Billy Janniro Explained

Birth Date:3 July 1980
Birth Place:Benicia, United States
Nickname:The Kid
Career1:Great Britain
Years2:2001-2008
Career2:Coventry
Years3:2005
Career3:Peterborough
Career4:Poland
Years5:2003
Career5:Zielona Góra
Indivyear1:2008, 2010, 2011
2013, 2014, 2015
2016, 2017, 2018
2019
Indivhonour1:North American Champion
Indivyear2:2004, 2008, 2010
2011, 2018, 2019
Indivhonour2:USA Champion
Indivyear3:2009
Indivhonour3:California Long Track Champion
Indivyear4:2010, 2011, 2012
2017
Indivhonour4:California State Champion
Teamyear1:2005, 2007
Teamhonour1:Elite League Champion
Teamyear2:2006, 2007
Teamhonour2:Elite League KO Cup Winner
Teamyear3:2007, 2008
Teamhonour3:Craven Shield Winner

Billy Mitchell Janniro (born 30 July 1980 in Benicia, California, United States)[1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the United States.[2] [3]

Career

Billy "The Kid" Janniro rode for the Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers in the British Leagues, and also represented the USA in the 2001 Speedway World Cup Final at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland.[4]

He is a ten-time winner of the AMA National Speedway Championship, having won the title in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 and a six times USA Champion. He is also a five-time winner of the California State Championship 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017 and winner - Longtrack Championship in 2009.

Janniro won the Elite League with Coventry in 2005 and 2007, the Elite League Knockout Cup in 2006 and 2007 with the Bees and the Craven Shield in 2007 and 2008.

World Final Appearances

Speedway World Cup

Notes and References

  1. Oakes, P.(2004). British Speedway Who's Who.
  2. Web site: Billy Mitchell Janniro USA . Polish Speedway Database . 12 March 2023.
  3. Web site: 2008 Rider index . British Speedway . 12 March 2023.
  4. Book: Montague, Trevor. The A-Z of Sport. 2004. 521. Little, Brown. 0-316-72645-1.