Trystan Hart and Johnny Girroir Clinch First Titles of 2024 with FMF KTM Factory Racing

U.S. HARD ENDURO SERIES – ROUND 7

A high-profile final round of the 2024 AMA U.S. Hard Enduro Series saw FMF KTM Factory Racing’s Trystan Hart finish in second position, locking in a fourth-consecutive Pro Class Championship at the Red Bull Tennessee Knockout (TKO) event in Sequatchie, Tennessee.

Doubling as Round 5 of the FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, TKO attracted a world-class rider line-up for this year’s edition, which commenced with the Straight Rhythm Prologue in Downtown Nashville on Thursday evening, where Hart was bumped out in the early rounds.

TKO action officially commenced with the Pro Hot Lap qualification session on Saturday, where Hart was third overall to set him up for Sunday morning’s pair of Knockout races. He completed both of those with 3-4 results – and first in his group – onboard the KTM 300 XC-W, before ripping to the holeshot in the Final Knockout.

After leading his share of the action early on, the Canadian was engaged in a battle with reigning world champion Lettenbichler, eventually taking the checkered flag in second position just 5.13 seconds outside of the victory to importantly capture the U.S. Hard Enduro Championship with a podium result at the international event.

Trystan Hart: “After being third in Hot Laps, then third in TKO 1, and fourth in TKO 2 but first in my group, it wasn’t an ideal start for me. It was okay, I reset for the main event, pulled the holeshot, and on lap two I made a mistake, so Mani got around me and kind of got away. But I came around and he had made a mistake himself, so I got back around and we went back and forth four or five times. Near the end of the race, I had a pretty good lead of about 10 seconds or so, but made a tiny mistake and he caught me. We went up the hillclimb together and he got ahead of me, so was able to hold it from there to the end. I finished second and still made it four U.S. championships, which was a really good result for myself and the FMF KTM Factory Racing Team, but it was also that little bit disappointing to miss out on…