35th international six-day trip

The 35th International Six-Day Tour was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from September 19 to 24, 1960 in Bad Aussee, Austria, and the Ausseerland . The national team of the host Austria won the World Trophy for the first and so far only time. The silver vase won the Italian national team for the first time.

The Grossglockner High Alpine Road was part of the route on the first day of the journey and had to be traveled from north to south.

The crossing of the Sölkpass was part of three daily stages.

competition

organization

Bad Aussee was the venue for the event for the second time after the 27th International Six-Day Tour (1952) had already taken place here.

The organizer was the Austrian Automobile, Motorcycle and Touring Club (ÖAMTC)

284 drivers from 17 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from nine nations competed for the trophy standings. In addition, 22 silver vase, 30 factory, 16 club and six military teams were at the start.

Each driver who reached the finish and scored no penalties and more than 1500 good points received a gold medal. For a silver medal the goal had to be achieved, there could not be more than 25 penalty points and at least one good point could be achieved. The bronze medal was awarded to those who achieved the goal but received more than 25 penalty points.

In the team classification, military teams were rated separately. The winner received a prize donated by the Swedish Motorsport Association SVME.

1 day

1st day route

Of the 284 registered riders, 275 started the competition. With a total length of 427.5 kilometers, the first stage was the longest of the event.

After starting in Bad Aussee, the route led west and southwest via Obertraun , Hallstatt , Gosaumühle, Gosau , Rußbach , Zwieselbad, Annaberg , Lungötz , St. Martin , Niedernfritz , Hüttau , 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 to Lurnfeld . Further north via Lendorf , Gmünd , Kremsbrücke , the Katschberghöhe , Sankt Michael , Mauterndorf , the Twenger Talpass , Ober- and Untertauern to Radstadt . From there to the east and north via Pichl, Schladming , Gröbming , Sankt Martin am Grimming and Mitterndorf back to the starting point in Bad Aussee.

There were eight time controls and two transit controls along the route. As a special test, a combined acceleration and braking test was carried out over 400 m on the Ennstal federal road 112 at kilometer 65.2 between Lengdorf and Tipschern .

In the trophy standings, the GDR team was ahead of the host Austria's team and the FRG team.

In the silver vase evaluation, Italy's B-team led ahead of the FRG B-team and the ČSSR A-team.

Eight drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

2nd day route

The route of the second day of driving was 318.1 kilometers long and followed from Bad Aussee in the opposite direction of the route of the previous day to Sankt Martin am Grimming. From there further south via Öblarn , Großsölk , the Sölkpass to Schöder . Further west and south-west via Krakaudorf, Seebach , Krakauschatten , the Prebersee , Tamsweg , Thomatal , Gruben, Blaahaus and Innerkrems to Kremsbrücke. From there, the route of the previous day to the junction to the Gnadenalm from Katschberg Straße was used. Then it went over the Südwiener Hütte through the Flachau valley to Niedernfritz. From there, the route led in the opposite direction via that of the previous day back to Bad Aussee.

There were seven time controls and four transit controls along the route. The special test was a mountain test over 10 kilometers from Sankt Nikolai ( 1126  m above sea level ) to the Sölkpass ( 1790  m above sea level ).

In the trophy standings, the Austrian team led ahead of the FRG team and the Swedish team.

In the silver vase evaluation, Italy's B-team led ahead of the ČSSR B-team and the FRG B-team.

Eight drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

3rd day route

The third day's stage was 169.7 kilometers. After starting in Bad Aussee, the route led north and west via Altaussee and the Pötschenpass to Gosaumühle. From there to Niedernfritz, the route was that of the first day of driving. From there the route ran east again through the Schattbachtal via Filzmoos , through the Mandling , Kulm , Rössing , Weißenbach and Aich to Gröbming. From there to shortly before Mitterndorf, the route on the first day of the journey was used. We continued over the Lungmoosalm and the Ödensee back to Bad Aussee.

There were four time controls and the same number of transit controls along the route. The special test of the stage was a mountain test over 3.2 kilometers between Altaussee ( 659  m above sea level ) and the Salzberg ( 1048  m above sea level ).

In the trophy standings, the Austrian team was ahead of the Swedish team and the ČSSR team.

In the silver vase evaluation, as on the day before, Italy's B-team led ahead of the ČSSR B-team and the FRG B-team.

4th day

4th day route

On the fourth day of driving, 408.7 kilometers had to be completed. The route on the first and second day of the journey was used from Bad Aussee to Mitterndorf. From there it went further east via Pürgg , Stainach , Liezen and Selzthal to Trieben . From there further south over the Triebener Tauern mountain pass ( 1274  m above sea level ) to Judenburg . On via Schmelz to Obdach . From here it went westwards via Noreia , Sankt Veit in the area , Hammerl , Judendorf , Grades , Metnitz, Oberhof and Glödnitz to Sirnitz , where the southernmost point was reached. Then it went north again over the Hochrindl pass ( 1561  m above sea level ), Reichenau , the Turracher Höhe ( 1795  m above sea level ), Turrach , Predlitz to Tamsweg . From there back to Bad Aussee, the route, which was slightly changed in three places, was used on the second day of the journey in the opposite direction.

There were eight time controls and five passage controls along the route. The special test was a terrain test over 12.6 kilometers between St. Anna bei Obdach and Metnitz.

As on the day before, the Austrian team led the Swedish team and the ČSSR team in the trophy standings.

In the silver vase evaluation, the Italian B-team continued to lead ahead of the ČSSR B-team and the FRG B-team.

