Bernard Kacperak (25 June 1933 – 23 August 2007) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1][2]
| Born | 25 June 1933 Częstochowa, Poland |
|---|---|
| Died | 23 August 2007 (aged 74) |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| Poland | |
| 1953–1970 | Częstochowa |
| Individual honours | |
| 1960 | Polish Individual Speedway Championship bronze |
| Team honours | |
| 1959 | Polish league champion |
Career
editKacperak started his speedway career with Włókniarz Częstochowa, the club in the city he was born and bred in. His first season was during the 1953 Polish speedway season. Kacperak would remain loyal to the club throughout his entire career, spending 18 seasons with them from 1953 until 1971.[2]
He was part of the team that won the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1959 Polish speedway season.[3][4]
The following season in 1960, he won the bronze medal behind Konstanty Pociejkewicz and Marian Kaiser in the Polish Individual Speedway Championship.[5] That season, he was also part of the Polish team that toured England in 1960.[6]
Personal life
editAfter retirement from speedway, Kacperak ran a car repair shop.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "They left us". Włókniarz Częstochowa. 30 October 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Bernard Kacperak". Polish Speedway Database. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Polish Team Championship DMP". Speedway.hg. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Historia Speedway Polsce 1959". Historia Speedway. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Polish Individual Speedway Championship". Historia Sportu Zuzlowego. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
- ^ "Bees Sting Poland". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 17 July 1960. Retrieved 9 March 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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