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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.

Pro riders

RPM KTM Confirms Hart and Wilton for 2019 Kenda Tennessee Knockout

The FMF/Maxxis/RPM KTM Racing Team (@rpmracingteam) has confirmed that Trystan Hart (@trystanhart_84) and Spenser Wilton (@spenserwilton17) will be racing at the 2019 Kenda Tennessee Knockout. The two Canadian riders are among the top Extreme racers in North America and will be expected to earn top finishes at the TKO. The ninth annual TKO will take place at the Trials Training Center, in Sequatchie Tennessee on the weekend of August 16-18.

Trystan Hart was the top placed North American rider at the 2019 Erzberg Hare Scramble and is capable of contending for the TKO win. Photo: Drew Ruiz
Trystan Hart. Photo by Drew Ruiz

Hart is the 2018 AMA Western Hare Scrambles champion and has been one of the top EnduroCross riders for the past couple of years. 2017 was Hart’s best season so far as he finished second overall to Cody Webb in the AMA EnduroCross championship and earned the junior class championship for riders twenty-one and under. He started the 2018 EnduroCross season off strong, including a last-lap pass on Cody Webb at the California event to steal second place but unfortunately suffered a wrist injury that took him out of the remainder of the season. Hart was the top North American rider at the 2019 Erzberg Hare Scramble in fourteenth place so don’t be surprised to see him competing for the TKO win.

Spenser Wilton has been climbing the ranks among the top off-road racers in North America and won the WORCS Pro 2 light championship in 2018. Photo: Drew Ruiz
Spenser Wilton. photo by Drew Ruiz

Wilton won the 2018 WORCS Pro 2 lights championship on his RPM KTM. The youngster has several top finishes in major US and Canadian off-road events to his credit already and will be aiming to use the experience gained in his first TKO appearance last year to move further up in the standings.