The big spectator sport in Tarnów is motorcycle speedway (żużel in Polish), with the local club Unia Tarnów dating back 50 years and now competing in Ekstraliga - the highest speedway league in PL. In fact, they've won the Polish championship three times in the last decade. If you're not familiar with speedway, this is motorcycle racing between 4 racers at a time on a dirt oval track. Speedway motorcycles have only one gear and no brakes, causing drivers to 'powerslide' through the turns before hitting up to 70mph on the straightaways. Pretty thrilling and a great opportunity to catch some local sports excitement in Poland without suffering a boring, sloppy (and potentially dangerous) football match.