ROUNDS 5-FINAL / AUGUST 23-25, 2024
TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE
OFF-ROAD I FIM HARD ENDURO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / AMA U.S. HARD ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP
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Kabakchiev coming out ahead
of LeBlond, Webb and Graham
Jarvis, who was making a rare
appearance at a race in the U.S.
Hart was best of the third
group of riders, in a time of one
hour and one minute. Australia's
Will Riordan finished second, and
Ashton Brightmore finished third.
Cooper Abbott took the fourth
and final main-event qualifying
spot from this group.
Young won group four with Ma
-
rio Roman just over one minute
behind.
Spain's David Cyprian fin-
ished third and Hawaii's Kawelo
Huddy punched the
final ticket to
the main from group four.
Haaker won the fifth group to
earn a front-row starting spot
for the main event alongside
the other group winners. Spain's
Alfredo Gomez finished second,
well clear of Green and Quinn
Wentzel.
The 20 riders that qualified for
the main event moved back to
the short course for a 35-minute-
plus-one-lap race that took 47
minutes and 53 seconds for the
winner to complete. Hart took
the early lead, followed closely
by Lettenbichler and Kabakchiev.
Young was just about five sec
-
onds back in fourth position. The
order remained the same
until
Lettenbichler took over the lead
on the third of seven laps. Kabak-
chiev started to drop back from
the leading duo, which allowed
(Right) South African Wade Young
filled out the podium. (Below)
Cody Webb won the straight
rhythm prologue, which was held in
downtown Nashville.