Swindon captain Jason Doyle is the joint Speedway World Championship Series leader – despite riding in Saturday’s Danish Grand Prix with three broken bones in his foot.
The Aussie ace had an operation at the start of the week to have several screws and plates inserted into his foot and even hobbled on crutches up and down the pits between races.
But he battled through on the track to reach a fifth consecutive Grand Final in Horsens in a stunning show of grit and determination.
He secured 15 points from seven rides, moving him onto 65 in total, and is level on points at the top of the standings with Polish star Patryk Dudek.
DANISH FIM SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX, Horsens
Maciej Janowski 17 (1st), Emil Sayfutdinov 14 (2nd), Patryk Dudek 14 (3rd), Jason Doyle 15 (4th), Matej Zagar 11, Tai Woffinden 11, Antonio Lindback 8, Fredrik Lindgren 8, Kenneth Bjerre 7, Greg Hancock 7, Bartosz Zmarzlik 7, Chris Holder 7, Piotr Pawlicki 4, Peter Kildemand 3, Niels-Kristian Iversen 3, Martin Vaculik 1.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS (After round 5 of 12)
Jason Doyle 65, Patryk Dudek 65, Maciej Janowski 58, Fredrik Lindgren 51, Tai Woffinden 48, Emil Sayfutdinov 47, Greg Hancock 45, Martin Vaculik 45, Piotr Pawlicki 43, Bartosz Zmarzlik 39, Matej Zagar 36, Chris Holder 34, Niels-Kristian Iversen 31, Antonio Lindback 29, Vaclav Milik 13, Peter Kildemand 12, Nicki Pedersen 8, Maksims Bogdanovs 8, Kenneth Bjerre 7, Przemyslaw Pawlicki 3, Nick Skorja 1, Josef Franc 0, Matej Kus 0.
