Shobert Cycle Winner When Leader Falls on Last Lap

Bubba Shobert of Lubbock, Tex., inherited a victory Saturday night at Ascot Park when leader Alex Jorgensen fell on the final turn of the 25-lap American Motorcyclist Assn. national TT steeplechase motorcycle race.

Shobert, who missed winning the national championship last season by one point, roared to his first-ever TT victory with defending race champion Doug Chandler of Salinas second and Pete Hames of Simi, winner of the Gardena Cup flat track race on Friday night, third. Shobert and Chandler rode Honda machines while Hames was aboard a Harley-Davidson.

Jorgensen, who was going for his fifth TT national victory at Ascot Park, remounted after his spill and finished seventh. Jorgensen had led since the ninth lap.

In the preliminaries, Shobert set a new one-lap track record in qualifying and then Jorgensen edged Shobert in their 10-lap heat race, also erasing the record.

Scott Parker of Flint, Mich., finished sixth to retain his lead the Camel Pro Series standings weith 37 points. Shobert, who started slowly, jumped into fourth place and now trails Parker by six points.

The Associated Press reported Sunday that the 1985 Can-Am racing series, in jeopardy of cancellation because of the bankruptcy of series organizer Donald Walker, may be rescued.

Jim Campbell, a spokesman for Western Empire Savings & Loan Association board chairman Howard Siegel, said Sunday at Riverside Raceway that Siegel would begin negotiations in Dallas today to purchase rights to the series. Siegel, 45, was competing in the Riverside Grand Prix races Sunday.

Walker declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Monday, throwing the Can-Am series, organized by Walker, into confusion.

A steady rain hit Bristol, Tenn., moments before the scheduled start of the Valleydale 500 Grand National stock car race, forcing officials to postpone the race at Bristol International Raceway.

NASCAR officials said the 500-lap, 266 1/2-mile event would be run next Saturday afternoon.