He trained a lot, often in the forests near
Olsztyn and this is what distinguished him from his rivals. He also financed his passion himself managing a car service garage where, in 1993, he employed 50 people. Marian Bublewicz at the beginning of his career was a
motocross driver, but a terrible accident destroyed his plans. He switched to driving a rally car. Marian Bublewicz became an icon of
Polish sport. In the 1980s Marian Bublewicz fought with
Andrzej Koper. Their great rivalry forced them to import new sports cars from outside the
Eastern Bloc. In this way raising the level of Polish rallies. In 1983 Marian Bublewicz became a driver of official FSO Rally Team, using such cars as Polonez 2000 Rally and Polonez 2000 Turbo. Marian was very hard-working and had a habit of spending as much time on training as he could so OBRSO (FSO Development Division) constructed special Polonez training car based on 3 door body with fiberglass parts like in 2000 Turbo but with much cheaper, modified 1.5 OHV engine and smaller dog-clutch gearbox instead of 2.0 DOHC turbocharged engine with more expensive transmission. In 1987 Bublewicz won Polish Championship behind the wheel of Polonez 2000 Rally and it was the last time when this car was used by FSO Rally Team. Since 1988 Bublewicz changed make and started using private Mazda 323 4WD because A group Polonez 1.5C Turbo was not competitive enough. In 1991, he was the first in
Poland who created a professional team –
Marlboro Rally Team Poland. In 1992 Bublewicz was the vice–champion of
European Rally Championship and received the prize from
Max Mosley's hands. == Death ==