Karlsson earned his way into the
pro class with the fifth fastest
overall time while racing the ECR
eMoto class. Ashburn, Webb,
Niko Piazza and Flynn rounded
out the top 10.
The next round changed
formats, and a total of 31 riders
lined up—the top 30 plus one
rider, who earned a spot into
TKO two via an LCQ Straight
Rhythm Duel win. The riders are
split into four groups of six and
one group of seven (including
the LCQ winner), and they ride
another lap on the long course,
The UK's Billy Bolt completed
the podium on his Husqvarna.
A total of 535 entries kicked
off three days of racing on Fri
-
day, with the Amateur hot laps
setting the
starting order for
two rounds of Saturday's racing,
followed by four rounds of pro-
class racing that started on Sat
-
urday afternoon and concluded
on
Sunday afternoon.
The pro class racing started
on Saturday afternoon with
the hot laps, and Lettenbichler
set the top mark with a time of
6:22.339. Hart was just three
seconds behind, and Bolt was
7.5 seconds behind the fastest
time. Husqvarna's Ryder Le-
Blond finished fourth, and Sher-
co's Will Riordan rounded out
the top
five. Cody Webb, Ryder
Guest, Jordan Ashburn, Danny
Lewis and James Flynn rounded
out the top 10, respectively.
The top 55 riders started the
first of three knockout rounds
of racing on Sunday morning
on the 14-mile "long course,"
and the top 30 earned a trip to
the TKO Knockout race two.
Lettenbichler kept the pressure
on and set the fastest time of
1:02:57. Hart finished second,
56.084 seconds behind, and
Bolt rounded out the top three
just nine seconds behind Hart.
Riordan was fourth, and Eddie
Kobak in Youth Lites 12-15, who
also finished in 32nd overall.
E-CLASS
On Saturday morning, the ECR
eMoto riders started first with
their qualifying race. There were
33 participants—eight Expert
riders and 25 Amateur-class rid-
ers—and the top 20 overall moved
to the Sunday main event. Eddie
Karlsson, who traveled to Ten-
nessee from Sweden, dominated
the eMoto Expert class on his
Stark Varg EX. Karlsson quali-
fied for the pro class and won his
group during the second TKO
knockout round, putting an elec-
tric bike on the front row for the
main event. Max Beaupre rode a
Surron Ultra Bee to second place.
Dustin Foudray rounded out the
podium riding a Zero XE. In the
eMoto Amateur class, Osvaldo
Neto took the winning ride on an
Arctic Leopard. Tucker Neary
finished second on a Surron and
Nathan Bilbrey rounded out the
podium on a Surron.
Briefly...
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(Left) Trystan Hart finished
second at the 2025 TKO. The
three-time winner could not quite
match the pace of Lettenbichler
this time. (Bottom) Billy Bolt
finished third at the 2025 TKO.
The British rider led the early part
of lap one but was overtaken by
both Lettenbichler and Hart.
