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Wade Young confirmed for 2016 Tennessee Knockout (TKO)

South Africa’s Wade Young (@wadeyoung55) has confirmed that he will line up against many of the best off-road motorcycle racers in the world at the 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout. The sixth annual event will take place on Sunday, August 21st at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee:

Wade Young
South Africa’s Wade Young is just 20 years old but has already experienced a a lot of success on the World Extreme Enduro scene. Photo: Future 7 Media.

Young is one of the hottest up and coming Extreme Enduro racers in the world. The Factory Sherco (@sherco_racing_factory) rider won the 2016 Hell’s Gate event in Italy over Graham Jarvis and then recently followed that up with a podium finish at the Red Bull Romaniacs.

Wade Young
Wade Young has had a great 2016 season, taking his Sherco to a win at the Hell’s Gate Extreme Enduro in Italy and rounding out the podium at the Red Bull Romaniacs. Photo: Future 7 Media.

Young is just twenty years old but he is already a two-time winner of the Roof of Africa Enduro, the notoriously tough multi-day event in his home country.

He will face stiff completion as Cody Webb, Taylor Robert, Colton Haaker, Mike Brown, Kyle Redmond, Max Gerston, Ty Tremaine, Cory Graffunder and a host of other top off-road racers will be hungry to take the top step on the podium for themselves.

Look for more top riders to be confirmed in the coming week.

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Graham Jarvis, world’s top Extreme Enduro racer, confirmed for 2016 TKO

Graham Jarvis (@gforcejarvis) has confirmed that he will compete at the 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout being held at the Trials Training Center on Sunday, August 21st. The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team rider is arguably the world’s best Extreme Enduro racer having won all of the major races on multiple occasions. In 2016, he has already won the Erzberg Enduro and Romaniacs, two of the toughest and most famous Extreme Enduros. And now, he will try to add the Tennessee Knockout to that list of accomplishments.

Graham Jarvis Red Bull Romaniacs 2016 - Photo by Future 7 Media
Jarvis added a fourth Red Bull Romaniacs win to his list of accomplishments earlier this year. Now he will try to add a Kenda Tennessee Knockout win to his list. Photo: Future 7 Media.

The UK’s Jarvis excels at extremely tough and long competitions in particular so it will be interesting to see how the shorter, multi-round format at the Tennessee Knockout suits his style. There will certainly be plenty of tough obstacles to allow Jarvis to showcase his amazing skills. He will also face off against Cody Webb, America’s top Extreme racer who finished second to Jarvis at Erzberg earlier this year. Webb is a three-time winner of the TKO and will want to defend his home turf.

Graham Jarvis Erzberg Rodeo 2016 - Photo by Future 7 Media
Jarvis also won the Erzberg Rodeo again in 2016. Photo: Future 7 Media.

Also,  Jarvis will be hosting his G-force Technical Riding Academy at the TTC in the four days immediately following the 2016 TKO. Click here for details.

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Mike Brown and Colton Haaker confirmed for 2016 Tennessee Knockout Enduro

The Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team of Mike Brown (@browniemx) and Colton Haaker (@coltonhaaker) will be competing at the 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout. The sixth annual TKO will take place at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee on Sunday, August 21st.

Brown, a Tennessee native won the 2011 and 2012 TKO events to the delight of his home state fans. The former Motocross champion that has successfully converted to off-road competition can never be counted out for the win in tough conditions. He proved that in 2012 when he recovered from nearly being eliminated in the multi-round knockout format to come back and take the win:

Mike Brown 2016 Husqvarna Team

Haaker captured the FIM SuperEnduro World Championship earlier this year so his skills and speed on difficult obstacles are without question. Haaker is also a multi-time AMA EnduroCross main event winner and took the 2015 King of the Motos win. He has competed at several previous TKO events but has so far been unable to make it up onto the podium and will be looking to change that for 2016:

Colton Haaker 2016 Husqvarna Team

Look for more top riders to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

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.

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Cody Webb and Taylor Robert confirmed for 2016 Tennessee Knockout Enduro

The FMF KTM Factory Racing (@ktmfactoryracing) team of Cody Webb (@codywebb2) and Taylor Robert (@taylor_robert33) have confirmed that they will be back to participate at the sixth annual Kenda Tennessee Knockout (TKO). The event will take place at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee on Sunday, August 21st.

Webb is the three-time defending champion of the Kenda Tennessee Knockout and will be looking to make it four in a row. He came out on top of an epic battle with the UK’s Jonny Walker to take the 2015 win. Webb is also the two-time and current AMA EnduroCross champion and is arguably America’s best Extreme Enduro racer. Any rider that wants to take the TKO title will have to contend with Cody Webb.

Taylor Robert is an Arizona native that has proven very adaptable to all forms of off-road motorcycle racing. He has won the WORCS championship, been the top American at the ISDE, won EnduroCross events and has finished on the podium in all three of his attempts at the Kenda Tennessee Knockout. After two seconds and a third, he is looking to stand on the top of the podium in 2016.

Look for more top riders to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

Cody Webb has full Factory KTM support for 2016 and will be looking to win his fourth TKO in a row:

Cody Webb KTM 2016

Taylor Robert will be back for a fourth attempt at winning the TKO. He has finished on the podium in every attempt so far:

Taylor Robert KTM 2016