The 1996 Polish Speedway season was the 1996 season of
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
in Poland.
Individual
Polish Individual Speedway Championship
The Individual Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Indywidualne Mistrzostwa Polski, IMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1932.
The current Polish Champion is Bartosz Zmarzlik ( S ...
The 1996 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 15 August at Warsaw.
Sławomir Drabik
Sławomir Drabik (born 6 February 1966 in Jawor, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has won 1996 Team World Champion title.
Drabik was second in the 2003 Individual European Championship and 2007 European Pairs Championship. He was perman ...
won the Polish title for the second time and five years after his first triumph in
1991
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.
Golden Helmet
The 1996 Golden Golden Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the
Polish Motor Union
The Polski Związek Motorowy (PZM, PZMot) ( en, Polish Automobile and Motorcycle Federation) is an automobile club and the governing body of motorsports in Poland. It is based in Warsaw.
Established in 1950 by merging the Polish Car Club and the ...
(PZM) was the 1996 event for the league's leading riders. The final was held at Wrocław on the 27 September.
Jacek Gollob
Jacek Gollob (born 27 October 1969 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a Polish motorcycle speedway rider who has twice won the Individual Speedway Polish Championship, individual Polish Championship (in 1998 and 2000), and has also won the team and pairs ...
won the Golden Helmet title and defeated his brother
Tomasz Gollob
Tomasz Robert Gollob (; born 11 April 1971 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a former Polish motorcycle speedway rider. He appeared in every Speedway Grand Prix series between its inaugural season in 1995 and 2013. His brother Jacek is also a speedway rid ...
in a final run off after they both finished on 14 points.
Criterium of Aces
Junior Championship
* winner -
Tomasz Bajerski
Tomasz Bajerski (born 9 September 1975 in Toruń, Poland''Świat Żużla'', No 1 (73) / 2008, pages 56-57, ) is an international motorcycle speedway rider who was riding in 2003 Speedway Grand Prix. He was won Team Polish Champion title in 2001 ...
Silver Helmet
The Silver Helmet ( pl, Turniej o Srebrny Kask, SK) is an annual speedway event held each year organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1966.
Final Meeting held in PC Team U-21 3rd from last season.
Previous winners
See also
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* winner -
Wiesław Jaguś
Wiesław Jaguś (born 13 September 1975) is a former Polish speedway rider.
Career
In August 2006, during the Speedway Grand Prix Qualification he won the GP Challenge, which ensured that he claimed a permanent slot for the 2007 Grand Prix. He ...
Bronze Helmet
* winner -
Damian Baliński
Damian Baliński (born 5 August 1977, in Poland) is an international motorcycle speedway rider and a current member of Poland national team. He has ridden since 1994 with Unia Leszno.
His older brother Dariusz and his son Damian Jr. (Damian ...
Pairs
Polish Pairs Speedway Championship
The Polish Pairs Speedway Championship (Polish: ''Mistrzostwa Polski Par Klubowych, MPPK'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1974.
The participating teams are draw ...
The 1996 Polish Pairs Speedway Championship was the 1996 edition of the Polish Pairs Speedway Championship. The final was held on 23 May at Gniezno.
Team
Team Speedway Polish Championship The Team Speedway Polish Championship (Polish: ''Drużynowe Mistrzostwa Polski, DMP'') is an annual speedway event held each year in different Polish clubs organized by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) since 1948.
The team winning the league is awarded ...
The 1996 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1996 edition of the Team Polish Championship.
Włókniarz Częstochowa
Eltrox CKM Włókniarz Częstochowa is a motorcycle speedway team based in Częstochowa, Poland. They were established in 1946. They compete in the Speedway Ekstraliga, Polish Ekstraliga. The club has won Team Speedway Polish Championship, Polish ...
won the gold medal, which was their first Championship gold since 1974. The team included
Joe Screen
Joseph Screen (born 27 November 1972 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire), is a former British international speedway rider. His major speedway honours include winning the World Under-21 Championship in 1993, the British Championship in 1996 and 2004, ...
,
Sławomir Drabik
Sławomir Drabik (born 6 February 1966 in Jawor, Poland) is a Polish speedway rider who has won 1996 Team World Champion title.
Drabik was second in the 2003 Individual European Championship and 2007 European Pairs Championship. He was perman ...
and
Sebastian Ułamek
Sebastian Ułamek (born 20 November 1975) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He was a European individual Champion.
Career
Ułamek rode in the Polish leagues for his home club Włókniarz Częstochowa from 1992 until 1998 and the ...
.
First Division
Play offs
Second Division
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References
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