OFF-ROAD
KENDA AMA TENNESSEE KNOCKOUT EXTREME ENDURO
AUGUST 14-16, 2020
TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE
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that put him well down the field,
but he rode a strong race to fin-
ish sixth. LeBlond finished sev-
enth on his KTM. Riordan, an-
other teenager, finished eighth
and was the highest-placed
rider that qualified through from
Saturday's racing. Graffunder
finished ninth on his Husqvarna
and Fahringer rounded out the
top 10 on his Sherco.
"The most stressful part of
the day was having Cody right
behind me for the entire main
event," Hart said. "He is one
of the best riders in the world
at this and I knew that if I made
any mistakes that he would take
advantage."
"Hats off to Trystan, he had
the short course with a 30-min-
ute-plus-one-lap battle. Hart
jumped out to the early lead and
managed to maintain it for the
entire race, despite steady pres-
sure by Webb. Webb ended up
finishing just over 35 seconds
behind Hart.
Herrera came out on top of a
race-long battle with Kepple for
the final podium spot. It was a
strong ride for both riders. Cur-
tis, who is a multi-time Snowmo-
bile Hillclimb Champion rounded
out the top five on a Husqvarna.
Kepple and Curtis were both
filling in for the Husqvarna team
due to Colton Haaker still being
out with an injured hand.
Gerston had a tough first lap
in. Hart won group one over
Keith Curtis and Will Riordan,
who was one of the Saturday
qualifiers. Webb won group two
over Kepple and Graffunder.
Herrera won group three over
Beta USA's Ronnie Commo and
Sherco's Quinn Wentzel. Ger-
ston won group four over Jordan
Ashburn and RPM KTM's Coo-
per Abbott. Ashburn, who rides
for the Babbitt's Monster Energy
Kawasaki GNCC team borrowed
his dad's 1998 Kawasaki KDX
200 and put it into the main
event. Sherco's Nick Fahringer
won group five over LeBlond and
Saturday's Amateur class winner
Danny Lewis.
The main event moved back to
Rachel Gutish
grabbed
her second
consecutive TKO
championship
in the Women's
class.
