TKO Weekend Deep-Dive: Formats, Amateurs, and Gutish Women’s Win
Cycle News’s September 4, 2026 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout recap is the spine for a weekend deep-dive: Pro headline results already filed separately — this piece focuses on event format context, Amateur notes, and Rachel Gutish’s Women’s class win at Trials Training Center, Sequatchie, Tennessee (Aug 28–30).
Jake BrennanSep 4, 2026 · 5 min read
The 16th Red Bull Tennessee Knockout wrapped August 28–30, 2026 at Trials Training Center in Sequatchie, Tennessee. Trail Roamer’s primary results story covers Manuel Lettenbichler’s third straight TKO win over Trystan Hart and Billy Bolt. This companion piece stays on weekend texture.
Format context from published recaps: TKO remains a multi-day hard-enduro showcase combining qualifying and knockout-style racing that rewards bike control on off-camber Tennessee rock as much as raw enduro fitness. Amateur classes and support programs are part of the same weekend footprint — not an afterthought paddock.
On the Women’s side, Rachel Gutish won the Women’s class per Cycle News and Dirt Bike Magazine notes tied to the event. Gutish’s TKO result sits alongside her EnduroGP Women’s title season referenced in our Wales finale coverage.
Hart finished the AMA National Hard Enduro season as champion with 205 points per Dirt Bike Magazine — a season story already seeded from Hollow Point, with TKO as the festival finale rather than the clinching round.
We are not inventing Amateur class winners or lap times that the candidates file does not list. When full Amateur sheets are needed for a gallery or results module expansion, pull them from Cycle News’s full recap rather than guessing.
Sources
- 2026 Red Bull Tennessee Knockout Results — Cycle News · accessed 2026-09-04
- Tennessee Knockout / Hard Enduro Season Notes — Dirt Bike Magazine · accessed 2026-09-04
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