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The first heat was a preview of the final, with Shobert (67) and his 598cc Honda jumping out in front of Jorgensen's 560cc Rotax. Shobert and Jorgensen dominated the night's racing, and came down to just them atthe end. (Below) Hames (32) came from behind Green to finish third.
GA RDENA, CA, MA R . 30
Team Honda 's Bubba Shobert won his first
Camel P ro Series TT when Alex Jorgensen
crashed in th e last turn on' the last lap at
Ascot P ark. Shobert, who led early in the
25-la p race, was at one p oint
severa l secon ds behind Jorgen sen a n d his 560cc Wood-Rotax,
but caugh t up a nd was p ressing
for th e lead w hen j orgen sen crashed,
u nhurt bu t o ut o f co nten tion. jorgensen wa s credi ted wit h seventh :
Do u g C han d ler was seco n d with P e te
H am es th ird. SCOIl P a rk er 's sixt hp la ce fini sh was eno ugh fo r the H arley rider to retain hi s points lead .
S hobert's TT wi n p u t h im a lo ngside Dick " Bugsy" Mann a nd Kenn y
Ro berts as the o n ly th ree m en to score
wins in a ll five types o f Cam el P ro
Se ries racing even ts (ha lf m il e, mile,
short track , TT, road race).
Time trials
AMA Grand National Championshipj
Camel Pro series: Round 4
Shobert'slast-lap
Ascot triumph
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By John Ulrich
Shobert had sta rted hi s n ight by
se ll ing fast time, turni ng o ne la p o f
th e Ascot TT tr ack in a record 44.00 1
seco nds o n hi s 598cc ra d ia l-fo u r-va lve
H onda. Shobert 's bik e had been fitted wi th a n ew Su perT ra p p ex h a ust
sys te m duri ng p ra cti ce, rep lacing the
usual Ker ker sys tem . T h e cha nge,
accordi ng the Tea m H o nd a 's Rob
Mu zzy, in cr ea sed ' Shobert ' s bike's
powe r arou nd 6,000 rpm , with a loss .
in to p end. Muzzy cred ited th e powerband cha nge with th e length o f th e
pipe- lo n ger - ra th er th a n i ts bra nd
of manufacture, a nd sa id th at the
tea m si m p ly di dn 't hav e a Kerker
wi th those dimen sions ava ila ble. "AII
the tim e o n this track is made in th e
infie ld ," said Muzzy, " a nd this p ipe
lets him (Sho bert) co me o ff the turns
ha rd er. "
Second-fas test q ua li fier was jimmy
Fi l ice a t 44.268 o n th e H a p p y T rails
Ro ta x/Ha rley-Da vidson: R ich Arna iz
was th ird fastest at 44.573 o n hi s
Rota x/Harley-Davidson: Mick ey Fa y
a nd h is H onda wer e fourth fastest a t
44.573.
Former Camel P ro Seri es C ha mpio n Steve Eklund was fifth fastest at
44.643 o n a n ew 660cc Wo od -R otax.
T he n ew engine, a p proved short ly
befo re Ascot, has th e same stroke as
the 560cc Rot a x engines, bu t a h uge
101.6mm bore bum ps the di sp lacernent to 660cc a nd h orsepo wer to 67
bhp. Keith Da y was six th fastes t a t
44.658 o n h is H ond a; H a m es sevent h
a t 44 .i24; a nd jorgensen eighth a t
44.763.
Fredd ie Spe ncer /SuperTrapp Racin g 's C ha n d ler, w ho wo n th e 1984
Ascot TT, qual ified 11th a t 44.945 ,
beh ind Terry Poo vey's 44.8 13 o n hi s
Rotax /H- D and Ra ndy Green 's 44.897
o n h is H onda. C han d ler ro de h is
back -up H onda , fi lled with o ne flat sli de Mikun i carb uretor, beca use h e
cras hed the dual -carb ( 1984-w in ni ng)
bike in p ract ice a nd damaged th e
sh ifti ng m ech ani sm. C ha nd le r descri bed th e track as being the smoo thes t a nd fa stest h e'd ever seen it, a n d
said h is sin g le-ca r b bike ca me o n the
power smoothe r bu t lacked the in stant
acceleratio n a nd sn ap of the dual -carb
m achine. T he wa y h e sa w it, the
dua l-carb bike made it possibl e to
rush into a n o pen in g a nd m a ke a
pass, but th e single-ca r b bike was easier to ride.
Chandl er 's tea mmate, former Ca me l
P ro Series C ha mpio n Ra n d y G os s,
was ha ving h is p roblem s, qual ifying
well back at 45.796. And H arley-David so n's SCali Pa rk er was a lso farth er
back th an usu al , a lt hough a head of
G oss. at 45.462.
. He a t s
Shobert a n d jorgense n m e t fo r th e
fir st time in the firs t h eat , a n d it
p roved to be a p rev iew o f th e m ain
even t. Shobe rt led o ff th e sta rt, but
jorgen sen p assed h im , a nd pulled
a way sli g h tl . Then Shobert wa s
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