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Gobbler Getter Kids Enduro: SERA's Jordyn DuBose ended the 2003 race sea son with a firs t-place finish In the Kids Intermediate class at the co-sanctioned SETRA and SERAevent In M aples ville. Alabama. Next, th e bi gger 50 s of SERA took off, wi th speedsters suc h as KTM riders Hunter Row land and M icah Williams engaging in the bat tle. Rowland alm o st had th e win lo ck ed in aft er putting in so me rem a rka ble lap times, but Willia ms' speed was just unbeat able, Th e Alabam a native had some difficulties o n the first laps but managed to get it back togethe r and m ak e up preci ous seconds on the last lap . O n th e oth er side of th e woods. th e older k id s were m a k in g th ei r o wn t rac ks in th e Al abam a hills. Jordyn DuBo se of th e Kids Intennediat e class won first place , with Dylan S m ith right o n h is ta il. As with m o st of the Alabam a races . DuBose no ted tha t th ese tr ail s we re t ight, with lots of roots and downhills. T he Suzuki -moun ted g -yea r -o ld neede d the win to wrap up seco nd pl ace for th e year . Th e task wasn 't ea sy, th ough. with co m pe ti tors such as Suzuki rid er Ch andle r Rowland and Smith breathing down his neck. " I cra shed one time," DuBose admitt ed. " I hit a tr ee with my bark buster , and it knocked m e down. but I d idn 't get hurt or nothing too bad. It wa s a fun race!" After so me bad lu ck at the last several rac es, DuBos e ended the season with a bang and thank ed h is mom , h i s dad a n d hi s "ga mpy " for helping him thro ugh th e 2003 rac e season . T h e S E T RA S eni or M in i B c la ss h a d SERA's Chris McM illan in it , and th e Kawa saki jockey gave them all a run for the ir m oney . M att hew Chanc ey c ame in close beh ind for th e silver, and K aw asaki -mounted Matthew Jarrell took th e bronze. Another SERA boy who showed his stuff in th e SETRA J unior M ini A class wa s Suzuki rider Ty ler Ca rter. On e m ight say these Al aba ma hills belong to young Carter : as a loc al , he' s de finitely sta ke d ou t his terr it ory. Young Carter won a tr ophy helm et in the Kids Inter m ediate cl ass for 2003 and looks forward to the sti ff co m pe ti tion in sto re for him in 2004 . J osh Kell y cl aimed seco nd in the cl ass , with Kawasaki rid er Dillon Dennis cl ose behind. Th e- 2003 SERA Kids Enduro seaso n ha s been o ne to rem ember. From Arkansas to th e m ost southern states of our c oun try , th e SERA K ids ha ve m ark ed th eir tr ail s. Th ey ha ve had th e pl easure of ridi ng th e san dy trai ls in th e Coas tal and ce n t r al M ississ ippi a reas , t he great pi ney woods of Lou isia na 's Na tional For est , and the hill y , gnarly terra ins of A laba ma. Not o nly did they participate in their spo rt of c ho ice, they made lifelo ng fr ie nds w ith good spor t sman sh ip t h r o u gh ou t the y ear. A ll worked hard with the ir frie nds and fam ili es to help ma ke th e 2003 SERA Kid s En duro Serie s a fun and successfu l on e. Gobbler G etter Kid s En d u ro Maple sville. A laba ma Results : November 2 . 2003 (Round s 10/ 3) SERA BEe P/W: I. T"" nl Whl5e nllnt (Yaml : 2. Cody Franklin (Kllw): 3. Cameron Reed (Yllm ). P/W: I. Micllh Wilhll ms (KTMl: 2. Hunter Rowland (KTMI; 3 Griffin Rogers (KTM): 4 . Caleb SqUI es: 5. Eathan Dickson. r KIDS INT: I. Jordyn DuBo~ (Suz): 2. Dylan Smith (Hon): 3. Chllndlf'f Rowlllnd (&.Il); 4. Jllc ob Boyd (Sill); 5. Richord Reynolds Motorcycle news will never bethesame! You can access Cycle News Online anytime, day or night, on the World W Web at••• ide www.cyclenews.com Wlla t 's at tile 'eading edge 01 m otoreycle news? Cycle News Online! Now you can access instant race results and the latest breaking stories in the world of motorcycling, with Cycle News' home page on the World Wide Web. Updated daily, Cycle News Online provides: (&a l. cue I e netIV s D EC EM BER 10. 2003 33