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Grand Prix . but in addition will try
and get a National scheduled for
J uly 10.
Rothmans ha s agreed to sponsor
Honda 's Grand Prix efforts again in
1988. The tobacco giant will ba ck th e
team that is lik el y to feature World
C ha m p io n
Wa yn e
G ardn er.
Gardner , how ever , ha s yet to re-sign
wi th Honda, a lt hough th e signing
is expec ted to co me short ly. Rothma ns H onda ha s sig ned England 's
Roger Burnett for 1988.
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Du k e Dowe ll (H o n) wo n t h e
A M A / Dist ri ct 36 Cross Country
Ch am pi o nshi p in W ilseyville. Cal ifornia. on N ovem ber 8 . but the
overa ll w in on the day went to Eric
M c Ken na [Hon ),
Three 1988 Mot o rcycle G rands Prix
were co nf irmed for th e Uni ted Slat es
at th e recen t Co ngress o f th e Federa tio n Iu tern ar io nal e Mo to cyr list e
(FIM) in Paris, France. In addition
10 2S0cc and 500cc MX World C ham p io nsh ips. the Ameri can Mo tor cyclis t Associat ion has sec ured a road
race Gra nd P rix o n beha lf of Lagu na
Seca Raceway. T he road race G P , th e
first in America for over 20 years, will
take p lace on Apri l 20 a nd will
feature both 250cc and 500cc Wor ld
Championsh ip stars. Work is underway no w