WEST POINT, TN

Vet rider Frank Davis (3, left) of Trussville, Alabama, won the final round of the 10-race Southern Enduro Rider's Association (SERA) Hare Scrambles Series after passing high school senior Tyler Carter of Stanton, Alabama, in the AA class.

This round was organized by the North Alabama Trail Riders Association in West Point, Tennessee. NATRA also organizes an AMA National Enduro at the same location. About 120 riders in 16 different classes raced the damp, 13-mile track. The staggered start was on wet grass, and plenty of riders took a spill at the beginning and had to catch up. Three laps took about two hours.

Carter led the start and most of the race, but veterans didn't let him get away. Steve Nicholas, in his 14th year in the AA class, slipped in the grass on the start but caught up and took the lead when Carter made a mistake. Nicholas made a mistake as well, and then Frank Davis, who had been in sight of the leader for most of the race, took advantage of a mistake by Carter to take the win. Carter finished second after leading most of the race.

"[The track] wasn't that bad," Carter said. "It was a little slick, but I like the slick stuff. It was a lot of fun. Hare scrambles is what I mostly do. I have been running the SETRA Hare Scrambles and just finished up the SERA series. I have done the whole SERA series and I'm going to do the whole SETRA series. I used to do motocross when I was a kid, but I just decided I would stick to the woods. Hopefully I will work my way up to the GNCCs.

"I got the holeshot and led for about half the first lap," Carter recounted. "I made a mistake and Steve Nicholas passed me. I got back up and got behind him and passed him back right before the end of the first lap. I led the whole second lap, then wrecked on the last lap and Frank Davis passed me, and I finished second. The track was rocky and rutty. There were a lot of hills and roots, but it was fun. It was a mixture of fast and tight; it was good. I could have gone another lap. I enjoyed it."

"I got lucky - the young kid I was racing made a mistake on the last lap! That allowed me to get by him. Normally I can't beat him, but today I held on to the end. He's a friend of mine's son; he's 17 and I'm 42," the winner, Davis, said with a laugh. "I have a 2009 KX450F. It just has suspension mods and a big tank. I was second off the start. Then I actually let a friend of mine by because he has been beating me. I let him by, so he and Tyler could battle. He made a mistake and I was feeling pretty good, so I didn't let him by anymore. I hung on to Tyler's back tire for about 2 ½ laps. I just tried to hang on to him, and it paid off. He made a mistake and just lost the front end in a slow corner. I got around him and was able to hold on until the end."

Results

AA: 1. Frank Davis (Kawasaki); 2. Tyler Carter (KTM); 3. Steve Nicholas (KTM); 4. Josh Scott (Kawasaki); 5. Damon Hallmark (Yamaha).

OPEN A: 1. Troy Shumate (Yamaha); 2. Chris McMillian (Yamaha); 3. Kevin Deloach (KTM).

A LITE: 1. Tyson Ezell (KTM); 2. Russell Harper (KTM).

VET A: 1. Jeff Cowan (Yamaha); 2. Adrian Gervais (Suzuki).

SR: 1. John Wiser (Husaberg); 2. Jason Coffman (Yamaha); 3. Todd Lovett (Honda); 4. Damon Brown (KTM); 5. Dwight Rudder (Honda).

OPEN B: 1. Christopher Pilkinton (KTM); 2. Chase Peeler (KTM); 3. Chris Contrell (Yamaha); 4. Matt Griggs (Suzuki); 5. Matt Gorham (KTM).

B LITE: 1. Dalton Little (KTM); 2. Hunter Walters (KTM); 3. Jonathan Seales (KTM); 4. Ryan Patridge (KTM).

VET B: 1. Chad Maddox (Honda); 2. Tom Killian (KTM); 3. Justin Ridley (Yamaha); 4. Timmy Konig (Honda); 5. Willie Niblett (Kawasaki).

SR C: 1. Scott Bowers (KTM); 2. Myron Graves (KTM); 3. Mike Thurman (KTM); 4. Rick Peeler (KTM); 5. John Denton (KTM).

OPEN C: 1. Austin Toon (KTM); 2. Ben Donovan (KTM); 3. Brandon McLain (KTM); 4. William Crowder (Yamaha); 5. Eric Farrell (KTM).

C LITE: 1. Cole Johnson; 2. Jason Donahoo (KTM); 3. Hunter McCalister (Kawasaki); 4. Josh Glover (KTM); 5. Scott Allums (Kawasaki).

JR: 1. Blake Clark (KTM); 2. Steve Nicholas III (KTM); 3. Lance Hoover (Yamaha); 4. Jacob Davis (KTM); 5. Beau Burnett (Yamaha).

S/SR: 1. David Ridgway (Yamaha); 2. Trent Hall (Yamaha); 3. Chris Sparks (KTM); 4. Steve Roberts (KTM); 5. Steve Ezell (KTM).

MSTR: 1. Phil Williams (KTM); 2. Gary Copeland (KTM); 3. John Montoya (KTM); 4. Randell Robinson (Yamaha); 5. Kenneth Graham (KTM).

GLDN MSTR: 1. Ronnie Cicero (KTM); 2. Gerald Pearson (Honda); 3. Phillip McMillian (KTM).

BEG: 1. Barry Finch (Kawasaki); 2. David Breaux (Kawasaki); 3. Noah Mitchell (KTM); 4. Paul Qwick (KTM); 5. Jeff Gann (KTM).