ride another lap on the long
course with additional hard sec-
tions. Only the top four riders in
each group
qualify for the main
event. Lettenbichler won group
one, followed by Stevens, Beta-
IRC's Branden Petrie and James
Flynn. Hart won group two, fol
-
lowed by Martyn, Braxton Hintze
and
Riley Bender. Karlsson
won group three, followed by
Webb, Ryder Guest and Green.
Waiwaiole-Kahalepuna won
group four, followed by LeBlond,
Walker and Makana Barger, who
qualified via Saturday's Ama
-
the fourth-fastest time. Bolt
was 3:23
behind in fifth. South
African Matthew Stevens was
sixth, followed by Martyn, Webb,
Hawaii's Kamakana Waiwaiole-
Kahalepuna and fellow Hawai
-
ian Kawelo Huddy, who rounded
out the top
10.
The next round used a dif-
ferent format: a total of 31
riders (the
top 30 plus one rider
who earned a spot via an LCQ
Straight Rhythm Duel win) are
split into four groups of six
and one group of seven, which
includes the LCQ winner. They
The top 66 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
TKO Knockout race two. Letten
-
bichler topped the time sheets
again
with a time of 1:01:24.
Hart was just 34 seconds
slower, and Karlsson continued
to show good form, finishing
just 59 seconds behind Letten
-
bichler. Walker was impressive
on
his Triumph 450 four-stroke,
clocking a time just 1:33 off
the top spot and recording
AUGUST 28-30, 2026
TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE
OFF-ROAD I AMA EXTREME OFF-ROAD GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP
P96
It was Lettenbichler's
third consecutive Red Bull
Tennessee Knockout win.
The KTM Factory Racing
rider dominated all four
rounds of racing.
