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ECR eMoto Class Updates for 2025 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout; amateur and expert classes; cash awards for top three expert riders

The fifteenth annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) will be back at the Trials Training Center on August 8-10, 2025. TKO will include two ECR eMoto (Electric Motorcycle) race classes: amateur and expert.

Both classes will be eligible for AMA Grand Championship number one plates, and the top three expert riders will be eligible for cash awards. There will also be an eMoto demo course to allow people to test ride electric bikes from a couple of different manufacturers.

The weekend features a multi-round knockout format for both eMoto classes:

  • Friday: Hot Lap qualifier sets the Saturday starting grid.
  • Saturday: TKO Race #1 for Pro & Amateur eMoto classes. Top 20 eMoto riders from race one, regardless of class, move to the Sunday final.
  • Sunday: eMoto main event for both classes.

ECR eMoto Regulations:

  • Run what you brung. There are no restrictions on bike modifications, power, weight or battery. All electric dirt bikes are free to compete.

Expert (pro) Class Prize Purse (riders must finish Sunday’s TKO 1 final to qualify for any portion of the purse):

  • 1st place: $500
  • 2nd place: $300
  • 3rd place: $200

 The Racecourse:

  • Both classes will race the Saturday morning amateur race 1 course to qualify for the Sunday final. The top 20 eMoto finishers will move to Sunday TKO race 1 on the more difficult pro course.
  • For the Sunday final race:
    • The pro riders will race the same course as the pro riders and if they finish in the top 30 overall on adjusted time, they will be eligible to move to the next round of the pro racing against the gas bikes.
    • The amateur racers will race a slightly modified course to remove some of the extremely challenging sections and shorten the overall loop to be no more than fifteen miles.

Racers can get more details here.

Spenser Wilton won the 2023 eMoto race on an Electric Motion and came back in 2024 to win on a Stark. Photo by Future7Media
Max Beaupre was a TKO rookie in 2024 but he impressed a lot of people with his fifth place finish in the eMoto class. Photo by Future7Media

In the TKO pro class, riders like Mani Lettenbichler, Trystan Hart, Billy Bolt and Cody Webb will go head-to-head for the overall win. Sign up to race on the same terrain yourself to see where you stack up or come watch the best in the world battle for the TKO win.

The 2025 TKO will again be limited to 500 participants, which has sold out in the past. Enter now to secure your spot. Riders can enter here.

The three days of racing will start on Friday with the amateur Hot Laps to set the Saturday starting positions. Saturday will include two rounds of amateur racing that will allow up to thirty riders to earn the opportunity to race in the Sunday pro competition. The pro riders will kick off their weekend with a Hot Lap on Saturday afternoon. Sunday will include three rounds of pro class racing that concludes with a multi-lap main event that is spectacular for the fans.

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Surron Awards Confirmed for 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout; One rider will win a Surron Light Bee motorcycle

Surron riders that compete in the ECR eMoto (electric motorcycle) class at the 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) will be eligible to win cash awards and one rider will win a Surron Light Bee motorcycle.

Surron electric motorcycles have proven to be capable of taking on the TKO course with several riders completing the challenge over the past two years. To encourage more riders to take on the difficult course in 2024, Surron will recognize all finishers riding their popular Light Bee, Ultra Bee and Storm Bee motorcycles with a custom medallion, and the top finisher riding each model will earn $500. And one of those official finishers will win a Surron Light Bee motorcycle via a drawing.

To be eligible for the “stock Surron” awards, the riders will need to compete on Surron motorcycles using the stock frame, swingarm, forks, shock, motor, battery, controller and other electronic control units. The stock fork and shock internal parts can be modified but must retain the standard travel. Riders are also allowed to utilize aftermarket tires, wheels, handlebars, grips, levers and footpegs.

The goal is to encourage riders to compete on cost effective, mostly stock Surron motorcycles. All Surron riders competing on bikes that are eligible for the “stock Surron” classes that finish the Saturday race one course within the 2.5-hour time limit will be entered to win a Surron Light Bee motorcycle via a random drawing at the conclusion of the Saturday racing.

One additional Surron rider riding a modified bike will also be eligible for a $500 award. The overall top finishing Surron rider utilizing the stock frame, swingarm and maintaining the similar look of one of the stock Surron models will earn the award. For this “modified Surron” award, riders will be allowed to use aftermarket or modified suspension, battery and controller components in addition to aftermarket tires, wheels, handlebars, grips, levers and footpegs.

Riders can enter the eMoto class and will be verified for eligibility for the “stock Surron” Light Bee, Ultra Bee and Storm Bee classes during a technical inspection prior to the Friday hot lap.

You can learn more about the Surron motorcycle line at the Surron US website or @surronusa_official on Instagram.

The ECR eMoto AMA Grand Championship will include three rounds of racing, starting with a hot lap on Friday to set the Saturday morning starting order. On Saturday morning, the eMoto riders will compete in a qualification race. Up to the top fifteen riders that complete the course in two and a half hours will qualify to compete in the Sunday championship race, which will utilize the tougher pro course.

The ECR eMoto class will be separate from the other classes and unlike the 2023 event, the ECR eMoto riders will not be eligible to qualify for the pro class knockout rounds.

The ECR eMoto class is an open format that will allow electric motorcycles of all power levels with a minimum rear wheel size of 16 inches. The “stock Surron” classes will race among the other eMoto riders but be separately recognized for results and awards. Trials style motorcycles (but no Trials tires) are allowed for the eMoto class. Riders of all skill levels that are 16 years of age and older will be eligible to enter the ECR eMoto class.

The 2024 TKO will serve as round five of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and the seventh and final round of the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship. So the top international riders such as Mani Lettenbichler, Mario Roman, Wade Young and Teodor Kabakchiev will take on the top North American riders including Trystan Hart, Cody Webb, Ryder LeBlond and Will Riordan. Lettenbichler has dominated the FIM Hard Enduro championship for the past two years, but Hart has managed to beat him at the last two TKO events, so we can expect an epic battle for TKO supremacy between those two.

In addition to the top pro riders, up to five hundred amateur riders will take on the TKO course aiming for the AMA Grand Championship titles and class wins. The top thirty amateur riders will also earn the opportunity to compete with the world’s best riders during the Sunday pro racing. The ECR eMoto (electric motorcycle) class will also be back for the third year aiming for an AMA Grand Championship.

The free electric motorcycle demo rides, sponsored by Surron, will be back again in 2024 and open to anybody that wants to give one of the bikes from multiple brands, including Surron and Electric Motion a test ride.

To kick off the weekend, the top sixteen pro riders will compete in a head-to-head prologue on a man-made straight rhythm inspired enduro course in downtown Nashville on Thursday, August 22nd. The 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout will again be a three-day format with a Hot-Lap on Friday to set amateur racer starting positions followed by two rounds of amateur racing on Saturday. The pro riders will kick off their weekend with a Hot-Lap on Saturday afternoon and a three round Knock Out format on Sunday. The multiple rounds of racing and course layout provide a full weekend of exciting, spectator-friendly racing.

Riders can enter the 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout here.