Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway – 2011: 16th Annual Gas Flathead Karting World Championship – Oswego, NY
2011 Season Recap: The 16th Annual Points Championship of Oswego Karting & 200 Lap Klassic Race!
2011 Gas Flathead Karting World Championship Tallied between June 5th, 2011 through October 8th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our season thus far at Galletta’s has been action-packed, competitive, clean, and fun. Instead of blowing a few grand to be herded on…
10/8/2011 – 16th Annual 200-Lap Galletta’s Karting Klassic +YouTube
THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200! Posted on October 9th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 – Saturday, October 8th, 2011: SATURDAY,OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps. But yours truly – webmaster Chris Stevens – broke a 10-year dry-spell by winning his first Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic since 2001 (while running almost on fumes)! It was not easy, as he time trialed 5th, and had to come from the back…
9/17/2011 – Randy Platt Wins the “Brian Galletta Got Raped By His Kart?! That’s F***ed Up!” 45
9/17/2011: A F***ed-Up 45 Posted on September 18th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios \ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2011: In a day that saw the start time change from 4pm to 5pm to 6pm and finally 7pm as we scrambled to get the Platt-Num #28 race-ready for intended buyer Brian Galletta (only to see it break the drive wheel right off at the axle bolt during the race… ugh), and the a twin-35 night get turned to…
9/11/2011 – Chris Stevens wins a Fiery 50-Lap/9-11 Memorial! +YouTube
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 2011: On the 10th anniversary of the worst attack in America’s history, we dedicate our special Sunday afternoon race in honor of the people who lost their lives in the attacks and in the following years defending our country’s interests, safety and freedom. The race was worthy of being called special, with close battles throughout, 2010 defending Klassic 200 champ Kyle Reuter getting some track and kart time in in preparation…
9/4/2011 – Tim Galletta wins Post-Oswego Speedway Classic 200/Labor Day 45, Stunning Son Justin on Last Lap! +YouTube
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2011: In honor of the Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Classic 200 -a race which we shaped our own karting club’s season and 200-lap “Klassic” championship after – we originally planned to race on Labor Day Monday. However, due to the Oswego Classic being moved up three hours to avoid rain, only getting caught in a few minute shower, and seeing that we had a small window before more rain came in later,…
8/29/2011: “‘Don’t You Have an Off to F***, Irene?’ 50” won by Chris Stevens! +YouTube
MONDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2011: 10 competitors raced karts raced on a Monday due to Hurricane Irene’s leftover winds and rain preventing us from racing Sunday (no problem, we’ve been rained out of a handful of Sundays the last few weeks anyway). Returning veterans Mike “MC” Howell and the two Ken Lindsley’s added with the the core group that have raced all year to increase the competition on an already tough and competitive season thus…
8/22/2011 – Randy Platt & Tim Galletta Take The Monday Night Return of Randy Twin-30s! (+YouTube)
MONDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 2011: With the regularly scheduled Sunday the 21st getting a washout, our race was moved to Monday the 22nd. Randy “The Bobandi” Platt made his triumphant return from his self-imposed half-summer hiatus to promptly win his first race back relatively unchallenged, taking his first feature win of 2011. The 2nd 30-Lapper saw Chris Stevens lead the first 27 laps only to break a throttle cable, and Tim Galletta took care of…
8/16/2011 – Tuesday Night Delight – 40-Lap Special won by an injured-eye Matt Stevens! [+YouTube]
8/16/2011: Tuesday Night Delight – 40-Lap Special! Posted on August 17th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Now, as many usual-readers knew, our SUNDAY, AUGUST 14th, 2011 race was postponed. Not due to rain, as we thought, as we didn’t even get enough to wet the track enough to race on. It was due to our leader, commanda’, track operator, and head mechanic Matt Stevens suffering a scratched cornea (that’s a part of the eye, for the dumber of our…
8/5/2011 – Jeff Tetro & Matt Stevens Split The Mr. Oswego Karting Special Friday “10,000-Rocks-To-Win” 60-Lap Night! (+YouTube)
AUGUST 5th, 2011: A Special Friday Night event took place at Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway saw another 60-lap race night. Yep, that’s right, sixty 15-17 second green flag laps for one division. Jeff Tetro took the 1st feature, again holding off Matt by a nose at the stripe like he did a few weeks ago, but Matt roared back to take the 2nd 30-lapper after the track developed bumps in turn 2 and…
