Artis Rasmanis

Infobox Sidecarcross world championship rider
Name = Artis Rasmanis
Nicknames =
Nationality = flagicon|Latvia Latvia
Birthdate =
Birthplace = Latvia
Website =
Current team =
Bike number = n/a
Championships = 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
Race Starts = 170
Race Wins = 68
Podiums = 113
Poles =
Fastest laps =
Total points = 2624
Points = 662
Last season = 2002
Last position = 1st

Artis Rasmanis (born 1971 [ [http://www.cvk.lv/cgi-bin/wdbcgiw/cvk/pv2005.pasv2005_f.kandid?nr=84231334002 Artis Rasmanis (in Latvian)] ] ) is a retired Latvian sidecarcross passenger and five times world champion.

Rasmanis was part of the most successful partnership in sidecarcross world championship history, winning five titles with his driver Kristers Serģis. He retired from international sidecar competition after their fifth title in 2002. He is however still active in the motor sport, racing quad bikes now [cite web|url=http://auto.lv/motorsport/motokross/Artis_Rasmanis_gatavs_otrajam_startam_Eiropas_kausa_izcina_kvadraciklos.html|title=Artis Rasmanis gatavs otrajam startam Eiropas kausa izcīņā kvadraciklos (in Latvian)|publisher=Auto.lv|date=2007-08-10|accessdate=2008-04-16] , finishing 12th in the FIM European championship in 2007 [cite web|url=http://www.premiermotocross.com/home.php?category/Europe-quad-fim|title=Europe - Quad-FIM (in French)|publisher=premiermotocross.com|date=2007-10-17|accessdate=2008-04-16] .

He now works as a manager at SIA "Rasmanis & Dankers". He originally graduated as a agricultural machinery mechanic from "Priekuļi agricultural technical school" in Cēsis District in 1990.

idecarcross world championship results

Artis Rasmanis entered the sidecarcross world championship in 1992, with Kristers Serģis as his driver. After two seasons with limited success and starts, Serģis switched to Normunds Bērziņš as his partner for 1994 and 1995 but continued to have only a small impact on the race circuit. In late 1995 Artis Rasmantis returned as his partner and in 1996, in the fourth race of the season they archived their first race win, on 21 April in Betekom, Belgium. The season after, their fortunes improved greatly and the duo won their first of five world championships this year. In 1998, they repeated their success and in 1999 they missed out by only one point to Daniël Willemsen / Marcel Willemsen on their third triumph. Also, in 1998, they managed to win the German sidecarcross championship [ [http://www.sidecarcross.de/home/home.htm Statistik/Hall Of Fame] ] . However, Serģis / Rasmantis continued their successful partnership with three more titles in 2000, 2001 and 2002. With their fifth title they became record holders in world cup wins in this sport. Previously, two drivers had archived four crowns, but none five. After this fifth title, Rasmanis retired from international competition but Serģis continued to race.

eason by season

Source:Cite web
url = http://www.thejohndaveypages.org/CV/XXX/CV_XXX_P_Rasmanis_A.htm
title = The John Davey Pages - Artis Rasmanis
accessdate = 2008-04-16
publisher = John Davey
* Passengers in italics.

ources

* [http://www.sidecarcross.com/ The World Championship on Sidecarcross.com]

References

External links

* [http://www.rasmanis.lv/ Artis Rasmanis website (currently under construction)]