58th international six-day trip

The 58th International Six-Day Race was the team world championship in enduro sport and took place from 11 to 16 October 1983 in Builth Wells, Welsh, and the surrounding area. The national teams of Sweden won the World Trophy for the third time and the silver vase for the fourth time.

competition

organization

The event was held in Wales for the eighth time, following the 15th (1933), 19th (1937), 20th (1938), 24th (1949), 25th (1950), 29th (1954) and 36th International six-day race (1961) were held here.

359 drivers from 20 FIM motorsport associations were registered for the competition .

Teams from 16 and 17 nations competed for the World Trophy and Silver Vase. In addition, 31 factory and 50 club teams were at the start.

The Federal Republic of Germany, the GDR, Austria and Switzerland each took part in the World Trophy and Silver Vase. Furthermore, five German and three Austrian club teams started.

1 day

In the World Trophy, the Swedish team led the GDR and the FRG team. The Austrian team took 10th place. On the first day, Jean Jacques Loup was eliminated from the Swiss team , which meant 15,000 points and 13th place for the team from now on.

In the silver vase, the FRG team led the GDR team and the Italian team. Austria took 13th place. Analogous to the World Trophy, the Swiss team had already suffered a driver failure ( Hans Meister ), the team finished 15th.

2 day

In the World Trophy, the Swedish team led ahead of the FRG and the French team. The GDR team suffered a driver failure with Frank Schubert , which put the team in 8th place. With Rudolf Egger and Rudolf Prombrager , the Austrian team had two driver cancellations , which meant 11th place for the team. Two drivers from the Swiss team also dropped out ( John von Rotz and Bruno Schmidli ), and the team took 15th place.

In the case of the silver vase, the team from the FRG led ahead of the team from the GDR and the team from Czechoslovakia. In the Austrian team, Peter Meurayter dropped out and the team continued to occupy 13th place. With Roland Huguelet and Samuel Wuillemin, two more Swiss drivers retired, which meant that 17th and last place was on the books and only Philippe Schweizer was in the race.

3rd day

In the World Trophy, Sweden continued to lead ahead of France and Czechoslovakia. It was followed by the FRG team in 4th place, the GDR team still in 8th place. Hubert Trattner was out of the Austrian team , the team took 14th place. The Swiss team followed in 15th place.

The team from Germany led the team from Czechoslovakia and the team from Sweden in the silver vase. In the GDR team, Uwe Weber dropped out, the team took 8th place. Johann Lebsinger was eliminated from the Austrian team , the team continued to occupy 13th place. With Philippe Schweizer, the last driver of the Swiss team also retired, which means that they took 17th and last place.

4th day

In the World Trophy, the Swedish team led ahead of Czechoslovakia and France. The GDR team improved to 7th place. With Fritz Witzel and Richard Schalber , the team of the Federal Republic of Germany had two driver failures, for the team this meant place 10. The team from Austria also had two driver failures ( Franz Strobl and Johann Haslacher ), so only Hans Danzinger was in Run. Austria took 15th place. And the Swiss team also had two driver failures: Anton Durrer and Walter Frei were eliminated from the competition, the team was in 16th and last place.

In the silver vase, the team from Sweden led ahead of the team from Czechoslovakia and the team from Finland. The GDR team improved to 7th place. Bernhard Brinkmann , Eddy Hau and Arnulf Teuchert were eliminated from the Federal Republic team, and the team dropped from 1st to 13th place without hope. Franz Schweighofer was eliminated from the Austrian team , the team was in 14th place. The Swiss team was in 17th place.

5th day

In the World Trophy, Sweden continued to lead ahead of Czechoslovakia and France. The GDR team continued to occupy 7th place, the FRG improved to 9th place. Austria and Switzerland were unchanged in 15th and 16th place respectively.

In the silver vase, the team from Sweden was ahead of the team from Canada and the team from Czechoslovakia. The teams from GDR and FRG continued to occupy 7th and 13th place respectively, followed by Austria in 14th place. The Swiss team was in 17th place.

