The 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) included four days of Hard Enduro racing action. The event served as round five of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and the seventh and final round of the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship.
The fourteenth annual TKO started on Thursday, August 22 for the Red Bull TKO Prologue in downtown Nashville where Sherco’s Cody Webb beat Husqvarna’s Colton Haaker in a three-race head-to-head battle on the man-made straight rhythm course on Broadway Street.
On Friday, nearly 500 amateur riders competed in a qualifying Hot Lap to determine starting positions for Saturday.
Saturday had two amateur racing rounds with the second determining the AMA Grand Championship for Extreme Enduro. Tennessee’s Chase Landers was the overall winner of the Saturday race two and he was among the top 31 amateur riders that earned the opportunity to compete with the top Hard Enduro riders from around the world on Sunday. Indiana’s Rachael Gutish won the women’s pro race that took place during Saturday race two.
The pro riders competed in a Saturday afternoon Hot-Lap to set their starting positions for the first Knockout race on Sunday.
Sunday included three rounds of racing for the top 66 riders that qualified for the final day of racing plus the top twenty Electric Cycle Rider eMoto (electric motorcycle) racers from a Saturday qualifying race. The first round of racing was an elimination race for the pro riders and the AMA Grand Championship race for the eMoto racers.
Race two was another Knockout round and only the top twenty riders moved into the final race. Red Bull KTM’s Manuel Lettenbichler won the final race after an epic battle with FMF KTM’s Trystan Hart. Wade Young finished third on a GasGas, Teodor Kabakchiev finished fourth on a Sherco and Ashton Brightmore rounded out the top five. It was a truly international event with seven countries represented in the top ten of the pro class.
2024 Red Bull Tennessee, Knockout Main Event Results
1. Manuel Lettenbichler, KTM, Germany
2. Trystan Hart, KTM, Canada
3. Wade Young, GasGas, South Africa
4. Teodor Kabakchiev, Sherco, Bulgaria
5. Ashton Brightmore, Husqvarna, Great Britain
6. Alfredo Gomez, Rieju, Spain
7. Colton Haaker, Husqvarna, USA
8. Mario Roman, Sherco, Spain
9. Ryder LeBlond, Husqvarna, USA
10. Cody Webb, Sherco, USA
In 2024, the Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro will not only be an FIM World Hard Enduro round but also the season finale of the US Hard Enduro series. So they had a lot to talk about!
The thirteenth annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout included three days of Hard Enduro racing action, starting with the amateur Hot-Lap on Friday and wrapping up with three rounds of pro racing on Sunday.
Nearly 500 racers took on the 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout and Canada’s Trystan Hart topped the field after three days of racing. The FMF KTM racer topped the UK’s Billy Bolt and Germany’s Mani Lettenbichler. Photo by Brandon Krause.
Nearly 500 riders took on the 2023 edition at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee, and it was Canada’s Trystan Hart that stood on top of the podium on Sunday afternoon. The FMF KTM rider was joined by the UK’s Billy Bolt and Germany’s Mani Lettenbichler. Jonny Walker and Cody Webb rounded out the top five to make it four different countries and four different motorcycle manufacturers represented in the top five.
Check out the full weekend recap video:
2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Main Event Results
Trystan Hart, KTM, Canada
Billy Bolt, Husqvarna, Great Britain
Manuel Lettenbichler, KTM, Germany
Jonny Walker, Beta, Great Britain
Cody Webb, Sherco, USA
Ryder LeBlond, Husqvarna, USA
Will Riordan, KTM, Australia
Alfredo Gomez, Rieju, Spain
Jordan Ashburn, Husqvarna, USA
Pat Smage, Sherco, USA
Matthew Green, KTM, South Africa
Colton Haaker, Husqvarna, USA
Logan Bolopue, Sherco, USA
James Flynn, GasGas, USA
Quinn Wentzel, Rieju, USA
Tim Apolle, Beta, Germany
Daniel Lewis, Beta, USA
Gauge Logan-Key, GasGas, USA
David Knight, KTM, Great Britain
Mason George, Rieju, USA
2023 Red Bull Tennessee, Knockout eMoto Final Results
Spenser Wilton, Electric Motion
Joseph Van Roekel, KTM
Bridger Greenman, KTM
Nathan Bilbrey, Surron
Brett Baldwin, Surron
Jesse Ziegler, Surron
2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Overall Amateur Results
Kamakana Waiwaiole-Kahalepuna, GasGas
Mason George, Rieju
Maverik Thaxton, KTM
Dylan Santoro, KTM
Hayden Mosa, Rieju
Huck Jenkins, KTM
Carter Bouwens, KTM
Devin Stephenson, Sherco
Jared Kuehnhold, Husqvarna
Wil Loyd, KTM
2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Women’s Pro Class Results
Kirsten Landman, KTM
Rachel Gutish, GasGas
Nikki Russell, Husqvarna
Hallie Marks, Sherco
Detailed results for all 2023 classes can be found here.
