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(Left) Th e Proc h navy brothers
took three class victories at
Starwest Cycle Park in Moreno
Valley, Cal ifornia. Ma tthe w
P roch navy wo n th e 125c c Nov ice
contest,
(Rig ht) Dennis Spence (15U)
s c o re d 1-1 finis he s fo r the overall
Ove r 40 victory, ahead of Brad
La c ke y (69), who went 3-2 fo r
second o verall in c la s s at the la st
AHRMA Speed & S po rt Nat ional
Motocross of 1999 , he ld at Tulare
Cycle Pa rk in Cal ifo rn ia,
In the second moto, Hartshorn agai n dogged
the earlv leader , a nd this time he was able to
make hi s move by Gibson and take a welldeserved mota
along with the overall victory . Behind th e lead d u o, Suzuki rider j a so n
"in:
Sheets battled Ck-mounted Travis Ward. Sheets
p revailed in the first moto b ut \OVa I'd got his
revenge in the second, securing third overall, followed by Sheets and CR rider Darrell Pitsinger.
In 125ccC action, the CR-moun ted Tim Kelly
dominated both motes. Kelly took the holeshot
in the first moto and led to the en d , ex tending
his lead every lap.
In the second moto, YZ pilot Nicholas Bukky
nabbed an awesome ho leshot an d was able to
put a little dis tance between him sel f and seco nd-
place sta rter john Wisenbarger, also on a YZI25.
Kelly had sta rted in fourth bu t quickl y found
himself right behind the leadin g pair of d ueling
Yam a has . A s Wise n barger p res s u re d Bukky,
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Prochnavy clan
conquers Starwest
By Tony Alessi
M
ORENOVALLEY, CA, NOV. 6
Tea m Ca nada ca me and co nq ue re d, with the
very im pressive Pr oc hna vy fam ily do ing so me
serious dam age by winning three classes du ring
rou nd th ree of the Fall Conti ngency Series , held
at Starw est. Bran do n Prochnavy wo n the 12See
ln termcd ia te class, Ma tthew the 125cc Novice
class and Bru ce the 125cc Beginne r class.
Bran don Prochn av y bat tled with local ace
N ik Hen sley in the 12Sce Interm ed ia te co ntes t.
Hensley proved faster in the first motu, scoring
a con vin cing wi n. Hensley loo ked to be on his
way to a repea t in moto two bu t tossed it away
near the finish line and han ded the moto and
o verall victory to Prochna vy.
Brand on's brother Ma tth ew came o ut on top
of the 12 Novice class after postin g a 2-1 fin5cc
ish for the overa ll victory . David Valdez was the
winner of the first moto, despite stalling his bike
on t he li ne just m omen t s b e fo r e th e gate
drop ped . Proch navy came back wi th a
flO S/ I\.1 l1'1 : 1. Milo.l Ak~i (Ya m); 2. Jdf Ak~ lY"m); 3. [eon
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Mtuind 0'1(0); " . Cub. Gonz.alcz lKaw); 5. BrutT rrochrwvy Ulurd .
12." BEG: 1. Bruce Prochnavy (Him); 2. Andre Lopez (Yam); 3.
Ryan Ca m p be ll (Ya m) ; 4. Brandon Prahm (Hu n) ; S. Kit Kunath
(Yam) .
125 NOV : I. M a tthew Prochnavy mon ); 2 . Cod y Her te l
{Ho n ): 3 . Bill W all ll (K a w l ; 4 . Brent line (Ya m) ; S. Ro land
Rodriguez (Yam ).
125 INT : 1. Brandon I"rocIuuIvy t Hon); 2. Nik Ht'1t."iilt"}'(Yam) ;
3. Mattht'W Slt-pht-'I\II(Suz); 4. [).lnny Muhr (Yam ).
250 BEG: 1. Dan Ashbrook (Suz).
250 NOV: 1. Alvino Gtrcta (y am): 2. [eeon Larson UCaw }; 3.
Eric Rca!lnt'" UUiw); 4. Ja.-'Klfl Bm u ....... d (Yam ).
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2.'iO INT : 1. Nik Hdtliley (Yam ); 2. Rich.ard Wickham (Suz); 3.
Dwne Btonner UCaw).
2SO PRO: 1. Da nny C... lson (Suz).
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30+ NOV: 1. Bob Mor al("5
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40+ NOV: 1. Kirk Lu kro flta (Hon).
WMN: I. .Tanya EIben (H o n).
Tulare Cycle Park
Spence relentless
By Dennis S ut e r
TULARE, CA, NOV. 7
Th e la st A H RMA Sp ee d & S po r t a tio nal
Mo tocross o f 1999 was held at Tu la re Cycle
Park , wh ere the Monger family has been promoting vintage races since 1992. A full field of
245 en tries raced under beautiful, sunny Ca lifornia skies on a we ll ·groomed , vi n tage·bike·
friendly race track. A nu mbe r of Na tiona l-class
championships we re won on the day .
suffered from a poor start and general bad luck
and ended up 12th ove rall.
Dave janie< won both the Premier 500cc and
the Open Interm ediate titles, and j.T. Southe rn
Bill Wa lls post ed a consis ten t 4-3 showing
tra veled from Ten nessee to win the Sportsman
SOOcc Novice crown. Sportsman 125cc Novice
ji m Atkins a nd Pre m ie r Open Expe rt Danny
Davis bo th ad ded enough points to wi n their
"I love racing 125ee bikes," Line sai d . "This
is Sean Hamblin's old bik e, and it' s a roc ket. "
Mike Mead e, on hi s AC /No lee n-backed
tumsdown."
caught leader Spence on the second of five laps .
Resu lts
The Husky rider pressured Spence at every corner , but Spence's thund ering fou r-stroke prevailed for the win.
