62nd international six-day trip

The 62nd international six-day race was the team world championship in enduro sport , motorcycle off-road sport , and took place from September 21 to 26, 1987 in Jelenia Góra, Poland, and in the Giant Mountains . The national teams of the GDR were able to win the World Trophy for the seventh time and the Junior World Trophy for the second time. So far, these are the last victories of a German national team in this competition. A German victory was also achieved for the last time at the club championship.

Jelenia Góra , start and finish point of the individual stages

competition

organization

After the 42nd International Six-Day Race (1967), the event took place in Poland for the second time.

Teams from 19 and 14 nations competed for the World and Junior World Trophy. There were also 25 factory and 61 club teams at the start.

The GDR, FRG and Austria each took part in the World and Junior World Trophy. Switzerland took part in the World Trophy. In addition, 11 West German, 3 Austrian and one GDR club team were at the start.

A total of 1,475 km had to be driven. In addition to the special tests, a motocross section over 3.5 km with timekeeping had to be completed twice within each stage of the first five days of driving. The opening ceremony took place in front of over 20,000 spectators at the Karkonosze stadium in Jelenia Góra.

1 day

A total of 403 drivers from 24 nations started the competition. The start was in the stadium of Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój . In the day's stage, 293 km had to be driven in two identical laps. The weather was mild and free of rain for the time of year.

The two special stages: an acceleration test over 200 m shortly after the start and, in the second lap, an off-road test in the mountains.

In the World Trophy, the GDR team led, ahead of the France team and the ČSSR team.

In the Junior World Trophy, the GDR team led the Italian team and the Finnish team.

28 drivers dropped out of the competition.

2 day

The weather was still mild and free of precipitation.

During the second day's stage, an acceleration test and a mountain test over 4.6 km in length at Świeradów-Zdrój had to be completed as special tests.

In the World Trophy, the GDR team led, ahead of Italy and Poland.

At the Junior World Trophy, the Italian team was ahead of the GDR and Finland team.

16 drivers dropped out of the competition.

3rd day

The weather on the third day was humid with a slightly overcast sky.

On special tests, an acceleration test over 200 m and an off-road test on very undulating ground have to be completed.

In the World Trophy, the team from the GDR was ahead of the team from Italy and the team from Sweden.

At the Junior World Trophy, the Italian team continued ahead of the GDR and Finland team.

Eight drivers dropped out of the competition, one of which did not start again.

4th day

There had already been a thunderstorm the evening of the previous day and on the fourth day it kept raining heavily, which in places made the road surface very soft. Because of this, the field test was shortened and relocated in places.

As on the previous day, the GDR team led the World Trophy, ahead of Italy and Sweden.

In the Junior World Trophy, the GDR team led the Italian team and the French team.

57 drivers dropped out of the competition, three of them did not start anymore.

5th day

The length of the day's stage was 253 km. The weather was cool and free of precipitation.

The two special tests, the acceleration test and the off-road test, had to be driven again.

In the World Trophy, the team from the GDR was still leading, ahead of the team from Italy and the team from Sweden.

At the Junior World Trophy, the GDR team led the Italian team and the USA team.

16 drivers were eliminated from the competition, one of which did not start.

6th day

The day's stage was only 69 km. The day started sunny, later the sky became cloudy and there was no precipitation.

The final race was a motocross course on a mountain meadow near Jeżów Sudecki . Around 40,000 spectators were guests. The groups were put together according to the classes.

Three drivers dropped out of the competition. Of the 403 riders who started on the first day, 275 reached the finish.