7/31/2011 – Melissa Stevens Dominates Harborfest ’11 Championship (+YouTube)
OUR ANNUAL HARBORFEST CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: AUGUST 31st, 2011: You wanna’ crown someone the winner of Har-bore-fest? We crowned ’em! The only local track with enough bawls to run ran and we crowned the champion to the city’s annual gigantic waste of time cluttering the city’s roads because it needed a champion. And got one it did. Melissa Stevens dominated the Har-Bore-Fest 50, and embarrassed your @$$, son. Details forthcoming for your fine self, my…
7/24/2011 – Jeff Tetro Nips Photo Finish in 10-Kart/55-Lapper in Galletta’s #9! (+YouTube)
JULY 24TH, 2011: Every week it seems as we say, “What a great race! Close, fast, competitive and clean!” Well, we had another one, as 10 competitors battled it out during the 55-lap feature on July 24th, 2011. One of the original members of the GKC, Brian Galletta led early, challenged by Melissa Stevens and Jeff Tetro. But Tetro got the pass on a good restart and looked tough to catch until Matt Stevens…
7/17/2011 – Tim Galletta & Matt Stevens Sweep 60-Lap Night (Twin-30s) +YouTube Videos
JULY 17TH, 2011: The undisputed winningest karter in Central New York did it again. Matt Stevens won the 2nd Twin-30 of the night, leading all 30 laps, but did so by actually coming in last in the first 30-lapper, which was won by his cousin Tim Galletta, who also led all 30 laps in the first feature. Our racing is so close, that passing is at a premium and one mistake can be the…
7/10/2011 – 50-Lap Feature Taken by Matt Stevens (+YouTube Video)
JULY 10TH, 2011: Seven competitors battled it out on 7/10/2011, and although we have had the smallest summer fields in our recent history, the racing is as close and exciting as ever, and perhaps cleaner. Where else can you see open-wheel go-karts race side-by-side, sometimes three-wide, and race clean and run 50 laps (plus 8 lap heats) with barely a caution all evening? Sure, Matt Stevens won, but it wasn’t easy. DVD Highlights -…
7/3/2011 – Chris & Matt Stevens Sweep the ’11 Independence Day 70-Lap Night +YouTube Videos!
JULY 3RD, 2011: Although we took a week off, the racing did not miss a beat for the Sunday, June 3rd, 2011 show. In fact, so far this season, we had some of the most fun and clean racing that we’ve had in years, with today’s show being possibly the best yet! Tim Galletta and Chris Stevens debuted new motors and were flying. But Tim had an accident in lapped traffic while leading the…
6/19/2011 – Justin Galletta Wins the ’11 Father’s Day 45! +YouTube Video
JUNE 19TH, 2011: Week 3 of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club’s 2011 Season saw Rookie Justin Galletta hold off challenges from several veterans, including his father Tim Galletta, and cousins-once-removed Matt and Chris Stevens to duplicate his brother’s feat the prior weekend and win his first feature. The race was exciting and action packed, but all around the great action ON the track it seemed that everything else was… well… some say cursed by…
6/12/2011 – Joe Sereno & Melissa Stevens Win the Twin-30s! +YouTube
6/12/2011: Twin-30s Night! Posted on June 12th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios JUNE 12TH, 2011: Twin 30s were in store for week two of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club Season. We like them because we handicap the first race via points/wins and invert the finish for the 2nd, always leading up to some excitement. We also like them early in the season to establish more winners and points scored for the season standings. Rookie Joe Sereno…
6/5/2011 – 16th Annual 50-Lap Opener Won by Matt Stevens as Bro Blows Motor & Randy Platt Hits A Tree! +YouTube Videos!
The 16th Annual Season Opener – 6/5/2011! Posted on June 5th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios JUNE 5TH, 2011: The Galletta’s Karting Club kicked off it’s 16th Points Season (and 21st season of racing overall) with a bang. Literally a few! Nine karts battled it out, with five of the drivers battled to five different lead changes during the 55-Lap feature, with Randy Platt going for a wild ride off the track in his new “Platt-num” #28, and Chris…
2011 Point Standings after 10/8/2011’s KLASSIC Event
For the Galletta’s Karting Club’s World Championship of 1WD Gas Flatheads held on Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway for the 2011 season to date. Our complete All-Time Points Standings from 2000-to-‘the-last-completed-season’ are found on this webpage, our division’s complete 2006-08 standings on Oswego Speedway’s lil’ Kartway on this page, and our 2000-to-‘the-last-completed-season’ wins are on this page. At the season’s end, the current totals will be added to the All-Time points.
