- Jens Rasmussen
Infobox Speedway rider
ridername= Jens Rasmussen
nationality = flagicon|DENDenmark
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1959|5|26|mf=y
cityofbirth =Odense
countryofbirth =Denmark
nickname =
website =
retired = Retired
career =Hackney Hawks Oxford Cheetahs Ipswich Witches Rye House Rockets
years = 1981-1983
1984-1985
1986-1987
1988-1993
indivhonour = None
indivyear =
teamhonour = British League Champion
teamyear = 1985Jens Rasmussen (born
26 May 1959 inOdense ,Denmark ) [Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). "1986 Speedway Yearbook". ISBN 0-9488-8200-X] is a former speedway rider who rode in theUnited Kingdom ,who made history when he signed for theRye House Rockets in the National League. He was the first non-Commonwealth rider to be allowed to ride at that level.Career summary
He started his UK career in the British League with the
Hackney Hawks in 1981 and moved to theOxford Cheetahs after the Hawks closed at the end of the 1983 season. [Fenn, C.(2003). "Hackney Speedway, Friday at Eight". ISBN 0-7524-2737-7]He rode for
Ipswich Witches in 1986 and 1987.Then in 1988 the
Rye House Rockets announced they wished to use him in the National League. After much debate he was allowed to race due to the fact he had already been living in the UK for the previous five years and that he had an English wife and child. [ Jacobs, Norman (2007). "70 Years of Rye House Speedway". ISBN 0-7524-4162-7]References
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