38th international six-day trip

The 38th International Six Days Enduro was a motorcycle off-road racing competition , which from 2 to 7 September 1963 at the Czechoslovak Spindleruv Mlyn (German Spindleruv Mlyn ) and in the Giant Mountains took place. The GDR national team won the World Trophy for the first time, the silver vase won the Italian national team for the second time.

Špindlerův Mlýn , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

The decision to host the event in the ČSSR was made at the FIM Autumn Congress in 1962 in Luxembourg.

Špindlerův Mlýn held the event for the second time after the 32nd International Six-Day Race in 1957 had already taken place here. The event was organized by the Autoklub Republiky Československé (AKRČs).

289 drivers from 16 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from eight nations competed for the trophy standings. In addition, 16 silver vase, 32 factory and 32 club teams were at the start.

BRD and GDR took part in the World Trophy and each with two silver vase men. Austria participated with a silver vase team. In addition, 13 West German and two GDR club teams as well as five West German and four GDR factory teams were at the start.

A total of 1571 kilometers had to be covered. On the first five days of driving, there were two special stages in each of the stages. These ten special tests were: two acceleration tests, a combined acceleration and braking test, four mountain tests and three off-road tests.

The maximum good score that a driver could achieve was 660.

1 day

Of the 289 registered drivers, 280 took up the competition. The route on the first day of driving was a circuit to be driven twice with 156 kilometers per lap. The weather was rainy.

In the World Trophy, Great Britain had two driver failures, Sweden and Germany each recorded one driver failure. It led the GDR team.

The Finnish team led the A-team from the GDR and the A-team and Czechoslovakia in the silver vase evaluation.

25 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

The second stage of the day was again a circuit to be driven twice with 139 kilometers per lap. The weather was still rainy.

In the Trophy classification, Poland suffered a driver failure. It continued to lead the GDR team.

As on the day before, the Finnish team led the A-team of the GDR and the A-team and Czechoslovakia in the silver vase evaluation.

17 drivers were eliminated from the competition.

3rd day

On the third day, the stage of the first day was driven in the opposite direction.

The teams of the GDR, Italy, the USSR and the ČSSR were free of penalty points in the Trophy classification. It still led the GDR team.

In the silver vase evaluation, the Finnish team continued to lead ahead of the A-team from the GDR and the Italian team.

22 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

On the fourth day, the stage of the second day had to be completed in the opposite direction.

In the World Trophy, the GDR team continued to lead.

The Italian team led the A-team from Great Britain and the B-team from the GDR in the silver vase evaluation.

23 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

The fifth day's stage led over a total of 282 kilometers on a circuit that had to be driven twice.

In the Trophy classification, the USSR, which was free of penalty points, had to record a driver failure. The ČSSR also received two penalty points because František Höffer exceeded his time due to a fall.

In the silver vase evaluation, the Italian team was ahead of the Austrian team and the Great Britain A team. In the B-team of the GDR, Klaus Teuchert retired due to a technical defect and Hans-Joachim Wilke due to a fall with injury.

23 drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The stage of the last day led over only 106 kilometers to Martinice v Krkonoších , where the final race started as the last special stage. The route was a triangular course on asphalt roads with a length of 7.5 kilometers. Depending on the class division, a certain number of laps had to be completed in the shortest possible time.

Four drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 280 drivers who started on the first day, 169 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	German Democratic Republic	0	3855.802
2.	Italy	0	3732,399
3.	Czechoslovakia	2	3796,572
4th	Soviet Union	239	3056.166
5.	BR Germany	700	3125,320
6th	Poland	1123	2599.607
7th	United Kingdom	1200	2588,519
8th.	Sweden	1276	2398.891

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Italy	0	2479.676
2.	Austria	20th	2349.256
3.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	200	2121.504
4th	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	210	2272,332
5.	Finland	303	2322.775
6th	Czechoslovakia (A team)	400	2226.767
7th	Netherlands (A team)	400	1933,158
8th.	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	401	2194.257
9.	Netherlands (B team)	562	1798,931
10.	Soviet Union (A team)	580	1790.925
11.	BR Germany (A-team)	600	2080.277
12.	Czechoslovakia (B team)	600	1921,641
13.	Soviet Union (B team)	703	1784.245
14th	BR Germany (B-team)	1000	1586.054
15th	Belgium	1100	1290.853
16.	United Kingdom (B team)	1113	1324,450

