Bent Rasmussen

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Bent Rasmussen
Born13 July 1957 (1957-07-13) (age 67)
Herning, Denmark
NationalityDanish
Career history
Denmark
1977 Herning
Great Britain
1977–1978 Hackney Hawks
1978–1980 King's Lynn Stars
1981 Cradley Heathens
Individual honours
1980 Danish Championship bronze medal
Team honours
1981 British League winner
1980Gauntlet Gold Cup
1980Inter-League Knockout Cup

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 athough 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]

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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. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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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