17. International six-day trip

The 17th International Six-Day Tour was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from September 9-14, 1935 in Oberstdorf and the Allgäu Alps . The national teams of the German Reich were able to win the trophy for the third time in a row and the silver vase for the first time.

Oberstdorf , start and finish point of individual stages

competition

organization

252 drivers from nine FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from five nations competed for the trophy. In addition, 15 silver vase, 35 factory and 18 club teams were at the start.

A gold medal was given to those who crossed the finish line without penalty points. For a silver medal, no more than 10 penalty points were allowed at the finish and a bronze medal was awarded to those who had not accumulated more than 50 penalty points.

1 day

Of the 252 registered drivers, 248 started the competition.

On the first day of the journey, the approximately 460-kilometer route led back to the starting point after starting in Oberstdorf via Immenstadt , Nellenberg, Weiler , Dürren, Neuwalderberg, Fuchstobel , Deggenhausen , Weingarten , Waltershofen , Buchenbergstrasse and Großdorf . A separate mountain test took place near Immenstadt.

In the Trophy ranking, the teams of the German Reich and Czechoslovakia were tied without penalty points. It was followed by Great Britain with 1 penalty point, Italy with 2 penalty points and France with 6 penalty points.

In the silver vase rating, the teams from the German Empire (A), Great Britain (B), Italy (B), the Netherlands (B) and Czechoslovakia (A) were tied without penalty points. In the German B team, Paul Rüttchen was eliminated from the competition, which from then on meant 100 penalty points a day. In addition, Rudi Knees received 21 penalty points. The Irish Free State B-Team was not scored because a driver did not show up for inspection.

34 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

The Ammer Gorge was the Echelsbacher bridge happens

On the second day of the competition, the drivers had to cover around 480 kilometers. The route led over Rettenberg, Marktoberdorf , Rott , Starnberg , from Holzkirchen to Mitterdarching on the Autobahn 8 towards Salzburg, Taubenberg , Geretsried , Sankt Heinrich , over the Ammerbrücke , Roßhaupten , Görisried and the Oberjochpass back to Oberstdorf.

A “flat test” was carried out on the section of the motorway and a “high-performance test” was carried out at Roßhaupten.

In the Trophy classification, the teams of the German Reich and Czechoslovakia were still free of penalty points and were tied. It was followed by Great Britain with 1 penalty point, Italy with 2 penalty points and France with 106 penalty points. The latter team suffered a driver failure.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the German Empire (A), Great Britain (B), Italy (B), the Netherlands (B) and Czechoslovakia (A) continued to have no penalty points and were tied.

25 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

On the third day there were again around 480 kilometers to drive, the destination was Titisee in the Black Forest. After starting in Oberstdorf, Missen , Kinbach-Geislehen, Fischbach , Espasingen , Tengen , Wittlekofen , Munchenland, Todtnauberg , Schönau , the Schauinslandstraße , Oberried and Falkensteig to Titisee .

Mountain tests were integrated at Missen and on Schauinslandstrasse.

In the trophy classification, only the German Reich team was still free of penalty points at the end of the day of driving. It was followed by Czechoslovakia with 3 penalty points, Great Britain with 101 penalty points, Italy with 102 penalty points and France with 213 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the German Reich (A) and the Netherlands (B) were still free of penalty points and were tied. In third place was Italy's senior team with 1 penalty point.

21 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

The destination of the third and starting point of the fourth day's stage was Titisee in the Black Forest

The route of the fourth day of the journey was 494.5 kilometers long and started at the destination of the previous day in Titisee. Roof it went over Feldberg , Oberibach , Mambach , Sallneck , Badenweiler , Schönau, the Äulemer Kreuz ( 1137.6  m above sea level ), Bonndorf , Tengen, Espasingen, Fischbach, Kinbach-Geislehen and Missen to Oberstdorf.

At Schönau and Kinbach-Geislehen a mountain test each had to be taken.

In the trophy standings, the German Reich team with no penalty points was ahead of Czechoslovakia (6 penalty points), Great Britain (201), Italy (202) and France (364).

