The 2026 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) included three days of action at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee. The sixteenth annual TKO served as the eighth and final round of the AMA National Hard Enduro Championship and attracted over five-hundred and forty entries from around the world. Most of those riders are just trying to finish one round, but the serious racers aim to be one of the top twenty that qualify for the Sunday main event.
Check out the full weekend recap video here:
If you want to see what the pro short-course looks like from a pro’s POV, check out Mani Lettenbichler’s full-main event GoPro video here:
TKO 2026 started on Friday, August 28, with kids classes for the first time. That was followed by nearly 500 riders competing in the amateur Hot-Lap qualifying session to set the starting positions for the two Saturday races.
Saturday had two amateur racing rounds with the top two-hundred and fifty riders moving on to round two. Hawaii’s Boogie Rivera was the overall winner in both races riding a Bullet Proof Designs-backed KTM. Fellow Hawaiian Makana Barger finished second in both races on a KTM, and Ayden Marinchek rounded out the top three riding a KTM. All three of those riders were competing in the A class. The top thirty riders from race two, plus an LCQ winner, also earned the opportunity to compete with the thirty-three pro riders, who kicked off their racing on Saturday afternoon, followed by three rounds of racing on Sunday.
The Women’s pro class competed along with the top amateurs on Saturday with two rounds of racing. Rachel Gutish took the win on her Rieju and finished twenty-seventh overall. Katie Hall-Leah finished second riding a TM. Nikki Russell rounded out the podium on a GasGas.
In the eMoto Sportsman class, Australian Adam Giles took the win riding an RFN with a total time of 1:17:00. Brett Baldwin finished just six seconds behind riding a Bonnell, and Isaac Johnston rounded out the podium on a Zero, just over two minutes behind.
Sunday included three rounds of racing for the top sixty-six riders who qualified for the final day of racing. The first round of racing was an elimination race with only the top 30 moving on to the second round along with one more LCQ winner to make it thirty-one.
Race two was another Knockout round with the top thirty-one riders racing in five groups, and only the top twenty riders moved into the final race. Red Bull KTM’s Manuel Lettenbichler, Trystan Hart, Eddie Karlsson, Kamakana Waiwaiole-Kahalepuna and Billy Bolt won their respective groups to earn front row starts.
Red Bull KTM’s Lettenbichler won the final race after a pass on Hart midway through the first lap. Hart finished second with Bolt third. Karlsson and Jonny Walker rounded out the top five. The top five finishers included three two-strokes, one electric bike and one four-stroke.
Special thanks to IRC Tires, Motorex, USWE, Surron, Fox Racing, AXP, ZERO Motorcycles, Electric Cycle Rider, RFN motorcycles, Yozma, Decal Works, Heybike, Yamaha, Triumph and Rugged Radios.
Video edited by Ryan McCasland with filming by McCasland, Max Gerston, Owen Gorsuch, Benton Drones, Matt Musgrove and Josh Schaecher.
2026 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Main Event Results
- Manuel Lettenbichler, KTM, Germany
- Trystan Hart, KTM, Canada
- Billy Bolt, Husqvarna, United Kingdom
- Eddie Karlsson, Stark, Sweden
- Jonny Walker, Triumph, United Kingdom
- Cody Webb, Yamaha, USA
- Toby Martyn, Stark, United Kingdom
- Matthew Stevens, KTM, South Africa
- Ryder LeBlond, Husqvarna, USA
- Kawelo Huddy, KTM, USA
- Kamakana Waiwaiole-Kahalepuna, USA
- Braxton Hintze, KTM, USA
- Ryder Guest, KTM, USA
- Branden Petrie, Beta, Canada
- James Flynn, Beta, USA
- Riley Bender, Yamaha, USA
- Coran Calvert, Husqvarna, USA
- Makana Barger, KTM, USA
- Niko Piazza, Husqvarna, USA
- Matthew Green, KTM, South Africa
ECR eMoto Pro Results
- Eddie Karlsson, Stark
- Toby Martyn, Stark
- Daniel Lewis, Zero
Pro Four-Stroke
- Jonny Walker, Triumph
- Riley Bender, Yamaha
- Jordan Ashburn, Honda
Pro Women Results
- Rachel Gutish, Rieju
- Katie Hall-Leah, TM
- Nikki Russell, GasGas
Overall Amateur Results
- Makana Barger, KTM
- Boogie Rivera, KTM
- Cole Clarkson, GasGas
- Ayden Marinchek, KTM
- Leiber Ponce, KTM
- Bevan Prost, KTM
- Tucker Miller, KTM
- John Kroll, KTM
- Davin Shike, GasGas
- Byron Williams, KTM
ECR eMoto Sportsman Results
- Adam Giles, RFN
- Brett Baldwin, Bonnell
- Isaac Johnston, Zero
Full results here.