6th day

Of the 359 drivers who started on the first day, 199 made it to the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Points
1.	Sweden	5,019.02
2.	Czechoslovakia	13,412.03
3.	France	15,255.09
4th	Poland	19,109.02
5.	United Kingdom	59,431.90
6th	United States	75,949.73
7th	German Democratic Republic	78,714.11
8th.	Netherlands	103,433.90
9.	BR Germany	93,421.81
10.	Italy	110,785.91
11.	Australia	205,541.99
12.	Finland	234,327.08
13.	Canada	320,602.89
14th	Mexico	336,751.19
15th	Austria	319,570.07
16.	Switzerland	349,593.06

Silver vase

space	team	Points
1.	Sweden	6,017.15
2.	Canada	44,792.63
3.	Czechoslovakia	36,930.06
4th	Finland	39,094.00
5.	United Kingdom	55,586.05
6th	Netherlands	59,776.42
7th	German Democratic Republic	62,729.71
8th.	France	71,856.39
9.	United States	86,269.03
10.	Australia	107,809.40
11.	Italy	123,577.80
12.	Spain	173,666.70
13.	BR Germany	137,420.75
14th	Austria	210,155.87
15th	Ireland	224,966.31
16.	Mexico	249,781.72
17th	Switzerland	303,365.59

Club teams

space	team	Points
1.	ADAC 4	12,116.97
2.	ADAC 1	15,777.69
3.	Club France	16,993.36
4th	New Zealand ACU	18,577.19
5.	SACU A team	21,086.96
6th	Norseman MC	22,231.23
7th	Leatherhead & DMC	40,530.15
8th.	ÖAMTC 3	70,944.86
9.	Manchester '17'	73,646.99
10.	MCC of Wales	50,359.61
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16.	ADAC 3	73,234.60
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25th	ADAC 5	98,612.44
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34.	ADAC 2	158,564.37
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36.	ÖAMTC 2	164,850.98
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44.	ÖAMTC 1	216,264.07

Factory teams

space	team	Points
1.	Samson 1	1,677.72
2.	Husqvarna 1	1,757.39
3.	Husqvarna 3	2,682.05
4th	Samson 2	2,881.27
5.	Husqvarna 2	4,228.90
6th	Jawa 1	4,961.58
7th	Honda 1	5,211.09
8th.	Husqvarna 1	6,970.50
9.	Jawa 2	8,450.43
10.	KTM	9,282.72
11.	Yamaha	23,097.17
12.	KTM	49,041.23
13.	Jawa 3	34,037.70
14th	KTM A	48,656.72
15th	KTM B	49,965.09
16.	MZ 2	62,076.59
17th	Husqvarna	64,155.71
18th	Yamaha	68,652.07
19th	Husqvarna 1	70,962.90
20th	MZ 1	76,948.09
21st	Husqvarna 3	82,080.86
22nd	Pro-Circuit Husqvarna	92,344.62
23.	Husqvarna 2	94,790.49
24.	Yamaha	99,343.78
25th	Husqvarna 1	99,581.22
26th	Honda 2	99,856.97
27.	Husqvarna team	100,206.22
28.	Husqvarna 2	115,547.14
29	ET James Suzuki	151,989.12
30th	Alfer	185,049.89
31.	Husqvarna	257,585.57

Individual evaluation

class	starter	gold	silver	bronze	Failure / disqualification	Class winner	Points
up to 80 cm³ (two-stroke)	15th	3	3	0	9	Horst Geißenhöner	7,676.28
up to 125 cm³ (two-stroke)	69	3	10	21st	35	Joachim Sauer	6,228.15
up to 250 cm³ (two-stroke)	162	6th	25th	62	69	Gilles Lalay	6,177.07
up to 500 cm³ (two-stroke)	86	5	13	37	31	Svenerik Jonsson	6,050.38
over 500 cm³ (four-stroke)	27	2	3	6th	16	Thomas Gustavsson	7,149.52
total	359	19th	54	126	160

Web links

• 6 Days Memories - Wales 1983