ISDT 1953: Final Results

28 Saturday Sep 2013

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The FIM retains a significant collection of ISDT materials the most important of which is the official result set. It is an unavoidable reality that with only 1 original if something were to happen the results may be lost and this has happened to the results of the 1953 and 1954 ISDT.

To British ISDT Historians this is something of a dilemma as 1953 saw the last year the International Trophy was retained by the British Team which even today remains the nation who has held the trophy on the most occasions. In the absence of official results we were offered by our Euro contributor a scanned article from the Austrian edition of Motorrad magazine that provided the final results for every entrant and so as a service to our readers we enclose these results as an image and downloadable pdf to provide opportunity to analyse the results for this important year.

Image - scanned tables of distribution of medals awarded by manufacturer, manufacturing nation and nation of rider ISDT 1953

Image – scanned tables of distribution of medals awarded by manufacturer, manufacturing nation and nation of rider ISDT 1953

You can view a pdf of the list of each riders daily and end performance here

ISDT 1954: Unofficial Results for the riders who finished

27 Friday Sep 2013

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It came as a bit of a shock to realise that this important ISDT is missing a vital component. The Official Results sheet is missing .. or nobody can trace a copy. Initial Enquiries of the British governing body the Auto Cycle Union drew a blank and an approach to the FIM recovered advice this set had gone missing. It has often seemed strange to me that Taff Isaac’s original Speedtracktales web site collection of images I had collected includes a photo of the original cover of the ISDT 1954 results but he has no idea who supplied this photo, where it was or how I could get hold of them.

In the meantime to discover a full list of entrants check this sheet Start sheet ISDT 1954

Image of Cover of Original Stewards report with results for ISDT 1954

As it is highly likely a copy of this document still sits in a ISDT collectors  stash who seeing this might be prompted to quickly scan or photocopy a set and pass them onto Speedtracktales.

In the meantime I have been able, with the assistance of my great freind ‘STB’ to pull together a results sheet for the riders who finished the ISDT and the overall event statistics and major trophy and award winners.

This data has come from the original event reports from 1954 in ‘the Motor Cycle’ and Austrian ‘Motorrad’ magazine reports. UNfortunately the individual rider details are sparse we have no rider plate numbers nor do we have any details on those riders who did not finish the event. My final plea is for anyone who can help fill the information gap on the 1954 event by supplying the official results.

In the mean time here is my prepared copy of the 1954 results.. enjoy!!!

Download a copy of the Speedtracktales exclusive set of Results at the link below.

Download this file as a pdf

Download Stewards Report for the 1954 ISDT here

ISDT 1974: Official Results for the 49th ISDT in Italy

25 Wednesday Sep 2013

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We are again indebted to our Euro contributor ‘STB’ who has obtained from the FIM the official results for the ISDT of 1974

Photo of #225 Jim Hollander on a Rokon at ISDT 1974

The above picture is of Jim Hollander as US rider on what looked a futuristic design with Disc brakes, Mag Alloy Wheels, and Automatic Transmission. They even produced 2 wheel drive farm bikes all started by a pull cord like a lawnmower.

You can read the Acrobat PDF version on our report page in the ISDT 1974

ISDT Book Preview: ISDT 1968 – Italy, a pictorial history

23 Monday Sep 2013

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Speedtracktales has been aware for a while of an Italian team hoping to prepare a sequel book to the excellent pictorial History of the ISDT1970 by Javier Benito Aguado. The result is ISDT1968, by Roberto Biza and Marcello Grigorov which will go on sale to coincide with the ISDE 2013 in Sardinia.

Image - front cover of ISDT1968 book

Image – front cover of ISDT1968 book

Following the precedent and style of Javier Benito’s book “ISDT1970”, this book tells the story of the International Six-Days Trial of 1968, based at San Pellegrino Terme, Italy.

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ISDT 1973: Official Results of the 48th ISDT in the USA

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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The ISDT in 1973 took its first of many subsequent trips out of Europe for the first time.  This time to the USA which was beginning to be the place that the name Enduro was being coined for the sport and was in many way the driving force for a development of the sport as an extension of a wider enjoyment of riding natural off road terrain than as purely a discipline of Motor Sport as practised in Europe. With Trail Riding being a pastime enjoyed by many the wealth of America was driving a market seeking and expecting technology as getting better by the year.

