[1] Podlecki began riding as a 19-year-old, during the 1959 Polish speedway season for LPŻ Neptun Gdańsk.

[2] The team then became Legia Gdańsk and he helped them to a second place finish in the top division of the Polish leagues.

[4] The following year he helped Poland win the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup.

[5][6] Podlecki toured the United Kingdom with the Polish national team in 1966.

[7] His career ended during the 1972 Polish speedway season, when on 19 August, returning from his parents house he had a car accident after trying to avoid a pedestrian who had run out into the road.