See this PDF for the final version of the Amateur race row assignments:
Category Archives: Rider info
Start line requirements announced for 2018 TKO competitors
We’ve added a new doc to the Rider Info page on start line requirements.
At the start line you must:
- Have goggles on your face
- Be wearing long sleeves and long pants
- Have a dead engine
And a reminder for amateurs: no trials-equipped motorcycles will advance into Sunday’s races.
Here’s the in-your-face flier (PDF):
Practice area available for 2018 TKO competitors
For 2018, both amateur and pro racers have a 3-mile loop to practice.
It’s NOT on the Trials Training Center property but a short distance away by the Keener Farm.
The cost for using this practice area is $10.00 per day/per rider. See this PDF flier for more details:
Rules and Schedule for Competitors: documents for 2018 TKO updated
DOCUMENTS:
Rules and schedule subject to change by the organizer/promoter
Updates for 2017 TKO competitors: rules, schedule, row assignments
DOCUMENTS (revised on 8/9):
- 2017 TKO Amateur rider row assignments (PDF) V2 revised 8/4
- 2017 TKO Amateur rider email letter (PDF)
- 2017 TKO Amateur rider information for Saturday (PDF) V2 revised 8/9
- 2017 TKO Supplemental Rules for Amateurs and Pros (PDF) V2 revised 8/9
- 2017 TKO Sunday Schedule for Competitors (PDF) V2 revised 8/9
- 2017 TKO Women’s Rider Rules (PDF)
Rules and schedule subject to change by the organizer/promoter.
All competitors must have an AMA membership. To apply click here.
Women’s Class Back for 2017 Tennessee Knockout; $1,000 purse for the top three ladies
The 2017 Kenda Tennessee Knockout, presented by Moose Racing and SRT Offroad, will again include a separate Women’s class to compete on Saturday. Women entries will ride a morning qualifier race that they must complete in order to race the Women’s only, multi lap main event on a special short course in the afternoon.
The ladies will be competing for a $1,000 purse to be paid out to the top three finishers ($500, $300, $200 for first, second and third respectively). In addition, the top three finishers will be invited to compete in the Sunday expert Knockout program.
Rachael Gutish (@rachel_gutfish) has dominated the Women’s race the past two years but Beta’s Morgan Tanke (@mtanke31) has already confirmed that she will be attending for the first time. Like Gutish, Tanke is a multi-time EnduroCross main event winner and both have proven capable of competing at the top level of tough off-road events, even competing against the men.
Women riders can still enter by contacting the Trials Training Center.
2017 KENDA Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro schedule confirmed; amateur entries open on Dec 1st
The Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee will host the seventh annual KENDA Tennessee Knockout on the weekend of August 12-13, 2017. The event has become one of the premier off-road motorcycle races in the United States, attracting some of the best racers from around the world.
American Cody Webb has proven to be the dominant rider at the TKO winning the last four years after taking second the first two years of the event. Webb has faced stiff competition from international riders the past two years. In 2015, Webb outdueled the UK’s Jonny Walker, recognized as one of the best Extreme Enduro racers in the world, to take the win. And in 2016, Webb took the win over South Africa’s Wade Young, who has also won some of the best known Extreme races in the world.
Webb will be back on his FMF KTM looking to make it five in a row. The top off-road racers from around the world will be invited to compete and amateur riders can race on Saturday with the top finishers earning the opportunity to move on to the Sunday Expert Knockout rounds. On Sunday, the riders will compete in a very tough and spectator friendly multi round format.
The expert riders will again be competing for a $10,000 purse.
Amateur registration opens at Noon CST on Thursday, December 1, 2016. There are just 180 spots available and entries sold out in less than a day for the 2016 event so please plan to get your entry in as soon as it opens. Click here to register on Dec. 1 at noon or thereafter.
Updates for 2016 TKO competitors: rules, schedule, row assignments
See all the document updates for 2016 TKO competitors:
- 2016 TKO Amateur rider row assignments (blog post – updated Aug 12)
- 2016 TKO Amateur rider email letter (PDF)
- 2016 TKO Amateur rider information for Saturday (PDF)
- 2016 TKO Supplemental Rules for Amateurs and Pros (PDF)
- 2016 TKO Sunday Schedule for Competitors (PDF)
Rules and schedule subject to change by the organizer/promoter.
All competitors must have an AMA membership. To apply click here.
Women’s class created for 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout
The 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout (TKO) will include a separate Women’s class to compete on Saturday. Women entries will ride a morning qualifier race that they must complete in order to race the Women’s only, multi-lap main event on a special short course in the afternoon.
The ladies will be competing for a $1,000 purse to be paid out to the top three finishers ($500, $300, $200 for first, second and third respectively). In addition, the top three finishers will be invited to compete in the Sunday expert Knockout program.
Two of the top female racers, Rachel Gutish (@rachel_gutfish) and Chantelle Bykerk (@chantellebykerk) have earned Sunday qualifications via the Saturday Amateur program in the past so they have proven that they are capable of completing the difficult terrain.
Women riders can still enter by contacting the Trials Training Center.
Row assignments for 2016 TKO Amateur class
Here are the row assignments for the 2016 TKO Amateur class (PDF), updated on Aug. 12:
Amateur Class registration for the 2016 TKO opens at noon on Dec. 1, 2015
The 6th Annual TKO will be held the weekend of August 20-21, 2016.
TKO Amateur registration (online only) opens at noon CST on Tuesday, December 1. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
Maximum number: 180.
Row assignments will be automatically determined by registration order.
This year we’ll be using an online race services company that will speed things up, simplify the process, and make everything easier to manage.
So if you’ve raced the TKO as an amateur previously, or if you’re considering it for your first time, we hope to see your registration come through on or after Dec. 1 at noon. In the meantime, get out there and practice!
REMINDER:
TKO Amateur registration (online only) opens at noon CST on Tuesday, December 1. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER.
Ten spots now available for Amateur race on Saturday
With some last-minute cancellations, we now have 10 spots available for this Saturday’s Amateur race.
Contact us ASAP to get one!