Fast Fridays Speedway
Gold Country Fairgrounds
Auburn, California

Brant Snaps Janniro’s Streak
By Michael Kirby (Story & Photos)
AUBURN, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 4, 2010

Billy Janniro has had quite a lock on the scratch main event at Auburn’s Fast Friday’s Motorcycle Speedway with four consecutive victories and unbeatable so far this season, until Friday night when Scott Brant pulled off a win in the scratch main event.  Always knocking at the door, with a second place finish in scratch and handicap mains last week and racing very strong this season, Brant was able to put all together and get inside of Janniro.

Having enough speed to work the inside and middle of the track Brant was able to keep Janniro just a bike length back.  Brant gave up the inside lane one to Janniro and racing out of lane two, Brant was able to beat Janniro inside to turn one.  Brant held on to a short lead as Janniro tried t o pass as the two seasoned professional riders put on quite a racing show.  “Billy and all the top guys here know me and we trust each other, we can bump elbows a little and race hard, it makes it fun,” said Brant.  “The track was completely different then last week, I like it with a little more dirt on it, but I was able to overcome that and just race hard and it turned out good,” he said.  Janniro was second, Auburn’s Bart Bast came out of outside lane four and finished third and Charlie Venegas was racing out of lane three and finished fourth.

Janniro was still able to find his way to the winners podium, something he has been able to do every week at Fast Friday’s. Janniro won the handicap main event, racing off the sixty-yard line, despite having to borrow a bike from Brant for both main events after a mishap in the pits sidelined his.  Auburn’s Tommy Hedden was second, and Bryan Yarrow was third.

Colfax’s Thomas Reich, won the Division II main event for the second week in a row.  Moving up from the Youth Divisions this year, Reich has been successful making the switch to riding 500cc bikes.  Auburn’s Cody Ciciarelli was second, and Matt Drury was third.  Division III was won by Bobby Northam, second was Billy Vaughn and Auburn’s Billy Parino finished third.  The Youth Division I main event was won by PJ Bryne and Division II Youth main event was won by Derick Silva.

Auburn’s Tommy Hedden won round two of the Challenge Elimination Race Series after a two-lap run-off with Billy Janniro.  Hedden’s name will be transferred along with Charlie Venegas, who won the first challenge into the final Challenge Elimination Race on September 3rd.  Five riders will then race in the season’s finale.

Results from June 4, 2010 - Riders Pages are Here

Division 1 Scratch Main Event
1-Scott Brant, 2-Billy  Janniro, 3-Bart Bast, 4-Charlie Venegas

Division I Handicap Main Event
1-Billy Janniro, 2-Tommy Hedden, 3-Bryan Yarrow

Division II Main Event
1-Thomas Reich, 2- Cody Ciciarelli, 3- Matt Drury

Division III Main Event
1- Robby Northam, 2- Billy Vaughn, 3-Billy Parino

Division I Youth
1- PJ Bryne

Division II Youth
1-Derick Silva

Photo by Michael Kirby

	Scott Brant won the scratch main event Friday night, his first of the season.
	Billy Janniro leads riders out of turn two in a scratch heat race.