Final results

World Trophy

space	team	Points
1.	German Democratic Republic	1,363.01
2.	Sweden	1,996.29
3.	Italy	2,477.12
4th	United Kingdom	5,923.48
5.	Poland	7,210.80
6th	Netherlands	11,197.11
7th	United States	54,290.76
8th.	Australia	65,341.89
9.	Czechoslovakia	77,928.51
10.	Switzerland	92,309.46
11.	Spain	94,179.96
12.	France	106,416.27
13.	BR Germany	124,408.56
14th	Austria	130,686.64
15th	Ireland	220,698.11
16.	Belgium	237,235.40
17th	San Marino	259,061.31
18th	Finland	271,382.31
19th	Portugal	381,520.51

Junior World Trophy

space	team	Points
1.	German Democratic Republic	1,517.29
2.	Italy	1,990.37
3.	United States	3,366.12
4th	France	5,689.27
5.	Czechoslovakia	8,326.65
6th	Spain	17,667.52
7th	Finland	33,406.11
8th.	Netherlands	36,382.94
9.	United Kingdom	57,291.21
10.	Austria	60,117.33
11.	Sweden	93,639.23
12.	Poland	95,239.67
13.	BR Germany	122,570.81
14th	Mexico	187,992.44

Club teams

space	team	Points
1.	ADMV	2,487.02
2.	ASVS Dukla Prague	4,508.46
3.	SVAZARM Košice	4,684.17
4th	ADAC Bielefeld	4,873.26
5.	SVAZARM Prague	4,923.29
6th	MC Provance	5,751.50
7th	COLINA MOTOR	5,817.81
8th.	SVAZARM Prague I	6,018.90
9.	FMCK Skovde	6,421.31
10.	Italy ITALIA C	6,537.82

Factory teams

space	team	Points
1.	Husqvarna I	619.97
2.	Samson I	701.67
3.	MZ I	702.49
4th	Husqvarna	893.71
5.	KTM I	900.12
6th	MZ II	1,076.36
7th	Husqvarna II	1413.50
8th.	Samson II	1856.09
9.	Jawa II	2,407.58
10.	KTM II	2,978.14
11.	KTM II	3,605.05
12.	Husqvarna I	4802.16
13.	Jawa III	5,809.34
14th	Junk-it	7,487.92
15th	Husqvarna III	11,891.27
16.	Yamaha	15,209.21
17th	KTM I	18,603.06
18th	TM	32,611.39
19th	Husqvarna IV	35,582.62
20th	Husqvarna II	40,650.11
21st	Islinger Honda	58,167.11
22nd	Jawa I	75,520.93
23.	KTM	80,256.08
24.	KTM II	113,260.91
25th	KTM	270,000.00

Individual evaluation

class	starter	Failure / disqualification							Class winner	Points
		1 day	2 day	3rd day	4th day	5th day	6th day	total
up to 80 cm³ (two-stroke)	17th	3	0	0	2	2	0	7th	Thomas Bieberbach	7249.39
up to 125 cm³ (two-stroke)	82	6th	8th	2	11	0	0	27	Davide Trolli	7010.11
up to 250 cm³ (two-stroke)	162	8th	2	2	24	6th	2	44	Dick Wicksell	6671.96
up to 350 cm³ (four-stroke)	17th	0	0	0	4th	1	0	5	Thierry Charbonnier	7223.61
up to 500 cm³ (two-stroke)	82	4th	4th	3	9	6th	0	26th	Svenerik Jönsson	6771.34
over 500 cm³ (four-stroke)	43	7th	2	1	7th	1	1	19th	Laurent Pidoux	6887.14
total	403	28	16	8th	57	16	3	128

literature

• Wolfgang Eschment, Christoph Höhne: 62nd Six Days in Jelenia Gora . In: Allgemeine Deutscher Motorsport-Verband (Ed.): Illustrated Motorsport . 37th year, issue 10. Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISSN  0442-3054 , p. 219-224 .
• Steffen Ottinger: International six-day trip - ISDE - 1987. Jelenia Gora / Poland. Photo journal of a great German motorsport success . HB-Werbung und Verlag, Chemnitz 2011, OCLC 780362091 .

Web links

• Simson - successes have names: 62nd Six Days in Poland 1987 (Youtube)
• 6 Days Memories - Jelenia Gora, Poland 1987