Premier Open Twi n Exp ert Da vis and
Sportsman Open Twin Expert C la r k Sumner
treated the race fans to a classic Triumph battle.
Canadian Dennis Hansen, o n hi s Gold Sta r,
joined the fray in the first moto. The final o rder
wa s Sumner, Da\"is, Ha
. D<1vis was a ble to
pass Sumner on the last lap of the Sl"COnd mot o;
hO (~ 11l: 1. Mike A lt"1'ilii (KTM ); 2. Shawn H.lyl'8 (KTM); 3.
Mike Mt.'i d t· {KiIw l; 4 . C hri., Taft (K., w); S. Pa rlu.r Eckm a n (Kdwl .
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lill BEG {I2· lt1I : 1. Ja!oo n Hildebrand (Ya m) ; 2 . Jere m y
M., n ht.·w!l (HoN.
ISO BEG «().11): 1. Mik e Mt,ad t' (K.1w) ; 2.
Bro wn UCaw) ; 3.
Kt-vin Bt-lkt"!l (Yam ).
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flO (Q.11): I. Miltt" AII~ (Yam) ; 2. Jdf AlelS i (Yam); 3. Shdwn
Mohr (Yam) ; 01 , Brandon Spmcrr (Kaw ): S. Tony c.puto (HOld.
1IO (12· 13): 1. C..r k-. Go nuin (K.i w ).
KO (14--11'1) : 1. Jol!M.," Mt-odina(lIon) .
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SPTS~N 125 INT: 1. Jo h n Sherry CHud; 2. Ron Le-sale-y
(Hod); 3. MlIllip Reye (Ho rd .
SPTSMN 125 NOV : 1. J im At l..ina (C · A) ; 2 . JIt'rT)' l..e!>roley
(H od ); 3. Justm AlnIIl'lde!' (Hoo t
SI""TSMN250 EX: 1. Ken Netto (Yam ); 2. Ed Ra ni!;an Jr . (CD;
3. Charlie IUch.- d !OOn {ez>; 4, Pct er V'dlaaro (CJMi,); 5 . J.P. M~n
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(Pt"fll.
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SP'TSMN 250 L"-'lT: 1. Mikt' JOMlOOIl (H Ull) 2. Gene CoIU'lOr'll
IHon); 3. Kyle Hal lto la. (CZ> ; 4 , Abraham Ring (CZ>; S. Tony Failla
(Hon).
SPTSMN 250 NOV: 1. Ro d g e r Ken y on ( Ya m l; 2 . C r ai g
Alex.andl'T (}-Ionl. 3. Louis Ha mil (CD; 4. Ca lK')' J.to!t...m-y CHon); 5 .
l.saac Hull (lion).
5P'J"9I,iNSOO EX: I . Troy SmaIk-yOIus); 2. JI.f1')' Winkleba.U
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l'f;
3. Ron Melton lOu!); 4. J.D Bramk't (CZl; 5. Ed A.lnlgan Jr. (CZJ.
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SP'TSM N SOD 1l\, T: 1. Al ex Rc-id (Bu !); 2. C hriliti.an Ot ero
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(Suz) ; 3. David Sla rr (Yam); 4. O liv er Mork (eZ); 5. D wayn t'
5criVTl\)r (Husl
SI'T$MN 500 l'\: V : 1. J.T. Suuthl'Tll (Ma D; 2. Chris W ill..cs
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(Ho n ); 3 . SIt"Ve Davis (Bun; 4 R.C. McMiII (Man: S. Tro y Smi th
~nnis I la nse n (GSA ).
PREM 500 I!\IT: 1. Dtonni i!! MOM t· (BSA) ; 2. De b b ie Poole
(BSA1; 3. Dave Jan il'C'(AJS).
P REM OPENlW EX: 1. Dimnv Ddvis (T ri) .
P REM O r EN TW INT : 1. J;w l Sw t'e nt'Y (8S A); 2. Da vid
From his mid pa ck start in moto tw o, L..1 ckey
{KTM }.
CLSC' 125 EX: 1. M,Jrl.. An;l.'ThlU11 (HUll); 2. Char lit' Richard!lOn
(CZ) .
Cl5C 125 INT : 1. Kyl t· H a ll..ola (CZ>; 2. Steve Sagely (Ho n):3.
Curt Lange (Bull ; 4 . Jt'ff Snydt-r (f IU!ll: S. Gavin I l ou l>h (1\'11
).
eLSe 125 NOV : 1. W,Jynt' R,Jnt z (H o n ); 2. [ason Lessley
(}-Ion); 3. Mil..e Folt,",l lC hd; 4 . Norm Str,.J II·ig h (r ue); 5. Dav e
Rymal (Yam ).
CLC:;C
11\.'T: 1. Gary Coc hel l (A'S); 2. Kyle H.lIltol oi (Q;s);
3. R4 Breflne a 1'1' (G rd; 4. Danyl A kom (Ka w) .
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CLC:;C 250 NOV: I. Louie H ilmil (QwI); 2. Joh n Gulliford (~);
3. Eu~Crawford (AJS); 4, Jim Camt.'n.lfl{BSA} .
cisc soo EX: 1. Stt'Ye Ad.J.y(BSA ); 2. a.m.SumneT (DSA); 3.
Robm Doriln 16SA); 4. Fra nk Roo~ (8SA); 5. Ron Melton (BuU.
ClSC 500 1m: 1. Cary Coche ll (AJS); 2. Brian CLJn. (AJS); 3.
Ron Bret-~ (GAo); 4. Feed M ark (BSA); 5. J.rl. Mongn (BSA).
ctsc 500 NOV: 1. Gene ~errio (l5A); 2. Jim Slonf' (85A );
3. EuG"lt' Cra wford (A15); 4. John PnlChke