1961 Polish speedway season explained

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]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Rzeszów	14	(2,3,3,3,3)
2		Gdańsk	13+3	(3,2,3,3,2)
3		Leszno	13+2	(3,2,3,2,3)
4		Bydgoszcz	12	(3,3,1,3,2)
5		Rybnik	12	(2,3,2,2,3)
6		Rzeszów	10	(3,0,2,2,3)
7		Bydgoszcz	7	(2,2,1,1,1)
8		Bydgoszcz	7	(1,3,1,1,1)
9	Stefan Kępa (res)	Rzeszów	7	(1,3,3)
10		Świętochłowice	5	(w,1,2,d,2)
11	Janusz Kościelak (res)	Rzeszów	4	(1,2,w,0,1)
12		Wrocław	4	(1,1,0,2,0)
13		Rzeszów	3	(1,w,1,1,0)
14		Rybnik	2	(0,0,2)
15		Toruń	2	(0,1,0,1,0)
16		Rybnik	2	(2,u)
17	Marian Stawecki (res)	Rzeszów	2	(2,0,0)
18		Bydgoszcz	1	(0,u,0,0,1)
19		Rzeszów	0	(u/-)
20	Konstanty Pociejkowicz (res)	Wrocław		(ns)

Golden Helmet

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

Calendar

width=40px	Date	width=110px	Venue	width=160px	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 classificationNote: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.

width=20px	Pos.	width=150px	Rider	width=170px	Club	width=50px	Total	width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px		width=25px	WAR
1			96	15	15	13	15	11	13	14	10	10
2			91	4	10	13	18	6	12	15	8	15
3			90	12	8	11	12	15	13	13	14	11
4			80	6	9	14	8	12	12	9	13	11
5			77	5	5	12	14	9	15	10	6	11
6			63	8	4	6	10	8	5	12	14	1
7			60	4	10	7	10	4	7	6	8	12
8			58	8	6	6	5	13	3	10	10	1
9			45	0	9	7	8	5	-	3	4	9
10			42	7	5	5	6	-	-	5	5	9
11			40	6	3	3	11	8	3	4	-	5
12			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

width=30	Pos	width=200	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		27	13	1	0	+307
2		20	10	0	4	+251
3		18	9	0	5	+63
4		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		2	1	0	13	–393

Second League

width=30	Pos	width=200	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	36	18	0	2	+420
2		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

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 23 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1961 . History Speedway . 23 February 2023.
3. Web site: Polish final 1961 . WWOS Backup . 23 February 2023.
4. Web site: 1961 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 23 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1961.htm . bot: unknown .
5. Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 23 February 2023.
6. Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 3 March 2023.