Photo of Czechoslovakian Trophy Team who won the ISDT 1973

Photo of Czechoslovakian Trophy Team who won the ISDT 1973

Although unable to pull off the win of the Trophy the US team including ‘King Dick’ Burleson were able to use the home advantage to be sure of the win in the Silver Vase. Leading the Manufacturer’s award were Zundapp to be followed by three works Jawa teams from Czechoslovakia. Leading club team was Sweden’s SMK Eskjo with Sweden also taking 2nd and 3rd in this award.

To see the full results for this event they can be found on the page dedicated to the ISDT 1973

 

ISDT 1972: the full and final official results and Clerk of the Course’s Report

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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Whilst we are still struggling to pull together a full report on the proceedings of this event now over 40 years ago I am as ever grateful to STB and the FIM for providing me with a scanned copy of the official results of the event held by the FIM

Image of scanned cover page of official results for ISDT 1972

Image of scanned cover page of official results for ISDT 1972

Summary of performance of entrants to the ISDT 1972

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Review: ISDT and the British Army in Wales

21 Saturday Sep 2013

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The British Army’s presence has been one of prominence in the UK enduro scene since as long as I (new editor) became involved in it since in the late 70’s. At that time Service teams were both prominent with a long legacy of support for the sport including help for non service participants, certainly since the 1930’s. Not only did the service teams take part in events but without access to the British Army’s greatest training areas in the Brecon Beacons National Park it may have been difficult for anyone to have organised the several ISDT events that took place in Wales. The British Army Motoring Association has overseen motorsport within the army since 1960.

I even recall being told that when British Parliament introduced legislation limiting participants in road going motorsport events to 180. As a result of British Army interventions to government, both the ISDT and the Welsh Two Day Trial were given exemptions because of their importance in the Service training regimes so that they were able to get sufficient entries for service teams without it being at the expense of civilian competitors.

Photo - Army Two Day Motorcycle Trials Championship 1960 - The timed section near the Horseshoe Pass, first in the waiting queue is individual winner W.O II A. Timms (BSA)

Photo – British Military Two Day Motorcycle Trials Championship 1960 – The timed section near the Horseshoe Pass, Llangollen, first in the waiting queue is individual winner W.O II A. Timms (BSA) (Speedtracktales Archive)

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ISDT 1960: From a rider’s viewpoint – Ken Heanes

16 Monday Sep 2013

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The ISDT 1960 ended in much controversy after extremely hard ground conditions created a controversial result which then changed on appeal to become even more controversial. The going was considered hard for many with many hills so steep they were full of stranded riders. On the other hand it was the event which saw the introduction of the daily special test based on off road going which now is a main feature in the event to decide who the daily winners will be.

“ISDT Seen from the Saddle”

In an article for Motor Cycling 6 October 1960 Ken Heanes provided a insight into the event from a British Trophy team riders point of view that is of great interest to anyone with a deep interest into the event and politics of racing.

From the pen of Ken Heanes…

Photo - Ken Heanes plus ISDT Triumph outside his extended premises at Fleet, Hants. The attractive facade like all the other building work, was done by Ken and his Uncle.

Photo – Ken Heanes plus ISDT Triumph outside his extended premises at Fleet, Hants. The attractive facade like all the other building work, was done by Ken and his Uncle.

PLENTY of printers’ ink has already flowed through the presses, fed by on the- spot reporters from the I.S.D.T., and plenty more will probably be needed to cope with the criticisms of spectators and armchair strategists. But how did the-man-in-the-saddle see it? Last week Norman Sharpe went down to Fleet, Hants., to talk to Ken Heanes, the most experienced of all this year’s British teamsters, who has amassed three “golds” and a near-miss .. sliver” since he took part in his first International exactly 10 years ago when he was just 16. This is his report:

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ISDT 1949: Official Results and Stewards Report

15 Sunday Sep 2013

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It’s always extra special when an email brings in some news of bygone ISDT events that took place in Wales and today our European correspondent sent the official ACU results and stewards report for the 24th ISDT which was held in Llandrindod Wells, the first event to be held in Britain after the break forced by the war. Thanks to the FIM for scanning this set for us from their own ISDT archive collection.

Official Results Cover ISDT 1949

You can get to see a copy of the report in full on our page dedicated to the ISDT 1949 and below you will find a summary of some of the event stats

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