41st international six-day trip

The 41st International Six-Day Race was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from August 30 to September 4, 1966 in Villingsberg, Sweden . The GDR national team won the trophy for the fourth time in a row. The FRG national team won the silver vase award for the second time.

competition

organization

307 drivers from 16 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from seven nations competed for the trophy standings. In addition, 22 silver vase, 36 factory and 31 club teams were at the start.

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

A total of 1627.5 km of route had to be covered.

1 day

Of the 307 registered riders, 287 started the competition. There were 293.2 km of the so-called northeast route to be mastered, which had to be crossed twice as a circular route. The area of ​​a local artillery firing range was also used. The weather was late summer and there was no precipitation.

Two special tests had to be completed: a 400 m long mountain test and a 300 m long combined acceleration and braking test.

In the trophy standings, the FRG team led, ahead of the GDR team and the Sweden team.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team led in front of the B-team of the GDR and the A-team of Great Britain.

22 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

The route of the second day led from Villingsberg on the so-called southeast route over 290.2 km, which was again a circuit to be completed twice. The weather was still free of precipitation.

Two cross-country speed tests over 3 and 2.5 km had to be mastered at special stages.

In the trophy standings, the FRG team led, ahead of the Sweden and the GDR team.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team led in front of the B-team of the GDR and the B-team of the FRG.

Twelve drivers dropped out of the competition, two of which did not start.

3rd day

There were 298 km to be completed on the so-called southern route . It had rained lightly the night before. After the start it started to rain again, which lasted for the day.

As on the previous day, two cross-country speed tests over 2.5 and 6 km in length had to be mastered as special tests.

In the trophy standings, the team from Sweden led, ahead of the team from the GDR and the team from Great Britain.

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

16 drivers were eliminated from the competition, one of which did not start.

4th day

The route of the fourth day led in the opposite direction over the same distance of the first day. The weather was free of precipitation.

The two special tests were two cross-country speed tests over 4.5 and 6 km respectively.

In the trophy standings, the team from Sweden led, ahead of the team from the GDR and the team from Great Britain.

In the silver vase evaluation, the B-team of the FRG led ahead of the A-team of the GDR and the B-team of Finland.

19 drivers dropped out of the competition, four of them did not start anymore.

5th day

Kvarntorper Halde - place of the mountain speed test of the 5th day
(picture from the 1970s)

The extended route of the second day of the journey had to be completed in the opposite direction. Total length: 336.7 km. The weather was cloudy with heavy rain showers throughout the day.

Again, two special tests had to be completed: the first was a combined acceleration and braking test on asphalt on the industrial site of Kvarntorp . The second was an approximately 1.5 km long mountain speed test on the Kvarntorper heap .

In the trophy standings, the team from the GDR was ahead of the team from Great Britain and the team from Germany.

In the silver vase evaluation, the B-team of the FRG led ahead of the A-team of the GDR and the B-team of Finland.

8 drivers were eliminated from the competition, one of which did not start anymore.

6th day

On the last day of driving 116.2 km had to be completed. The end point was the Karlskoga Motor Stadium , where the final speed test was carried out. According to the announcement, all drivers had to complete a certain number of laps in set times according to their classes. The first three were used to determine the credit points, each missing round was punished with penalty points.

3 drivers dropped out of the competition. Out of 287 drivers who started on the first day, 207 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	German Democratic Republic	0	3824.56
2.	United Kingdom	0	3670.89
3.	BR Germany	4th	3890.97
4th	Sweden	400	3373.39
5.	Czechoslovakia	505	3328.82
6th	Soviet Union	522	3021.05
7th	Spain	733	2763.02

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	BR Germany (B-team)	0	2572.49
2.	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	0	2540.55
3.	Finland (B-team)	0	2483.64
4th	Czechoslovakia (B team)	0	2481.01
5.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	0	2479.33
6th	Soviet Union (A team)	12	2292.64
7th	Finland (A team)	56	2323.27
8th.	Poland (A team)	64	2228.48
9.	Ireland (senior team)	69	2180.01
10.	United Kingdom (B team)	100	2283.68
11.	Czechoslovakia (A team)	200	2220.63
12.	Austria (A team)	300	2236.27
13.	United States	312	2038.04
14th	BR Germany (A-team)	400	2111.28
15th	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	427	2078.72
16.	Soviet Union (B team)	602	2013.23
17th	Netherlands (A team)	603	1855.04
18th	Netherlands (B team)	604	1838.45
19th	Sweden (B-team)	608	1702.43
20th	Austria (B-team)	702	1742.38
21st	Sweden (senior team)	1000	1552.45
22nd	Switzerland	1655	980.67

