19. International six-day trip

The 19th International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition held in Llandrindod Wells , Welsh from July 12-17 , 1937 . The national team of Great Britain was able to win the trophy for the tenth and second time in a row. The silver vase won the Netherlands national team for the second time.

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. The event took place in Llandrindod Wells for the second time, after the 15th International Six Day Voyage (1933) had taken place here.

220 drivers from ten FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from three nations competed for the trophy. There were also ten silver vase and 24 factory teams at the start.

1 day

Of the 220 registered drivers, 213 took up the competition.

There was heavy rainfall until noon. On the first day of the journey, the 407-kilometer route led east via Walton and then further north and back to the starting point. Eleven time controls were set up along the route.

In the Trophy ranking, the teams from Great Britain, the German Reich and Czechoslovakia were tied without penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the Netherlands (A and B), the German Empire (A and B), Ireland (A and B), Great Britain (A and B) and Czechoslovakia were still without penalty points and were tied. H. Stroinigg was eliminated from the Austrian team, with 100 penalty points being recorded every day. In addition, W. V. Millenkovich received 13 penalty points.

Nine drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

On the second day of the competition, the drivers had to cover 408 kilometers. The route led over first in the opposite direction of the previous day to Bala and from there to the north and further to the west and finally back to Llandrindod Wells.

In the trophy rating, the teams from Great Britain, the German Reich and Czechoslovakia were still tied without any penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, all teams except Austria were still without penalty points and were therefore tied.

Nine drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

On the third day, a route was first driven to the northwest to Capel Bangor, before the route led south and back to the starting point.

In the trophy standings, the teams from Great Britain, the German Reich and Czechoslovakia were still tied without any penalty points.

In the silver vase rating, the teams from the Netherlands (A), the German Empire (A and B), Ireland (A and B), Great Britain (A and B) and Czechoslovakia were still without penalty points and were tied.

Six drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

In the Trophy ranking, the teams from Great Britain and the German Reich were tied without penalty points. In the team of Czechoslovakia Antonín Vitvar was eliminated, which from then on resulted in 100 penalty points per day.

In the silver vase rating, the teams from the Netherlands (A), the German Empire (A and B), Ireland (A and B) and Great Britain (A and B) were still without penalty points and were tied.

Nine drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

In the trophy standings, the teams from Great Britain and the German Reich continued to have no penalty points and were tied, followed by Czechoslovakia with 200 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from the Netherlands (A), the German Empire (A and B), Ireland (A) and Great Britain (B) were still without penalty points and were tied.

Eight drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

In the Trophy classification, the teams from Great Britain and the German Empire were still without penalty points and were tied, in the Silver Vase classification the teams from the Netherlands (A), the German Empire (A and B) and Ireland (A) were still without Penalty points. The winner in both competitions was determined by the time gained in the final speed test. This final race took place at Donington Park Racecourse.

The Austrian Trophy driver Millenkovich received 56 penalty points in the final race.

Three drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 213 riders who started on the first day, 169 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	United Kingdom	0	39:17
2.	German Empire	0	39:07
3.	Czechoslovakia	300	-

^(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.	Netherlands (A team)	0	32:26
2.	German Reich (B-team)	0	29:45
3.	German Reich (A-Team)	0	21:11
4th	Irish Free State (A-Team)	0	19:24
5.	Irish Free State (B-Team)	19th	-
6th	United Kingdom (B team)	45	-
7th	Netherlands (B team)	135	-
8th.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	223	-
9.	Czechoslovakia	300	-
10.	Austria	669	-

^(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.	Experimental department-Wünsdorf (A-team)	0	27:49
2.	Sunbeam MCC (E-Team)	0	19:17
3.	Leinster MC & LCC	0	16:43
4th	Experimental department-Wünsdorf (B-team)	0	16:04
5.	Experimental department-Plön	0	13:22
6th	NSKK (B-team)	0	12:55
7th	RFSS / SS main office (B-team)	0	11:27
8th.	NSKK (D-Team)	0	7:21

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

All other club teams had to record penalty points.

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
125 cc	10	3	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
175 cc	4th	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
250 cc	35	18th	4th	2	1	3	2	0	5	0	0	10
350 cc	43	25th	3	6th	1	0	1	1	1	4th	1	8th
500 cc	85	59	8th	6th	0	3	3	2	1	2	1	12
600 cm³ (b)	25th	12	5	1	0	2	1	2	0	2	0	7th
1000 cm³ (b)	9	6th	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3
1100 cm³ (c)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
total	213	126	21st	20th	2	9	9	6th	9	8th	3	44

^(b) Motorcycle teams

^(c) Cyclecars

literature

• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 10, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 14, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 15, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 16, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 17, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 19, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).
• The international six-day trip. In:  Sportblatt am Mittag / Sport-Tagblatt. Sports edition of the Neue Wiener Tagblatt , July 21, 1937, p. 6 (online at ANNO ).

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1937 - Wales
• Final report with overall results , accessed on May 5, 2019