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Pro riders

Carson Brown KDX200 for 2024 TKO; Special bike build for first TKO

Carson Brown (@carsonbrown_910), a two-time winner of the 125 class at the Red Bull Straight Rhythm motocross events, will take on the 2024 Red Bull TKO Hard Enduro. The Washington native is known for epic bike builds and he selected a Kawasaki KDX200 for this one.

Former Red Bull Straight Rhythm Motocross winner Carson Brown will take on the 2024 Red Bull TKO Enduro Prologue in Nashville on a Kawasaki KDX 200. Check out his bike build and come watch him race in Nashville on Thursday, August 22nd for the prologue or the full TKO in Sequatchie, Tennessee on August 24-25.

He bought the bike on Facebook Marketplace and added some logical parts that didn’t come on the standard KDX including an electric start and cooling fan. You can check out his bike build video here: KDX200 Tennessee Knockout Build Breakdown

Brown is a wild card entry for the Thursday night Nashville Red Bull Straight Rhythm prologue and will also take on the full TKO in the pro class on Saturday, August 24-25 in Sequatchie, Tennessee.

The Red Bull Tennessee Knockout prologue in Nashville will be 100% free and open to the public and for all ages. Spectators will be able to have trackside and rooftop access on select rooftops. Please reach out directly to those venues before arriving.

Also:

  • Check out the 2024 Red Bull TKO Prologue preview video here
  • Learn more about the event via Red Bull here
  • Watch the 2022 Nashville Red Bull TKO Prologue highlights here
  • Watch the 2023 Red Bull TKO highlights here
  • Riders can enter the 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout here

 

Spectators

Cody Webb Appearance at Blind Barber Nashville ahead of Red Bull TKO Prologue; Hang out with Webb and possibly get a free haircut

Cody Webb, the six-time Red Bull Tennessee Knockout winner, will be hanging out at the Blind Barber in Nashville on Wednesday, August 21 from 4pm to 6pm.

Cody Webb had some fun trimming his long hair into a mullet at the 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout. Webb will be hanging out at the Blind Barber in Nashville on Wednesday, August 21 from 4pm to 6pm. Stop by to hang out with some fellow enthusiasts ahead of the Thursday night TKO Prologue. Photo: Brandon Krause

This is the evening before Webb will join fifteen other riders in the Red Bull TKO Prologue that will take over Broadway Street with a man-made straight rhythm-inspired enduro course. The Red Bull athlete is known to rock a mullet from time to time and although he won’t be personally providing haircuts, the real Blind Barber staff will be working, and a few lucky people may get a free haircut.

If you will already be in Nashville for the TKO Prologue, come join Webb and some fellow enthusiasts at:

Blind Barber – Nashville
606 8th Ave S.,
Nashville, TN 37203

Also:

  • Check out the 2024 Red Bull TKO Prologue preview video here
  • Learn more about the event via Red Bull here
  • Watch the 2022 Nashville Red Bull TKO Prologue highlights here
  • Watch the 2023 Red Bull TKO highlights here
  • Riders can enter the 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout here
Pro riders

Prologue will kick off the 2024 Red Bull TKO weekend on Thursday night in Downtown Nashville

The world’s best Hard Enduro motorcycle racers will take on the tough Trials Training Center terrain for the fourteenth annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) on August 23-25.

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 2022 Nashville prologue was a huge spectacle and there will be more exciting details to share about the 2024 version in the coming weeks.

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 is currently on a ten race FIM Hard Enduro win streak, 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.

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.

Media coverage

2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout MAVTV Straight Rhythm Show on Thursday, October 5 at 6:30 PM ET

The Saturday afternoon Straight Rhythm prologue was one of the highlights of 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro at the Trials Training Center. The top sixteen pro riders from the hot lap faced off in head-to-head bracket races.

Top American riders including Cody Webb, Colton Haaker, Pat Smage, and Ryder LeBlond took on Canada’s Trystan Hart, the UK’s Billy Bolt and Jonny Walker, Germany’s Mani Lettenbichler and Spain’s Alfredo Gomez.

The Saturday afternoon Straight Rhythm prologue at the 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout was an exciting event for the racers and fans. The UK’s Billy Bolt and Jonny Walker faced off in one of the head-to-head rounds. Photo by Brandon Krause.

MAVTV was on hand to capture the action and has a show focused on the Straight Rhythm event that will air this Thursday, October 5 at 6:30 PM ET.

There will be a separate MAVTV show covering the three rounds of Sunday pro racing at the TKO.

You can learn more by checking your local listings or check MAVTV’s website.

