Press Release | December 13, 2021
The 2022 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout extreme enduro schedule is confirmed for the weekend of August 12-14 at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee. Amateur Entries open on December 15th.
This is a press release from TKO…
Sequatchie, TN (December 9, 2021) – The twelfth annual Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) is confirmed for the weekend of August 12-14, 2022, at the Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee. The TKO will again be a part of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship (HEWC), which will attract the world’s top Hard Enduro riders.
The racing format will be like past years with a Prologue on Friday to set amateur racer starting positions followed by two rounds of amateur racing on Saturday and a four-round Sunday competition. The event will also continue to serve as the AMA Grand Championship for Extreme Off-Road racing.
“The 2021 TKO was the best one yet with Billy Bolt edging out Manni Lettenbichler for the win,” said Eric Peronnard, co-producer of the Tennessee Knockout. “It was amazing to be a part of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship and we learned a lot about how we can improve the event for the riders and spectators for 2022.”
TKO will again pre-qualify the top riders to the four-round Sunday competition. This will include top riders from the major US and international off-road racing series and events. Any rider that finished in the top 26 on Sunday at the 2021 TKO, as well as riders that have qualified for a previous TKO Sunday main event, will be qualified directly into the 2022 TKO Sunday program.
The Saturday program will include two rounds of racing and will serve as the AMA Extreme Off-Road Grand Championship for Amateur riders. The overall Amateur winner will be awarded the AMA Extreme Off-Road Grand Championship number one plate. Classes will be available for A, B, C, Women Pro, Amateur Women, and 45+ but only the overall Amateur, top Women’s pro, and top 45+ rider will earn AMA Grand Championship number 1 plates. New for 2022, the top 50 amateur finishers from the 2021 TKO will earn a spot directly into Saturday round two. Amateur riders will also be able to earn spots directly into round two via several AMA Extreme Enduro regional championship events. Riders that do not qualify via one of the AMA regional events can sign up for one of 500 open spots that will compete in a morning qualifying race that can earn a spot in the championship final on Saturday. The top 30 finishers from Saturday will be invited to Sunday’s expert program.
The Women’s pro class riders will start among the amateur riders in race two based on their prologue time. This is also an AMA Grand Championship class. The Women’s amateur class riders will compete in Saturday race one and start among all the amateur riders based on their prologue qualification time.
Amateur registration opens at 6:00 p.m. CST on Thursday, December 15, 2021. There are just 500 spots available, and entries have sold out in just a couple of hours in the past so please plan to get your entry in as soon as it opens. Pre-qualified amateur riders (top 50 from 2021 Amateur TKO race two) will not need to pre-enter until a later date. The registration link will be available on the tennesseeknockoutenduro.comwebsite.
Pre-Qualified Amateur Riders for 2022 TKO Race Two
Lucas Veloso |
Will Presson |
Jared Jasicki |
Jared Kuehnhold |
Travis Wilson |
Jacob Edwards |
Connor Nejedly |
Ronny Vena |
David Wolfe |
Chance Baker |
Timothy Baroni |
Brian Martinson |
Justin Remley |
Franklin Atwell |
Louise Forsley |
Alex Aebersold |
Carl LeBlond |
Kristjan Thordarson |
Maverik Thaxton |
Spencer Ricketts |
Brent Hanke |
Jamison Stachel |
Daniel Anderson |
P. Trent Whisenant |
Check out the videos for highlights of some of the previous Red Bull Tennessee Knockout events:
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&t=311s
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&feature=youtu.be
2019 Highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0uTxSM8XEA
2018 Highlights: https://youtu.be/DUOE0z7q42o
For more information about Red Bull Tennessee Knockout, presented by Kenda tires, Moose Racing, AOMC and SRT, please visit tennesseeknockoutenduro.com
- For general information please contact: Allison@trialstrainingcenter.com
- For Expert rider race information please contact: Eric@ericperonnard.com
- For Sponsorship information please contact: Sean.Finley@digitalthrottle.com