1966 Polish speedway season

Season of speedway in Poland

1966 Polish speedway season
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The 1966 Polish Speedway season was the 1966 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1966 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held on 2 October at Rybnik.

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	Points
1	Antoni Woryna	Rybnik	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2	Marian Rose	Toruń	13	(3,2,2,3,3)
3	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Gorzów Wlkp.	12	(3,2,3,2,2)
4	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	10	(2,0,2,3,3)
5	Kazimierz Bentke	Leszno	10	(3,2,3,0,2)
6	Henryk Glücklich	Bydgoszcz	9	(1,3,3,1,1)
7	Andrzej Wyglenda	Rybnik	9	(0,3,2,3,1)
8	Jan Tkocz	Gdańsk	9	(2,1,2,2,2)
9	Jerzy Trzeszkowski	Wrocław	8	(1,1,1,2,3)
10	Czesław Odrzywolski	Gniezno	7	(2,0,1,2,2)
11	Bohdan Jaroszewicz	Wrocław	6	(1,3,1,0,1)
12	Bronisław Rogal	Gorzów Wlkp.	5	(2,2,0,1,0)
13	Andrzej Mazur	Lublin	3	(0,0,1,1,1)
14	Wiktor Jastrzębski	Częstochowa	2	(1,1,0,0,0)
15	Stanisław Rurarz	Częstochowa	2	(0,1,0,1,0)
16	Jan Kolber	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

Date	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

Pos.	Rider	Club	Total	Points
1	Andrzej Pogorzelski	Gorzów Wlkp.	64	(9,12,14,14,10,12,12)
2	Paweł Waloszek	ŚwiętochłowiceToruń	59	(8,10,15,11,15,x,x)
3	Andrzej Wyglenda	Rybnik	52	(11,7,4,10,9,15,6)
4	Zbigniew Podlecki	Gdańsk	51	(12,11,8,10,10,x,x)
5	Joachim Maj	Rybnik	51	(11,9,10,x,8,11,10)
6	Marian Rose	Toruń	49	(9,10,11,x,x,9,10)
7	Antoni Woryna	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	Stanisław Tkocz	Rybnik	41	(10,4,3,9,8,10,x)
11	Marian Kaiser	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	Stanisław Skowron	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.

KS ROW Rybnik won the gold medal for the fifth consecutive season. The team included Joachim Maj, Antoni Woryna, Andrzej Wyglenda and Stanisław Tkocz.

First League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	ROW Rybnik	24	12	0	2	+233
2	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	21	10	1	3	+188
3	Stal Rzeszów	17	8	1	5	+50
4	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	16	8	0	6	+22
5	Sparta Wrocław	15	7	1	6	–43
6	Polonia Bydgoszcz	13	6	1	7	–18
7	Śląsk Świętochłowice	6	3	0	11	–143
8	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	0	0	0	14	–289

Second League

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
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

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
1	ROW Rybnik	50	25	0	3	+500
2	Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski	40	19	2	7	+276
3	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	33	16	1	11	+93
4	Stal Rzeszów	33	16	1	11	+67
5	Sparta Wrocław	29	13	3	12	–33
6	Polonia Bydgoszcz	19	9	1	18	–108
7	Śląsk Świętochłowice	16	8	0	20	–224
8	Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra	4	2	0	26	–571

Second League 1965-66

Pos	Club	Pts	W	D	L	+/−
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

References

"HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
"Historia Speedway Polsce 1966". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
"Polish final 1966". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
"1966 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
"Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
"Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
"1966 Rybnik team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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

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