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Japan's Tadahiko Taira will team
with Australian Kevin Magee on a
Yamaha YZF750 for the Ju ly 26
Suzuka 8-Hour Endurance race in
Suzuka, J apa n . Taira and Magee's
Yamaha will be ,in Tech 21 (a
Japanese cosmetic company) colors;
both riders normally ride for Marlboro with Taira riding under the
Marlboro Yamaha banner in the
Grands Prix and Magee competing
in Australia for the Mar lboro
Yamaha dealer team.
C urrent 500cc World C hampionship roa d race point leader Wayne
Gardner is expected to team w ith
French 250cc contender Dominique Sarron at the Suzuka 8Ho ur on July 26; the Gardner/
Sarron Honda-mounted t e a m
won the event last year.
England's seven-time World Champion road racer P hil Read is sche du led to compete in the Classic Bikesponsored, AH RMA/VROOM Vin tage Road Race at Laguna Seca
Raceway in Monterey, California;
the July II event will be round six
in th e Vintage Series. Read will be
aboard the Team Obsolete entry
along with Dave Roper.
A hearing on S .7, U.S. Senator
Alan Cranston's (D -CA) proposed
1987 California Desert Protection
Act, has been scheduled for J uly
21-23 in Washington D.C. The
measure will be heard b y the
public la nds subcommittee 'of the
U.S. Senate Energy and Na tional
Resources Committee.
Cycle News' European Grand P rix
correspondent Michael Scott reports
that an unknown practical joker has
been circulating a "for sale" advertisement around the Grand Prix pits
in Eurore. The ad shows a picture
of Freddie Spencer's Honda NSR500.
with the caption: "For sale , low
mileage model..." ,
The recreational use of ATVs in
the East Mojave Scenic Area in
the southern California desert
would be severely restricted or
eliminate