Keep an eye on MAVtv for two shows featuring the 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout. The network will have one show featuring the Straight Rhythm Prologue event that took place on Saturday afternoon and a second show featuring the Sunday pro TKO racing.
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The 2022 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout included four days of Hard Enduro racing action starting with the Prologue Straight Rhythm Enduro in downtown Nashville on Thursday night.
The riders and fans moved to the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee for the weekend and Friday and Saturday featured nearly 500 amateur riders including the inaugural ECR eMoto electric motorcycle race.
And finally on Sunday, the top 62 riders competed in four rounds of racing on the tough terrain and Canada’s Trystan Hart topped Manni Lettenbichler and Mario Roman for the TKO crown and his first FIM Hard Enduro World Championship race win.
The 2021 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout was the best one yet with the top FIM Hard Enduro World Championship riders taking on the best North American Riders. The event generated a lot of media coverage and we have compiled some of our favorite videos below:
Red Bull TV: It’s a Knockout: 2021 Red Bull TKO Full Race Recap:
Red Bull TV 2021 Red Bull TKO – Main Race Raw Highlights:
Red Bull TV: 2021 Red Bull TKO – Pro Prologue Red Bull Straight Rhythm:
2021 Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro Highlights:
FOX MX | COMING TO AMERICA | MANUEL LETTENBICHLER AT REDBULL TKO:
And see the right sidebar for 3 POV videos (38 minutes each) of the Final Knockout race by winner Billy Bolt, 2nd place finisher Manuel Lettenbichler, and 3rd place finisher Trystan Hart.
We’ll be running an ad that promotes the TKO on Facebook and Instagram again this year. This text accompanies the one-minute video:
The 2021 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro will feature the top North American enduro riders facing off against the top international riders. Come out to the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee on the weekend of August 13-15 to watch Cody Webb, Mani Lettenbichler, Trystan Hart, Billy Bolt, Colton Haaker, Taddy Blazusiak, Ryan Sipes, Jonny Walker, Wade Young, Mario Roman, and more compete in the fifth round of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship
The tenth annual Kenda Tennessee Knockout took place at the Trials Training Center (@trialstrainingcenter) in Sequatchie, Tennessee on the weekend of August 14-16. We have video highlights from the grueling four rounds of Sunday pro-competition where Canada’s Trystan Hart took his first TKO win over six-time winner Cody Webb. Chile’s Benjamin Herrera finished third ahead of Noah Kepple and Keith Curtis, who rounded out the top five.
Nearly 300 amateur riders competed on Friday and Saturday gunning for the AMA Amateur Extreme Enduro Grand National Championship. Danny Lewis took the win in the championship-deciding second round on Saturday. Will Riordan finished second and Tyler Kincaid rounded out the podium. Those three along with the other top 30 finishers got the opportunity to compete in the Sunday competition against the twenty-six pre-qualified pro riders.
Hart dominated the Sunday competition, winning all four rounds of racing, including the main event, which included just the top fifteen riders. The Sunday course included some brutal new sections including the Four Logs, Walk in the Park and a new hill climb that Hart was the first to ever climb in TKO competition.
The ninth annual Kenda Tennessee Knockout took place at the Trials Training Center, in Sequatchie, Tennessee, on the weekend of August 16-18. We have full video highlights from the grueling Sunday pro competition where Germany’s Manuel Lettenbichler (@m_letti304) earned the TKO title over Spain’s Mario Roman (@marioroman74) and South Africa’s Wade Young (@wadeyoung55). American Colton Haaker (@coltonhaaker) and Canada’s Trystan Hart (@trystanhart_84) rounded out the top five.
The 2019 Tennessee Knockout had nearly 400 entries and the amateur riders competed in a Friday prologue and had two races on Saturday. The top 30 amateur riders earned the opportunity to compete with the 27 pre-qualified pro riders on Sunday. Sunday uses a four-round Knockout format that starts with a Hot Lap to set starting positions. The first Knockout round, on a 19-mile course, cuts the field of riders down to 25 and an LCQ earns a final transfer spot for one additional rider. Those remaining 26 riders compete for the final 15 spots in the main event with another loop on the 19-mile course with some more difficult sections added. The main event is a 30-minute plus one lap battle on a mile-long course. In total, the fastest rider, Manual Lettenbichler, raced for nearly three hours.