1966 Polish speedway season
# 1966 Polish speedway season

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 |
