21. International six-day trip

Salzburg , start and finish point of the individual stages

The route on the first day of the journey led to the Bohemian Forest, here Höritz

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road , part of the route on the third day of the journey

The 21st International Six-Day Tour was a motorcycle racing event that took place from August 21 to 26, 1939 in Salzburg and the surrounding Alps, Upper Austria , Upper and Lower Bavaria and the Bohemian Forest . The national teams of the host German Reich won the World Trophy for the fourth time and the silver vase for the third time.

On the fifth day of driving, the British Motorsport Federation withdrew all its teams and accompanying persons due to the threat of war and arranged for them to leave for Switzerland as soon as possible. There was no final meeting of the jury as the two British members of the jury had also left. Thus, the results were not confirmed. - The international motorsport association Fédération Internationale des Clubs Motocyclistes did not recognize the results of the 21st six-day race after the Second World War . The two winners' cups were also lost in the chaos of war.

competition

organization

Flag of the NSKK

The organizer was the Supreme National Sports Authority for German Motor Transport . The NSKK -Motorgruppe Alpenland was commissioned with the implementation .

278 drivers from nine FICM motorsport associations were registered for the competition. 163 came from the German Reich, 61 from Great Britain, 30 from Italy, 13 from the Netherlands, six from Sweden, four from Hungary and one Belgian.

Teams from the German Empire, Great Britain and Italy competed for the World Trophy. Two German, Italian, British and Dutch teams as well as a Swedish team started in the silver vase classification.

A total of 2365 kilometers had to be covered.

1 day

1st day route

Of the 278 registered drivers, 266 started the competition. - Eleven machines did not receive a positive acceptance, one driver did not start.

With a total length of 475 kilometers, the first stage was the longest of the event. After starting in Salzburg, the so-called Sudetenland route led north via Henndorf , Neumarkt , Straßwalchen , Friedburg , Lohnsburg , Ried , Andrichsfurt , Taiskirchen , Münzkirchen and Haibach to Passau . From there to the northeast and east over Thyrnau , sun , Breitenberg , Ulrichsberg , Upper plan , Sonnberg , Ogfelderhaid and Höritz by bettors . From there to the south via Kirchschlag , Friedberg , Vorderweissenbach , Leonfelden and Altenberg to Linz . Further to the southwest via Marchtrenk , Wels , Offenhausen , Ottnang , Ungenach , Ampflwang , Vöcklamarkt , Frankenmarkt to Straßwalchen. From there it went in the opposite direction on the same route as after the start back to Salzburg. There were eleven time controls to be passed.

15 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

2nd day route

The so-called Salzkammergut route on the second day of the journey was 373 kilometers long. It ran from Salzburg to the northeast via Ebenau , Faistenau , Thalgau , Mondsee , Oberwang , Attersee , Schörfling , Rutzenmoos and Desselbrunn to Steinerkirchen . From there to the southwest via Vorchdorf , Linden , Gschwandt , Gmunden , Neukirchen , Seefeld , Unterach and Scharfling to Sankt Gilgen . From here on to the east and south-east via Strobl and Bad Ischl to Bad Aussee . Further west and north-west via Obertraun , Hallstatt , Gosaumühle, Gosau , Rußbach through the Lammertal , Sankt Koloman , Adnet and Krispl to Ebenau. From there it went in the opposite direction on the same route as after the start back to Salzburg. Nine time controls were set up along the route.

24 drivers dropped out of the competition, one of them did not start anymore.

3rd day

3rd day route

The third day's stage was 449 kilometers. After starting in Salzburg, the so-called Großglockner route led into the Alps via Hallein , Werfen , Bischofshofen , St. Johann , Sankt Veit , Taxenbach to Bruck . From there to the south over the Großglockner High Alpine Road , in the course of which the maximum height of the stage is 2506  m above sea level. A. was reached until after Heiligenblut and on to Winklern . From there to the east through the Möll valley , Spittal an der Drau , Millstatt and Radenthein to Reichenau . From there over the Turracher Höhe ( 1795  m above sea level ), Turrach , Predlitz , Tamsweg , Radstadt , Niedernfritz , St. Martin , Lungötz , Annaberg and Abtenau to Golling . Then it went in the opposite direction on the same route as after the start back to Salzburg. There were nine time controls to be passed along the route.

