42nd international six-day trip

The 42nd International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from September 17-22, 1967 in Zakopane, Poland, as well as in the Western Tatras and the High Tatras . The GDR national team won the World Trophy for the fifth time in a row. The silver vase won the Czechoslovak national team for the tenth time.

Zakopane , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

The six-day trip took place in Poland for the first time in its history. The event was hosted by the Polish motor sports association Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM).

328 drivers from 17 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from nine nations competed for the trophy standings. In addition, 23 silver vase, 39 factory and 30 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 took part in the World Trophy as well as with a silver vase team. In addition, 13 West German and three GDR club teams as well as five West German, four GDR and three Austrian factory teams were at the start. Two individual drivers from Switzerland took part.

A total of 1591 km of route had to be covered. For the first time since 1960, only one special test was planned per day of driving.

The parc fermé was on the Wielka Krokiew ski jump .

1 day

The summit of Luboń Wielki , destination of the terrain test on day 1

Of the 328 registered drivers, 314 started the competition. The weather was late summer and there was no precipitation.

At 314.6 kilometers, the day's stage was the longest of the event. After the start, the route first led to Nowy Targ . From there a circuit had to be driven twice.

The special test was a 7-kilometer cross-country test between Luboń Mały ( 896  m npm ) and the summit of Luboń Wielki ( 1022  m npm ). It had to be completed in the second round.

In the World Trophy, the team from the GDR was ahead of the team from Austria and the team from Germany.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the ČSSR led ahead of the A-team of the FRG and the A-team of the GDR. The B teams of the GDR and FRG followed in 4th and 5th place respectively.

39 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

The distance on the second day was 287.6 kilometers. The weather was overcast but there was no precipitation.

As the day before, the route from Zakopane first led to Nowy Targ, from where a circuit had to be driven twice. The special test took place shortly after the start on the outskirts of Zakopane and was a 2.9 kilometers long mountain test on asphalt.

In the World Trophy, the GDR team led the Austria team and the ČSSR team. In the team of the FRG Norbert Gabler retired, the team took 6th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the ČSSR led ahead of the A- and B-teams of the FRG. The A and B teams from the GDR followed in fourth and fifth place.

16 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

The route was identical to that of the previous day and had to be driven in the opposite direction. The weather was sunny in the morning, later it started to rain.

The special test was a 4.2 kilometer long mountain test on asphalt.

In the World Trophy, the GDR team continued ahead of the Austria team and the ČSSR team. The team from Germany took 6th place

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the ČSSR led ahead of the B-team of the FRG and the A-team of the GDR. The B-team of the GDR took 4th place.

17 drivers were eliminated from the competition.

4th day

The length of the day's stage was 307 kilometers. It had rained the night before and the track surface was damp or soaked in places. There was no precipitation on the day itself.

Again, starting at Nowy Targ, a circuit was marked out that had to be completed twice. The special test of the day was an acceleration test over 300 meters on a road.

In the World Trophy, the Austrian team was ahead of the GDR team and the ČSSR team. The team from the FRG was still in 6th place.

As on the previous day, the A-team of the ČSSR led the B-team of the FRG and the A-team of the GDR in the silver vase evaluation. As on the day before, the GDR B-team came in fourth.

25 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

Gubałówka summit , destination of the terrain test on day 5

The route was identical to that of the previous day and had to be completed in the opposite direction. Still hazy at the start, the sky soon cleared and the rest of the day remained sunny.

The special test was a terrain test over 2.5 kilometers to the summit of Gubałówka ( 1126  m npm )

In the World Trophy ranking, the GDR team ahead of the ČSSR team and the Austrian team. The team of the FRG was unchanged on the 6th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the ČSSR continued to lead ahead of the B-team of the FRG and the A-team of the GDR. The GDR B team continued to occupy fourth place.

14 drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The length of the day's stage was the shortest at 87.2 kilometers. The weather stayed sunny until shortly before the end of the final race, then it began to rain heavily.

The last special stage was the final race, which was held as a road race. The circuit was 3.85 kilometers long. There were six laps to be driven which, depending on the class, had to be completed within specified times. The first three were used to determine the credit points, each missing round was punished with penalty points.

One driver dropped out of the competition. Of the 314 drivers who started on the first day, 202 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

The winning trophy team from the GDR was voted Team of the Year 1967: Hans Weber , Werner Salevsky (from left), Peter Uhlig (4th from left) as well as Klaus Halser , Karlheinz Wagner and Klaus Teuchert (from right).

