1949 Polish speedway season

The 1949 Polish Speedway season was the 1949 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.[1][2]

1949 Polish speedway season
Statue of Alfred Smoczyk in Leszno

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1949 Individual Speedway Polish Championship was held in Leszno on 23 October 1949. It was the fifth running of the Championship.

Result
Pos.RiderClubPointsTotal
1Alfred Smoczyk(Unia Leszno)16(4,4,4,4)
2Eugeniusz Zendrowski(Związkowiec Warszawa)15(4,3,4,4)
3Jan Paluch(Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom)14(4,4,2,4)
4Ludwik Rataj(KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp.)13(3,3,4,3)
5Bonifacy Szpitalniak(KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp.)11(4,1,3,3)
6Jan Najdrowski(Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz)10(3,3,2,2)
7Paweł Dziura(Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom)9(2,2,3,2)
8Ryszard Morawski(Związkowiec Warszawa)7(3,1,N,3)
9Henryk Woźniak(Unia Leszno)6(E,2,N,4)
10Tadeusz Kołeczek(Tramwajarz-Ogniwo Łódź)5(2,3,E,E)
11Czesław Szałkowski(Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz)3(3,E,N,N)
12Mieczysław Chlebicz(Związkowiec W-wa)3(2,1,F,N)
13Józef Olejniczak(Unia Leszno)0(E,E,E,N)

E – retired or mechanical failure • F – fell • N – non-starter

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1949 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the second edition of the Team Polish Championship.[3][4]

In First and Second League, matches were played with part three teams. Teams were made up of 3 riders plus 1 reserve. The event consisted of 9 races. In one day were played three three-cornered matches. For winning a match a team received 3 points, for second place 2 points, and for third 1 point. In every heat scoring was 3–2–1 and 0 if no-completion heat. The drivers with the main squad of a team started in a match 3 times. The quantity of small points was added up.[5]

First League
PosTeamMatchMatch PtsHeats Pts
1Unia Leszno41298
2KM-Stal Ostrów Wlkp.48.582
2Skra-Związkowiec Warszawa48.572
4Polonia-Ogniwo Bytom48.571
5PKM-Ogniwo Warszawa4859
6Olimpia-Unia Grudziądz47.562
7Tramwajarz-Ogniwo Łódź4767
8RKM-Budowlani Rybnik4757
9MK-Kolejarz Rawicz4554

Any team was relegated to lower division.

Medalists

Unia LesznoJózef Olejniczak 2.84, Alfred Smoczyk 3.00, Henryk Woźniak 2.08, Wacław Andrzejewski, Juchniak
Stal Ostrów Wlkp.Stefan Maciejewski 2.50, Bonifacy Szpitalniak, Ludwik Rataj, Piotr Poprawa, Marian Rejek
Skra-Związkowiec WarszawaRyszard Morawski, Jan Kwaśniewski, Eugeniusz Zendrowski 2.58, Jan Filipczak, Jan Wąsikowski

Second League
PosTeamMatchMatch PtsHeats Pts
1Polonia-Gwardia Bydgoszcz41190
2CTCiM Częstochowa41184
3GKM-Związkowiec Gdańsk41071
4RTKM-Gwardia Rzeszów4978
5Unia Chodzież4862
6Unia Poznań4654
7Motoklub Rawicz II3440
8DKM-Włókniarz Łódź3326
9Lechia-Włókniarz Poznań3326

Event between Rawicz, Łódź and Poznań was cancelled and never replayed.

References
  1. "HISTORICAL RESULTS 1948-2023". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. "Historia Speedway Polsce 1949". Speedway History. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  3. "Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski (PGE Ekstraliga)". Speedway Fansite. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  5. "1949 Polish leagues". Roman Lach – Polish Speedway Almanac. Archived from the original on 16 October 2002. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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