2011 848 Challenge championship standings

Leon Morris wrapped up the championship at Castle Coombe but he was pushed hard all season by Edwards, Gilbertson, Brown and occasionally Darren Fry. The 8-round season started at Brands BSB and also headed to Assen and Monza for its away rounds, finally wrapping up at Silverstone.

The guest rider who caused the biggest stir was ex-Triple Challenge winner Chris Northover; with a win at Thruxton in monsoon conditions. The rider's rider of the season went to Mark Cheetham who produced some fantastic race results ..but also managed to drop it on the warm-up lap for Monza's race one? When meeting Troy Bayliss at Monza, Cheetham had written Troy 21 on his chest in black marker. Bayliss didn't know what to say.. Classic awkward moment, so funny!

So here's how the 2011 season rounded out:

Position     Name     Points
1.     Leon Morris    338
2.     Mike Edwards    266
3.     Robbie Brown    240
4.     Kenny Gilberstson    226
5.     Darren Fry    196
6.     Jamie Poole    125
7.     Aaron Brown    115
8.     Ricky Holden    100
9.     Mark Cheetham    79
10.     Ross Connolly    76
11.     Steve Jordan    65
12.     Dan Hopkins    62
13.     Stuart Poyser    58
14.     Clinton De Tarnowsky    43
15.     Chris Northover    38
=     Barry Poll    38
17.     Jack Keen    31
18.     Peter Hasler    30
19     Alexey Ivanov    17
20.     Dean Skipper    16
21.     Wesley Pearce    11
22.     Dan Cruickshank    10
=     Ben Cope    10
=     Bruce Wilson    10
25.     Rob Hoyles    8
26.     Sy Langford    7
27.     Olie Linsdell    5
28.     Alan Walker     2
=     Andrea Padovani     2
30.     Adam Child     1

By Ben Cope