1974 Polish speedway season explained

The 1974 Polish Speedway season was the 1974 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.^{[1] [2]}

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1974 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 29 September at Gorzów.^[3]

width=25px	Pos.	width=200px	Rider	width=200px	Club	width=80px	Total	width=100px	Points
1		Gorzów Wlkp.	15	(3,3,3,3,3)
2		Gorzów Wlkp.	13 +3	(1,3,3,3,3)
3		Wrocław	13 +2	(2,3,3,3,2)
4		Zielona Góra	11	(2,1,2,3,3)
5		Wrocław	10	(3,3,2,0,2)
6		Częstochowa	10	(3,2,1,2,2)
7		Rybnik	8	(d,2,2,1,3)
8		Świętochłowice	7	(1,1,3,2,0)
9		Rybnik	7	(1,2,2,1,1)
10		Świętochłowice	7	(2,1,1,2,1)
11		Bydgoszcz	6	(3,2,0,0,1)
12		Częstochowa	5	(0,1,0,2,2)
13		Gdańsk	4	(1,0,1,1,1)
14		Rybnik	2	(2,0,0,d,0)
15		Toruń	2	(0,0,1,1,0)
16		Wrocław	0	(u,0,d,0,d)
17	Marek Cieślak (res)	Częstochowa	ns
18	Jan Mucha (res)	Świętochłowice	ns

Golden Helmet

The 1974 Golden Golden Helmet (pl|Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1974 event for the league's leading riders.

Calendar

width=40px	Date	width=110px	Venue	Winner
4 IV	Rybnik	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
25 IV	Bydgoszcz	Andrzej Tkocz (Rybnik)
26 IV	Leszno	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
7 VI	Częstochowa	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
8 VIII	Zielona Góra	Zenon Plech (Gorzów Wlkp.)
19 IX	Gorzów Wlkp.	Zbigniew Filipiak (Zielona Góra)

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	GOR
1			55	13	11	14	14	14	12
2			45	11	12	12	10	6	-
3			44	11	5	-	12	12	9
4			39	8	8	5	10	5	13
5			38	12	14	6	6	-	2
6			36	5	7	13	11	-	-
7			34	4	7	10	12	4	5
8			34	7	7	4	2	7	13
9			33	9	6	-	9	9	-
10			33	4	4	11	11	2	7
11			30	3	3	6	5	9	10
12			22	2	4	11	5	-	-
13			15	0	7	2	4	2	-

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 1974 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1974 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held at Bydgoszcz on 20 October.^[4]

width=20	Pos	width=200	Team	width=20	Pts	width=500	Riders
1	Polonia Bydgoszcz	26	Henryk Glücklich 13, Stanisław Kasa 13
2	Stal Gorzów Wlkp.	25	Edward Jancarz 14, Zenon Plech 11
3	ROW Rybnik	17	Piotr Pyszny 13, Jan Koczy 4
4	Śląsk Świętochłowice	17	Jacek Goerlitz v9, Paweł Waloszek 8
5	Sparta Wrocław	12	Zygmunt Słowiński 8, Zygfryd Kostka 4
6	Unia Leszno	11	Zdzisław Dobrucki 10, Zbigniew Jąder 1
7	Polonia II Bydgoszcz	15	Marek Ziarnik 10, Andrzej Koselski 4, Kazimierz Ziarnik 1

Junior Championship

• winner - Jerzy Rembas

Silver Helmet

• winner - Gerard Stach

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1974 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1974 edition of the Team Polish Championship.^[5]

Włókniarz Częstochowa won the gold medal.^{[6] [7]} The team included Marek Cieślak, Józef Jarmuła and Andrzej Jurczyński.^[8]

First League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1		21	10	1	3	+124
2		20	10	0	4	+161
3		18	8	2	4	+25
4		14	7	0	7	–16
5		13	6	1	7	+60
6		11	5	1	8	–64
7		8	3	2	9	–188
8		7	3	1	10	–102

Second League

width=30	Pos	width=250	Club	width=30	Pts	width=30	W	width=30	D	width=30	L	width=30	+/−
1	Kolejarz Opole	26	13	0	1	+345
2	Wybrzeże Gdańsk	20	10	0	4	+82
3	Motor Lublin	18	9	0	5	+146
4	Unia Tarnów	14	7	0	7	–41
5	Stal Toruń	12	6	0	8	–28
6	Stal Rzeszów	12	6	0	8	–30
7	Start Gniezno	8	4	0	10	–168
8	Gwardia Łódź	2	1	0	13	–306

Notes and References

1. Web site: HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023 . Speedway History . 24 February 2023.
2. Web site: Historia Speedway Polsce 1974 . Historia Speedway . 24 February 2023.
3. Web site: Polish final 1974 . WWOS Backup . 24 February 2023.
4. Web site: Polish pairs championship . Speedway History . 4 March 2023.
5. Web site: 1974 Polish leagues . Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac . 24 February 2023 . 16 October 2002 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021016220255/http://rlach.republika.pl/pl_1974.htm . dead .
6. Web site: Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga) . Speedway Fansite . 24 February 2023.
7. Web site: Polish Team Championship DMP . Speedway.hg . 3 March 2023.
8. Web site: 1974 Częstochowa team stats . Polish Speedway Database . 3 March 2023.