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	German Democratic Republic	0	2092.64
2.	Austria	200	2018.76
3.	Czechoslovakia	210	2014.27
4th	Soviet Union	305	1730.85
5.	Sweden	419	1833.43
6th	BR Germany	500	1898.20
7th	Italy	600	1518.01
8th.	United Kingdom	1700	1082.14
9.	Poland	1749	975.51

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Czechoslovakia (A team)	0	1382.73
2.	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	0	1366.77
3.	BR Germany (B-team)	0	1355.53
4th	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	0	1329.23
5.	Poland (A team)	0	1238.68
6th	Soviet Union (B team)	0	1235.15
7th	Sweden (senior team)	2	1343.10
8th.	Netherlands (B team)	6th	1241.10
9.	Soviet Union (A team)	9	1247.38
10.	Sweden (B-team)	200	1215.55
11.	Spain	317	1129.12
12.	Finland (A team)	364	1080.31
13.	BR Germany (A-team)	400	1170.05
14th	United States	407	995.39
15th	Czechoslovakia (B team)	505	1073.66
16.	United Kingdom (B team)	600	958.40
17th	Poland (B team)	608	874.72
18th	Netherlands (A team)	678	849.14
19th	Finland (B-team)	910	722.32
20th	Belgium	1200	598.88
21st	United Kingdom (A-Team)	1525	546.27
22nd	Austria	2100	314.73
23.	Canada	2353	93.34

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	ADMV	0	1004.26
2.	ADAC Gau Northern Bavaria	0	962.40
3.	GST I	0	961.84
4th	ADAC Gau Lower Saxony	0	959.82
5.	UAMK III	0	927.18
6th	UAMK II	2	950.14
7th	DMV Landesgruppe Hessen	5	854.19
8th.	UAMK I	21st	941.78
9.	ADAC Gau Württemberg	100	876.73
10.	DMV regional group Franconia	200	807.37
11.	Milano	225	790.95
12.	ADAC Gau Hessen	239	804.50
13.	Legia	309	613.35
14th	Avia Swidnik	336	613.32
15th	ADAC Gau Schleswig-Holstein	410	719.14
16.	ADAC Gau Westfalen-West	517	640.49
17th	ADAC district North Rhine	538	727.38
18th	ADAC Gau Südbayern	561	722.23
19th	ADAC Gau Hansa	600	696.42
20th	Bergamo	600	634.70
21st	SMI	600	581.29
22nd	Roma	640	496.80
23.	ADAC Gau Westfalen-Ost	700	638.41
24.	GST II	900	530.46
25th	Czerwone Berety	921	452.66
26th	Považská Bystrica car club	1200	324.70
27.	Army MCA	1204	359.27
28.	ADAC district Berlin-West	1291	223.11
29	Holland West	1300	262.70
30th	Roal Moto Club Espana	1302	353.87

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Zundapp III	0	1063.04
2.	MZ I	0	1055.02
3.	Zundapp I.	0	1053.89
4th	Jawa III	0	1051.78
5.	Jawa II	0	1038.96
6th	MZ II	0	1036.27
7th	Steyer-Daimler-Puch II	0	1033.88
8th.	MZ III	0	1029.20
9.	Samson	0	1001.68
10.	Hercules II	0	969.32
11.	Ijewski Factory II	0	961.05
12.	Gilera	0	913.88
13.	Husqvarna III	2	982.72
14th	Ijewski Factory III	4th	942.40
15th	Ijewski Factory I	5	932.50
16.	Jawa-CZ	15th	971.61
17th	Bultaco I	17th	917.84
18th	Husqvarna II	19th	1000.80
19th	SHL II	54	795.79
20th	Steyer-Daimler-Puch I.	200	985.88
21st	Jawa I	200	981.51
22nd	Husqvarna IV	200	940.67
23.	Triumph ii	300	815.91
24.	Korowski Factory I	306	735.97
25th	Zündapp II	400	876.01
26th	Husqvarna I	400	860.72
27.	Hercules I	500	787.76
28.	Suzuki	600	627.03
29	Moto Morini	600	604.13
30th	Bultaco	600	598.88
31.	WSK I	611	573.84
32.	Korowski Factory II	619	590.35
33.	KTM	637	575.98
34.	WSK II	839	427.92
35.	Riga	908	477.24
36.	Bultaco II	1025	515.64
37.	SHL I	1138	401.67
38.	Minsk	1334	276.15
39.	Triumph I.	1641	173.68

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	19th	9	3	1	3	0	1	2	0	0	6th	H. Dietrich	0	354.83
75 cm³	21st	13	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	0	6th	Erwin Schmider	0	360.00
100 cc	17th	10	0	2	4th	0	0	0	0	1	5	Siegfried Ginger	0	360.00
125 cc	46	21st	5	2	5	4th	1	3	5	0	18th	W. Wabnig	0	355.70
175 cc	56	28	7th	6th	3	2	2	4th	4th	0	15th	W. Leitgeb	0	357.97
250 cc	85	34	7th	3	19th	7th	7th	4th	4th	0	41	Werner Salevsky	0	357.63
350 cc	33	22nd	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	6th	Květoslav Mašita	0	356.96
500 cc	35	15th	3	3	0	2	2	9	1	0	14th	Jiří Jasanský	0	357.84
750 cc	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2
total	314	152	32	18th	39	16	17th	25th	14th	1	112

literature

• Eberhard Pester: stones and gold . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 17th year, issue 21. Sportverlag Berlin, 1967, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 484-495 .

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1967 - Poland
• Overall results , accessed January 18, 2019