Roberts Pulls Off Wilseyville Win; Serpa
Earns WHS Championship
A
n official tally of 990 entries
over the November 20-21
weekend made the NorCal
Motorcycle Club's 68th Annual
Wilseyville Hare Scrambles easily
the biggest race of the season
and determined a number of
class championships in the AMA
West Hare Scrambles (WHS)
Regional Championship Series,
Presented by MojoMotoSport.
The winner of the series open-
er, Beta's Zane Roberts, skipped
most of the season but hit the
round-eight finale and enjoyed a
second triumph to close out the
year.
However, it was Carson City
Motorsports KTM rider Austin
Serpa who wrapped up the se-
ries championship—his first major
title—by almost tip-toeing to ninth
Pro/AA and 20th overall just two
weeks after fracturing his pelvis
at round seven in Oklahoma.
He enjoyed a 20-point lead over
Fun Country KTM's Blake Best
coming into Wilseyville, but he
knew he'd have to gut out a finish
in order to remain atop the points
at the end of the weekend. With
Best finishing fifth overall, that
gave Serpa the title by just five
points, 137-132.
"Today was mostly go out and
have fun. I just wasn't think-
IN
THE
WIND
P28
After pitting to replace a
broken shift lever and bent
brake pedal, Zane Roberts
rallied back to second,
then charged hard on the
final lap to take the win.
PHOTOS: MARK KARIYA
