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into five groups that race head- to-head. Four of those groups include six riders, while the fifth group has seven riders, including the LCQ winner. The riders take on the long loop with another mile of extremely difficult sec - tions added. The top four finish- ers from each group earn spots in the 20-rider main event, with the winners of each group earning front-row starting positions. Lettenbichler dominated group one and won in just under one hour, over five minutes ahead of Mitch Brightmore. Ashburn and James Flynn earned the other two qualifying spots from this group. In the second group, Ka - bakchiev and LeBlond battled throughout the entire loop, with Lettenbichler again topped the results sheet with a time of 54 minutes and three seconds. Bul- garia's Teodor Kabakchiev put in a strong ride, just four-hundredths of a second slower on his Sherco. Hart was again third 15 seconds back. Young and fellow South Af- rican Matthew Green rounded out the top-five times. Jordan Ash- burn, LeBlond, Will Riordan, David Cyprian and Haaker finished sixth through 10th, respectively. There was a last-chance quali- fication race on a straight rhythm course among the four riders that just missed the top 30 and pro trials competitor Josh Roper took that spot to be the last rider to make it to the second round. The second round changes format to place the 31 riders Boogie Rivera in Amateur B, Jose Julian Hernandez Rios in Amateur C, Brandon Wakefield in A Vet 30+, Drew Kirby in A Senior 40+, Stephen Thaxton in A Master 50+, Karol Nasuta in B 40+, Jordan Ouzts in 4-Stroke Sportsman, Carly Paet in Wom- en's Amateur and Gage Hill in Youth Lites 12-15. Complete Amateur Class Results. E-CHAMPIONS The ECR eMoto class was recognized for an AMA Grand Championship and the riders completed three rounds of rac- ing over three days. Thirty-two electric motorcycle racers took on the race-one course, and the top 20 earned a spot in the championship-deciding Sun- day final, which was run on the same course as the pro riders. Canada's Spenser Wilton took the ECR eMoto AMA Grand Championship number-one plate for the second time and was riding a Stark. Australian Conor Hennessy finished less than a minute behind riding a hybrid custom bike with a KTM chassis and an electric motor. Canada's Joshua Long rounded out the podium riding an Arctic Leopard. Noah Kepple finished fourth on an Electric Motion and Maxwell Beaupre rounded out the top five riding a Surron. Five different manufacturers had bikes in the top five, showing growing interest in the class. Several hundred people took the opportunity to test ride bikes in the Surron eMoto demo ride area throughout the weekend. Briefly... 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 P94 Trystan Hart battled Lettenbichler for the win. The defending TKO champ finished just a few seconds behind the German.