1972 Polish speedway season explained

1972 Polish speedway season
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The 1972 Polish Speedway season was the 1972 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1972 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 1 October at Bydgoszcz.^[3]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
2		Śląsk Świętochłowice	13	(3,1,3,3,3)
3		Polonia Bydgoszcz	12	(3,3,3,3,d)
4		Wybrzeże Gdańsk	11	(1,2,2,3,3)
5		Stal Toruń	9	(2,–,3,1,3)
6		Włókniarz Częstochowa	9	(2,3,u,2,2)
7		Rybnik	9	(3,2,1,1,2)
8		Kolejarz Opole	7	(0,3,1,1,2)
9		Polonia Bydgoszcz	7	(2,u,2,2,1)
10		Śląsk Świętochłowice	6	(1,3,2,d,d)
11		ROW Rybnik	6	(u,2,2,0,2)
12		Sparta Wrocław	6	(2,0,1,2,1)
13		Zgrzeblarki Z. Góra	6	(1,1,1,2,1)
14		Włókniarz Częstochowa	1	(w,1,–,–,–)
15		Unia Leszno	0	(u,–,–,–,–)
16		Unia Leszno	0	(u,–,–,–,–)
17	Jan Mucha (res)	Śląsk Świętochłowice		(ns)

Golden Helmet

The 1972 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1972 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

width=40px	Date	width=110px	Venue	Winner
13 IV	Częstochowa	Marek Cieślak (Częstochowa)
20 IV	Gorzów Wlkp.	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)
25 IV	Opole	Edward Jancarz (Gorzów Wlkp.)
8 VII	Bydgoszcz	Henryk Glücklich (Bydgoszcz)
8 VI	Chorzów	Marek Cieślak (Częstochowa)
10 VIII	Poznań	Jerzy Gryt (Rybnik)
16 VIII	Wrocław	Marek Cieślak (Częstochowa)
17 IX	Zielona Góra	Edward Jancarz (Gorzów Wlkp.)

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

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1			80	13	13	15	13	3	11	12	14
2			78	14	13	11	15	8	12	13	6
3			72	14	5	10	6	13	9	15	11
4			68	-	10	6	9	12	13	12	12
5			63	8	14	10	6	12	7	-	12
6			60	12	6	-	11	-	14	7	10
7			43	10	7	6	9	-	5	4	6
8			40	4	4	6	8	5	7	7	8
9			37	4	5	8	3	9	5	5	5
10			34	4	6	5	-	3	4	10	5

Junior Championship

• winner - Bernard Jąder

Silver Helmet

• winner - Andrzej Tkocz

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1972 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1972 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

KS ROW Rybnik won the gold medal.^{[5] [6]} The team included Antoni Woryna, Jerzy Gryt and Andrzej Wyglenda.^[7]

First League

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1	ROW Rybnik	23	11	1	2	+241
2	Polonia Bydgoszcz	16	8	0	6	+31
3	Śląsk Świętochłowice	16	7	2	5	+4
4	Włókniarz Częstochowa	15	7	1	6	–54
5	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	14	7	0	7	+15
6	Kolejarz Opole	11	5	1	8	–21
7	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	9	4	1	9	–60
8	Sparta Wrocław	8	4	0	10	–156

Second League

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1	Unia Leszno	24	12	0	2	+182
2	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	18	9	0	5	+161
3	Stal Toruń	16	8	0	6	+24
4		14	7	0	7	+89
5	Stal Rzeszów	14	7	0	7	–78
6	Motor Lublin	12	6	0	8	–84
7	Start Gniezno	8	4	0	10	–179
8	Gwardia Łódź	6	3	0	11	–115

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 24 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1972 . Historia Speedway . 24 February 2023.
3. Web site: Polish final 1972 . WWOS Backup . 24 February 2023.
4. Web site: 1972 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 24 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1972.htm . dead .
5. Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 24 February 2023.
6. Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 3 March 2023.
7. Web site: 1972 Rybnik team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 3 March 2023.