50th international six-day trip

The 50th International Six Day Race was the team world championship in enduro sport and took place from October 13th to 18th, 1975 on the Isle of Man . The national team of the Federal Republic of Germany won the World Trophy for the fifth time. The Italian national team won the silver vase for the fourth time.

Isle of Man venue for the 50th International Six Day Voyage

competition

organization

The crown possession Isle of Man held the event for the third time, after the 40th (1965) and 46th International Six-Day Voyage (1971) had taken place here.

Two important rule changes were applied for the first time: The penalty points were replaced by points in time. The ranking was from the lowest to the most points. There were 15,000 points per day for a driver failure.

The second change was that from now on only one silver vase team could be provided per nation.

Drivers from 16 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition . Teams from eleven nations competed for the trophy standings. There were also 13 silver vase, 34 factory and 40 club teams at the start.

The FRG took part in the World Trophy and silver vase. The GDR took part in the silver vase and Austria in the World Trophy.

A total of 1,663.9 kilometers had to be covered within the six days.

1 day

A total of 307 drivers took up the competition. The first stage of the day was 292 kilometers long, led almost once around the island near the coast and mostly contained road sections. The special tests were an acceleration test and a motocross test about 5 kilometers long on the Douglas Head peninsula. The first day of driving was overshadowed by a fatal accident: the American Bren Moran fell badly on a former railway embankment and died on the way to the hospital.

In the World Trophy, the team from Germany led ahead of Poland and the team from the Netherlands. The Austrian team was in 5th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the GDR team led the FRG team ahead of Czechoslovakia.

2 day

On the second day, the route of the previous day had to be completed for the most part, 282 kilometers to be driven. The special tests were an acceleration test with volume measurement and a motocross test on Douglas Head. The weather was dry and cool for the time of year.

In the World Trophy, the FRG team led ahead of Sweden and the Netherlands. The Austrian team was in 7th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the team from Czechoslovakia led ahead of the FRG and the team from the Netherlands. Ewald Schneidewind retired from the GDR team : he suffered a fracture of his left big toe and three broken ribs in a self-inflicted accident. The team slipped to 11th place.

3rd day

The third day's stage was the longest of the event at 311 kilometers and was a two-way circuit in the highlands of the island. The weather was still dry at the start, around noon it began to rain a little later with strong winds. In the section around the Snaefell there was fog with visibility of only a few meters as well as rain and sleet in strong gusty winds. In the afternoon the weather changed and there was light sunshine.

In the World Trophy, the team from Germany continued to lead ahead of Italy and the team from Czechoslovakia. The Austrian team was in 8th place after two driver failures.

In the silver vase teams, the Czech Petr Válek was retroactively excluded from Monday by the jury's decision because he had passed a time control 10 minutes too early.
Thus, in the ranking, the team from Germany was ahead of Italy and the team from the Netherlands. The GDR team was in 10th place

At the end of the third day of driving, 73 of the 307 starters had already retired.

4th day

On the fourth day, the route of the previous day, which had been minimally changed to a length of 308 kilometers, had to be driven in the opposite direction. An acceleration test with volume measurement over 200 meters and a motocross test on Douglas Head had to be completed at special tests. The weather was free of precipitation.

In the World Trophy, the team from Germany continued to lead ahead of Italy and the team from Czechoslovakia. The Austrian team took 9th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the Italian team led the FRG and the Netherlands team. The GDR team took 9th place.

57 drivers dropped out of the competition.

5th day

The day's stage was a circuit to be driven twice over a total of 287 kilometers through the southwest of the island. The weather was free of precipitation.

In the World Trophy, the team from Germany continued to lead ahead of Italy and the team from Czechoslovakia. The Austrian team was in 8th place.

In the silver vase evaluation, the team from Italy from the FRG led the team from the Netherlands. Gerhard Haatz, the second driver in the GDR team, was eliminated . His motorcycle had sustained a gearbox failure. The team took 10th place.

6th day

The start of the final race took place at the Grandstand, where the start for the Isle of Man TT is located.

The day's stage was 138 kilometers long and ran in the opposite direction over part of the day before. The weather was still free of precipitation.

The final race over three laps of 5.23 kilometers each started at the Grandstand, which is also the starting point for the Isle of Man TT . The three laps had to be covered in a prescribed time.

Of the 307 riders who started on the first day, 140 made it to the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Points
1.	BR Germany	282.5
2.	Italy	2040.0
3.	Czechoslovakia	2,836.2
4th	Netherlands	11,681.8
5.	Poland	52,632.1
6th	United States	93,493.7
7th	Austria	126,629.3
8th.	Canada	127,847.7
9.	Sweden	138,814.8
10.	United Kingdom	140,322.4
11.	France	227,854.6

Silver vase

space	team	Points
1.	Italy	951.4
2.	BR Germany	2,073.3
3.	Netherlands	8,800.6
4th	United States	53,333.5
5.	United Kingdom	82,992.5
6th	Czechoslovakia	90,376.8
7th	Sweden	99,208.0
8th.	Ireland	99,475.0
9.	France	99,966.1
10.	Belgium	102,232.0
11.	German Democratic Republic	105,169.5
12.	Spain	109,881.2
13.	Canada	258,022.4

Individual evaluation

Of the 167 riders at the finish, 71 received gold, 25 silver and 21 bronze medals.

literature

• Eberhard Pester: Expedition Man . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 25th year. Sportverlag Berlin, 1975, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 267-272 .

Web links

Commons : 50th International Six-Day Tour  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Speed ​​Track Tales ISDT 1975 - Isle of Man
• 6daysmemories.com - INTERNATIONAL SIX DAYS TRIAL ISLE OF MAN 1975 DOUGLAS
• Cycle World February 1976