1961 Golden Helmet (Poland)
# 1961 Golden Helmet (Poland)

The Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) is an annual motorcycle speedway event, and has been organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1961. Currently the race is held in PC Team 3rd from last season (previously Wrocław), with the top twelve riders in the Extraleague and the top four riders in the First League.

1961 Golden Helmet season was the first since its establishment.

## Calendar

| Date | Venue | Winner |
| - | - | - |
| 22 IV | Bydgoszcz | Florian Kapała (Rzeszów) |
| 6 V | Rzeszów | Florian Kapała (Rzeszów) |
| 13 V | Nowa Huta | Joachim Maj (Rybnik) |
| 20 V | Gdańsk | Henryk Żyto (Leszno) |
| 3 VI | Wrocław | Marian Kaiser (Gdańsk) |
| 10 VI | Rybnik | Stanisław Tkocz (Rybnik) |
| 24 VI | Poznań | Henryk Żyto (Leszno) |
| 8 VII | Częstochowa | Marian Kaiser (Gdańsk) |
| 9 IX | Warszawa | Henryk Żyto (Leszno) |

## Final classification

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

| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | BYD | RZE | KRA | GDA | WRO | RYB | POZ | CZE | WAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Florian Kapała | Stal Rzeszów | 96 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 2 | Henryk Żyto | Unia Leszno | 91 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Marian Kaiser | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 90 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 |
| 4 | Joachim Maj | RKM Rybnik | 80 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| 5 | Stanisław Tkocz | RKM Rybnik | 77 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Mieczysław Połukard | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 63 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
| 7 | Stefan Kępa | Stal Rzeszów | 60 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 12 |
| 8 | Norbert Świtała | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 58 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Jan Malinowski | Stal Rzeszów | 45 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 | Janusz Suchecki | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 42 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Stanisław Rurarz | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 40 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 4 | - | 5 |
| 12 | Jan Kusiak | Unia Leszno | 17 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | 3 |
