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inal plans are coming together
for the 11th 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 Champi-
onship (HEWC) despite the very
challenging global travel restric-
tions. 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 automati-
cally 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 ama-
teur championship-deciding race
two via nine AMA regional events.
The top 30 finishers from Satur-
day earn the opportunity to move
on to Sunday's racing to compete
with the pre-qualified riders.
Saturday also includes both
amateur and pro women's
classes. The amateur women will
compete on Saturday in race one
and the pro-women will compete
in Saturday race two, with the
winner earning the 2021 AMA
Grand Championship number-
one plate.
New for 2021, Saturday af-
ternoon 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.
"We have been working hard
to make the 2021 Red Bull Ten-
nessee Knockout special," said
Eric Peronnard, co-producer of
the Tennessee Knockout. "We
have some completely new sec-
tions 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.
CN
Tennessee Knockout Extreme
Enduro Update
This year's TKO race will
determine the 2021 AMA
Grand Championship
for Extreme Off-Road,
and the event is still
planned to be part of the
FIM Hard Enduro World
Championship (HEWC).
