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ROUND 3 / AUGUST 18-20, 2023 TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE OFF-ROAD I AMA EXTREME OFF-ROAD GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP P100 had recovered from his earlier crash. "It's awesome, the crowd was insane the whole way around the track, and you could barely hear the bike out there, so that was pretty sick to see so many people out here supporting the race," Bolt said. "As far as the race went, it was a struggle, I felt the pressure from behind, just about the whole race to be honest. Jonny and Mani were on my wheel and that made it hard to concentrate and not make any mistakes. Trystan was nearly mistake-free and opened a gap early on, and I could not make it back to him." Bolt, Lettenbichler and Walker started the final lap separated by less than 10 seconds, but the order remained the same to the finish, with Lettenbichler taking the final podium spot. backward. The German rider lost several positions when his bike tumbled down the hill. Hart made a quick break from the field and had a 12-second gap on Bolt as they started the sec - ond lap. The KTM rider methodi- cally opened that up to as much as 45 seconds before backing off on the final lap to win by 24 seconds. "On lap two, I threw my bike up the Kenda waterfall, and luckily no one was behind me; I just picked up the bike and went on my way, but that was a little scare," Hart said. "From that point on, I just chilled out and nailed the hillclimb and waterfall every lap and just cruised on and maintained the gap." Bolt held second place throughout the race but had pressure from Walker for several laps and then Lettenbichler, who main event, with the winners of each group earning front-row starting positions. Hart won group one over Bolt after a back-and-forth battle. Fourteen-time U.S. Trials Cham - pion Pat Smage and James Flynn finished third and fourth to get into the main event. LeBlond won group two in a tight battle with Ashburn. Colton Haaker and Gauge Logan-Key also earned tickets to the main. Lettenbichler dominated group three. Green finished sec - ond, and Rieju's Quinn Wentzel and Beta's Tim Apolle finished third and fourth, respectively. UK's Walker won group four. Riordan finished second. Sherco rider Logan Bolopue and Beta's Daniel Lewis took the last two spots in this group. Webb won group five over Spain's Gomez. Multi-time Erzbergrodeo winner David Knight finished third and Mason George qualified for his first- ever TKO. George was the only rider from the 30 who qualified into the Sunday program via the Saturday races. The main event moved back to the short course for a 35-min - ute plus one-lap race, which ended up taking 44 minutes and 34 seconds for Hart to com- plete. Lettenbichler took the lead heading into the woods, with Hart and Bolt close behind. Hart and Bolt found a way past Lettenbichler before hitting the critical Red Bull Ravine hillclimb, which proved to be pivotal, as Bolt lost momentum at the top and Lettenbichler hit his rear wheel and flipped over Hawaii's Kamakana Waiwaiole was the top amateur.