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race is brutal," he said. "You could definitely feel the extra 10 minutes in the main event. I made hard work of it; I crashed in the first corner. I wasn't at my best today. I don't think I was the third fastest, but I knew if I could hang in there and be in the front after the first couple of laps, I could survive. I was riding in a nice comfortable third, and then Trystan made a mistake and put me back into a battle and had to dig deep and use some reserves to try to get him." The Women's Pro class competed along with the top Amateurs on Saturday with two rounds of racing. Rachel Gut - ish took the win on her Rieju AUGUST 28-30, 2026 TRIALS TRAINING CENTER / SEQUATCHIE, TENNESSEE OFF-ROAD I AMA EXTREME OFF-ROAD GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP P98 believe I pulled such a gap on the guys. It is pretty damn hard out there." Hart seemed satisfied with his ride despite a third consecu- tive second-place finish. "It is such a tough day here," he said. "Three hours of racing in this heat is just crazy. I was kind of with Mani for a bit and then I smoked a tree and went over the bars, and that kind of took the wind out of my sails, and then I had a huge mistake in the rocks. I had to drag my bike out of a hole, and that put me into the red zone. So, I pretty much chilled to the finish." Bolt took another third-place TKO finish. "Bit of a blitz, this followed by a technical downhill, massive boulder sections, and three technical hillclimbs. Lettenbichler led every lap and finished with a total time of 59:55.957. The battle for second was intense, with Karlsson pres - suring Hart early before a chain derailment dropped him outside the top five. Hart took a tumble that let Lettenbichler open a gap, and a crash in Bad Behavior later cost Hart the position to Bolt. Hart fought his way back to second, but Bolt kept the pressure on to the finish. Hart finished nearly three minutes behind Lettenbichler and just six seconds ahead of Bolt, who rounded out the podium. Karlsson fought back from his derailed chain to take fourth, just over four minutes behind Bolt. Walker crashed on the first straight but managed to work his way back up to fourth before a minor crash on the last lap dropped him back to fifth. Webb finished sixth on his Yamaha. He held fourth early in the race before Karlsson and Walker passed him. Martyn, the former British and U.S. Trials Champion, finished seventh on a Stark. Nineteen-year-old Ste - vens finished eighth on a KTM. LeBlond finished ninth on his Husqvarna, and Huddy rounded out the top 10 on a KTM. Lettenbichler was happy to take his fourth TKO win in tough conditions. "It was a pretty good day, honestly," he said. "I am quite stoked with my riding. I didn't push it really hard. I rode to be smooth and not push it and make mistakes. I couldn't Eddie Karlsson had the speed to contend for a podium spot, but a derailed chain forced him to play catch-up on his Stark Varg EX. He recovered for fourth position.