13 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

4th day route

The so-called Tyrolean route of the fourth driving day was 466 kilometers long, making it the second longest day stage. After starting in Salzburg, the route led via Bad Reichenhall , the Schwarzbachwacht pass , Weißbach bei Lofer , Leogang , the Grießenpass , Hochfilzen , St. Johann , Kitzbühel , the Thurn , Mittersill , Neukirchen and the Gerlospass to Zell am Ziller . From there to the north and later west via Uderns , Jenbach , the Achenpass , Bad Wiessee , Valepp , Fischbachau , the Sudelfeld , Kössen , Unterwössen , Ruhpolding and Anger into the valley of the Saalach . From there it went in the opposite direction on the same route as after the start back to Salzburg. Ten time controls were set up along the route.

In the trophy standings, the German Reich team led the British team and the Italian team.

16 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

Route of the 5th day

The stage of the penultimate day was called the Bavarian Forest Route and ran over 421 kilometers. The route ran from Salzburg to the north via Obertrum am See , Seeham , Moosdorf , Braunau am Inn , Triftern , Egglham , Aidenbach , Vilshofen , Hofkirchen , Schwarzach , Deggendorf , Egg and Bernried to Viechtach . There the route reversed to the south and led back to Salzburg via Englmar , Bogen , Straubing , Straßkirchen , Eichendorf , Mariakirchen , Pfarrkirchen , Tann , Marktl , Haiming , Burghausen , Sankt Georgen , Laufen and Bergheim . Seven time controls were set up along the route.

In the trophy standings, the German Reich team led the Italian and British teams.

43 drivers dropped out of the competition, 29 of them did not start anymore.

6th day

Route of the 6th day

The last day's stage, known as the Reichsautobahnbahn , ran over 181 kilometers and was also the shortest stage of the event.

From Salzburg it went on the Reichsautobahn 8 in the direction of Munich to Irschenberg . There it was turned and the directional lane to Salzburg was driven to the Siegsdorf junction. A terrain test began from Siegsdorf to Bayerisch Gmain and the route led to the destination Salzburg.

Three time controls were set up along the route.

Nine drivers dropped out of the competition, eight of them did not start anymore. Of the 266 drivers who started on the first day, 146 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Penalty points
1.	German Empire	0
2.	Italy	43
3.	United Kingdom (a)	804

^(a) On the fifth day of the journey, the Auto-Cycle Union withdrew the team due to the threat of war.

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Travel time (a)
1.	German Reich (A-Team)	0	2: 06: 08.30
2.	Italy (A team)	0	2: 16:10
3.	Netherlands (A team)	214	-
4th	Netherlands (B team)	300	-
5.	German Reich (B-team)	303	-
6th	Italy (B team)	415	-
7th	United Kingdom (B-Team) (b)	600	-
8th.	Sweden	800	-
9.	United Kingdom (A-Team) (b)	900	-

^(a) Total driving time of the team in the final race.

^(b) On the fifth day of the journey, the Auto-Cycle Union withdrew both teams due to the threat of war.

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	without rating	Failure / disqualification
						1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
125 cc	16	7th	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	3	0	7th
250 cc	70	32	10	10	1	2	2	2	4th	6th	1	17th
350 cc	43	8th	2	1	0	5	3	3	2	14th	5	32
500 cc	95	34	11	8th	2	4th	8th	5	5	15th	3	40
750 cc	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
600 cm³ (b)	35	7th	3	6th	0	1	7th	1	5	5	0	19th
1000 cm³ (b)	5	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
total	266	89	27	26th	4th	16	23	13	16	43	9	120

^(b) Motorcycle teams

literature

• Steffen Ottinger: International Six Day Trip 2012. The story since 1913 . HB-Werbung und Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Chemnitz 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-039566-6 , p. 31 f .

Web links

Commons : 21st International Six-Day Tour  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Technisches Museum.at: Motorsport in Austria - International six-day race 1939
• Report on the British team and their escape from the German Reich
• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1939 - Germany
• Overall results , accessed January 21, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b c} Mick Walker: The BSA Gold Star p. 89 Online