Jens Rasmussen

Infobox Speedway rider


ridername= Jens Rasmussen
nationality = flagicon|DEN Denmark
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 = 1985

Jens Rasmussen (born 26 May 1959 in Odense, Denmark) [Oakes, P & Rising, P (1986). "1986 Speedway Yearbook". ISBN 0-9488-8200-X] is a former speedway rider who rode in the United Kingdom,who made history when he signed for the Rye 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 the Oxford 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]

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