43rd international six-day trip

The 43rd International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from September 30th to October 5th, 1968 in San Pellegrino Terme, Italy, and in the Bergamasque Alps . The FRG national team won the World Trophy for the fourth time. The silver vase won the Italian national team for the third time.

San Pellegrino Terme , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

The event was held in Italy for the fifth time, after the 13th (1931), 14th (1932), 23rd (1948) and 26th International Six-Day Race (1951) had already been awarded to Italy. The organizer was the Federazione Motociclistica Italiana.

316 drivers from 16 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from seven nations competed for the trophy standings, and 22 silver vase, 26 factory and 29 club teams competed.

1 day

Of the 316 registered riders, 298 started the competition. From Saturday evening there were heavy rain showers that fell on the motorcycles that had already been parked in the parc fermé. - Probably because of this, twelve starters did not get their machines going within the prescribed time.

The first stage of the day was 244 kilometers long, with five time controls set up along the route. There were considerable differences in altitude between San Pellegrino Terme ( 358  m slm ) and the highest point in the course, the Passo San Marco ( 1985  m slm ). The weather was cool and rainy, and frost had set in at high altitudes. The special test was an acceleration test over 400 m.

In the World Trophy the FRG team led, ahead of the ČSSR team and the Italian team. In the GDR team, Hans Weber received two penalty points for exceeding the time limit. A coil spring in the carburetor of his machine had come loose and caused the technical defect. The repair was no longer successful within the target time. The Austrian team took 7th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the West German A-team led ahead of the B-team of the GDR and the Italian A-team. In the A-team of the GDR, Klaus Teuchert received five penalty points because he did not get his MZ going within the prescribed minute at the start, the team took 4th place.

44 drivers dropped out of the competition, 19 of them were disqualified for having timed out.

2 day

After the start, the route of the second day led to the northeast, the most distant point was north of Lake Iseo . After about 76 kilometers, a circuit of 58 kilometers to be driven through began. A total of 268 kilometers had to be completed. The weather was cool and free of rain for the time of year.

The special test was an 8.5-kilometer cross-country test from Bivio Guadal ( 900  m slm ) over the Monte Torrione ( 1300  m slm ) into the Valle de Bisci ( 700  m slm ).

In the World Trophy the FRG team led, ahead of the GDR team and the ČSSR team. The Austrian team improved to 5th place.

As on the day before, the A-team of the FRG led the B-team of the GDR and the A-team of Italy in the silver vase evaluation. Again Klaus Teuchert had starting problems in the A-team of the GDR and received two penalty points. Horst Lohr also received three penalty points for exceeding the time limit. The team was in 5th place. The B-team of the FRG took 9th place.

34 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

The stage of the third day was the route of the previous day and had to be completed in the opposite direction. The special test was also driven on the same stretch of track and in the opposite direction. The weather was mild and sunny.

In the World Trophy the FRG team continued to lead, ahead of the GDR team and the ČSSR team. The Austrian team was still in 5th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the FRG led ahead of the B-team of the GDR and the A-team of Italy. The A-team of the GDR came in 5th, the B-team of the FRG in 7th place.

15 drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

The fourth stage of the day led over 341 kilometers. After an approach distance of 81.5 kilometers, a circuit of 89 kilometers had to be covered twice, then the route of the morning returned to San Pellegrino Terme. The special test was a mountain test on an asphalted serpentine road, with around 300 meters of altitude to be overcome over five kilometers.

In the World Trophy, the FRG team continued to lead, ahead of the GDR team and the ČSSR team. The Austrian team remained unchanged in 5th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team was ahead of the B-team from Italy and the A-team from the GDR. In the B-team of the GDR, Rolf Uhlig received penalty points for exceeding the time due to defects in the electrical system of his Simson. At the end of the day of driving, Uhlig was disqualified because he had missed a transit check due to a procedure. The B-team of the GDR came in 4th, the B-team of the FRG in 6th place. The A-team of the FRG finished 9th after the failure of Rolf Witthöft .

Eleven drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

On the fifth day of the journey, the route of the fourth day had to be completed in the opposite direction. Again a mountain test had to be driven over around five kilometers. The weather was still sunny.

In the World Trophy, the FRG team was ahead of the ČSSR team and the Sweden team. In the GDR team, Werner Salevsky had to give up after two serious falls, which resulted in only 6th place in the ranking. Team Austria was still in 5th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, Italy's A-team led ahead of the GDR's A-team and the ČSSR team. The B-team of the FRG took 4th place, the B-team of the GDR place 6 and the A-team of the FRG still place 9.

18 drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The last stage of the day was only 134 kilometers from San Pellegrino Terme to Monza. On one section, many drivers came together to create a dense crowd in this section. The route management therefore subsequently removed this section from the evaluation.

The final race as the last special stage took place at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza . According to specifications, the drivers had to cover a certain number of laps within 30 minutes according to their class, whereby the first three had to be driven at speed at the same time, as they were included in the determination of the good points.

