May 11, 2009 – Danville, VA – Amigo Jeff Janoska scored his first two MARRS podium finishes at the 2009 SARRC/MARRS Challenge. Janoska, who started fifth in the MARRS ITB field, ran as high as fourth in the first half of Saturday’s 39-mile race.  Failing brakes, however, caused him to drop back to fifth. “I moved into fourth on lap five, but when I got on the brakes at turn 1 the next lap, the car just wouldn’t stop,” said Janoska. “I went off and managed to come back on the tail of fourth place, but I quickly realized the brakes were being inconsistent and I never knew when they would grab.” He added.

Janoska’s dogged insistence to bring the car home in one piece, however, paid off. On lap 8, Janoska moved past the ailing car of Tristen Herbet and into fourth. “At that point, I was just hoping to pressure third and force an error, because I didn’t think I could out-brake him,” said Janoska. Hanging onto the tail of third place, the two managed to catch the second place ITB car and on the last lap, Janoska made the move into third.

Sunday’s race saw Janoska starting third. A first lap incident left the field jumbled and after the shuffle, Janoska emerged in third, again on the tail of Colburn. On lap 3, Janoska attempted to outbrake Colburn going into Rollercoaster, but realized that his inconsistant brakes were back. “I had him going into the corner, but the car wouldn’t woe and it didn’t stick,” said Janoska. As in the previous day’s race, Janoska hung onto Colburn, hoping to force an error.

On lap five, the opening was there and Janoska moved into second. “James went wide in Hog Pen and I just moved right and kept my foot in it,” said Janoska. Janoska managed to open a gap on Colburn. With a wounded car and no hope of catching first, Janoska’s goal for the the second half of the race was avoiding an unforced error. On the penultimate lap, Colburn had managed to close the distance, but Janoska used a slower car to hold up his rival and brought his Allsports Grand Prix CRX to the checkered flag in second place.