Silver Kings Hard Enduro, round two of the 2025 FIM Hard Enduro World Championship, course preview, rider press conference and event schedule – Cody Webb goes four-stroke.

The three-day race schedule for the 2025 Silver King Hard Enduro begins today, Thursday (for a Saturday main race day) in Kellogg, Idaho. Spectacular scenery and more natural terrain than you can throw a brake lever tip at promises to serve riders from the Hard Enduro World Championship and US Hard Enduro with some of the best riding North American has to offer.

Racing begins with a prologue of timed laps (shorter route, best time to count), followed by Off-road day one and two pitching riders at the mountain and the impressive course. Day one, Friday is more than just a taster with a longer course on the mountain and HEWC points up for grab, plus starting order also determined for multi-long lap main race on day two.

The new rules for scoring the prologue and qualification races, plus the main event, come into force this weekend. You can read more about them in our interview with HEWC series director, Ross Whitehead: 2025 Hard Enduro World Championship – New points system ahead of Rnd2 and a four-stroke future

Your Pro rider list includes a near identical one the Red Bull Erzbergrodeo two weeks ago where an unofficial Ryder Cup of Hard Enduro played out. The US Hard Enduro boys will have the upper hand over the European-based HEWC riders this week as multi-time winner Trystan Hart, Cody Webb, Ryder Leblond, and Will Riordan can reply on local knowledge to get the better of Mani Lettenbichler, Billy Bolt, Teo Kabakchiev, Mitch Brightmore, Mario Roman, Wade Young and Graham Jarvis.

Cody Webb is mixing it up this weekend and jumping on the YZ250F four-stroke...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Silver Kings Hard Enduro race week schedule (time are local + 7hrs to central Europe):

Thursday June 12, Super Kings Prologue

8:30am Bronze 1 Lap Time Qualification, 2nd (Optional)

12:00pm Silver 1 Lap Time Qualification 2nd (Optional)

3:45pm Gold Siting Lap (1 Rider Every 15 Seconds)

4:00pm Gold 1 Lap Time Qualification 2nd (Optional)

6:00pm Bronze Final (Top 15) 5 Minutes + 1 Lap

6:30pm Silver Final (Top 20) 5 Minutes +1 Lap

7:00pm Gold Final (Top 20) 6 Minute + 1 Lap    

7:30pm Awards Ceremony

Friday June 13 Off-Road Day 1

9:00am – 3:00pm Gold, Silver, Bronze Hard Enduro qualifying races 5-hour time limit (four for Silver and Bronze)

Gold class start 9am, 9:30 Silver (Abbreviated Mountain Course), Bronze 10:15 (Full Mountain Course)

7:00pm Bronze Finisher Medal Ceremony

7:30pm Intergalactic Pit Bike Super King Championship

Saturday June 14 Off-Road Day 2

8:00am – 1:00pm Silver Start (Full Mountain course, top 16 staggered start, remaining rows of 10 every 30 seconds, 5hr time limit).

2:00pm Gold Start (staggered start for top 16, remaining rows of 10 every 30 seconds.

After two-hours of race-time, the final “King Slayer” Hillclimb opens leading to the finish line. 30 minutes after the leader, the King Slayer Hillclimb closes with all riders who cross the finish line via the “King Slayer” Hillclimb ranked as official finishers. All other riders ranked based on their last checkpoint.

7pm Silver Mountain Gondola House Awards Ceremony

Max Gerston Silver Kings track preview

Rider press conference, well worth a listen to what they have to say about the HEWC

 

Photo Credit: Ryan McCasland