22 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

Route of the 5th day

The route ran from Bad Aussee to Sankt Martin am Grimming over the route of the third day. The rest of the route over the Sölkpass to Schöder was identical to the route on the second day of the journey, with the exception of a “hook” in a side valley near Kleinsölk . From there it went south via Murau , Auer and Wöbering through the Metnitz Mountains to Metnitz and on via Sankt Ruprecht, Ingolsthal , Sankt Lambrecht , Triebendorf , Katsch , Oberwölz , the Hocheggersattel ( 1318  m above sea level ) to Oberzeiring . From there back to Bad Aussee, the route followed the course of the fourth day in the opposite direction. Total length: 298.5 kilometers.

Six time controls and seven transit controls were set up along the route. As a special test, a terrain test over 12 kilometers between St. Lamprecht and Oberwölz had to be completed.

In the trophy standings, the Austrian team led ahead of the ČSSR team and the Swedish team.

In the silver vase evaluation, Italy's B-team continued to lead ahead of the ČSSR B-team and the FRG B-team.

Five drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

Route of the 6th day

The last day's stage was only 129.1 kilometers long. The route from Bad Aussee to Oberzeiring followed the course of the fourth day, apart from a slight change between Pürgg and Selzthal. The further route ran via Sankt Oswald , the Seckauer Tauern , Gaal and Sachendorf to the Zeltweg air base .

The final special stage was the final race there on a 3.2-kilometer circuit, which had to be driven 16 to 28 times depending on the class division.

Four drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 275 drivers who started on the first day, 228 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Austria	0	11746
2.	Czechoslovakia	1	11811
3.	Sweden	1	11705
4th	United Kingdom	2	11406
5.	German Democratic Republic	14th	12169
6th	Soviet Union	28	11398
7th	BR Germany	305	11220
8th.	Poland	407	9716
9.	Italy	600	9700

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Italy (B team)	0	8260
2.	Czechoslovakia (B team)	0	8143
3.	BR Germany (B-team)	0	8126
4th	Czechoslovakia (A team)	0	7738
5.	Italy (A team)	0	7661
6th	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	0	7624
7th	Netherlands (A team)	0	7371
8th.	Soviet Union (B team)	1	7548
9.	Soviet Union (A team)	2	7699
10.	Netherlands (B team)	2	7297
11.	Belgium	5	7194
12.	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	9	7453
13.	Austria (B-team)	122	7152
14th	Poland	207	6407
15th	Austria (A team)	300	6885
16.	Finland	300	6640
17th	Switzerland (A team)	313	6738
18th	BR Germany (A-team)	446	6631
19th	Romania (A team)	503	6042
20th	United Kingdom	600	5348
21st	Switzerland (B team)	814	4873
22nd	Romania (B team)	900	4813

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	ADAC - Württemberg	0	5752
2.	ZAMC, ČSSR II	2	5948
3.	ADAC - North Bavaria II	2	5779
4th	ADAC - Hansa	2	5544
5.	DMV Francs	7th	5309
6th	ADAC - Southern Bavaria	8th	5630
7th	ADAC - Northern Bavaria I	17th	5582
8th.	Polski Zwiazek Motorowy	22nd	5270
9.	ADAC - South Baden	25th	5276
10.	ADAC - Sulzbach-Rosenberg	27	5319
11.	GSM Ass. London	61	5155
12.	Ramsey-DMC-CC	337	4402
13.	MSC Gentian	376	4775
14th	ZAMC, ČSSR I	500	4214
15th	East Grinstead MCC	661	3352
16.	Streatham & DMCC	908	2594

Military teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Czechoslovakia B	0	6053
2.	Sweden Jawa A	1	5329
3.	United Kingdom A	33	4930
4th	Austria	72	4840
5.	Czechoslovakia A	300	4711
6th	United Kingdom B	902	2657

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Capriolo II	0	6312
2.	MZ I	0	6219
3.	ČZ II	0	6174
4th	Kreidler II	0	6164
5.	Gilera	0	6127
6th	Puch II	0	5934
7th	Puch I	0	5812
8th.	Isch II	0	5806
9.	Isch I	0	5800
10.	Jawa I	0	5796
11.	Hercules	0	5772
12.	Zündapp	0	5740
13.	Jawa II	0	5725
14th	Moto Guzzi I	0	5721
15th	Moto Guzzi II	0	5697
16.	Simson B.	0	5673
17th	Jawa	0	5452
18th	ČZ I	1	6015
19th	Isch I	2	5606
20th	Isch IV	4th	5599
21st	SHL	5	5258
22nd	MZ II	14th	5950
23.	WMF	21st	5477
24.	Korowski factory	29	5619
25th	Kreidler I.	200	5539
26th	COD	201	4873
27.	Junak	208	4807
28.	Maico	300	5107
29	Zweirad Union	400	4690
30th	Capriolo I	600	4080

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	Failure / disqualification							Class winner	Penalty points	Good points
					1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
50 cc	8th	5	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	Hans Georg Anscheidt	0	2142
75 cm³	7th	4th	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	Ricardo Bertolli	0	2133
100 cc	11	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Tulio Masserini	0	2142
125 cc	29	16	6th	1	1	1	0	1	2	1	6th	Otokar Chasak	0	2106
175 cc	67	34	19th	5	1	2	0	4th	1	1	9	Werner Stiegler	0	2081
250 cc	104	54	26th	5	4th	2	0	11	0	2	19th	Rolf Tibblin	0	2143
350 cc	35	22nd	8th	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	4th	Fred Willamowski	0	2066
500 cc	9	3	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	AT Gibbes	0	2074
750 cc	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sebastian Nachtmann	0	2160
total	275	150	65	13	8th	8th	0	22nd	5	4th	47

Web links

Commons : 35th International Six-Day Tour  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Technisches Museum.at: Motorsport in Austria - International six-day drive 1960
• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1960 - Austria
• Overall results , accessed January 15, 2019