Bent Rasmussen (born 13 July 1957) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.[1][2][3][4] He earned 3 caps for the Denmark national speedway team.[5]

Career

Rasmussen made his British leagues debut in 1977, when he joined the Hackney Hawks for the 1977 British League season.[6] The following season he continued to ride for Hackney before switching to the King's Lynn Stars.[6]

He stayed with Hackney for the 1978 season[7] and although his 1978 British league performances were below expectation he won the Danish Final (world championship round) held in Fjelsted.[8][9]

Rasmussen continued to ride for King's Lynn in 1979 and 1980[10] and also represented the Denmark national speedway team at the 1979 Speedway World Team Cup.[11] During the 1980 Danish speedway season he won the bronze medal in the Danish Championship.

His final season in Britain was in 1981, with the Cradley Heathens following a transfer in the region of £8,000 from King's Lynn, at Cradley he rode in all 30 of Cradley's fixtures and helped them win the league championship.[3][12][13]

References

  1. ^ Oakes, Peter (1990). Speedway Yearbook 1990, Rider Bio Bent Rasmussen. Front Page Books. ISBN 0-948882-15-8.
  2. ^ Oakes, Peter (2004). British Speedway Who's Who, Bent Rasmussen. Peter Oakes, Peterborough. ISBN 0-948882-81-6.
  3. ^ a b "Bent Rasmussen". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. ^ Oakes, Peter (1978). 1978 Speedway Yearbook, Rider Bio Bent Rasmussen. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. ISBN 978-0904584509.
  5. ^ "Ultimate rider index, 1929-2022" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b "Bent Rasmussen". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  7. ^ "Yet another Kent signing for Thomas". Sheerness Times Guardian. 10 March 1978. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "1978 season". Speedway.org. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Danish Qualification 1978". dlprezes.pl. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Teenage Swedish rider joins Stars". Lynn Advertiser. 17 March 1981. Retrieved 6 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "1979 Speedway World Team Cup". International Speedway. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Cradley Heath". Birmingham Mail. 12 March 1981. Retrieved 31 August 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Grahame can go". Daily Mirror. 2 February 1982. Retrieved 1 September 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.


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