20. International six-day trip

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The 20th International Six Days Enduro was a motorcycle off-road racing competition , which until 16 July 1938 by 11 in Welsh Llandrindod Wells took place. The national team of Great Britain was able to win the trophy for the eleventh and third time in a row. The silver vase won the national team of the German Reich for the second time.

competition

organization

The event took place for the third and second time in a row in Llandrindod Wells, after the 15th (1933) and 19th International Six-Day Races (1937) were held here.

216 drivers from seven FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from three nations competed for the trophy. In addition, eleven silver vase, 28 factory and 37 club teams were at the start.

1 day

Of the 216 registered drivers, 209 started the competition. On the first day of driving, 429.1 kilometers had to be driven.

In the Trophy classification, the teams from Great Britain and the German Reich were still free of penalty points and were therefore tied. Czechoslovakia took third place with 4 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from Great Britain (A), Czechoslovakia, the Netherlands (A and B), Ireland (A and B), the German Empire (A) and Sweden were still without penalty points and were tied. In the B-team of the German Reich, Julius von Krohn received one penalty point, the team was in 9th place.

19 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

On the second day of the competition, the drivers had to cover 433.8 kilometers.

In the trophy standings, the British team led ahead of Czechoslovakia and the German Empire. With Walter Fähler and Ludwig Kraus , the German team had to record two driver failures , which from then on meant 200 penalty points a day.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from Great Britain (A), the Netherlands (A), Ireland (A and B), the German Empire (A) and Sweden were still without penalty points and were tied. In the B-team of the German Reich, Julius von Krohn retired, the team dropped to 10th and last place.

57 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

On the third day, the route from the previous day was driven in the opposite direction.

In the trophy standings, the British team continued to lead ahead of Czechoslovakia and the German Empire. In the German team, Hermann Scherzer was the third driver to retire.

In the silver vase rating, the teams from Great Britain (A) and the German Empire (A) continued to score no penalty points and were tied. Third place went to the Dutch A team. In the B-team of the German Reich, Josef Hecker, the second driver retired, the team was still in last place.

26 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

The route on the fourth day of the journey was 449.7 kilometers.

In the trophy standings, the team from Great Britain continued to lead ahead of Czechoslovakia and the German Reich.

In the silver vase rating, the teams from Great Britain (A) and the German Empire (A) continued to score no penalty points and were tied. Third place went to the Swedish team. The B-team of the German Reich was in last place.

17 drivers were eliminated from the competition.

5th day

The route on the fifth day was driven in the opposite direction from the stage on the fourth day of driving.

In the trophy standings, the British team continued to lead ahead of Czechoslovakia and the German Reich.

In the silver vase evaluation, only the German Reich A team continued without penalty points and led the evaluation. It was followed by the UK A team and the Swedish team. The B-team of the German Reich still came in last.

Seven drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

On the last day there were still 210.4 kilometers to complete. The destination was the Donington Park racetrack , where the final race took place.

One driver dropped out of the competition. Of the 209 riders who started on the first day, 82 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space team Penalty points
1. United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 9
2. Czechoslovakia 1920Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 519
3. German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Empire 1403

Silver vase

space team Penalty points
1. German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Reich (A-Team) 0
2. SwedenSweden Sweden 5
3. United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom (A-Team) 8th
4th Ireland 1922Irish Free State Irish Free State (B-Team) 14th
5. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 15th
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom (B team) 234
7th NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (A team) 301
8th. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands (B team) 513
9. Ireland 1922Irish Free State Irish Free State (A-Team) 700
10. German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) German Reich (B-team) 1101

None of the drivers of the Hungarian team had not started, which meant that it was excluded from the classification. Hungary 1918Hungary 

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 11 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 5
175 cc 4th 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 3
250 cc 26th 5 3 2 1 5 5 2 1 2 0 15th
350 cc 53 8th 6th 2 2 2 19th 8th 3 2 1 35
500 cc 72 18th 14th 9 2 4th 11 5 8th 1 0 29
750 cc 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
1000 cc 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
600 cm³ (b) 31 1 2 0 0 6th 11 6th 3 2 0 28
1000 cm³ (b) 6th 0 0 0 0 0 4th 2 0 0 0 6th
750 cm³ (c) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
total 209 33 29 15th 5 19th 57 26th 17th 7th 1 127
(b) Motorcycle teams

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