{"id":1068,"date":"2013-11-24T17:39:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T17:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randymotorclubpalleja.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2013-11-24T18:57:32","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T18:57:32","slug":"motocross-for-gilera-1981","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.randymotorclubpalleja.com\/wordpress\/motocross-for-gilera-1981\/","title":{"rendered":"Motocross for Gilera (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"

1981. Spanish Championship runner-up in 125 and 250 cc categories. Scores again in the World Championship<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mu\u00f1oz starts the season in the Three Hours endurance Basella teaming with Domingo Illa. Must leave.<\/p>\n

The first motocross spanish championship 125cc \u00a0takes place on 1st March in Jerez and Gilera wants to win the title at any cost, using the same bikes of the World championship and if possible, the reputated twin-cilynder.\u00a0The team is very promising and initially rides a best bike than Elias.\u00a0Despite tying points, Mu\u00f1oz wins by time difference.\u00a0Not yet been fully adapted to the new Gilera, is second in the first race after a fall, but wins in the second.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile begins the seventeenth Esplugues Motocross 250cc championship on March 15th in style, perfectly assisted by Gilera factory with two motorcycles and a Italian mechanic, Marabini.\u00a0Gives a recital in the first race to win, and in the second set falls and starts a spectacular comeback that does not work.\u00a0Breaks his chain and simply enters the finish line. Anyway the Gilera is like a shot.<\/p>\n

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1981-MC Esplugues with El\u00edas and Arcarons<\/p><\/div>\n

The next round of the 125 cc championship takes place in Ibi. Mu\u00f1oz wins, and also the next race in Olot.<\/p>\n

On April 19th in Taju\u00f1a takes place the second race of the Championship 250cc of Spain and misfortune is along Mu\u00f1oz’s side.\u00a0He races injured in his foot and still scores the third in the first set.\u00a0When it’s only three laps to the end his Gilera engine breaks down and must leave.<\/p>\n

April 26th is the third round of the championship of Spain 250cc in Manresa, where Elias runs in front of his home and passionated fans.\u00a0More bad luck for Mu\u00f1oz: he breaks the gear of the bike in the first set when he had the victory within reach.\u00a0In the second race fights with Elias, Ribo, Barragan and his Gilera engine made for practise, not to race, and scores fourth.\u00a0Scores fourth in the overall.<\/p>\n

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1981-With Harry Everts<\/p><\/div>\n

In Cullera, the fourth race of the 125 cc category takes place on May 10th, Derbi has worked very hard to provide Elias a more competitive bike but Mu\u00f1oz takes advantage again winning both races. The title seems at Mu\u00f1oz’s fingertips, but still remains much championship races.<\/p>\n

The world championship 125cc motocross starts in Cognac (France) and many of the engines in 1981 are running liquid cooling.\u00a0There was Mu\u00f1oz, falling in the first set and suffering a puncture on the second, then went to Italy, Holland and Austria.\u00a0In Italy becomes fourth in the first set, but problems with the suspension relegate him to the twelfth position, just tenth in the second set and scored points.\u00a0No noteworthy results obtained in the Netherlands and Austria.<\/p>\n

On May 16th there was in Marbella the next race of the championship of Spain 125cc and again a raging fight between Elias and Mu\u00f1oz for the leading position.\u00a0A puncture on lap 12 becomes Mu\u00f1oz relegated to sixth place at the end of the first set.\u00a0Fernando finished the second race in second place.<\/p>\n

On 28th June the twelfth motocross \u00abCiudad de Lugo\u00bb Spain Championship 250 cc takes place again a duel between Mu\u00f1oz and Elias.\u00a0Elias won without too much trouble in the first set leaving Mu\u00f1oz fourth, and the second was Mu\u00f1oz who took advantage of the problems in the carburetor of Elias.\u00a0In overall scoring Randy goes in second position.<\/p>\n

The international motocross Burgos 250 cc non-scoring for the spanish championship during Holy Week festivities was another stage for rivalry between Mu\u00f1oz-El\u00edas.\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz is ranked second in both sets of the race and highlights his supremacy over the pilots \u00absuper\u00bb. Some foreigners also participate in the test.<\/p>\n

On July 8th there is other event besides the official championship, the Dirt Track which takes place in the oval track Can\u00f3dromo Diagonal of Barcelona that was at the end of the University area with the presence of the most important drivers championship motocross Spain .\u00a0It was announced the participation of Mu\u00f1oz, but couldn’t go due to lack of bike.<\/p>\n

On July 19th races motocross Vitoria \u00abVirgen Blanca\u00bb race scoring to the championship of Spain \u00a0250 cc.\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz still has a chance of winning the title, but ranks second in the first set \u00a0and is again waging a fierce struggle with the two brothers Elias who relegate him to third place in the second set.\u00a0Toni Elias is mathematically proclaimed champion of the category.<\/p>\n

In anotherrace in Palau de Plegamans takes place outside scoring championships the \u00ab81-Superbike-Challenge Old Chap\u00bb organized by the Escuderia Motoclub Mollet and Isern. Mu\u00f1oz is ranked in 5th position.<\/p>\n

In the GP of Spain, the final round of the world championship of 125cc in Montgai held on August 16th starts as a favorite after his excellent performance in Italy.\u00a0Randy gets a sensational fifth in the first race and the second race struggles to maintain his fifth position until lap twelve. The his efforts were in vain and could not score.<\/p>\n

On September 6th, in the sixth round of the championship of Spain 125cc in Guissona (Lleida) there is a controversy concerning imported motorcycles, especially the invincible Yamaha.\u00a0The organization warned that might occur, that in the circuit customs agents were to verify documentation and someone else changed the motorcycle before the race.\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz scored for second place in the first race, but he was not worried because his lead in the championship of Spain was very wide, and a fall in the second race relegated him to second place.<\/p>\n

The last round of the championship of Spain 250cc run in Salamanca is decisive for the championship title.\u00a0Takes place on September 13th and Mu\u00f1oz must risk everything in the first set to overcome the 23-point advantage of Elias.\u00a0Again fortune turns away from Mu\u00f1oz and is far behind in the first set due to brake problems, chain and a puncture.\u00a0This makes away any option.\u00a0In the second set fights and gets the second position.\u00a0He is by now the runner-up in the Spanish championship.<\/p>\n

In Burgos runs the penultimate race of the championship 125 cc and Mu\u00f1oz leads to a comfortable advantage, but in the second race mechanics betrays him and has to risk all in the last race, which takes place on 27th September in Castell\u00f3n.\u00a0There ends the 125cc championship and fight Elias and Mu\u00f1oz for the title with one point difference.\u00a0They enter in first and second position in the first set.\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz forces in the second set and reduces the advantage of Elias, but fails to overtake.\u00a0Also in 125 cc category he is runner-up.<\/p>\n

Out of competition takes place on November 15th motocross Can Rabella in Sant Cugat (Barcelona) with the best specialists in what is considered a rematch of the championship of Spain 250 cc.<\/p>\n

Second and third in the Dog Dirt Track Diagonal which again is settled with a second position for Mu\u00f1oz after a thrilling duel with Elias.\u00a0The end of the Dirt Track moves to Municipal Stadium Torello and runs in ashes, without support or cant.<\/p>\n

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