OFF-ROAD
KENDA AMA TENNESSEE KNOCKOUT EXTREME ENDURO
AUGUST 14-16, 2020
TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE
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spot in the championship-deciding second
race via top-10 finishes at one of the six
AMA regional championship events. Danny
Lewis took the win in that championship
event with a time of 1:12:31. Will Riordan
finished second with a time of 1:15:45 and
Tyler Kincade rounded out the podium with
a time of 1:17:31.
Sunday's format consisted of four
rounds of racing for the 56 riders, start-
ing with a hot lap on a mile-long "short
course." Hart set the fastest time with a
5:17.038 lap. SRT Off-Road-backed Cory
Graffunder was second with a 5:20.926
lap followed by Husqvarna-mounted Noah
Kepple with a 5:27.148. Beta USA's Max
Gerston finished fourth in 5:27.488 and
Webb, who had a small crash, rounded out
the top five with a 5:27.488.
Knockout round one took place on an
18-mile long loop with the top 25 riders
moving on to the next round. The riders
took off in 30-second intervals, racing
against the clock. Hart set the fastest
time again with a 57:23.237. Webb came
back to set the second-fastest time at
1:00:08.783. Herrera showed his pace by
setting the third-fastest time (1:00:50.976).
Gerston was fourth (1:01:33.401) and
teenager Ryder LeBlond (1:02:23.687)
rounded out the top five.
Knockout round two switched from a
race against the clock to a head-to-head
format with four groups of five riders, and
one group of six after a 26th rider earned
a spot in the next round after out-dueling
three other riders in the LCQ. In this
round, those five groups competed for the
15 spots in the final by finishing in the top
three in their respective groups. This was
back on the 18-mile long course with sev-
eral extremely challenging sections added
Chilean Benjamin
Herrera was solid
all weekend and
finished third in the
main event.
