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(A bove) Shobert backs in his Hon da. (Below) Wa rren Reid made t he ma in on his ATK. without t he benefit of rubber-covered f ootpeg s. (A bove) Cam el Pro Point s leader Scott Parker (11) races Keith Day. (Below) Junior winner Bryan McDowell. a Chris Carr lookalike. third laps a head of j orgen sen . Day, Ca rr . Ch andler, Hames. Parker and Eklund. But o n th e fourth lap jorgen sen passed Shobert. and th e pair had alread y sta rted pulling serious distance on th e field . jorgensen was gaining ground entering th e first turn; by the sixth lap, Carr was in third place ah ead of Day. Chandler, Hames and Eklund. But on the seventh lap Sh obert closed up and got underneath . almost-even-with' jorgensen in the .seco nd turn; Shobert pulled up alongside in the third turn and over the jump. but whe n ir came time to peel into the right-hander after th e jump. jorgensen was there first. Shobert wasn 't ga in ing any thi ng on th e straig h taw ay - jorgensen would later cred it a ship men t o f lat e parts fro m Wood fo r th a t - and his H onda was st rea ming faint blue smoke when he slid in to th e fir st turn , of£ the throttle. By th e 10th lap, j or gen sen was - almos t two seco nds a hea d entering turn one; at tum th ree o n th e sa me lap th e margin was one second. Carr was alone in th ird pl ace; Hames. Ch andler and Eklund were go ing at it tooth a nd na il for fourth place. Three laps later . j orgen sen aga in had two seconds on Shobert; Shobert had three seco nds on Carr. who had another three seconds on H ames/ Ch andler/Eklund. Day and Parker battled for seventh, with Pearson eigh th and his bik e slowing; Pearson would eventuall y retire with a blown head gasket. Sweet was ninth. ahead of Graham and Green, Cornwell. Poovey. Reid, Fay and jones, whose bike 's chain ten sioner roll er was coming apa rt; jones would soon pull o f£ th e track with a th rown cha in. La p lB. The gap between j orgen sen and Sho bert is less th an one seco nd; Ca rr is anothe r five seconds back. Lap 20. Sh obert is almost a lo ng side j or gen sen a pproachi ng th e jump, a nd it ' a lmo t dead e 'en landin g from th e jump, aga in . Lap 22. Sh obert closes up again into turn one, is side-by-side with jorgen sen in th e a iroffthejump. but jorgensen sh oots a bit ahead on th e landing and pitches into th e follow ing right bander, still leading. precariously. The white nag is o u t, and Shobert is o n jorgensen . This time . Shobert passes off th e jump a nd it looks like he 's got his pass; but Shobert hits hard and h is bike goes into a tankslapper, Shobert bar el y under co ntrol . jorgensen outside. a nd , wh en he finall y throws it into the right-hander, still in front. jorgensen wins. " I was afraid to turn right in the turn," said jorgensen afterwards. "I didn't know if he was still out of shape, or where he got it back under control. I didn 't think it would be right there, but I knew he was close and I knew he would try. I sa w his , tire ." Jorgensen thanked sponsors Pioneer Trucking. Storz Performance and Hi-Point a's well as his fath er and neighbors. " I knew it was m y last cha nce a nd I was going for it. " said Sho bert . " It just didn 't work o u t. He wasn 't making a ny mi stak es a nd jus t o u tla sted me a little." Sho bert thanked spon sors Am eri can H onda, Bell . Fox a nd R .j . Reynolds as well as mech anics • Ra y Plum a nd Sk ip Eaki n. McDowell motors Juniors By M itch Friedman GARDENA, CA, APR. IB Brya n McDowell rode his Harley-Davidson to the win in the Junior National Championship portion of tonight's Camel Pro Series TT National at Ascot Park. Curtis Cannon was th e first rider into the infield of the first heat; behind him. Tim Shultz and PJ Sanchez collided. with both riders going down. Shultz was unable to get his Honda restarted. but Sanchez rejo ined the rac e in last on his Wood- Rotax. Up front, Cannon (H arley-Davidson) was pulling away from second-place Craig Howard, who was battling with Frankie Garcia for second spot. Fast qualifier Robert Damron ran fourth , and tried to pass Garcia over the TT jump. bu t Garcia shut the door on him in the next turn. Garcia apparently needed that pressure to get on the gas . and by th e next lap, he was in second. At the finish it was Cannon, Garcia. Howard. J a y Lewis. Da':Ilron and PJ Sanchez going to th e main. Heat two was red -nagged when Brian Bonesteel (las t week's winner at th e Sacramento Mile). and Bryan