Detailed results for all classes at the 2023 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout can be found HERE

Course, Pro riders

Red Bull Tennessee Knockout to Kick Off with Downtown Nashville Straight Rhythm Enduro; FIM Hard Enduro World Championship back in the USA

The best Hard Enduro riders in the world will be back to take on the Red Bull Tennessee Knockout at the Trials Training Center on August 11-14. The TKO is round six of the eight-round FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and the top North American riders will be aiming to mix it up with the HEWC regulars. To add to the excitement, the weekend will kick off with a head-to-head Straight Rhythm challenge in downtown Nashville on Thursday, August 11th. 

“Last year we got to see an epic battle with Billy Bolt edging out Mani Lettenbichler for the win and Trystan Hart proving that the North American riders can compete on the World stage,” said Eric Peronnard, the TKO co-producer. “It will be great to have all the top riders back at the TKO and the Red Bull Straight Rhythm Enduro event with the top men and women facing off on Broadway Street will be a great way to showcase Hard Enduro to new fans.”  

The Red Bull Straight Rhythm Enduro challenge will take place on Broadway Street in downtown Nashville. Sixteen men and four women riders will race head-to-head in pairs in a best two out of three bracket elimination format. The Straight Rhythm Enduro challenge racing is scheduled from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and will be free for spectators.

The TKO will then kick off at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee with the amateur class prologue qualifying on Friday and two rounds of amateur class racing on Saturday to determine the AMA Grand Championships for Extreme Off-Road racing. The top 30 amateur riders will also earn a chance to compete with the pre-qualified pro riders on Sunday. Sunday will include four rounds of racing for the pro riders. 

There are still entries available for the Saturday amateur classes, including the new ECR eMoto electric motorcycle and Youth Lites 12-15 classes. Click here to enter: https://secure.tracksideprereg.com/tko/index.asp

Pro riders, Results

Billy Bolt wins Saturday’s TKO Prologue Straight Rhythm event

Saturday afternoon featured a Prologue Straight Rhythm event for the pro men and pro-women riders. The selected riders competed in quick out and back head-to-head races in a best two out of three bracket format to earn some extra purse money and determine the Sunday morning hot lap starting positions.

Top 3 results posted to the FIM’s Hard Enduro World Championship @iridehardenduro Instagram feed:

 

Announcements

Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Extreme Enduro on track for August 13-15; Prologue Straight Rhythm event added to Saturday afternoon


Final plans are coming together for the eleventh annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO). The Trials Training Center, in Sequatchie, Tennessee will host the event on August 13-15, 2021. The TKO serves as the AMA Grand Championship for Extreme Off-Road and the event is still planned to be part of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship (HEWC) despite the very challenging global travel restrictions. So, the top riders from around the world will face off against the best North American hard enduro riders for a $10,000 purse

The top riders are automatically qualified into the Sunday pro racing and 400 amateur riders have entered to race on Saturday to compete for the AMA Amateur Grand Championship for Extreme Off-Road. Saturday is a two-round format with some riders qualifying directly into the amateur championship-deciding race two via nine AMA regional events. The top thirty finishers from Saturday earn the opportunity to move on to the Sunday racing to compete with the pre-qualified riders.

Saturday also includes both amateur and pro women’s classes. The amateur women will compete in Saturday race one and the pro-women will compete in Saturday race two and with the winner earning the 2021 AMA Grand Championship #1 plate.

New for 2021, Saturday afternoon will include a Prologue Straight Rhythm event for the pro men and pro-women riders. There will be an additional purse payout for both the men and women. More details to come on this event.

“We have been working hard to make the 2021 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout special,” said Eric Peronnard, co-producer of the Tennessee Knockout. “We have some completely new sections that we will be using for the main event that will challenge the riders and be more exciting for the spectators. We will also add a Prologue Straight Rhythm to the Saturday afternoon schedule for the pro men and pro-women, and that will be an exciting way to cap the Saturday racing.”

The 2021 TKO will again be featured on Red Bull TV with more details to be announced.

Trystan Hart (center) won the 2020 AMA Tennessee Knockout over Cody Webb (left) and Benjamin Herrera. Photo: Sam Carbine / Red Bull Content Pool
Trystan Hart earned his first TKO win in 2020 and has moved to the FMF KTM Factory team for 2021. Photo: Shan Moore
Cody Webb has won the TKO six times but has not won since 2018, so he is hungry for a seventh win. Photo: Sam Carbine / Red Bull Content Pool
Many of the top international riders have competed in the Tennessee Knockout in the past. Germany’s Mani Lettenbichler won the 2019 TKO over Spain’s Mario Roman and South Africa’s Wade Young. But 2021 will mark the first time that most of the top international riders will all be competing at the TKO at the same time.
2021 will include both amateur and pro-women classes for the first time. The amateur women will race in Saturday race one while the pro-women will compete in Saturday race two for the AMA Grand Championship Off-Road #1 plate. Rachel Gutish (center) topped Shelby Turner (left) and Louise Forsley in 2020. Photo: Shan Moore