Finn Rune Jensen (born 9 January 1957) is a former
motorcycle speedway
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rider from Denmark. He earned nine international caps for the
Denmark national speedway team
Denmark is one of the major teams in international speedway. They are managed by Denmark's most successful speedway rider, four time Individual World Champion Hans Nielsen and the current captain is Niels-Kristian Iversen. They have won the Spe ...
.
Biography
Born in
Haderslev
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Stoke
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Berkshire
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Bristol
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in 1974.Oakes, Peter (1976) ''Who's Who of World Speedway'', Studio Publications, , p. 151 He joined the
Haderslev Motorsport Club
Haderslev (; german: Hadersleben ) is a Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,011 (1 January 2022).Hvepserne) on his return to Denmark and finished in tenth place in the 1974 Danish Junior Championship. The following year, only his second in speedway, he won the championship, scoring 15 points.
He was taken on by the
Birmingham Brummies
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Santa Marina Stadium
The Santa Marina Stadium is an 5,000-capacity motorcycle stadium in the Lonigo, Italy. The stadium is situated in the southern part of Lonigo, which itself is 25km south of Vicenza. The stadium is affiliated to the Federazione Motociclistica Ital ...
in
Lonigo Lonigo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.Source: ISTAT - Bilancio demografico al 31/12/200
In its ''frazione'' of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissance ...
during 1978.Jones, Alan (2010) ''Speedway in Leicester: The Lions Roar'', Automedia, p. 169 He represented Denmark several times in international matches.Oakes, Peter (1979) ''1979 Speedway Yearbook'', Studio Publications, , p. 99 In 1981 he moved to
Leicester Lions
Leicester Lions are a speedway team which originally operated from 1968 until 1983.Bamford, R & Jarvis J.(2001). ''Homes of British Speedway''. The club returned to speedway for the 2011 Premier League season, moving up to the Elite League ...
, scoring eight points on his debut. He was a regular member of the Lions team until a poor spell in 1983 saw him loaned to
Reading Racers
Reading Racers are a British motorcycle speedway team. Formed in 1968, they won four British League titles during their history. The club closed in October 2008 after the lease on Smallmead Stadium was sold and the site was demolished. In 2016 a ...
. His form picked up and he returned for the end of the season, but with the demise of the Lions at the end of 1983, he moved on to
Cradley Heathens
Cradley Heathens was a motorcycle speedway team from Dudley, England. The team was founded in 1947 and competed at the top level of British speedway until its closure in 1995. It was revived as Dudley Heathens in 2010, competing in the National L ...
in 1984. After two seasons with the Heathens, he retired from speedway.
He has since found success as an engine tuner.Staniszewski, Marek (2011) Gwiazdy i zapomniani żużlowcy , onet.pl, 16 November 2011, retrieved 2011-11-20