RASMUS JENSEN SET FOR SPEEDWAY GP DEBUT IN VOJENS

Danish champion Rasmus Jensen crowns his biggest season so far by making his FIM Speedway Grand Prix debut after being named as wild card for the FIM Speedway GP of Denmark – Vojens, sponsored by ECCO.

Jensen lines up in the famous No.16 race jacket on September 10 – and it’s set to be his biggest night of a stellar season which has seen him emerge as one Danish speedway brightest stars.

He stormed to Danish Championship glory at his home track Holsted on June 22, before earning a place in the five-man national squad for the FIM Speedway of Nations Final in Vojens, just missing out on a spot in the starting line-up.

Jensen also took sixth place at the FIM GP Challenge in Glasgow last Saturday, scoring 10 points and falling only three points short of certain qualification for the 2023 Speedway GP series and two adrift of a spot in the third-place run-off.

The 28-year-old has enjoyed a fine season across Europe. He’s currently sixth in the Polish First Division average charts for Gdansk on 2.250 points per race. Jensen also races for Dackarna in Sweden’s Bauhaus Elitserien.

He is joined in flying the home flag at Denmark’s biggest annual speedway event by Speedway GP duo Leon Madsen and Mikkel Michelsen, with Latvian star Andzejs Lebedevs replacing injured home rider Anders Thomsen, whose season was ended by a badly broken leg suffered at the FIM GP Challenge.

The Vojens line-up is completed by track reserves Benjamin Basso and Emil Breum, who wear the No.17 and No.18 race jackets respectively.

Basso races for Vojens club Sønderjylland Elite Speedway and competes in the brand-new SGP2 series for the FIM Speedway Under-21 World Championship. Breum races for Esbjerg in Denmark’s Speedwayligaen.

Tickets for the FIM Danish Speedway GP, sponsored by ECCO are still available online. Book your place at Denmark’s iconic home of speedway on September 10. Visit: https://www.billetlugen.dk/artist/danish-fim-speedway-grand-prix/?affiliate=WW2