# 1971 Polish speedway season

The 1971 Polish Speedway season was the 1971 season of motorcycle speedway in Poland.

## Individual
### Polish Individual Speedway Championship

The 1971 Individual Speedway Polish Championship final was held on 3 October at Rybnik.
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | Points |
| 1 | Jerzy Gryt | ROW Rybnik | 14 | (3,3,2,3,3) |
| 2 | Jerzy Szczakiel | Kolejarz Opole | 13 | (1,3,3,3,3) |
| 3 | Andrzej Wyglenda | ROW Rybnik | 12+3 | (3,1,3,3,2) |
| 4 | Henryk Glücklich | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 12+2 | (2,2,3,2,3) |
| 5 | Zygfryd Friedek | Kolejarz Opole | 11 | (3,2,2,2,2) |
| 6 | Jan Mucha | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 10 | (2,3,2,2,1) |
| 7 | Edward Jancarz | Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | 8 | (3,3,1,0,1) |
| 8 | Zdzisław Dobrucki | Unia Leszno | 7 | (2,2,2,d,1) |
| 9 | Henryk Żyto | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 6 | (0,2,1,3,d) |
| 10 | Grzegorz Kuźniar | Stal Rzeszów | 6 | (1,d,1,1,3) |
| 11 | Paweł Waloszek | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 5 | (0,1,3,1,0) |
| 12 | Zbigniew Podlecki | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 5 | (2,1,w,0,2) |
| 13 | Konstanty Pociejkowicz | Sparta Wrocław | 4 | (0,w,w,2,2) |
| 14 | Marek Cieślak | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 4 | (1,0,1,1,1) |
| 15 | Andrzej Pogorzelski | Stal Gorzów Wlkp. | 2 | (1,0,0,1,0) |
| 16 | Jan Ratajczyk | Zgrzeblarki Z. Góra | 1 | (0,1,d,0,0) |
| 17 | Józef Jarmuła (res) | Śląsk Świętochłowice | | (ns) |
| 18 | Antoni Woryna (res) | ROW Rybnik | | (ns) |

### Golden Helmet

The 1971 Golden Golden Helmet (Polish: Turniej o Złoty Kask, ZK) organised by the Polish Motor Union (PZM) was the 1971 event for the league's leading riders.
Calendar
| Date | Venue | Winner |
| 16 IV | Gorzów Wlkp. | Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice) |
| 22 IV | Opole | Jerzy Szczakiel (Opole) |
| 17 VI | Rybnik | Andrzej Wyglenda (Rybnik) |
| 14 VII | Bydgoszcz | Antoni Woryna (Rybnik) |
| 8 VII | Tarnów | Antoni Woryna (Rybnik) |
| 15 VII | Wrocław | Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice) |
| 12 VIII | Świętochłowice | Paweł Waloszek (Świętochłowice) |
Final classification Note: Result from final score was subtracted with two the weakest events.
| Pos. | Rider | Club | Total | GOR | OPO | RYB | BYD | TAR | WRO | ŚWI |
| 1 | Antoni Woryna | ROW Rybnik | 62 | 8 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 11 |
| 2 | Paweł Waloszek | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 60 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 15 |
| 3 | Jerzy Szczakiel | Kolejarz Opole | 52 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 10 | - | 8 | 3 |
| 4 | Jan Mucha | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 51 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 14 |
| 5 | Zygfryd Friedek | Kolejarz Opole | 50 | - | - | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | Henryk Glücklich | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 49 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 12 | - |
| 7 | Jerzy Gryt | ROW Rybnik | 47 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 7 | 10 |
| 8 | Jerzy Trzeszkowski | Sparta Wrocław | 46 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 0 |
| 9 | Andrzej Wyglenda | ROW Rybnik | 40 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 10 | Zygmunt Pytko | Unia Tarnów | 39 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| | Henryk Żyto | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 39 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 12 | Józef Jarmuła | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 36 | - | 5 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 |
| 13 | Piotr Bruzda | Sparta Wrocław | 33 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| | Stanisław Kasa | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 33 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - |

### Junior Championship

* winner - Jerzy Wilim

### Silver Helmet

* winner - Zenon Plech & Grzegorz Kuźniar

## Team
### Team Speedway Polish Championship

The 1971 Team Speedway Polish Championship was the 1971 edition of the Team Polish Championship.
Polonia Bydgoszcz won the gold medal, which was their first title win since 1955. The team included Henryk Glücklich and Stanisław Kasa.

### First League

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | +/− |
| 1 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 19 | 9 | 1 | 4 | +43 |
| 2 | Stal Gorzów Wielkopolski | 18 | 9 | 0 | 5 | +87 |
| 3 | ROW Rybnik | 16 | 8 | 0 | 6 | +124 |
| 4 | Śląsk Świętochłowice | 15 | 7 | 1 | 6 | +13 |
| 5 | Kolejarz Opole | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | +4 |
| 6 | Sparta Wrocław | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | +29 |
| 7 | Wybrzeże Gdańsk | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | –123 |
| 8 | Unia Tarnów | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | –214 |

### Second League

| Pos | Club | Pts | W | D | L | +/− |
| 1 | Zgrzeblarki Zielona Góra | 24 | 12 | 0 | 2 | +193 |
| 2 | Włókniarz Częstochowa | 22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | +154 |
| 3 | Unia Leszno | 20 | 10 | 0 | 4 | +109 |
| 4 | Stal Toruń | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | –23 |
| 5 | Gwardia Łódź | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | –49 |
| 6 | Motor Lublin | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | –79 |
| 7 | Stal Rzeszów | 10 | 5 | 0 | 9 | –93 |
| 8 | Start Gniezno | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | –212 |