In the silver vase classification, only the A-team of the German Reich was free of penalty points at the end of the day and was therefore in the lead. The A-team of Czechoslovakia followed in second and third place with 3 penalty points and the Italian B-team with 7 penalty points.

20 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

The Oberjochpassstraße in the state of development at the time of the event - location of the mountain test on the 5th day

The route on the fifth day was around 440 kilometers long and led back to Oberstdorf via Hindelang , Moosbach , Sibratshofen , Oberstaufen , Scheidegg , Herben, Karsee, Ratzenried , Isny , Eschach and Immenstadt. At Hindelang a mountain test had to be taken on the Oberjochpassstrasse.

In the trophy standings, the German Reich team continued to lead ahead of the ČSR, Great Britain, Italy and France.

In the Silver Vase ranking, the A-team of the German Reich was also unchanged ahead of the A-team of the ČSR and the B-team of Italy.

14 drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The last stage of the day was the shortest of the event at around 250 kilometers and, after starting in Oberstdorf, led via Sigishofen , Kranzegg , Petersthal , Marktoberdorf, Lengenfeld and Bernbeuren to Füssen . A final mountain test was integrated at Kranzegg.

The final race as a speed test was determined on an approximately 8.5 kilometers long triangular road course from Füssen.

Four drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 248 riders who started on the first day, 130 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points
1.	German Empire	25th
2.	Czechoslovakia	66
3.	United Kingdom	401
4th	Italy	402
5.	France	565

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points
1.	German Reich (A-Team)	0
2.	Czechoslovakia (A team)	61
3.	Italy (B team)	204
4th	Netherlands (B team)	300
5.	Irish Free State (A-Team)	303
6th	Netherlands (A team)	404
7th	Hungary	515
8th.	France (B team)	565
9.	United Kingdom (B team)	600
10.	Italy (A team)	601
11.	German Reich (B-team)	623
12.	Switzerland	642
13.	Czechoslovakia (B team)	903

In the B-team of the Irish Free State, a driver did not appear for the inspection, which means that the inspection was dropped.

The following teams were not conclusively rated due to the failure of all drivers:

 United Kingdom (A-Team)

 France (A team)

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points
1.	DDAC	5
2.	Utrecht Provinciale Motor Club	7th
3.	Jawa Club	61
4th	NSKK (A)	139
5.	Carshalton MCC	300
6th	Edinburgh Rudge Club	425
7th	Union of Motor Driver Clubs in Switzerland	642
8th.	Sunbeam MCC (B)	691
9.	Sunbeam MCC (A)	702
10.	London Ace MCC	817
11.	Motor section of the AKRČ	903
12.	NSKK (B)	947
13.	Motocycle Club de France	1104
14th	Italy Real Moto Club d'Italia	1120

In the Knock Motor Cycle Club club team, a driver did not appear for the acceptance test, which meant that the acceptance test was dropped.

The following teams were not conclusively rated due to the failure of all drivers:

Sunbeam MCC (C)

The Sunbac Club

Leinster Motor Cycle Club

MC Zuid Holland s'Gravenhage

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	4th	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
250 cc	43	14th	6th	6th	0	4th	4th	4th	2	2	1	17th
350 cc	50	13	4th	7th	1	7th	5	3	6th	3	1	25th
500 cc	108	8th	20th	18th	10	14th	12	8th	10	8th	0	52
750 cc	8th	1	3	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	3
1000 cc	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
600 cm³ (b)	21st	5	2	0	3	4th	1	5	1	0	0	11
1000 cm³ (b)	12	3	2	0	0	4th	1	0	0	0	2	7th
1100 cm³ (c)	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
total	248	44	37	32	17th	34	25th	21st	20th	14th	4th	118

^(b) Motorcycle teams

^(c) Cyclecars

literature

• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 3, 1935, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 10, 1935, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVII. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 12, 1935, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVII. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 13, 1935, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVII. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 14, 1935, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).
• The XVII. International six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , September 16, 1935, p. 7 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1935 - Germany
• Final report with overall results (Part 1) , accessed on March 29, 2019
• Final report with overall results (part 2) , accessed on March 29, 2019