On Saturday 5th of April 2025 at 13.45 on the track of Grudziadz, Family Pets & Zoo the Polish Speedway Pairs Championship will take place. Martin Vaculik is taking part in this competition.
Traditionally seven teams will fight for medals of Family Pets & Zoo. Motor Lublin will be defending the title of champion. Alongside the champions also Stal Gorzow Wlokniarz Czestochowa, KS Torun, Sparta Wroclaw, ROW Rybnik and the host team – GKM Grudziadz.
Such a lineup of Speedway Pairs is determined by regulations. Every team should consist of two competitors, however the they can be supported by a reserve rider (there can be one foreign rider). According to the rules, the teams should consist of the riders who had the highest average in the previous liga season. There are supposed to race such top riders as: Bartosz Zmarzlik, Dominik Kuzera, Patryk Dudek, Maciej Janowski, Artem Laguta, Emil Sajfutdinow, Martin Vaculik or Robert Lambert.
The official lineups regulations (starting numbers are given to the teams according to the lottery: the detailed nominations will be made by coaches):
Nr 1,2,15 – GKM Grudziadz (Wadim Tarasienko, Jakub Miskowiak, Michael Jepsen Jensen)
Nr 3,4,16 – KS Torun (Patryk Dudek, Emil Sajfutdinow, Robert Lambert)
Nr 5,6,17 – ROW Rybnik (Maksym Drabik, Gleb Czugunow, Chris Holder)
Nr 7,8,18 – Wlokniarz Częstochowa (Kacper Woryna, Piotr Pawlicki, Mads Hansen)
Nr 9,10,19 – Sparta Wrocław (Maciej Janowski, Artem Laguta, Daniel Bewley)
11,12,20 – Motor Lublin (Bartosz Zmarzlik, Dominik Kubera, Wiktor Przyjemski)
13,14,21 – Stal Gorzow (Oskar Paluch, Oskar Fajfer, Martin Vaculik)
To sum up, there will rivalize seven teams from PGE Ekstraliga, which will guarantee high level of sport competition. Polish Speedway Pairs Championship in the form of 21 races will be organized 52th time in the history. It took place twice in Grudziadz: in 1993 and in 2021. In the medal classification of all times the leading team is Polonia Bydgoszcz (11 gold , 6 silver, and 2 brown medals) before Unia Leszno (10 gold, 10 silver and 2 brown medals) and Stal Gorzow (10 gold, 7 silver and six brown medals).