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mostly and then I'm getting into
road racing. Hopefully take that
all the way to MotoGP if possible.
If I get the support then I'll be up
there and hopefully at the top."
And like most racers, racing is
a family thing.
"My dad used to race YSR's
so he got me an XR50 and
I started riding around our
house," Serne said about his
start. "When I went to a track
and rode there and I just loved
it from the first time I got on the
bike. It just took off from there
and I haven't stopped."
For Serne just riding a motor-
cycle is not enough; the thrill of
the competition is where it is at.
"I just love the competition,"
he said. "Being able to race and
have fun with a bunch of other
people and meet new people
from around the world and get to
race with them all day, it's awe-
some."
If you look forward to com-
petition, Northern California is
a pretty good place to grow up.
The home of the Supermoto
USA Series has been the place
for many road racers to cut
their teeth, like Serne's racing
idol Cameron Beaubier, as well
as Daytona 200 winner Joey
Pascarella, Bobby Fong, Elena
Myers and RC 390 Cup points-
leader Gage McCallister.
"There's a lot of fast, fast kids
that are coming up through the
ranks in Supermoto," he said.
"There's a lot of road racers that
have come from Supermoto
USA. The competition is so tight
and fast that each weekend
there could be six or seven guys
that could win. It's just a great
competition and great for the
sport to keep it going."
And while Serne had dabbled
in road racing at a young age as
well, he stepped away from it
for a while and has only recently
returned.
with CF out there, such as Canadian
triathlete Lisa Bentley, who has won 11
Ironman competitions, and former NCAA
player-turned assistant coach from An-
derson University Nolan Gottlieb.
The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
stresses the importance of awareness
and raising funds for lifesaving re-
search, claiming that nearly every CF
drug available today was made pos-
sible because of foundation support.
"IT'S A DREAM
COME TRUE TO BE
ABLE TO RIDE IN
MOTOAMERICA AND
GET TO THE NEXT
STEP IN MY CAREER.
TO GET THE FIRST
POLE OF A BRAND
NEW SERIES IT'S
AN INCREDIBLE
FEELING FOR SURE.
I'VE SHOWN MYSELF
THAT I CAN RUN TOP
FIVE AND GET IT ON
POLE. I FEEL I CAN BE
TOP THREE AT LEAST
EVERY RACE."
Serne (145) went down in the
books as MotoAmerica's first
pole sitter in the KTM RC390
Cup at the series' debut at
Road America.
