Press Release | August 1, 2024
Lettenbichler, Hart, Roman, Webb, Young, LeBlond and Jarvis top list of prequalified Pro riders invited for the 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout.
This is a press release from TKO…
Sequatchie, TN (August 1, 2024) – The fourteenth annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) will take place at the Trials Training Center on the weekend of August 23-25, 2024. The event will be the only FIM Hard Enduro World Championship race in North America this season and it will also serve as the seventh and final round of the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship.
One of the unique features of the TKO is that the top pro Hard Enduro racers from around the world as well as the top riders in other off-road disciplines earn an invitation that gets a free entry into pro class. The top 35 finishers from the 2023 TKO automatically make that list as well. Past TKO main event qualifiers also earn an invitation. A total of 120 riders have earned a spot on the Sunday prequalified list and 35 of those riders are expected to compete.
FMF KTM’s Trystan Hart will be aiming for a third consecutive TKO win in 2024. The Canadian will have to beat a strong group of riders to get his fourth career win at the prestigious event. Photography by Sean Finley.
Mani Lettenbichler just won his fifth Romaniacs Hard Enduro to go along wins at the Erzbergrodeo and Valleys Hard Enduro. The German won the TKO back in 2019 and finished on the podium in 2021, 2022 and 2023. The Red Bull KTM rider will be looking for his second TKO win in 2024. Photography by Future7Media.
The 2024 TKO will attract the top international riders such as Mani Lettenbichler, Mario Roman, Wade Young and Teodor Kabakchiev from the FIM championship who 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. And don’t count out six-time TKO winner Cody Webb for the win. The FactoryONE Sherco rider is having a great season and currently leads the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship series. Graham Jarvis has also added his name to the list of pro riders planning to compete at the TKO in 2024.
Cody Webb won the TKO six times in a row from 2013 through 2018. Injuries and tough competition have kept him off the top step of the podium for a few years, but the Sherco rider is having a strong season in 2024 and leads the AMA US Hard Enduro Championship. Perhaps he can get his seventh TKO win. Photography by Ryan McCasland.
Graham Jarvis prefers longer races than the sprint format of the TKO but the 49-year-old British rider finished fourth at the Erzbergrodeo in June and plans to be back for another shot at a TKO podium. Photography by Future7Media.
Top 50 2024 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Prequalified Pro Riders:
- Trystan Hart
- Manuel Lettenbichler
- Cody Webb
- Wade Young
- Will Riordan
- Mario Roman
- Ryder LeBlond
- Teodor Kabakchiev
- Colton Haaker
- Billy Bolt
- Graham Jarvis
- James Flynn
- Alfredo Gomez
- Mitch Brightmore
- Jonny Walker
- Matthew Green
- Cooper Abbott
- Logan Bolopue
- Danny Lewis
- Quinn Wentzel
- Branden Petrie
- Jordan Ashburn
- Pat Smage
- Tim Apolle
- Josh Roper
- Gauge Logan-Key
- Kamakana Waiwaiole-Khaalepuna
- Dominik Olszowy
- David Cyprian
- William Hoare
- Steward Baylor
- Josh Toth
- Hayden Mosa
- Craig DeLong
- Michael Walkner
- Liam Draper
- Grant Baylor
- Max Gerston
- Mason George
- Kawalo Huddy
- David Knight
- Taddy Blazusiak
- Francesc Moret Clota
- Spenser Wilton
- Marc Riba Lazaro
- Suff Sella
- Creed Kisling
- Ryder Guest
- Ricky Russell
- Didier Goirand
See the complete prequalified rider list at the TKO Enduro website.
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 with riders and electric motorcycle manufacturers competing for an AMA Grand Championship title.
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: https://www.moto-tally.com/USHE/PreEntry.aspx
Check out the videos for highlights of some of the previous Red Bull Tennessee Knockout events in the links below:
2023 TKO Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6oixWIBro
Red Bull TV, 2022 TKO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Phw80nxzX7Q
2022 TKO Recap: https://youtu.be/LLWl9M2ULKg
Red Bull TV: It’s a Knockout | 2021 Red Bull TKO Full Race Recap: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2UugQtIPVA
Red Bull TV: 2021 Red Bull TKO – Main Race Raw Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxFkr6eafoM
Red Bull TV: 2021 Red Bull TKO – Pro Prologue Red Bull Straight Rhythm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32lLTk7BRdE
2021 Tennessee Knockout Hard Enduro Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IO_5_d2PgTQ2021
2021 Red Bull TV Highlights: https://www.redbull.com/int-en/videos/fim-hard-enduro-world-championship-2021-red-bull-tko-final-day-recap
2020 Red Bull TV Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hTz4YiQbMo
2020 Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeHjuzvTEKY
2019 Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uTxSM8XEA
2018 Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOE0z7q42o
For more information about Red Bull Tennessee Knockout, presented by Kenda tires, Motorex, AOMC, USWE, Fox Racing, Surron, XC Gear, AXP Racing, Electric Cycle Rider, Rugged Radios and Electric Motion, please visit tennesseeknockoutenduro.com
