Andy Denyer defied doctors' orders to become king of the track.

Uckfield rider Denyer clinched the BEMSEE club's 250 Grand Prix title with two wins in the penultimate round of the series at Silverstone last weekend.

However, Denyer would not have lifted the crown if he had listened to medical advice.

Denyer, who has had more than his fair share of bad luck over the last couple of seasons, explained: "They thought I had broken my leg again after a crash at Cadwell Park in August. They put me in plaster.

"They didn't know whether it was a new break or the old one had not healed properly.

"But I cut the thing (plaster) off and decided myself it was all right."

Denyer was racing again a couple of weeks later and he was celebrating last weekend.

He won the first race in the wet and then got a bad start to the second, raced in the dry, before storming through the field to claim another victory.

A modest Denyer, who thanked support he had received from Motoport and CarCare, said: "It feels great and I'm delighted.

"I want to do the MRO series a bit more next year and I will try to get myself a better bike."

Team-mates Luke Palmer and Edward Biggs will go head-to-head in a battle for second spot in the Rookie 400 championship at Brands Hatch this weekend.

Palmer, from Plumpton Green, currently holds a seven point lead over Biggs, from Sayers Common, going into the final round of the series.

At Silverstone last weekend, Biggs cut his team-mate's advantage with a win and a third from the two races. Palmer finished fourth in the first race and second behind class champion Terry Bryan in the final race.

SUSSEX rally team Clive Wheeler and Ken Bartram went head to head in Germany with their European counterparts last weekend to determine the winner of one of rallying's most exciting prizes.

At stake was the chance to give Volkswagen's newest challenger its World Rally Championship debut. The leading Polo Challenge finisher on the Bavaria-based International ADAC 3-Stadte Rally would be handed the keys to the TNT-backed Polo GTI Super 1600 for next month's Rally of Great Britain.

Although Albourne-based Wheeler and his Hurstpierpoint co-driver Bartram failed to claim the big prize, they did come away from Germany with a strong result and big smiles.

They finished seventh among the Polo class runners and crewed the second highest-placed 1.4-litre Polo.

Wheeler said: "It has been a great event and we have thoroughly enjoyed ourselves."

Wheeler's next challenge is to defend his lead in the UK Volkswagen Polo Rally Challenge, the penultimate round of which takes place on November 2/3 in Scotland.

Wheeler currently enjoys a 15-point advantage over his nearest rival, Lancashire's David Bateson. Victory on the Scottish event, the Jim Clark Memorial Rally, could seal the title for the Sussex team.