1997 Polish speedway season

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1997 Polish speedway season
Jacek Krzyżaniak, 1997 Polish champion
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The 1997 Polish Speedway season was the 1997 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.[1][2][3]

Individual

Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1997 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Częstochowa.[4] Jacek Krzyżaniak won the Polish title.[5][6]

Pos. Rider Club Total Points
1 Jacek Krzyżaniak Toruń 13 +3 (3,2,3,3,2)
2 Sławomir Drabik Częstochowa 13 +2 (3,3,3,1,3)
3 Tomasz Gollob Bydgoszcz 11 (3,u,3,2,3)
4 Mirosław Kowalik Toruń 10 (3,w,3,3,1)
5 Jacek Gollob Bydgoszcz 10 (2,3,2,2,1)
6 Piotr Protasiewicz Bydgoszcz 9 (w,2,2,3,2)
7 Sebastian Ułamek Częstochowa 8 (d,3,1,1,3)
8 Andrzej Huszcza Zielona Góra 8 (1,1,d,3,3)
9 Damian Baliński Leszno 8 (2,1,2,2,1)
10 Jacek Rempała (res) Tarnów 8 (3,1,0,2,2)
11 Wojciech Załuski Gdańsk 7 (2,2,2,1,d)
12 Grzegorz Rempała Rzeszów 5 (2,0,1,0,2)
13 Maciej Kuciapa Rzeszów 4 (1,1,0,1,1)
14 Janusz Stachyra Rzeszów 3 (1,2,0,w,t)
15 Sławomir Dudek Zielona Góra 2 (1,d,1,0,0)
16 Tomasz Fajfer Gniezno 1 (0,1,0,0,0)
17 Adam Pawliczek Rybnik 0 (d,–,–,–,–)
18 Andrejs Koroļevs (res) Leszno 0 (d)

Golden Helmet

The 1997 Golden Golden Helmet (

Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1997 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 3 October. Tomasz Gollob won his fourth Golden Helmet Championship.[7][8]

Pos. Rider Club Total Points
1 Tomasz Gollob Bydgoszcz 13 (2,3,2,3,3)
2 Tomasz Bajerski Gorzów Wlkp. 12 (1,3,3,2,3)
3 Sebastian Ułamek Częstochowa 11 (2,2,2,3,2)
4 Jacek Gollob Bydgoszcz 11 (3,3,d,3,2)
5 Sławomir Drabik Częstochowa 10 (1,3,3,3,0)
6 Piotr Protasiewicz Bydgoszcz 9 (3,2,2,2,w)
7 Piotr Świst Gorzów Wlkp. 9 (2,2,3,1,1)
8 Rafał Dobrucki Piła 7 (3,0,1,1,2)
9 Jacek Krzyżaniak Toruń 7 (3,1,2,t,1)
10 Dariusz Śledź Wrocław 7 (d,1,1,2,3)
11 Mirosław Kowalik Toruń 7 (2,1,3,1,t)
12 Roman Jankowski Leszno 5 (0,2,d,0,3)
13 Wojciech Załuski Gdańsk 5 (0,1,1,1,2)
14 Zenon Kasprzak Rawicz 3 (,1,0,1,0,1)
15 Paweł Staszek Grudziądz 1 (1,0,0,0,0)
16 Robert Dados Grudziądz 0 (0,0,0,0,u)

Criterium of Aces

Junior Championship

Silver Helmet

Bronze Helmet

Pairs

Polish Pairs Speedway Championship

The 1997 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1997 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 20 June at Bydgoszcz.[9]

Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Polonia Bydgoszcz 29 Tomasz Gollob 12, Piotr Protasiewicz 11, Jacek Gollob 6
2 Apator Toruń 21+3 Jacek Krzyżaniak 11+3, Mirosław Kowalik 10
3 Gorzów Wlkp. 21+2 Piotr Świst 12, Tomasz Bajerski 9+2
4 Włókniarz Częstochowa 18 Sławomir Drabik 12, Sebastian Ułamek 6
5 Atlas Wrocław 14 Dariusz Śledź 12, Waldemar Szuba 2, Zbigniew Lech 0
6 GKM Grudziądz 12 Robert Kempiński 3, Paweł Staszek 3, Robert Dados 6
7 Start Gniezno 11 Robert Sawina 10, Adam Fajfer 0, Tomasz Fajfer 1

Team

Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1997 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1997 edition of the Team Polish Championship.[10] Polonia Bydgoszcz won the gold medal.[11] The team included the Gollob brothers, Piotr Protasiewicz and Henrik Gustafsson.[12]

First Division

Pos Team Pts W D L Diff
1 Polonia Bydgoszcz 25 12 1 5 +147
2 Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski 24 11 2 5 +65
3 Polonia Piła 22 10 2 6 +34
4
Apator Toruń
21 10 1 7 +51
5 Unia Leszno 18 8 2 8 +43
6
ZKŻ Zielona Góra
17 8 1 9 –21
7 Stal Rzeszów 16 7 2 9 +35
8 Start Gniezno 15 7 1 10 –123
9 Włókniarz Częstochowa 14 7 0 11 –74
10
Atlas Wrocław
8 4 0 14 –157

Play offs

Team Team Team Score
semi final Toruń Bydgoszcz 43:47, 26:64
semi final Piła Gorzów 47:43, 41:48
final Gorzów Bydgoszcz 46:44, 30:60

Second Division

Pos Team Pts W D L Diff
1 GKM Grudziądz 34 17 0 3 +500
2 Ostrów 31 15 1 4 +315
3 Unia Tarnów 30 15 0 5 +304
4 Wybrzeże Gdańsk 30 15 0 5 +341
5 Łódź 24 12 0 8 +176
6
RKM Rybnik
23 11 1 8 +93
7 Kolejarz Rawicz 22 11 0 9 +26
8 Kolejarz Opole 11 5 1 14 –297
9
ŻKS Krosno
6 3 0 17 –463
10
LKŻ Lublin
5 2 1 17 –375
11
Wanda Kraków
4 2 0 18 –620

References

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  5. ^ "KRZYŻANIAK Jacek". Speedway HG. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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  8. ^ "Tomasz Gollob and... everything is clear - the best players in the history of IMP". Sportowe Fakty. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
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  12. ^ "1997 Bydgoszcz team stats". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 1 March 2023.