16. International six-day trip

The 16th International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from August 27 to September 1, 1934 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Werdenfelser Land . The national team of the German Reich was able to defend the trophy won for the first time last year. The silver vase won the British national team for the eighth and third time in a row.

Garmisch-Partenkirchen , start and finish of individual stages

competition

organization

After the German Reich won the trophy for the first time last year, the German Motorsport Association was given the right to host the competition in its own country.

220 drivers from nine FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from four nations competed for the trophy. There were also twelve silver vase, 33 factory and 24 club teams at the start.

1 day

The Kesselbergstrasse was part of the stages of the 1st and 2nd day

Of the 220 registered drivers, 209 started the competition.

On the first day of the journey, the approximately 350-kilometer route led via Wallgau , Bad Tölz , Bad Wiessee , Kreuth , Spitzingsee , Neuhaus , Brannenburg , Rosenheim , Miesbach , Bad Tölz, Kochel am See , the Kesselbergstrasse (uphill) and Klais back to the starting point Garmisch- Partenkirchen.

In the Trophy ranking, the teams from the German Reich, Italy and Czechoslovakia were tied without penalty points. In the fourth, British team, Albert E. Perrigo received one penalty point.

In the silver vase evaluation, only the A-team of the German Reich received penalty points because A. Müller was eliminated from the competition.

Six drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

On the second day of the competition, the drivers had to cover another 350 kilometers. The route led via Wallgau, Jachenau , Kesselbergstrasse (downhill), Kochel, Bad Tölz, Miesbach, Rosenheim, Brannenburg, Neuhaus, Spitzingsee, Rottach , Bad Tölz and Mittenwald to Garmisch-Partenkirchen. A section of the route near fading was canceled after the jury had met at the end of the driving day.

In the trophy evaluation, the teams of the German Reich and Italy were still without penalty points and were tied. In the team of Czechoslovakia František Brand received 110 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the German Reich (B), Great Britain (A and B), the Netherlands (A and B), Ireland (A and B), Italy (B) and Czechoslovakia were still without penalty points and were tied. Austria's silver vase driver O. Steinfellner received 7 penalty points and the team was 10th.

19 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

On the third day the Ettaler Sattel was passed

The third stage was the longest of the event at around 500 kilometers. After starting in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, it went over Oberau , over the Ettaler Sattel , Oberammergau , Murnau , Bad Tölz, Gmund , Schliersee , Holzhausen , Bernau am Chiemsee , Reit im Winkl , Inzell , Schneizlreuth , Berchtesgaden , Bad Reichenhall , Teisendorf , Traunstein , Seebruck , Rosenheim, Miesbach, Bad Tölz, Altlach and Wallgau back to the starting point.

There was no change in the Trophy rating compared to the previous day. The teams of the German Reich and Italy were tied without penalty points, followed by Great Britain and Czechoslovakia.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the German Reich (B), Great Britain (A and B), the Netherlands (A and B), Ireland (A and B), Italy (B) and Czechoslovakia were still free of penalty points and were not punished tied. The Austrian team took 9th place.

13 drivers dropped out of the competition.

The day of driving was overshadowed by an accident with a fatal outcome: The German driver A. Brandt (NSU factory team) rolled over and suffered a serious head injury. Soon afterwards he succumbed to serious injuries in the Traunstein Clinic.

4th day

The route of the fourth day of the journey was around 350 kilometers long and led via Elmau, Oberammergau, Steingaden , Marktoberdorf , Oy-Mittelberg , Sonthofen , Friesenhofen, Röthenbach, Weitnau , Rauhenzell , Fischen im Allgäu , Immenstadt and Missen to the day's destination in Oberstaufen .

In the trophy evaluation, the teams of the German Reich and Italy were still without penalty points and were tied. Great Britain followed with 1 penalty point and Czechoslovakia with 117 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the German Empire (B), Great Britain (B), the Netherlands (B), Ireland (B), Italy (B) and Czechoslovakia were still without penalty points and were tied. The Austrian team took 7th place.

