1973 Polish speedway season explained

1973 Polish speedway season
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The 1973 Polish Speedway season was the 1973 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^[1] ^[2]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1973 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 30 September 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		Rybnik	14	(3,2,3,3,3)
3		Gorzów Wlkp.	11	(3,1,2,2,3)
4		Gorzów Wlkp.	10	(w,3,2,3,2)
5		Bydgoszcz	9	(2,3,3,d,1)
6		Zielona Góra	9	(2,2,1,1,3)
7		Świętochłowice	9	(2,1,2,2,2)
8		Leszno	8	(1,0,3,3,1)
9		Gorzów Wlkp.	7	(3,2,0,0,2)
10		Świętochłowice	6	(2,2,2,0,0)
11		Gdańsk	6	(1,1,0,2,2)
12		Rybnik	5	(1,3,1,0,0)
13		Leszno	3	(0,0,1,1,1)
14		Bydgoszcz	3	(0,1,d,1,1)
15		Gorzów Wlkp.	2	(0,0,w,2,0)
16		Rybnik	2	(1,u,1,u,–)
17	Paweł Protasiewicz (res)	Zielona Góra	0	(0)

Golden Helmet

The 1973 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1973 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

width=80px	Date	width=110px	Venue	Winner
5 April	Gorzów Wlkp.	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
26 April	Leszno	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
3 May	Zielona Góra	Zbigniew Marcinkowski (Zielona Góra)
10 May	Częstochowa	Jerzy Szczakiel (Opole)
24 May	Częstochowa	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
31 May	Chorzów	Edward Jancarz (Gorzów Wlkp.)
14 June	Bydgoszcz	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
16 August	Chorzów	Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice)

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	CHO
1			80	12	15	11	14	14	10	14	2
2			67	8	13	2	13	10	14	3	9
3			66	9	11	13	11	10	11	10	5
4			62	9	3	-	15	11	-	14	10
5			59	4	9	8	5	9	11	8	14
6			54	10	5	8	10	5	7	9	10
7			53	12	9	6	7	12	7	3	0
8			53	11	9	5	8	11	4	9	-
9			52	6	6	13	8	4	11	8	-
10			51	8	2	8	8	4	9	-	14
11			41	6	5	5	2	4	12	8	5
12			39	4	3	6	5	8	4	12	3
13			39	4	10	9	4	5	-	4	7
14			37	4	10	10	3	4	3	2	6
15			32	1	2	8	3	5	8	3	5

Junior Championship

winner - Zbigniew Filipiak

Silver Helmet

winner - Zbigniew Filipiak

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1973 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1973 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[4]

Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski won the gold medal.^[5] ^[6] The team included Zenon Plech, Edward Jancarz, Bogusław Nowak and Ryszard Fabiszewski.^[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	+138
2		16	8	0	6	+145
3		16	8	0	6	–86
4		15	7	1	6	+110
5		13	6	1	7	–37
6		11	5	1	8	–48
7		9	4	1	9	–63
8		8	3	2	9	–159

Second League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Sparta Wrocław	25	12	1	1	+289
2	Stal Toruń	20	10	0	4	+172
3	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	17	8	1	5	+114
4		14	7	0	7	+37
5	Stal Rzeszów	12	6	0	8	–57
6	Motor Lublin	12	6	0	8	–142
7	Gwardia Łódź	8	4	0	10	–159
8	Start Gniezno	4	2	0	12	–254

Notes and References

Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 24 February 2023.
Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1973 . Historia Speedway . 24 February 2023.
Web site: Polish final 1973 . WWOS Backup . 24 February 2023.
Web site: 1973 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 24 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1973.htm . dead .
Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 24 February 2023.
Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 3 March 2023.
Web site: 1973 Gorzów team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 3 March 2023.