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Rudá Hvězda A.	7th	1814,191
2.	AMK Praha	10	1718.226
3.	ADAC Gau Nordheim	13	1691.505
4th	Rudá Hvězda B.	28	1709,322
5.	AMK kraj Středočeský	33	1805.257
6th	AMK Olomouc	36	1724.395
7th	AMK kraj Východočeský	41	1745.356
8th.	Barrow a DMCC	168	1595.760
9.	DMV Nuremberg	237	1426,520
10.	Armádní tým I.	336	1308.782
11.	Police Club Hamburg	345	1545.070
12.	ADAC Gau Hansa	352	1330.267
13.	Armádní tým MCA	517	1271.102
14th	DMV Landesgruppe Hessen I.	526	1282.523
15th	AMK MOTOTECHNA	551	1232.101
16.	MC Zschopau	600	1368.838
17th	ADAC Gau Württemberg I.	600	1330.285
18th	AMK kraj Bratislava	600	1292,949
19th	Armádní tým Dukla A	604	1325.074
20th	GST	626	1250.363
21st	Helsingin engine	648	1260.626
22nd	ADAC Gau Südbayern	703	1358.287
23.	Armádní tým Dukla B	720	1113,594
24.	Armádní tým II.	743	1184.218
25th	DMV Landesgruppe Hessen II.	775	994.687
26th	Sunbeam MCC	811	1102.630
27.	KN.MV West Holland	846	857.755
28.	ADAC Gau Mittelrhein	1000	1476.106
29	ADAC Gau Northern Bavaria	1012	891.252
30th	ADAC district Berlin West	1106	840.159
31.	ADAC Gau Württemberg II.	1300	629,322
32.	ADAC Gau Schleswig-Holstein	1400	634.019

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	MZ Zschopau I.	0	1935,455
2.	ČZ I.	0	1921.187
3.	MZ Zschopau II.	0	1920,347
4th	GUZZI I.	0	1901.656
5.	GUZZI III.	0	1884.193
6th	triumph	0	1850.848
7th	Jawa III.	0	1884,604
8th.	Jawa II.	0	1833,061
9.	GUZZI II.	0	1816,627
10.	Jawa I.	2	1875,422
11.	Hercules Sachs II.	9	1668.573
12.	IŽ II.	21st	1702.174
13.	Zweirad Union	200	1722,541
14th	IŽ I.	200	1488.039
15th	Jawa IV.	301	1693.255
16.	Kovrovec I.	376	1305.789
17th	ČZ II.	400	1587.776
18th	MZ Zschopau III.	401	1566,435
19th	Kovrovec II.	452	1346.291
20th	SHL	500	1318,352
21st	IŽ III.	519	1320,407
22nd	OSA	519	1121.897
23.	Hercules Sachs I.	538	1435.198
24.	Zündapp II.	600	1401.525
25th	ČZ III.	600	1274.555
26th	Greeves	600	1222,944
27.	BSA	613	1196.779
28.	Simson Suhl	800	1226,801
29	Royal Enfield	800	1042,348
30th	Junak	909	1023.297
31.	Zündapp II.	1000	943,581
32.	Matchless	1100	789.903

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	without a medal	Failure / disqualification							Class winner	Penalty points	Good points
						1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
50 cc	18th	5	2	1	10	4th	1	4th	1	0	0	10	Günter Sengfelder	0	655.788
75 cm³	6th	3	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	Werner Schell	0	655,043
100 cc	15th	3	1	0	11	1	1	2	4th	3	0	11	Volker Kramer	0	651,333
125 cc	27	12	3	3	9	3	4th	1	0	1	0	9	Riccardo Bertotti	0	651,307
175 cc	67	20th	17th	12	18th	4th	1	5	4th	3	1	18th	Peter Uhlig	0	651,540
250 cc	87	32	8th	7th	40	6th	9	7th	8th	8th	2	40	Werner Salevsky	0	650.989
350 cc	41	18th	6th	2	15th	3	0	2	5	4th	1	15th	Bernd Uhlmann	0	648.231
500 cc	14th	5	2	1	6th	3	1	1	1	0	0	6th	Štěpán Vladimír	0	636,447
750 cc	5	4th	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Sebastian Nachtmann	0	660,000
total	280	102	40	27	111	25th	17th	22nd	23	20th	4th	111

Trivia

The only female driver was Mary Driver from Great Britain. She drove with the starting number 172 on a Greeves , 250 cc and won a bronze medal in her class.

With the stuntman and motor sportsman James Sherwin "Bud" Ekins, an American took part in a motorsport event for the first time in a state of the then Eastern Bloc. Ekins started with the number 240 on a Triumph TR6 Trophy, 750 cm³ and won a gold medal in his class.

literature

• Frantisek Smolka: Stony paths in mountainous terrain . The route of the XXXVIII. International six-day trip with start and finish in Spindleruv Myln. In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 13th year, issue 5. Sportverlag Berlin, March 9, 1963, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 103 .
• Hermann Hausmann: For the sixth time in the ČSSR . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 13th year, issue 17. Sportverlag Berlin, August 24, 1963, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 395 .
• Eberhard Pester: The common ground was on the podium . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 13th year, issue 19. Sportverlag Berlin, September 21, 1963, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 434-438 .

Web links

Commons : 38th International Six Days Enduro  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1963 - Czechoslovakia
• Overall results , accessed November 17, 2018