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THE 2026 Bogwheelers Club National Motocross Championship series drew to its conclusion with some exciting races across multiple classes at Donnybrook Park Raceway in Harare on Sunday.
The day saw a “double header” as the six-round Nationals season ended with the staging of rounds five and six on the same day.
And young Victor Nyamupfukudza was among the stars of the day as he finished in the top three in the 85cc Class to be crowned the 2026 Champion in this category.
Eleven-year-old Nyamupfukudza, who recently wrote his Grade 7 exams at Elland Oak Junior School in the Waterfalls neighbourhood of Harare, was involved in some tense battles with fellow talented young riders and closest title rivals Elroy Shamuyarira (11), Jayden Kerwin and Chris Mufanechiya.
What Nyamupfukudza had to do on Sunday was to finish the day in the top three to take the 85cc Class title home.
Which is precisely what he did to take it by a handful of points.
But he was given a good run for his money by Elroy Shamuyarira, who is fast establishing himself as one of the top young motocross riders in this country.
Elroy Shamuyarira got all four holeshots but managed to maintain one win. Unfortunately, a flat tyre incident in race two spoiled an otherwise good day for him. He finished second overall.
He also secured second place in the Championship.
In fact, Nyamupfukudza and Elroy Shamuyarira were on Sunday involved in a day long duel with Mufanechiya before a good crowd of more than 1 000 motocross fans.
Sixteen-year-old Riley Rocher also thrilled the crowd with the way he handled his machine on his way to victory in the MX2 Class.
Rocher came first in all his races on Sunday to emerge as the top dog in the MX2 Class ahead of Karl van As and James Dean Harrison.
Seasoned campaigner Dougie Mellor was untouchable in the MX1 Class, in which he won all his motos while Willem Krause played it safe en route to victory in the 125cc Class.
Krause came first ahead of Willem Harrison.
The first three places in the Veterans Class went to Marc Thompson, Daniel Scott and Daniel West.
Young Cameron Fraser was unstoppable en route to the first step on the podium in the 65cc Class in which he beat Michael Krause and Tyler West into second and third place.
Judah Sakupwanya settled for fourth place in the 65cc Class.
Judah Sakupwanya was having a good competition against the championship leader, Fraser, Krause, and West, but he then experienced a technical issue with his bike in one of the races.
For young Oneill Shamuyarira, it was the same old story in the 50cc Class.
He’s always way ahead of his competitors, Ebenezer Parsell, Tait Brufford, Romie Korby, and rookie Jayden Sakupwanya.
Jayden Sakupwanya had a clean sweep in all four PeeWee Class races.
He went on to try his Luck with the bigger boys in the 50cc Class.
Jayden Sakupwanya surprised the bigger boys by taking a holeshot ahead of Oneill Shamuyarira in the 4th race of the 50cc Class, and he left the whole crowd of spectators cheering for him.
All in all, Sunday’s race meeting saw the country’s junior and senior finest riders putting on a stellar show throughout, with most bikers already flat out in preparation for next month’s Zimbabwe Summer Series.
After having temporarily disappeared from the local motorsport radar, the country’s premier motorcycling event — the Zimbabwe Summer Series — will make a welcome return to the local motocross calendar next month at Donnybrook Park Raceway in Harare.