Four drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 298 riders who started on the first day, 172 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	BR Germany	0	15,218.14
2.	Czechoslovakia	2	14,732.70
3.	Sweden	103	13,308.44
4th	German Democratic Republic	202	13,455.98
5.	Austria	232	15,371.39
6th	Italy	284	15,604.71
7th	United Kingdom	2280	5,797.52

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Italy (A team)	1	10,117.34
2.	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	8th	10,457.22
3.	Czechoslovakia	36	9,745.28
4th	United Kingdom (A-Team)	127	10,413.13
5.	Poland	128	10,536.89
6th	Italy (B team)	206	10,474.94
7th	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	219	10,577.05
8th.	BR Germany (B-team)	259	9,217.75
9.	BR Germany (A-team)	322	9,047.71
10.	United States (B-Team)	417	11,834.15
11.	Sweden (B-team)	666	6,996.68
12.	United Kingdom (B team)	718	8,359.07
13.	Ireland	1031	8,847.13
14th	United States (A-Team)	1173	10,827.96
15th	Sweden (senior team)	1173	7,874.35
16.	Spain (A team)	1187	6,370.80
17th	Netherlands (B team)	1316	8,217.27
18th	Belgium	1396	7,027.02
19th	Netherlands (A team)	1432	4,633.86
20th	Spain (B team)	1541	7,183.36
21st	Finland	1683	2,520.09
22nd	Switzerland	1818	5,120.46

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	ADAC Nuremberg	22nd	8448.11
2.	ADMV	31	8493.74
3.	Ustredni	31	7508.43
4th	GST	32	8217.11
5.	ADAC Munich C	132	8314.40
6th	ADAC Dortmund	293	6200.20
7th	ADAC Munich B	340	6053.14
8th.	MC Bergamo B	352	6914.26
9.	ADAC Munich A	524	6584.34
10.	MC Bergamo D	526	6465.25
11.	ADAC Cologne	554	5841.61
12.	ADAC Württemberg	559	5091.94
13.	MC Bergamo A	561	5623.74
14th	Helsingin Motory	643	2651.70
15th	ADAC Karlsruhe	654	6924.66
16.	MC Bergamo E	822	4363.15
17th	ADAC Hanover	856	2765.88
18th	RAF Motor Sports	915	7571.81
19th	MC Bergamo C	926	2780.39
20th	MC Costa Volpino	971	2928.92
21st	Motorsport Frankfurt	1125	3113.91
22nd	MC Bergamo F	1210	2876.89
23.	ADAC Hamburg	1275	3560.28
24.	ADAC Kiel	1279	3235.06

The following club teams gave up / eliminated the competition:

ADAC Berlin West

Holland Oost

Sunbeam MCC

Royal Marine

Southend on Sea MCC

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Good points
1.	Samson	0	8263.16
2.	Morini B	0	7880.38
3.	Zundapp B.	0	7578.51
4th	Zundapp A.	0	7577.57
5.	Jawa C	2	7793.55
6th	MZ B	3	7706.17
7th	MZ C	3	7149.69
8th.	Gilera B	7th	7922.26
9.	Jawa A	8th	6935.74
10.	Puch A	13	7926.37
11.	Gilera A	23	7981.85
12.	Jawa B	28	7242.44
13.	Neckermann-Jawa C.	30th	8111.27
14th	Neckermann-Jawa A.	46	6759.51
15th	Neckermann-Jawa B	60	7707.74
16.	MZ A	204	4651.62
17th	Laverda	207	5495.10
18th	Morini A	261	5351.07
19th	Puch B	300	4929.57
20th	Suzuki B	335	5917.49
21st	Gilera C	442	3200.48
22nd	Bultaco A	587	5337.13
23.	Suzuki A	941	3033.23
24.	Bultaco B	1217	3065.37
25th	Ossa A	1515	0
26th	Ossa B.	1733	0

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	Failure / disqualification
					1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
50 cc	16	4th	7th	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	3
75 cm³	13	6th	2	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	5
100 cc	23	6th	4th	2	1	6th	1	1	2	0	11
125 cc	65	9	11	22nd	6th	5	4th	4th	4th	0	23
175 cc	35	6th	9	6th	2	5	1	2	4th	0	14th
250 cc	89	4th	18th	20th	28	6th	4th	2	5	2	47
350 cc	25th	7th	6th	3	2	6th	1	0	0	0	9
500 cc	26th	4th	9	3	3	2	1	1	1	2	10
750 cc	6th	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4th
total	298	46	67	59	44	34	15th	11	18th	4th	126

literature

• Eberhard Pester: Decision on Monday . A reflection on the 43rd International Six-Day Trip from our editor-in-chief Eberhard Pester. In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . Volume 18, Issue 22. Sportverlag Berlin, October 30, 1968, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 508-517 .

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1968 - Italy
• Overall results , accessed February 6, 2019.