The Motorcycling Association (MAU) has all its focus on the second edition of the Armed Forces Appreciation Motocross Championship in October.
 
Julius Bukenya, the MAU secretary told Vision Sport after the MAU Challenge 4 in Busiika where Fortune Sentamu won the MX1 class, Waleed Omar the MX125cc, Larry Ssekamwa the 65cc, Musedde the 50cc senior, Noel Ssekamwa the 50cc Junior and Ashina Mbabazi, the lady’s class.
 
“We tried to engage FMU so that we first put aside our differences and have Uganda fully represented in the FIM MXOAN, but were frustrated, and now our resources are on preparation for Armed Forces championships which will be bigger than the previous one,” Bukenya said.
 
“The redesigned track is to make sure that our racers get used to the track before the event whose date will soon be announced.”

The first edition of the Armed Forces motocross challenge was held in 2019 where proceeds of sh100m went to Uganda's armed forces in appreciation of their service to this country.
 
It is the biggest motocross event in terms of competition on the African continent because it attracts racers from different parts of the world.

MAU Challenge lives up to its billing.
 
Meanwhile, It was an action parked Sunday in Busiika that lived to its billing as racers battled for top honours in the fourth round of the Mountain Dew MAU Challenge on the newly redesigned track.
 
In the absence of Stav Orland who has camped in South Africa for the South African Championship, and the Omar brothers Wazir and Ali who are writing their exams, the competition in the MX1 class was not much exciting.
 
Fortune Sentamu was too good for Stav Orland, Aviv Orland, Michael Ntayiro, and Fatuh Kiggundu in all three heats despite giving his opponents head starts.
 
A head start is where a racer who feels superior to others leaves his or her opponents to leave the start gate first and then follows them after some second or minutes.
  
However, the battle between Waleed Omar, Jeremiah Mawanda, Malcolm Lubega, and Gift Sebuguzi in the MX125cc class and another between Larry Ssekamwa and Ashraf Mbabazi in the 65cc left the fans more than excited.
 
A neck-to-neck battle between Sebuguzi and Omar kept fans following them in the different corners to cheer up their rider even if they could watch from one position in all the three heats of the day.
 
It was the same in the 50cc class as Jude Kyle Musedde, Ethan Musedde, and Ellie Mitima faced off in the three heats.

Omar acknowledged the race as being the toughest challenge he has ever faced this year. “This has been tough. I won two heats and Gift (Sebuguzi) one, but it was a good race,” Omar said.
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