1966 Polish speedway season explained

1966 Polish speedway season
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The 1966 Polish Speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1966 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held on 2 October at Rybnik.^[3]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Rybnik	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2		Toruń	13	(3,2,2,3,3)
3		Gorzów Wlkp.	12	(3,2,3,2,2)
4		Rybnik	10	(2,0,2,3,3)
5		Leszno	10	(3,2,3,0,2)
6		Bydgoszcz	9	(1,3,3,1,1)
7		Rybnik	9	(0,3,2,3,1)
8		Gdańsk	9	(2,1,2,2,2)
9		Wrocław	8	(1,1,1,2,3)
10		Gniezno	7	(2,0,1,2,2)
11		Wrocław	6	(1,3,1,0,1)
12		Gorzów Wlkp.	5	(2,2,0,1,0)
13		Lublin	3	(0,0,1,1,1)
14		Częstochowa	2	(1,1,0,0,0)
15		Częstochowa	2	(0,1,0,1,0)
16		Rzeszów	0	(0,0,0,0,–)
17	Stanisław Tkocz (res)	Rybnik	ns

Golden Helmet

The 1966 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1966 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

width=120px	Date	width=120px	Venue	Winner
15 April	Zielona Góra	Podlecki
22 April	Poznań	Trzeszkowski
17 June	Bydgoszcz	Waloszek
1 July	Nowa Huta, Kraków	Pogorzelski
14 July	Poznań	Waloszek
26 August	Rybnik	Wyglenda
16 September	Gorzów Wielkopolski	Pogorzelski

Final classification

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=150px	Points
1		Gorzów Wlkp.	64	(9,12,14,14,10,12,12)
2		ŚwiętochłowiceToruń	59	(8,10,15,11,15,x,x)
3		Rybnik	52	(11,7,4,10,9,15,6)
4	Zbigniew Podlecki	Gdańsk	51	(12,11,8,10,10,x,x)
5		Rybnik	51	(11,9,10,x,8,11,10)
6		Toruń	49	(9,10,11,x,x,9,10)
7		Rybnik	48	(x,x,7,7,14,11,9)
8	Konstanty Pociejkowicz	Wrocław	48	(0,10,x,14,9,7,8)
9	Jan Mucha	Świętochłowice	44	(9,8,8,10,9,x,x)
10		Rybnik	41	(10,4,3,9,8,10,x)
11		Gdańsk	39	(10,9,4,5,11,1,x)
12	Edmund Migoś	Gorzów Wlkp.	39	(8,8,8,4,5,10,4)
13	Jerzy Padewski	Gorzów Wlkp	38	(0,3,10,6,x,7,12)
14	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Wrocław	38	(7,12,2,10,3,3,6)
15		Opole	28	(6,6,1,4,5,x,7)

Silver Helmet

• winner - Zygfryd Friedek

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1966 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 19th edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

KS ROW Rybnik won the gold medal for the fifth consecutive season.^{[5] [6]} The team included Joachim Maj, Antoni Woryna, Andrzej Wyglenda and Stanisław Tkocz.^[7]

First League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		24	12	0	2	+233
2		21	10	1	3	+188
3		17	8	1	5	+50
4		16	8	0	6	+22
5		15	7	1	6	–43
6		13	6	1	7	–18
7		6	3	0	11	–143
8		0	0	0	14	–289

Second League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Unia Leszno	30	15	0	5	+193
2	Włókniarz Częstochowa	28	14	0	6	+181
3	Kolejarz Opole	28	14	0	6	+124
4	Unia Tarnów	26	13	0	7	+119
5	Stal Toruń	25	12	1	7	+84
6	Motor Lublin	22	11	0	9	–163
7	Polonia Piła	18	9	0	11	–169
8	Start Gniezno	17	8	1	11	–70
9	Karpaty Krosno	10	5	0	15	–299

Two year tables

An additional award was given to the team that topped the league tables over a two year period.

First League 1965-66

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		50	25	0	3	+500
2		40	19	2	7	+276
3		33	16	1	11	+93
4		33	16	1	11	+67
5		29	13	3	12	–33
6		19	9	1	18	–108
7		16	8	0	20	–224
8		4	2	0	26	–571

Second League 1965-66

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Włókniarz Częstochowa	48	24	0	8	+472
2	Unia Tarnów	45	22	1	9	+252
3	Kolejarz Opole	43	21	1	10	+259
4	Unia Leszno	41	20	1	11	+165
5	Stal Toruń	41	19	3	10	+155
6	Motor Lublin	20	10	0	22	–235
7	Karpaty Krosno	20	10	0	22	–248
8	Polonia Piła	18	8	2	22	–347
9	Start Gniezno	12	6	0	26	–473

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 23 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1966 . Historia Speedway . 23 February 2023.
3. Web site: Polish final 1966 . WWOS Backup . 23 February 2023.
4. Web site: 1966 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 23 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1966.htm . dead .
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.
7. Web site: 1966 Rybnik team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 3 March 2023.