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IN THE WIND P36 WOMEN'S CLASS ADDED TO TKO T he 2016 Kenda Tennessee Knockout (TKO), in Sequatchie, Tennessee, August 20-21, will now include a separate Women's class to compete on Sat- urday. Women entries will ride a morning qualifier race that they must complete in order to race the Women's only, multi-lap main event on a special short course in the afternoon. The ladies will be competing for a $1000 purse to be paid out to the top three finishers ($500, $300, $100 for first, second and third, respectively). In addition, the top three finishers will be invited to compete in the Sunday expert Knockout program. Two of the top female racers, Rachel Gutish and Chantelle Bykerk, have earned Sunday qualifications in the past via the Saturday Amateur program, so they have proven that they are capable of completing the difficult terrain. Women riders can still enter by contacting the Trials Training Center. The sixth annual Kenda Tennessee Knockout will take place at the Trials Training Center. The world's top off-road riders are invited directly to the Sunday program. Unqualified Expert/ Pro and amateur riders race on Saturday with the top finishers earning the opportunity to move on to the Sunday Expert Knockout rounds. On Sunday, riders will compete in a very tough and spectator- friendly four-round Knockout racing format. CN JACQUELINE CARRIZOSA INJURED O n August 14, privateer racer Jacqueline Carrizosa was hit by a pickup truck while train- ing on her road bicycle for the upcoming BITD Vegas To Reno. She sustained four fractured vertebrae, road rash and damage to her kidneys in the accident. Carrizosa is a Navy veteran and avid off-road racer who was planning to ironman the Vegas to Reno in an effort to raise money for military veterans and families. She was taking pledges for the upcoming 640-mile race and planned to donate all funds to the Veterans Training Fund (VTF), a program that provides scholarships to veterans. With backing from Ox Motorsports and Baja Offroad Champions, she was planning to pilot a CRF450X in this week's race. Carrizosa in in stable condi- tion, but has lost a kidney, and continues to undergo treatment and care in the hospital. "She has a long road ahead of herself with surgeries and therapies," commented Carrizosa's mother, Dawn Decelles via social media. "The family greatly appreciates everything that is being done on her behalf, but at this time we ask that she be left to try to re- cover from the recent accident." Friends have set up a Go- FundMe account to help with medical bills and rehabilitation. Carrizosa had previously raised a total of $4200 to donate to VTF, but the VTF has now forwarded this on to her recov- ery fund. Make a donation or send a message to Carrizosa at https://www.gofundme. com/2jtsz9rw. Jean Turner EnduroCross specialist Rachel Gutish will be one of the competitors in the new Women's class at the Tennessee Knockout (TKO). PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEAN TURNER