13 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

The Oberjochpassstraße in the state of development at the time of the event

The route on the fifth day was around 340 kilometers. It started in Oberstaufen and then led via Missen, Immenstadt, Fischen, Hindelang , the Oberjochpass , Wertach , Rettenberg , Wertach, Füssen , Oberammergau and Elmau to Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

In the trophy standings, the teams of the German Reich and Italy were still without penalty points and were tied, with Great Britain in third place. In the Czechoslovak team, František Brand was eliminated from the competition.

In the silver vase rating, only the B teams from Great Britain and Ireland were free of penalty points. In the A-team of the German Reich, F. Trägerner received 26 penalty points. In the B team of the German Reich, H. Soenius received 9 and N. Schmitt 5 penalty points. The Austrian team now took 3rd place.

19 drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The last stage of the day led after the start in Garmisch-Partenkirchen via Oberammergau, Steingaden, Füssen, Nesselwang , Rettenberg, Sulzberg and Marktoberdorf to Füssen.

The winning team in the respective competitions was determined in the final speed test on a triangular road course from Füssen.

In the Trophy classification, there were no changes in the placements compared to the previous day until the start of the final race.

In the silver vase rating, the B teams from Great Britain and Ireland were tied without any penalty points. In the day's stage, the Austrians Hans Walz received 2 penalty points and O. Steinfellner 1 penalty point.

Five drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 209 riders who started on the first day, 134 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	German Empire	0	42: 50.40
2.	Italy	0	42: 44.20
3.	United Kingdom	1	-
4th	Czechoslovakia	317	-

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

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	United Kingdom (B team)	0	40: 59.20
2.	Irish Free State (B-Team)	0	38: 24.00
3.	Austria	10	-
4th	German Reich (B-team)	14th	-
5.	Czechoslovakia	27	-
6th	Netherlands (B team)	200	-
6th	Italy (B team)	200	-
8th.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	300	-
8th.	Irish Free State (A-Team)	300	-
10.	Italy (A team)	500
11.	German Reich (A-Team)	626	-
12.	Netherlands (A team)	750	-

^(a) Time difference 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.	Dublin Univ. MC	0	32: 55.60
2.	Sunbeam MCC	0	24: 02.60
3.	PMC & LCC or Douglas Island of Man	0	23: 56.60
4th	Birmingham MCC (A)	1	-
4th	SC & North Birmingham AC	1	-
6th	Carshalton MCC (B)	59	-
7th	NSKK	100	-
8th.	Hamburg police	112	-
9.	DDAC district 20 Hansa	223	-
10.	Knock MC	300	-
10.	Birmingham MCC (B)	300	-
10.	Carshalton MCC (A)	300	-
13.	Sporting motor lounger	362	-
14th	Utrecht Prov. Motoclub	400	-
15th	MC Milano	433	-
16.	Real MC d'Italia	500	-
17th	Sunbeam MCC	503	-
18th	AC Rep. Ceskosl.	527	-
19th	Barnsley MC & CC	538	-
20th	SC & North Birmingham AC	601	-
21st	DDAC Gau 19 North Sea (A)	623	-
22nd	DDAC Gau 19 North Sea (B)	800	-
23.	Jawa Club	917	-

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

The following club team dropped out of the competition:

Motoclub Zuid Holland

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
250 cc	39	7th	8th	3	2	3	5	4th	2	4th	1	19th
350 cc	49	29	5	5	1	0	1	1	1	2	4th	9
500 cc	72	33	5	4th	2	1	7th	7th	6th	7th	0	28
750 cc	6th	4th	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2
1000 cc	6th	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
600 cm³ (b)	20th	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	7th
1000 cm³ (b)	14th	5	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	3	0	9
1100 cm³ (c)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
total	209	96	19th	14th	5	6th	19th	13	13	19th	5	75

^(b) Motorcycle teams

^(c) Cyclecars

literature

• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , August 25, 1934, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , August 28, 1934, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , August 29, 1934, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , August 30, 1934, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , August 31, 1934, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 1, 1934, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 3, 1934, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 4, 1934, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVI. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 8, 1934, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1934 - Germany
• Final report with all results , accessed on March 18, 2019