45th international six-day trip

The 45th International Six-Day Ride was an off-road motorcycle competition that took place from October 5 to 10, 1970 in El Escorial, Spain, and in the Sierra de Guadarrama . The national teams of the ČSSR were able to win the trophy evaluation for the eighth time and the silver vase evaluation for the eleventh time.

San Lorenzo de El Escorial , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

The International Six-Day Tour took place in Spain for the first time. The event was organized by the Real Federación Motoclista Española (RFME).

348 drivers from 16 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from twelve nations competed for the trophy standings. There were also 20 silver vase, 36 factory and 30 club teams at the start.

BRD and GDR took part in the World Trophy as well as with two silver vase teams each. In addition, twelve West German and one GDR club team took part. For Austria and Switzerland two and three individual drivers were at the start.

A major rule change concerned the competition for the World Trophy: the riders and the motorcycles had to come from the same nation until then. As a result of the decline in motorcycle manufacturing in the 1950s and 1960s, the regulation on motorcycles was lifted.

At the end of each stage, on the first five days of driving, two constant special tests had to be completed. These were an acceleration test over 200 m with volume measurement as well as a terrain test. The latter had been shortened by the organizer from 6 to 4.8 km before the first day of driving. It led over a mountain ridge and contained motocross , enduro and trail parts.

1 day

Of the 348 registered drivers, 322 took up the competition. The route on the first day was 242.9 km, included eleven time controls and the special stages mentioned above. The weather for the region was late summer and free of precipitation. Since no more rain had come down since July, the road surface was largely dried out, which led to severe visibility impairment due to blown stone dust up to the third day of driving.

In the World Trophy, the team of the Czechoslovakia led in front of the team of the FRG and the team of the GDR.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team was ahead of the B-team of the ČSSR and the A-team of the GDR. The B-team of the FRG followed in 4th place, the B-team of the GDR took 6th place.

83 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

A distance of 281.9 km had to be covered. Included were u. a. eleven time controls and the special tests mentioned. The weather was still free of precipitation.

In the World Trophy the team of the Czechoslovakia continued to lead, ahead of the team from the FRG and the team from the GDR.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team continued ahead of the B-team of the ČSSR and the A-team of the GDR. The B-team of the FRG still took 4th place, the B-team of the GDR slipped to 8th place.

24 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

The route on the third day was identical to that of the previous day, with a slight shortening to 277.3 km and had to be driven in the opposite direction. There were 13 time controls and the two special tests had to be completed at the end of the route. The weather was overcast in the morning, followed by rain and hail as well as a significant drop in temperature.

In the World Trophy, the team of the Czechoslovakia was leading, ahead of the team from Germany and the Swedish team. The team from the GDR took 7th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team was still in the lead ahead of the B-team of the ČSSR and the A-team of the GDR. The B-team of the FRG slipped to the 6th place, the B-team of the GDR took 8th place.

Twelve drivers dropped out of the competition.

4th day

The day's 254.4 km route led into the mountains of the Sierra de Guadarrama, with the highest point at 2205  msnm . The weather was rainy and cool, at high altitudes the precipitation fell as snow.

In the World Trophy, the team of the Czechoslovakia was leading, ahead of the team from Germany and the Swedish team. The GDR team was still in 7th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team was still in the lead ahead of the B-team of the ČSSR and the A-team of the GDR. The B-team of the FRG occupied the 6th place, the B-team of the GDR the 8th place.

Nine drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

On the fifth day of driving, a distance of 247.9 km had to be completed in the opposite direction of the previous day and the two special tests at the end. The weather was still cool and rainy, and hail fell. In places fog with visibility less than 50 m made visibility difficult.

In the World Trophy, the team of the ČSSR led unchanged, ahead of the team of the FRG and the Swedish team. The GDR team was in 9th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the A-team of the ČSSR was also unchanged ahead of the A-team of the GDR and the B-team of the ČSSR. The B-team of the FRG occupied the 6th place unchanged, the B-team of the GDR improved to the 7th place.

Six drivers dropped out of the competition.

6th day

The last stage was 122.1 km. The final race took place on the 3.4 km circuit of the Circuito del Jarama near Madrid.

Two drivers dropped out of the competition. Of 322 drivers who started on the first day, 186 reached the finish.

Final results

Trophy

space	team	Penalty points	Estimation number
1.	Czechoslovakia	0	3.5
2.	BR Germany	0	50.6
3.	Sweden	0	899.6
4th	Italy	0	2784.5
5.	Poland	16	2673.5
6th	United Kingdom	21st	810.4
7th	Spain	924	-
8th.	United States	972	-
9.	Netherlands	1162	-
10.	Finland	1221	-
11.	German Democratic Republic	1300	-
12.	Canada	2509	-

Silver vase

space	team	Penalty points	Estimation number
1.	Czechoslovakia (A team)	0	198.9
2.	German Democratic Republic (A-Team)	0	329.4
3.	Czechoslovakia (B team)	0	479.5
4th	Sweden (B-team)	38	2488.0
5.	United States (A-Team)	65	2414.4
6th	BR Germany (B-team)	400	-
7th	German Democratic Republic (B-Team)	509	-
8th.	Finland	531	-
9.	Belgium	536	-
10.	Spain (A team)	565	-
11.	BR Germany (A-team)	605	-
12.	Italy (B team)	620	-
13.	Sweden (senior team)	622	-
14th	Italy (A team)	700	-
15th	Spain (B team)	978	-
16.	United Kingdom (A-Team)	984	-
17th	United Kingdom (B team)	1152	-
18th	United States (B-Team)	1428	-
19th	Canada	1490	-
20th	Netherlands	1600	-

