29. International six-day trip

The 29th International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from September 20-25 , 1954 in Llandrindod Wells, Wales, and the surrounding area. The national team of Czechoslovakia won the World Trophy for the third time. The silver vase went to the Netherlands for the fourth time.

competition

organization

The event took place for the sixth time in Llandrindod Wells, after the 15th (1933), 19th (1937), 20th (1938), 24th (1949) and 25th International Six-Day Tour (1950) were held here.

Teams from six nations competed for the World Trophy. In addition, 19 silver vase, 27 factory and 31 club teams were at the start.

The FRG took part in the World Trophy as well as with two silver vase teams. Austria started with a World Trophy and a silver vase team. In addition, five German club teams took part.

1 day

In the first stage of the day, 238.5  mi (383.8  km ) had to be driven.

After the first day of driving, the teams from Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Sweden were still without penalty points and were tied in the World Trophy. In the Czechoslovak team, Bohuslav Roučka collided with another participant and could not continue with a damaged front wheel, which initially meant 100 penalty points and 6th place for the team.

In the silver vase classification, the teams from Czechoslovakia (A), FRG (A), Great Britain (A and B), Netherlands (B), Ireland (A), Italy (A and B) and Sweden (A and B) were free of penalty points and were tied. The B-team of the FRG was tied with another team in 11th place. Austria took 13th place.

2 day

The route on the second day was identical to the previous day, but had to be driven in the opposite direction.

Bohuslav Roučka, who left the day before, was allowed to start again with a repaired motorcycle. He owed this to a jury decision: on the first day, numerous drivers were at times mistakenly off the route due to poor route markings. The jury canceled the resulting timeout for all affected drivers. Since Roučka's accident happened off-route, he too stayed in the competition.

For the World Trophy, the result was a different evaluation: The teams from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Great Britain and Italy were still without penalty points and were tied. The team from Sweden took 6th place with 2 penalty points.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from Czechoslovakia (A), FRG (A), Great Britain (A and B), Netherlands (B), Ireland (A), Italy (A and B) and Sweden (A) were free of penalty points and lay tied. The B-team of the FRG was tied with another team in 10th place. Austria took 12th place.

3rd day

The distance on the third day was 214 mi (344 km) long.

In the World Trophy, the teams from Austria, Czechoslovakia, Great Britain and Italy were still without penalty points and were tied. Ulrich Pohl , who broke his right arm in an accident with a private motorcyclist , left the team in Germany . The team was in 6th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from Czechoslovakia (A), FRG (A), Great Britain (A and B), Netherlands (B), Ireland (A), Italy (A) and Sweden (A) were free of penalty points and tied. Austria took 11th place. The evaluation for the B-team of the FRG was still pending.

4th day

The route length of the day's stage was 239 mi (385 km).

At the end of the fourth day of driving in the World Trophy, the teams from Austria, Czechoslovakia and Great Britain were still free of penalty points and were tied. The German team was still in 6th place.

In the silver vase classification, the teams from Czechoslovakia (A), FRG (A), Great Britain (A and B), Netherlands (B), Italy (A) and Sweden (A) were free of penalty points and tied. Austria took 9th place. The evaluation for the B-team of the FRG was still pending.

5th day

On the fifth day, the route of the previous day had to be completed in the opposite direction.

The intermediate results after the fifth day of driving: In the World Trophy, the teams from Czechoslovakia and Great Britain were still without penalty points and were tied. Third place went to the Swedish team. The Austrian team came in 5th, the German team in 6th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the teams from Czechoslovakia (A), Great Britain (A), the Netherlands (B) and Sweden (A) were free of penalty points and were tied. Austria came in 8th place, the A-team of the FRG followed in 9th place. The evaluation for the B-team of the FRG was still pending.

6th day

On the last day a stage over 86 mi (138 km) was ridden. The final race (speed test) as the last special stage took place at the Madley Aerodrome in Herefordshire. On the circuit set up there, the drivers had to complete a certain number of laps (see table) within an hour, depending on the class division.

class	100 cc	125 cc	175 cc	250 cc	350 cc	350 cm³ (b)	500 cc	500 cm³ (b)	750 cc	750 cm³ (b)	1000 cc	1200 cm³ (b)
Number of laps	16	18th	19th	21st	22nd	16	23	19th	23	19th	23	19th

^(b) Motorcycle teams

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Time gain (a)
1.	Czechoslovakia	0	18.56
2.	United Kingdom	0	16.12
3.	Sweden	2	-
4th	Italy	25th	-
5.	Austria	33	-
6th	BR Germany	442	-

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

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points
1.	Netherlands (B team)	0
2.	United Kingdom (B team)	6th
2.	Sweden (senior team)	6th
4th	Italy (A team)	7th
5.	Netherlands (A team)	12
6th	Czechoslovakia (A team)	25th
7th	Austria	45
8th.	Czechoslovakia (B team)	47
9.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	100
10.	BR Germany (A-team)	200
11.	Ireland (senior team)	500
12.	BR Germany (B-team)	503
12.	Sweden (B-team)	503
14th	Italy (B team)	601
15th	Ireland (B team)	629
16.	Spain	1077
17th	Belgium	1200
18th	Finland (B-team)	1244
19th	Finland (A team)	1500

Web links

• speedtracktales - ISDT 1954 - Wales , accessed April 23, 2020
• ISDT 1954 - Official Event Program , accessed April 23, 2020
• Motor Cycling September 30, 1954 , accessed April 23, 2020