Taree's Alex Cudlin has just returned to Australia after a succesful race in the final round of the 2011 Endurance Superstock World Cup.

Riding for team QMMF in the famous Qatar 8 hour, Alex was hoping to finish the year off strong and gain a podium finish for his final race of the season.

Being no stranger to the World Cup podium, Alex's start to the weekend was difficult when both his race bike and practice bike had engine blow ups in Wednesday practice.

Alex and team QMMF were left in a tricky situation with no spare engines and therefore no bike to race.

The team sourced a used engine and had no option but to fit it and use it for the race.

After the engone was fitted, Alex and Team QMMF got down to business and set about getting a strong result, even though the spare engine was obviously lacking in power in top speed.

The race started with QMMF rider Nasser Al Maiki at the helm, and Alex, the fastest rider of the team, opting to go second. It was better for Alex to rest his knee, which he injured in a race meeting in England, rather than try to run in a Le Mans start.  The Riders then went to battle and after 4 hours were in a battle for the first position.