{"id":1079,"date":"2013-11-24T18:39:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T18:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randymotorclubpalleja.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1079"},"modified":"2013-11-24T19:03:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T19:03:21","slug":"epilogue-the-i-barcelona-indoor-motocross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.randymotorclubpalleja.com\/wordpress\/epilogue-the-i-barcelona-indoor-motocross\/","title":{"rendered":"Epilogue: The First Barcelona Indoor Supercross"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reactions were of disbelief from around the world.\u00a0All media, both specialized and general reported the accident and its circumstances, and published beautiful biographies of the champion.\u00a0From that moment, despite the high quality of the competitors, the different categories of the motocross championship in\u00a0Spain were not the same.\u00a0Years went by, new generations of pilots replaced the older ones and finally the memory of Fernando was blurring.<\/p>\n

The October 12th, 1983 a great posthumous tribute took the form of a Indoor Motocross \u00a0in Barcelona Stadium Juli\u00e0 Campmany, \u00a0fundraiser for the family of Randy.It was called \u00abThe Friends of Randy\u00bb and consisted in a race that involved many of the best riders in the world, including world champions Georges Jobe, Harry Everts or Andr\u00e9 Malherbe and motocross elite of Spain, as the Elias brothers or Toni Arcarons and Pablo Colomina among many others.\u00a0Fernando believed that the future of motocross was the indoor mode so popular in the United States, he said that \u00abwe must do it like in America, we should do a great show, if not, the motocross will die.\u00bb\u00a0Ignacio Bult\u00f3 donated a Merlin 350 for the final raffle.\u00a0Half the neighborhood of Pallej\u00e0 recognises themselves in those photos.<\/p>\n

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1983-Supercross ticket<\/p><\/div>\n

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1983- Los Amigos de Pallej\u00e0 Poster<\/p><\/div>\n

All Belgian aces, and all the Spanish riders were in Barcelona for free but Pepi, Fernando’s widow wished to make awards for pilots.\u00a0Mechanics also gave up their salaries.\u00a0In the awards ceremony Malherbe said on behalf of all the pilots \u00abthis is for Randy, this is for his wife.\u00a0We have come to run and remember the friend. \u00bb\u00a0Pepi asked to please accept the award money, and Malherbe’s wife unexpectedly intervened and said \u00abShut Andr\u00e9\u00bb and though his words were in French she was understood by the entire stadium attendance, and asked Pepi to accept the money.\u00a0A big hug got goosebumps all attendees.<\/p>\n

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1983-Randy’s bike dominates Supercross<\/p><\/div>\n

It is also celebrated as memorial in 2013 the classic motocross exhibition organized by the Jarama Vintage Fernando de Portugal with the assistance of major figures of the time showing his class despite years.\u00a0The Vintage Motocross 2013 Montgai also pays tribute to his memory.<\/p>\n

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