TKO 2014 – Confirmed List of Pre-Qualifiers

Pre-Qualified Riders Confirmed for 2014 KENDA Tennessee Knockout

Top riders from all major series earn free entry to Sunday Knockout rounds

Sequatchie, TN (March 27, 2014) – The fourth annual KENDA AMA Tennessee Knockout, fueled by Monster Energy and presented by Moose Racing and SRT will take place on August 16-17, 2014. Beta’s Cody Webb took the win last year after finishing second to Mike Brown the previous two years. Both riders are planning to be back at the Trials Training Center in 2014 looking to take the biggest share of the $10,000 purse. Webb already took a major win at this year’s King of the Moto’s event in January and Brown has moved over to the factory Husqvarna team so you can expect both to be ready to win again in Tennessee. But you can expect a large group of top riders from all forms of off-road racing to be on hand to challenge for the win as well.

The top five finishers at the previous TKO events have included riders from EnduroCross, Trials, National Enduro, GNCC, WORCS and even the Enduro World Championship. So it is a great mix of backgrounds facing off on an extremely challenging course with a large purse on the line.

Pre-qualified riders get a free entry into the Sunday program. These riders earn an invite based on:
Qualifying for the main event at previous Tennessee Knockout events
Finishing in the top 10 in the following championships in 2013: AMA EnduroCross Expert Championship, AMA/NATC National Trials Pro Championship, GNCC XC1 Championship, AMA National Enduro Pro Championship, WORCS Pro-1 Championship, and OMA Expert Championship.
Finishing in the top five of the 2013 GNCC XC-2 Championship
Holding a top-five position in any of the above championships on August 1, 2014
(The promoter may also select top riders from around the world at their discretion as “wild card” entries with free entries to the Sunday Expert race.)

The following riders are officially confirmed for the 2014 KENDA Tennessee Knockout.
Cody Webb
Taylor Robert
Nick Fahringer
Mike Brown
Cory Graffunder
Kyle Redmond
Charlie Mullins
Jordan Ashburn
Grant Baylor
Bryan Roper
Max Gerston
Fabien Planet
Russell Bobbitt
Kailub Russell
Taddy Blazusiak
Robby Bell
Pat Smage
Quinn Wentzel
Andrew Delong
Bobby Garrison
Josh Strang
Loic Leonard
Gary Sutherlin
Colton Haaker
Paul Whibley
Michael Lafferty
Justin Jones
Chris Bach
Logan Bolopue
Wally Palmer
Jesse Groemm
Justin Seeds
Thad DuVall
Eric Storz
Zach Love
Brad Bakken
Karl Davis Jr.
Jason Thomas
Geoff Aaron
Ian Blyth
Ryan Abbatoye
Takeshi Koikeda
Samuel Fastle
Shane Hufford Jr.
Scott Grills
Tyler Renshaw
Rory Mead
Phil Smage
Justin Soule
Adam Bonneur
Kyle McDonal
Jacob Argubright
Daniel Blanc-Gonnet
Shane Klimek
Graham Jarvis
Steward Baylor
Bobby Prochnau
Ricky Dietrich
Destry Abbott
Kevin Rookstool
Cory Buttrick
Michael Williams
Chance Baker
Nick Davis
Ricky Russell
Matt Crouch
Ronnie Commo
Chris Douglas
Jeff Goblet
Dougie Lampkin
Jamie Lanza
Unqualified Expert/Pro and amateur riders race on Saturday with the top finishers earning the opportunity to move on to the Sunday Expert Knockout rounds. On Sunday, riders will compete in a very tough and spectator friendly four-round Knockout racing format.

Check out the videos from the 2012 and 2013 TKO events:
2013: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqJZnQBdTZ8&feature=youtu.be
2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Moyylu0KN68&feature=plcp
For more information about the 2014 Kenda Tennessee Knockout, fueled by Monster Energy, please visit: https://tennesseeknockoutenduro.com/
For general information contact: Ashley@trialstrainingcenter.com
For Experts race information contact: EricPeronnard@aol.com
For Sponsorship information contact: Sean.Finley@digitalthrottle.com