Over the weekend, Mamaloukos won the OR1 class and emerged as the overall winner of the bike category in the Sarona Kalahari 1000 Race held in Jwaneng. The rider maintained his grip on the 2025 Botswana Motor Sport (BMS) Cross-Country Championship after three rounds. His triumph over the weekend would come in handy at the end of the of the season as the Sarona Kalahari 1000 Race was a double points race by virtue of being a marathon event. This season has seen a number of elite riders opt out of competition, leaving Mamaloukos to dominate the series as his stature in the local scene continues to rise. The biker, who recently finished third in the Gauteng Cross-Country Series (GXCC), believes he needs more time on the bike in the cross border competitions to level up.
“Racing is an up and down thing and besides racing, people have their lives and for some unforeseen reasons some could not come. We race with what we have that is why I put a lot that side (South Africa) because that is where the competition is and to raise up the bar,” he said. The local championship has in recent years been dominated by a number of budding riders with most of the elite bikers making sporadic appearances. This was Mamaloukos’ first-ever 1, 000km race career win and he predicted the remainder of the championship will be positive. “We have managed to win and complete my first-ever desert race and it is definitely (an) opening for much bigger things. It is positivity all the way. I would like to think that I will continue working hard as long as I have the support behind me. It is nothing but positive vibes from now on,” he said.
