Hart, Lettenbichler
Headed For TKO
S
ome of the top hard enduro
racers in the world are of-
ficially confirmed for the Red
Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO)
round of AMA East Hard Enduro
Championship in Sequatchie,
Tennessee, August 22-25.
The defending FIM Hard
Enduro World Champion, Red
Bull KTM's Mani Lettenbichler of
Germany, will go head-to-head
against the defending U.S. Hard
Enduro and EnduroCross Cham
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pion, FMF KTM's Trystan Hart of
Canada, who is also a three-time
TKO Champion.
Besides Lettenbichler and
Hart, there is a field deep with
talent, which
includes multi-
time AMA Endu
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roCross Cham-
pion, former FIM
World Super-
Enduro Champion and six-time
TKO winner Cody Webb (Sher-
co), South African Wade Young
(GasGas), Spain's Mario Ro-
man (Sherco), multi-time AMA
EnduroCross and FIM SuperEn-
duro World Champion Colton
Haaker (Husqvarna), rising hard
enduro star, Bulgarian Teodor
Kabakchiev (Sherco) and Spain's
Alfredo Gomez (Rieju). Ameri
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can's Cooper Abbott (Sherco)
and two-time Red Bull Straight
Rhythm 125cc Champion Carson
Brown are on the entry list, along
with many other top riders from
around the country and world.
The racing starts on Thursday
evening on Broadway Street in
downtown Nashville for the Pro
-
logue competition, which is free
to the public.
Click here for more informa
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tion.
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Ducati Set For MXGP
Debut With Cairoli
D
ucati is set to make its MXGP racing debut at the
Dutch GP on August 17-18 in Arnhem, Nether-
lands, with Tony Cairoli at the controls of the all-new
Desmo450 MX. The nine-time World Champion is
essentially a wild-card entry for the MXGP round,
as the Ducati team will return their focus to the
Italian Championship in September after the Dutch
GP. Ducati's goal is said to be racing the full MXGP
series in 2025 and likely the USA come 2026.
The prototype's development program will con
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tinue on August 31-September 1 at Castiglione del
Lago in the fifth round of the Italian Championship.
Alessandro Lupino currently leads the general clas
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sification with two rounds to go after the results
obtained in the last round of the Italian MX Champi-
onship at Ponte a Egola. In the Tuscan race, Cairoli,
on his return to competition, won the first heat.
Alessandro Lupino won overall and took the lead in
the championship, thus confirming early competi
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tiveness with the Desmo450 MX.
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Antonio Cairoli will
compete in this weekend's
Dutch MXGP.
The Red Bull
Tennessee Knockout
will again get started
with the Prologue
competition on
Broadway Street.
