came up on a downed rider, who
was momentarily unconscious,
and stopped with him. Devlin
would later be credited a por-
tion of his time back, finishing in
second on the day, 57 seconds
behind the blistering pace Fer-
derer had set.
Reigning SERA Champion
Trent Whisenant (FXR/Gas Gas)
stuck close to the lead group,
losing only a few seconds per test
and keeping a podium for the day
in sight with James King (Answer/
Kenda Yamaha) finishing fourth,
looking to make his second ISDE
appearance in a row. Nate Rector
(Moose Racing) finished another
25 seconds back on the day after
a slow start the first few tests.
Day two saw another 200
riders added to the order for the
start of the SERA racing season,
which meant the course would
deteriorate much quicker. Rain
was also in the forecast for the
day, which could also play a big
factor. Ferderer, once again, took
the first test win and traded a few
more test wins with Devlin though
out the day.
While each day counts for indi-
vidual points towards qualifying,
both days combined counted for
the overall award, which meant
Devlin would have to put 58 sec-
onds on Ferderer by the end of
the day to earn the top step of the
podium. Going into the final test
Ferderer had the advantage, but
Devlin laid down the second-fast-
est test time of the entire week-
end to take the overall victory by
less than 15 seconds.
IN
THE
WIND
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Devlin Wins
ISDE East
Mississippi
Qualifier
T
he first of three rounds of
AMA East ISDE Qualifiers got
underway over the February 16-17
weekend in the red sands and
thick pine trees of central Missis-
sippi in Meridian.
The Meridian Motorcycle As-
sociation hosted two grueling
tests run three times each for two
days of tight racing between the
top riders on the East Coast. The
event would also coincide with
the start of the Southern Enduro
Riders Association (SERA) En-
duro Championship.
Day one saw Nate Ferderer (Fly
Racing/KTM 250 XCF) win the
first 5.5-mile test of the weekend,
but Thorn Devlin (GasGas USA)
kicked into gear after that taking
the next four test wins in a row.
On the sixth and final test, Devlin
Rector stepped up his game,
finishing fourth on the second
day but riding consistently
enough to take the final spot on
the podium.
ISDE hopeful Anthony Krivi
recovered from a rocky start on
Saturday to finish third on Sunday
and fourth for the weekend, with
Whisenant wrapping up the top
five overall.
For riders to qualify to rep-
resent the U.S. ISDE team in
Portugal this year, their best four
of six days are counted (two days
per round). The next round will
be returning to Battle Creek,
Michigan, April 6-7. CN
Erek Kudla
OVERALL
1. Thorn Devlin (GG)
2. Nate Federer (KTM)
3. Nate Rector (Yam)
4. Anthany Krivi (Yam)
5. Trent Whisenant (GG)
Day 1 -
Day 2 -
Thorn Devlin took the overall win in
Mississippi. PHOTOS: EREK KUDLA
Nate Federer kept it close en
route to a second-place finish.