Club teams

space	team	Penalty points	Estimation number
1.	SMK	1	1899.6
2.	ADMV	18th	1675.2
3.	ADAC district North Rhine	35	3034.7
4th	Holland Oost	82	2877.0
5.	ADAC Gau Northern Bavaria	192	2788.6
6th	Holland West	281	-
7th	ADAC Gau Schleswig-Holstein	435	-
8th.	Checkers West	603	-
9.	ADAC Gau Hansa	633	-
10.	Costa Volpino	644	-
11.	Prospectors	706	-
12.	ACA Midwest	736	-
13.	ADAC Gau Württemberg	794	-
14th	DMV Landesgruppe Hessen I	819	-
15th	Lonessa d'Italia	960	-
16.	Checkers North	988	-
17th	ACA East	1025	-
18th	ADAC Gau Hessen	1036	-
19th	ADAC Gau Südbayern	1078	-
20th	ADAC Gau Pfalz	1200	-
21st	ADAC district north Baden	1224	-
22nd	ADAC Gau Lower Saxony	1312	-
23.	Metropolitan Police	1388	-
24.	DMV Landesgruppe Hessen II	1436	-
25th	ACA West	1661	-
26th	ACA South	1669	-
27.	ACA Northern	1739	-
28.	Guardia Civil Trafico	1800	-
29	Scottish ACU A	1800	-
30th	Scottish ACU B	1800	-

Factory teams

space	team	Penalty points	Estimation number
1.	Zundapp I.	0	0.0
2.	Jawa II	0	0.4
3.	Jawa I	0	3.1
4th	Zündapp II	0	50.6
5.	Jawa III	0	171.3
6th	Husqvarna II	0	271.7
7th	Samson	0	280.0
8th.	Zundapp III	0	296.2
9.	Jawa IV	0	381.6
10.	Husqvarna I	0	628.2
11.	MZ III	0	654.1
12.	KTM	0	1016.3
13.	Husqvarna III	0	1093.7
14th	Monark I	0	1097.5
15th	Morini II	0	1105.0
16.	Morini IV	0	1509.4
17th	Morini I	0	1581.7
18th	Ossa	9	1798.7
19th	Monark III	21st	2423.9
20th	BMW	42	768.8
21st	Bultaco III	86	3612.4
22nd	Morini V	222	-
23.	MZ II	300	-
24.	Maico	400	-
25th	Bultaco II	422	-
26th	Bultaco I	500	-
27.	Puch I	524	-
28.	Bultaco USA	580	-
29	Kawasaki	709	-
30th	Monark II	903	-
31.	MZ I	1000	-
32.	Morini III	1100	-
33.	Suzuki	1301	-
34.	Puch II	1610	-
35.	Yamaha	1800	-

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	Failure / disqualification							Class winner	Penalty points	Classification points
					1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
50 cc	9	3	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	4th	Heinz Brinkmann	0	3268.0
75 cm³	9	6th	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Andreas Brandl	0	3230.3
100 cc	20th	6th	2	1	7th	2	0	1	0	1	11	Lorenz Specht	0	3146.3
125 cc	70	13	21st	9	19th	2	2	2	2	0	27	Rolf Witthöft	0	2852.3
175 cc	36	13	7th	2	5	5	1	1	1	1	14th	Petr Čemus	0	2812.3
250 cc	102	17th	19th	12	33	10	6th	3	2	0	54	František Mrázek	0	2707.1
350 cc	19th	7th	3	3	2	2	2	0	0	0	6th	Květoslav Mašita	0	2717.8
500 cc	45	18th	2	9	10	2	1	2	1	0	16	Jaroslav Bříza	0	2743.3
1300 cc	12	3	5	0	4th	0	0	0	0	0	4th	James A. Sandiford	0	3067.4
total	322	86	61	39	83	24	12	9	6th	2	136

Trivia

Cause of failure of the GDR teams

The GDR national team won the World Trophy last year and competed with the same line-up in 1970. However, the team fell behind hopelessly in the competition due to technical problems and took eleventh and penultimate place in the final evaluation. On the third day of driving, Peter Uhlig retired due to broken piston rings . On the fourth day the drivers Werner Salevsky , Klaus Halser and Fred Willamowski retired. Their MZ machines neither started within the given time of one minute nor by pushing them. Even attempts to repair within an hour were unsuccessful, so they were forced to give up.

Since the engines were already having a hard time going the days before and hardly accepted any gas - the engines still ran smoothly when they were warm - it was initially suspected that the two-stroke mixture had separated. Therefore, the MZ machines were "shaken" before the start on the second day, but this did not bring any improvement. The next assumption related to an admixture to the fuel that ensures emergency running properties and is intended to prevent the engines from stalling due to the differences in altitude . But even with a fuel change there was no improvement.

The cause was ultimately found in a polyamide slide on the ignition system's breaker lever, deformed by large temperature differences . As a result, the interrupter did not pass on the movement at the crankshaft speed, which resulted in incorrect ignition times . However, this could only be ascertained after the above-mentioned drivers had left, since the rules allow repairs to the ignition system, which actually happened, but only the interrupter distance could be checked there. - A trial start is prohibited under penalty.

Thus, a failing component had serious consequences for the 3.50 MDN at that time  . In addition, this part could have been changed at any time according to the rules. After the cause was identified, these parts were changed on all other MZ machines in the competition and the problem no longer occurred.

Cinematic appreciation

In Steve McQueen's motorcycle racing documentary On Any Sunday attendance is Malcolm Smith shown. Other drivers can also be seen briefly.

literature

• Eberhard Pester: Spanish autumn . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 20th year, issue 22.Sportverlag Berlin, 1970, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 508-517 .

Web links

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1970 - Spain
• Overall results , accessed January 5, 2019