The 1951 Polish Speedway season was the 1951 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.[1][2]
| 1951 Polish speedway season | |
|---|---|
Individual
editThe 1951 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held in Wrocław on 14 October 1951.
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wlodzimierz Szwendrowski | Bytom | 14 | (2,3,3,3,3) |
| 2 | Alfred Spyra | Rybnik | 14 | (3,2,3,3,3) |
| 3 | Zbigniew Raniszewski | Bydgoszcz | 13 | (3,3,1,3,3) |
| 4 | Stanisław Glapiak | Leszno | 11 | (d,3,3,2,3) |
| 5 | Tadeusz Fijałkowski | Warszawa | 10 | (3,2,2,2,1) |
| 6 | Janusz Suchecki | Warszawa | 9 | (2,0,3,2,2) |
| 7 | Bolesław Bonin | Bydgoszcz | 9 | (3,1,2,1,2) |
| 8 | Paweł Dziura | Rybnik | 7 | (2,3,1,1,w) |
| 9 | Józef Olejniczak | Leszno | 6 | (1,u,d,3,2) |
| 10 | Eugeniusz Zenderowski | Warszawa | 6 | (d,1,2,2,1) |
| 11 | Leszek Próchniak | Warszawa | 6 | (2,2,d,0,2) |
| 12 | Jan Kwaśniewski | Warszawa | 4 | (1,1,1,0,1) |
| 13 | Edward Kupczynski | Wrocław | 3 | (1,2,u,0,0) |
| 14 | Marian Kaznowski | Częstochowa | 3 | (1,1,0,1,0) |
| 15 | Stefan Maciejewski | Ostrów Wlkp. | 2 | (0,0,2,0,0) |
| 16 | Marian Spychała | Rawicz | 2 | (0,0,1,0,1) |
Criterium of Aces
editThe Criterium of Aces was won by Zbigniew Raniszewski.
Team
editThe 1951 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the fourth edition of the Team Polish Championship.[3][4]
Rules In First League, matches were played on a one leg basis only. Teams were made up of 6 riders and 2 reserves. Heat scoring was: 3–2–1–0 and matches consisted of 9 heats. For winning a match a team received 2 points. The rider from a main squad started in a match three times. The quantity of small points was added up.
Before the season the Main Commission of Physical Education (Polish: Główna Komisja Kultury Fizycznej, GKKF) and Sport' Commission of Polish Motor Union selected ten teams to establish the league:
- six teams who representatives of Sport Unions of Professional Associations (Zrzeszenia Sportowych Związków Zawodowych): Unia Leszno, Budowlani Warszawa, Ogniwo Bytom, Górnik Rybnik, Stal Ostrów Wlkp. and Kolejarz Rawicz,
- one team who representatives of Army: CWKS Warszawa,
- one team who representatives of Police: Gwardia Bydgoszcz after Race-Off,
- two other teams: Włókniarz Częstochowa and Spójnia Wrocław.
On 23 April 1951 in Rzeszów Police' Speedway Clubs played Race-Off. Gwardia Bydgoszcz won and qualified to the league. In this event Gwardia Poznań and Gwardia Rzeszow played.[5]
First League
edit| Pos | Team | Match | Points | Won | Lost | +/- |
| 1 | Unia Leszno | 9 | 16 | 8 | 1 | +112 |
| 2 | Gwardia Bydgoszcz | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | +107 |
| 3 | Górnik Rybnik | 9 | 14 | 7 | 2 | +70 |
| 4 | CWKS Warszawa | 9 | 12 | 6 | 3 | +24 |
| 5 | Ogniwo Bytom | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | +31 |
| 6 | Budowlani Warszawa | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | +24 |
| 7 | Stal Ostrów Wielkopolski | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | −16 |
| 8 | Kolejarz Rawicz | 9 | 6 | 3 | 6 | −76 |
| 9 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 9 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −137 |
| 10 | Spójnia Wrocław | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −139 |
Medalists
| Unia Leszno | Józef Olejniczak, Stanisław Glapiak, Henryk Woźniak, Jan Malinowski, Kazimierz Bentke, Zbigniew Chałupczak, Stanisław Przybylski, Jan Najdrowski, Zbigniew Sander, Ryszard Gościniak, Czesław Szałkowski, Baranowski, Bruch |
| Gwardia Bydgoszcz | Eugeniusz Nazimek, Bolesław Bonin, Zbigniew Raniszewski, Franciszek Śrubkowski, Józef Buda, Feliks Błajda, Staromiejski, Kielar, Kazimierz Kurek, Roman Zakrzewski, Antosiewicz, Jerzy Jeżewski, Zygmunt Garyantosiewicz |
| Budowlani Rybnik | Paweł Dziura, Alfred Spyra, Ludwik Draga, Robert Nawrocki, Józef Wieczorek, Baron |
References
edit- ^ "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1951". Speedway History. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "1951 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 23 February 2023.