1961 Polish speedway season

1961 Polish speedway season
1961 Polish speedway season
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The 1961 Polish Speedway season was the 1961 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1]^[2]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1961 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held on 24 September at Rzeszow.^[3]

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	Points
1	Florian Kapała	Rzeszów	14	(2,3,3,3,3)
2	Marian Kaiser	Gdańsk	13+3	(3,2,3,3,2)
3	Henryk Żyto	Leszno	13+2	(3,2,3,2,3)
4	Mieczysław Połukard	Bydgoszcz	12	(3,3,1,3,2)
5	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	12	(2,3,2,2,3)
6	Jan Malinowski	Rzeszów	10	(3,0,2,2,3)
7	Janusz Suchecki	Bydgoszcz	7	(2,2,1,1,1)
8	Norbert Świtała	Bydgoszcz	7	(1,3,1,1,1)
9	Stefan Kępa (res)	Rzeszów	7	(1,3,3)
10	Jan Mucha	Świętochłowice	5	(w,1,2,d,2)
11	Janusz Kościelak (res)	Rzeszów	4	(1,2,w,0,1)
12	Andrzej Domiszewski	Wrocław	4	(1,1,0,2,0)
13	Jan Kolber	Rzeszów	3	(1,w,1,1,0)
14	Antoni Woryna	Rybnik	2	(0,0,2)
15	Marian Rose	Toruń	2	(0,1,0,1,0)
16	Stanisław Tkocz	Rybnik	2	(2,u)
17	Marian Stawecki (res)	Rzeszów	2	(2,0,0)
18	Rajmund Świtała	Bydgoszcz	1	(0,u,0,0,1)
19	Marian Spychała	Rzeszów	0	(u/-)
20	Konstanty Pociejkowicz (res)	Wrocław		(ns)

Golden Helmet

The 1961 Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the inaugural event for leagues 12 leading riders.

Calendar

Date	Venue	Winner
22 IV	Bydgoszcz	Florian Kapała (Rzeszów)
6 V	Rzeszów	Florian Kapała (Rzeszów)
13 V	Nowa Huta	Joachim Maj (Rybnik)
20 V	Gdańsk	Henryk Żyto (Leszno)
3 VI	Wrocław	Marian Kaiser (Gdańsk)
10 VI	Rybnik	Stanisław Tkocz (Rybnik)
24 VI	Poznań	Henryk Żyto (Leszno)
8 VII	Częstochowa	Marian Kaiser (Gdańsk)
9 IX	Warsaw	Henryk Żyto (Leszno)

Final classification Note: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	BYD	RZE	KRA	GDA	WRO	RYB	POZ	CZE	WAR
1	Florian Kapała	Rzeszów	96	15	15	13	15	11	13	14	10	10
2	Henryk Żyto	Leszno	91	4	10	13	18	6	12	15	8	15
3	Marian Kaiser	Gdańsk	90	12	8	11	12	15	13	13	14	11
4	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	80	6	9	14	8	12	12	9	13	11
5	Stanisław Tkocz	Rybnik	77	5	5	12	14	9	15	10	6	11
6	Mieczysław Połukard	Bydgoszcz	63	8	4	6	10	8	5	12	14	1
7	Stefan Kępa	Rzeszów	60	4	10	7	10	4	7	6	8	12
8	Norbert Świtała	Bydgoszcz	58	8	6	6	5	13	3	10	10	1
9	Jan Malinowski	Rzeszów	45	0	9	7	8	5	-	3	4	9
10	Janusz Suchecki	Bydgoszcz	42	7	5	5	6	-	-	5	5	9
11	Stanisław Rurarz	Częstochowa	40	6	3	3	11	8	3	4	-	5
12	Jan Kusiak	Leszno	17	2	-	2	2	0	2	6	-	3

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1961 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 14th edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

Stal Rzeszów won the gold medal for the second consecutive season.^[5]^[6]

First League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	Stal Rzeszów	27	13	1	0	+307
2	Górnik Rybnik	20	10	0	4	+251
3	Polonia Bydgoszcz	18	9	0	5	+63
4	Unia Leszno	13	6	1	7	+37
5	Włókniarz Częstochowa	12	6	0	8	-65
6	Sparta Wrocław	12	6	0	8	-7
7	Legia Gdańsk	8	4	0	10	–123
8	Wanda Nowa Huta	2	1	0	13	–393

Second League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	36	18	0	2	+420
2	Unia Tarnów	30	15	0	5	+256
3	Tramwajarz Łódź	26	13	0	7	+166
4	Legia Krosno	26	13	0	7	+135
5	Śląsk Świętochłowice	22	10	2	8	+120
6	Start Gniezno	19	9	1	10	–1
7	MKŻ Toruń	18	9	0	11	–147
8	Sparta Śrem	15	7	1	12	–199
9	Polonia Piła	14	7	0	14	–37
10	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	8	4	0	16	–261
11	Kolejarz Opole	2	1	0	19	–452

Play off

Tarnów v Gdańsk 34:44, 28:48

References

^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1961". History Speedway. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Polish final 1961". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "1961 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

[1] "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[2] "Historia Speedway Polsce 1961". History Speedway. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[3] "Polish final 1961". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[4] "1961 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[5] "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 February 2023.

[6] "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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v t e Polish speedway teams and seasons
Ekstraliga	Częstochowa Gorzów Grudziądz Leszno Lublin Toruń Wrocław Zielona Góra
Ekstraliga 2	Bydgoszcz Gdańsk Krosno Łódź Ostrów Poznań Rybnik Rzeszów
National League	Daugavpils Gniezno Landshut Opole Piła Tarnów
Former	Motor Lublin Kraków Lviv Miskolc Prague Rawicz Rivne Świętochłowice Warsaw Wittstock
Seasons	1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e Speedway in Poland
Championships	Individual Pairs Team Extraleague Polish Speedway First League (1.Liga) Polish Speedway Second League (2.Liga) Individual U-21 Pairs U-21 Team U-21
Helmets and Cups	Golden Silver U-21 Bronze U-19
Memorials	M. Połukard Criterium of Aces Alfred Smoczyk Edward Jancarz Łukasz Romanek
Tournaments	Bolesław Chrobry Crest Chain of Ostrów Town
Grands Prix	Polish SGP European SGP
National teams	Poland team U21 U19
Governing Bodies	Polish Motor Union (Main Commission) Speedway Ekstraliga LLC