Pos. |
Name (Go-Karts Piloted)
|
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Feature |
2011
|
2011
|
2011
|
2011 Feature Wins |
Career Feature Wins (2000-up) |
Years Pro at GKC |
|
1st |
2011 Track Champion |
2,963.0 |
141.10 |
16 |
21 |
1 |
6 |
104 |
16th |
|
2nd |
2011 Klassic Champion |
2,961.0 |
141.00 |
16 |
21 |
0 |
4* |
58 |
16th |
|
3rd |
|
2,644.5 |
125.93 |
16 |
21 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
3rd |
|
4th |
|
2,576.5 |
122.69 |
16 |
21 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
5th |
|
5th |
|
2,574.0 |
122.57 |
13 |
21 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1st |
|
6th |
|
2,569.5 |
122.36 |
16 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1st |
|
7th |
|
1,851.5 |
132.25 |
8 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
5 |
3rd |
|
8th |
|
1,294.5 |
99.58 |
7 |
13 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
5th |
|
9th |
|
941.5 |
94.15 |
4 |
10 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3rd |
|
10th |
 Kenny Lindsley III(Lindsley #14, Galletta’s #0, 2) @@@ |
752.0
|
78.20
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3rd
|
|
11th |
|
602.0 |
200.67 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4th |
|
12th |
|
414.0 |
414.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4th |
|
13th |
|
367.5 |
91.88 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
14th |
|
328.0 |
65.60 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
15th |
|
320.0 |
320.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
16th |
|
300.0 |
300.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2nd |
|
17th |
|
283.0 |
94.33 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2nd |
|
18th |
 Chase Sereno(Galletta’s #6, 9) @ |
283.0
|
94.33
|
2
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
(R)
|
|
19th |
 Mike “mc” Howell(Galletta’s #6) @ |
199.5
|
99.75
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
2nd
|
|
20th |
 Rob Clarke(Galletta’s #2) @ |
194.0
|
97.00
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2nd
|
|
21st |
|
177.0 |
59.00 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
22nd |
 Ken Lindsley Jr.(Galletta’s #1) @@ |
143.0
|
71.50
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3rd
|
|
23rd |
|
125.0 |
62.50 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
24th |
|
120.0 |
60.00 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
|
25th |
|
80.0 |
80.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
Jason Platt
Chris Doviak
Harold “Hal” Borland
Nicholas Kazmierski
Josh Hartley
Andrew Pullen|
Key: Notes: VISIT THE 2000-2010 GALLETTA’S WINS & POINTS STANDINGS, TALLIED AFTER EACH COMPLETED SEASON |
Week #16 – THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200!
Posted on October 9th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios
Our 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship – Saturday, October 8th, 2011:
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps. But yours truly – webmaster Chris Stevens – broke a 10-year dry-spell by winning his first Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic since 2001 (while running almost on fumes)! It was not easy, as he time trialed 5th, and had to come from the back of the field twice when he blew a tire in 2nd early, then clobbered a tree in 2nd late. But everything fell his way when the leader of the first 157 laps of the race, 
Matt Stevens, decided to refuel putting Chris in the lead with barely sputtering off enough fumes to get him the win with Matt all over him. Several competitors didn’t finish the marathon event, and the closeness of competition made this the HARDEST Klassic to date, with tough competition from first to last, including 2010 defending Klassic Champ Kyle Reuter (who lost a front wheel while in 2nd himself, crashed into the buckwheat in turn 2 and retired). For most of the first 100 laps, Kyle pressured Matt to set a fast pace, which in the end was the deciding factor that forced Matt to refuel with 43 laps to go, which put Chris – who made it back to 2nd for a third time in the race – in the lead. Chris actually benefited from blowing a tire early and conserving gas in the rear during the 2nd 4th of the race, which led to him having enough gas to take the checker, the first time the Galletta’s #8 kart won a Klassic – Chris’ previous Klassic wins came in the Galletta’s #2 (1999) and Galletta’s #5 (2000 & 2001). Chris has had several close calls in those last ten years (many 2nd and 3rd places, and a few bad luck breaks while up front in position to win). Outstanding show from start to finish with some close racing and a few exciting accidents to keep your viewers satisfied. Complete race videos on DVD for only $5 for each disc and are ready. Meanwhile, here is a recap of the 2011 season thus far, including the 2011 Finalized Point Standings, where Matt Stevens led enough laps in the Klassic to earn enough bonus points to surpass his brother by two points! This after Chris had enough top-3 points to beat Matt by 1/2 point in 2010! And consider that going into Klassic, the top 6 were all up for grabs That’s racing, folks!
Also, because Facebook is confusing between “Groups“, “Pages“, “Places“, and “Applications“, we have yet another GKC Facebook page! Please join all of them!
Come on out and race! See why, despite zero funds or publicity (other than our website, videos, and word of mouth), we put on the best races for the buck, period. See why occasional big track drivers over the years try it out and say that they have more fun racing our karts than their big expensive race cars (stress of doing well, money involved, cutthroat competition), and how since our karts are so highly equalized, that it’s racing at it’s the purest form and without big dollar BS and politics. You will NOT be out-spent or cheated against in our class, and you will not be screwed by cheaters. We oversee it all to ensure that will not happen, and the same cannot be said for pay tracks or big car tracks. If you are a cheat, stick with pay tracks, as we don’t want your kind here. If you have the skill, you will be competing for wins. If you don’t… well, enough said.
