh and second time in a row.

competition

organization

After the British team had won the trophy last year, the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) received the right to host the competition in their own country.

142 drivers, including three women, from eight FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from four nations competed for the trophy. In addition, eleven silver vase, 21 factory and 20 club teams were at the start.

1 day

140 of the 142 registered drivers took up the competition.

On the first day of the journey, the 294.5 kilometer route led to Carmathen . Time controls were at Devils Bridge, Mountain Cottage Inn, Natgaredig , Cilycown, and Cradoc . The roads were sodden with rain and difficult to drive.

In the Trophy ranking, the British and German teams were tied without penalty points. The Czechoslovak driver Jaroslav Kaiser crashed his sidecar motorcycle. This was so damaged that he had to give up the competition. From then on there were 100 penalty points daily. Aldo Pigorini was eliminated from the Italian team .

In the silver vase classification, all teams except for the Dutch and Italian A-teams, which each had a driver absence, were on par with no penalty points.

Of the 140 drivers who started, 127 reached the daily goal, 115 of them without penalty points.

2 day

On the second day of the competition, the drivers had to cover 314 kilometers. The route led through Hoy, Crickhowell , Pendrdyn , Pont-ar-Llechan and Cradoc.

In the Italian trophy team, Giordano Aldrighetti was the second driver to retire . This meant that only the British and German trophy teams were complete and free of penalty points.

In the silver vase rating, Great Britain (A), Germany (A), Ireland (A), Italy (B) and the Czechoslovak team were still free of penalty points.

15 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

On the third day, the previous day's stage was driven in the opposite direction. The greatest challenge was the ascent from Dinas Rock .

The German Trophy driver Ernst Jakob Henne received one penalty points and the British driver George Rowley two penalty points due to tire defects. Thus, in the trophy standings, the German team led the United Kingdom by one penalty point.

In the silver vase rating, the British, Irish and German A teams were tied without penalty points.

16 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

The fourth day's route was 308 kilometers long and led back to the starting point via Llanidloes , Dinas Hawdowy , Dinas Mawddwy and Llangollen .

The German team continued to lead the British team in the trophy standings. Behind were Czechoslovakia and Italy.

In the silver vase rating, the British, Irish and German A teams were still tied without any penalty points.

Six drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

The distance on the fifth day corresponded to that of the fourth day. However, the direction of travel was the opposite.

In the Trophy ranking there was no change in the placements compared to the previous day.

In the silver vase evaluation, R. McGregor received one penalty point, after which the British, Irish and German A-teams were still free of penalty points.

Two drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The final race took place in rainy weather at Donington Park race track . Of 140 drivers who started on the first day, 88 made it to the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points
1.	German Empire	1
2.	United Kingdom Peter Bradley ( Sunbeam ) Albert E. Perrigo ( BSA ) George Rowley ( AJS )	2
3.	Czechoslovakia Jaroslav Kaiser ( Jawa ) Josef Paštika (Jawa) František Brand (Jawa)	1100
4th	Italy	1400

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	United Kingdom (A-Team) Vic Brittain ( Norton ) George Povey (BSA) Jack Williams (Norton)	0	16:34
2.	Irish Free State (A-Team) H. McKee ( Levis ) S. Moran ( Matchless ) CW Duffin (Matchless)	0	8:41
3.	United Kingdom (B-Team) FE Thaker ( Royal Enfield ) Robert McGregor ( Rudge ) L. Heath ( Ariel )	1	-
4th	German Reich (A-Team)	6th	-
5.	Italy (B team)	14th	-
6th	Netherlands (B-team) GGW Timmer ( New Imperial ) Jaap Fijma (Ariel) Jelle Sybrandy (AJS)	59	-
7th	German Reich (B-team)	85	-
8th.	Czechoslovakia Houska (Jawa) Antonín Vitvar (Jawa) R. Uvira (Jawa)	260	-
9.	Irish Free State (B-Team) T. Stewart (Royal Enfield) GM Campbell (Levis) GCM Thompson ( Scott )	500	-
10.	Netherlands (A-Team) Gerard Bakker Schut (Rudge) G. de Ridder (Ariel) JEA van Bilsteren (AJS)	600
11.	Italy (A team)	1400	-

^(a) Time gain in minutes in the final speed test compared to the target time specified for the respective team.

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	Carshalton MCC (B-Team)	0	11:23
2.	Birmingham MCC	0	10:05
3.	Carshalton MCC (A-Team)	2	-
4th	Coventry & Warwick MC	5	-
5.	Knock MCC	10	-
6th	Barnsley MC & CC	12	-
7th	NSKK	30th	-
8th.	Sunbeam MCC (A-Team)	104	-

^(a) Time gain in minutes in the final speed test compared to the target time specified for the respective team.

All other club teams had to record driver failures.

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points
1.	Matchless	0
1.	BSA	0
3.	New Imperial A	1
4th	BMW	1
5.	Triumph B	4th
6th	Triumph A	5
7th	NSU	6th
8th.	MAS	14th
9.	Zündapp	30th
10.	Ariel	43
11.	DKW	85
12.	Ariel	100

All other factory teams had driver failures.

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	without a medal	Failure / disqualification
						1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
175 cc	5	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
250 cc	24	6th	2	0	1	5	1	8th	0	1	0	15th
350 cc	29	15th	4th	1	1	0	5	2	1	0	0	8th
500 cc	49	21st	9	3	2	5	2	4th	3	0	0	14th
750 cc	8th	1	2	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	3
1000 cc	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
600 cm³ (b)	10	6th	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	4th
1000 cm³ (b)	7th	2	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	4th
1100 cm³ (c)	5	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3
total	140	56	18th	9	5	13	15th	16	6th	2	1	52

^(b) Motorcycle teams

^(c) Cyclecars

The British Marjorie Cottle was the only one of the three women who started and won a silver medal in her class (250 cm³).

literature

• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 18, 1933, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 20, 1933, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 22, 1933, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 23, 1933, p. 10 (online at ANNO ).
• Won the six-day trip from Germany. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 26, 1933, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 28, 1933, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• Internationals Six Days Trial - Germany wins by single point. In: The Glasgow Harold , September 25, 1933, p. 16
• Germany wins the Trophy. In: Motor Cycling , September 27, 1933

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1933 - Wales
• Overall results , accessed March 15, 2019.