More than twenty participants from Great Britain returned for the third Trophy.
Among the more than 120 starters there were many fascinating motorcycles, such as:
…a “Zehnder” from Switzerland (vintage 1929), one of the last three surviving
“Alycon Zürcher” machines (vintage 1927), 2004 winner Harry Long with his 1938 Rudge Rapid
two‑valve, a 1928 Sunbeam Racing model, a 1947 Velocette KTT Mk VIII — the machine that won
four Grand Prix races in 1948 with Tonny Wood and had served as Freddy Frith’s qualifying bike —
as well as several Aermacchi Ala d’Oro (“Gold Wing”) models, which became popular in the early
1960s, for example with Alberto Pagani.
Ing. Hermann Stöckl, winner in 2002 and 2004, returned once again with his
1956 Puch 250 SGSS. Several Gilera and Moto Morini machines, a small 125 cm³ MV Agusta, and
eight sidecars and tricycles were also present.
Entries came from the United States of America, Great Britain (including members
of the Rudge Owners Club), Czechoslovakia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Liechtenstein, Switzerland,
the Netherlands, Germany, one from South Tyrol, and of course several from Austria.
Porsche Alpenstraße Salzburg brought one of the legendary Audi Quattro rally cars
to the Glockner Road, and it drove up the mountain in the morning and afternoon just before the
two competition runs.