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Armored Force School	0	1868.06
2.	UAMK II	0	1855.62
3.	UAMK I	0	1852.07
4th	Dukla Praha	0	1843.29
5.	DMV Frankfurt I	0	1761.98
6th	ADAC Gau Hessen	0	1743.63
7th	GST	0	1743.00
8th.	ADAC district Berlin-West	6th	1633.57
9.	ADAC Gau Südbayern	23	1779.57
10.	DMV Frankfurt II	156	1544.05
11.	Army MCA	190	1655.56
12.	ADAC district North Rhine	200	1522.95
13.	ADAC Gau Württemberg	239	1657.24
14th	Göta MS	300	1485.12
15th	Svenska Armén I.	446	1389.20
16.	Svenska Armén II	455	1178.20
17th	ADAC Gau Schleswig-Holstein II	483	1150.43
18th	ADAC Gau Westfalen-West	506	1191.34
19th	Southend & DMC	568	1204.78
20th	Birmingham MCC	600	1205.07
21st	ADAC MSA Police Hamburg	601	1152.98
22nd	SMK Hedomora	641	1268.591
23.	Svenska Armén III	646	1120.99
24.	ADAC Gau Northern Bavaria	654	1308.01
25th	Sunbeam MCC	686	1064.18
26th	The Hanwell MCC	702	1026.37
27.	Tibro MK	794	1312.79
28.	ADAC Gau Schleswig-Holstein I	819	1081.80
29	Kingston & D MCC	984	881.40
30th	SMK Gävle	1000	836.11
31.	CSMA	1466	652.36

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Hercules I	0	1933.72
2.	MZ II	0	1928.96
3.	Zündapp II	0	1925.93
4th	MZ III	0	1909.93
5.	Husqvarna I	0	1902.63
6th	MZ I	0	1895.60
7th	Hercules II	0	1857.63
8th.	Triumph ii	0	1855.17
9.	ČZ I	0	1846.10
10.	Samson II	0	1841.72
11.	Triumph I.	0	1817.98
12.	Husqvarna II	0	1817.62
13.	Greeves engine	0	1812.64
14th	Bultaco A	0	1746.75
15th	Zundapp I.	4th	1940.08
16.	Jawa II	5	1815.87
17th	Ijewski Factory III	10	1747.07
18th	Ijewski Factory I	22nd	1750.33
19th	SHL	50	1633.98
20th	AJS	100	1741.27
21st	Jawa III	200	1638.47
22nd	KTM I	200	1470.00
23.	BMW	300	1647.34
24.	Puch	300	1618.26
25th	Kovrov	302	1575.56
26th	Husqvarna VI	319	1466.62
27.	Samson I	427	1476.88
28.	Husqvarna V	448	1352.82
29	Jawa I	500	1457.29
30th	BSA	500	1371.57
31.	Ijewski Factory II	500	1241.92
32.	Husqvarna III	600	1339.19
33.	KTM II	702	1185.00
34.	Bultaco B	733	996.27
35.	Husqvarna II	800	1068.44
36.	Zundapp III	1100	974.46

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	21st	14th	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	0	7th	Heinz Brinkmann	0	653.61
75 cm³	13	9	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	Klaus Kämper	0	659.34
100 cc	20th	9	6th	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	4th	Siegfried Gienger	0	653.96
125 cc	17th	12	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3	F. Dall'Ara	0	650.55
175 cc	47	26th	5	7th	2	2	2	2	1	0	9	Peter Uhlig	0	653.59
250 cc	101	40	16	10	12	4th	6th	10	3	0	35	Werner Salevsky	0	641.58
350 cc	26th	18th	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4th	Klaus Teuchert	0	643.00
500 cc	35	16	4th	2	2	2	3	3	1	2	13	C. Öberg	0	654.73
750 cc	7th	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	Arthur Lampkin	0	643.05
total	287	149	35	23	22nd	12	16	19th	8th	3	80

literature

• Eberhard Pester: The triumph of Örebro . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 16th year, issue 19. Sportverlag Berlin, 1966, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 436-445 .

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1966 - Sweden , accessed December 4, 2018
• Overall results , accessed December 4, 2018
• Official program of the 41st International Six-Day Tour , accessed on March 10, 2019