Clive Wheeler is planning to defend his Castrol Polo Challenge title in 2003 - and win another new car.

Wheeler collected his prize for being the 2002 champion, a road-going Volkswagen Polo worth £14,000, at the Volkswagen Racing UK awards evening at Whittlebury Hall in Northamptonshire last weekend.

The Albourne-based driver said: "I'm 99 per cent decided to have another crack at it.

"I've looked at other championships but in terms of value for money there is nothing to beat the Polo Challenge."

Wheeler and his Hurstpierpoint co-driver, Ken Bartram first entered the Polo Challenge in 2001, finishing the season runners-up to Lancashire's David Bateson.