The 2005 Season was our biggest Season to that date. We had several drivers from the prior year come back, including a batch of drivers who brought their own karts (good!), but had a different, stronger type of motor (bad). The battle of the 5hp Flathead Galletta’s karts vs. 6.5hp OHV Outlaws began! Mid-way through the season, we started to videotape every single race, and did so from here on out (for now well over a decade), which we also put on YouTube for your enjoyment! Enjoy!

Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart Speedway – 2005 Season

2005 Season & 10th Annual Klassic 130 – RECAP! [+YouTube Season Playlist]

2005 Season & 10th Annual Klassic 130 – RECAP! [+YouTube Season Playlist]

Chrusher.ComNov 28, 200511 min read

THE 2005 SEASON FOR THE GALLETTA’S DIRT GO-KARTING CLUB: A few shots from the start and finish of the 10th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 2005 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic 125! The 2005 Season was our biggest yet with…

10/1 – 10/16/2005 – 16-kart/4-Feature Haunted Halloween Trail Fall Series won by Matt Stevens, Jason Mills & Wes Stevens +YouTube!

10/1 – 10/16/2005 – 16-kart/4-Feature Haunted Halloween Trail Fall Series won by Matt Stevens, Jason Mills & Wes Stevens +YouTube!

GALLETTA’S KARTING SPEEDWAY: THE 2005 POST-KLASSIC FALL SERIES RECAP ALL MOTORS ARE BOX STOCK GAS 5hp FLATHEADS (w/shaved heads) UNLESS NOTED: October 1st, 2005 Race Video October 1st, 2005 – Matt Stevens picked up where he left off during the 2005 Klassic — winning in the #3 kart. Matt has been the master of the low-groove, thereby passing people and then has enough top speed to usually…

10/8/2005 – Jason Mills Survives Flipping Vanvorsts & Schutes to win Career 1st! +YouTube

10/8/2005 – Jason Mills Survives Flipping Vanvorsts & Schutes to win Career 1st! +YouTube

10/8/2005 – Jason “The Hand” Mills survived an opening lap pileup that put four drivers to the rear of the field and then led all fifty laps in the Galletta’s #6 en route to his first career win at Galletta’s Speedway. Chris “The Chrusher” Stevens was 2nd (in his #8) and a hard-charging Matt Stevens (in his #3) was finally kept out of victory lane and settled for third. Young Eddie…

10/2/2005 – Matt Stevens steals Gary Miller’s 1st win in the #2 during Fall 50-Lapper! [+YouTube]

10/2/2005 – Matt Stevens steals Gary Miller’s 1st win in the #2 during Fall 50-Lapper! [+YouTube]

October 2nd, 2005 – Josh Schute was looking for his 1st feature win and led the early going until Gary Miller Sr. extracted the lead from him. Gary then had to contend with traffic while Chris Stevens hunted him down like a dog and looked for a pass until the right rear wheel in the #8 locked up and forced a pit. Matt Stevens then did something he does all the…

10/1/2005 – Matt Stevens takes the 1st Post-Klassic Fall 45 of ’05 [+YouTube]

10/1/2005 – Matt Stevens takes the 1st Post-Klassic Fall 45 of ’05 [+YouTube]

’05 Fall Series #1 10/1/2005 45-Lapper Final Order: 1. (#3) Matt Stevens 2. (#5) Rob Jimenez 3. (#8) Chris Stevens 4. (#15) Brian Bortel 5. (#4) Wes Stevens 6. (#0) JR Pitsley 7. (#1) Ken Pitsley ^ 8. (#6) Andy Schute —DNF— 9.  (#7) Josh Schute DNF = Did Not Finish. ^ = 5.5hp engine (Met box stock handicap requirements) Matt Stevens picked up where he left off during…

9/24/2005 – 10th Annual Galletta’s Klassic | Original Oswego Dirt Karting Championship (130-Laps/13 Karts) +YouTube!

9/24/2005 – 10th Annual Galletta’s Klassic | Original Oswego Dirt Karting Championship (130-Laps/13 Karts) +YouTube!

Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every weekend from June-thru-October since the early 1990s, counting points since 1996, and online since 2005!  We race gas-only stock 5-horsepower class at Galletta’s Greenhouse’s not-for-profit/race-at-your-own-risk Go-Kart Speedway Summer Sundays and Fall Saturdays, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less Yard Kart summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway’s Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new, experienced teen drivers or serious adult racers to…

9/18/2005 – Gary Miller Sr. wins 12-kart Non-Winner’s Feature as Galletta’s Karting Score Tower Unveiled! +YouTube

9/18/2005 – Gary Miller Sr. wins 12-kart Non-Winner’s Feature as Galletta’s Karting Score Tower Unveiled! +YouTube

1st ANNUAL NON-WINNERS CLASSIC QUALIFIER/ INAUGURAL GALLETTA’S SPEEDWAY SCORING TOWER EVENT Above: The refurbished formerly “Fort Crusher” treehouse (AKA Galletta’s Backyard Karting Speedway racing tower)! This weekend was not only the debut of the newly refurbished “Treeless Treehouse”, “Fort Chrusher/Chrusher Coliseum Headquarters”, which has now become officially re-christened as “Galletta’s Speedway Official’s Scoring Tower”, but it was our first ever”Non-Winners Feature Classic Qualifier.” Only drivers who have not won a feature were…

9/10 – 9/11/2005 – Matt Stevens Twin-40 Triumph Weekend Marred by Injury & Several “OHV Outlaw” Drivers Quitting the Club [+YouTube]

9/10 – 9/11/2005 – Matt Stevens Twin-40 Triumph Weekend Marred by Injury & Several “OHV Outlaw” Drivers Quitting the Club [+YouTube]

September 10th-11th, 2005 – Two great races were marred with an accident that left one of our best drivers injured and a heated disagreement about rules. Matt Stevens swept the Saturday-thru-Sunday Twin 40s, but the Saturday event had Jason Mills hurt his hand in an accident (where drivers kept racing after the caution came out), and one of the drivers who was involved in the incident was one of the OHV Outlaws, several…

9/5/2005- Mark Miller won a fast & furious 14-kart/40-lapper!

9/5/2005- Mark Miller won a fast & furious 14-kart/40-lapper!

    September 5th, 2005 – The evil super-villain Mark Miller (in his #00) [and that is just being humorous, we like Mark and we make funny nicknames amongst our karting friends, understand Mrs. ‘Humorlessly-print-the-website-and-show-it-to-everyone-to-say-we’re-terrible-people’ Seabrook?] won a fast and furious feature event after he dominated the early portions of the race and then pulled off an improbable come-from-behind win on the last lap. On the 1st lap, Gary Miller (in his #24) passed four people to storm…

18 Karts!!!!!

8/28/2005 – Chris Stevens wins vs. biggest field in Galletta’s History (18-karts/40-Laps)! +YouTube video!

Most karts in a single race in Galletta’s Karting history to date at 18 strong. We could set this every single race night… if enough racers simply came to race! Problem: WHERE ARE THE DRIVERS 99.9% OF THE TIME?! 8/28/2005 40-Lap results: August 28th, 2005 – Chris ‘ChrusherComix’ Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #8) emerged victorious from an 18-kart race; the largest field in track history at Galletta’s Speedway!!!…

8/21/2005 – Matt Stevens wins 15-kart/50-Lapper as Mark Miller & Mike Billion’s tempers flare over wreck! +YouTube

8/21/2005 – Matt Stevens wins 15-kart/50-Lapper as Mark Miller & Mike Billion’s tempers flare over wreck! +YouTube

Galletta’s Go-Kart Racing Association – Mixed Motor Gas Stockers / 1-Wheel Peel Racing Go-Karts August 21st, 2005 at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway! GO GO MATTIE-JO!!!!    [RIGHT] Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3) won his fifth race of the year and widened his lead in the points standings by leading the final thirty-four laps of the high-scoring fifty lap event, even clocking scorching 16.9s on the final circuits. [LEFT] Matt was followed closely by Chris…

8/14/2005 – Chris Stevens wins 13-kart as Mark Miller VIOLENTLY flips in Mixed-Motor, 40-Lap Feature [+YouTube]

8/14/2005 – Chris Stevens wins 13-kart as Mark Miller VIOLENTLY flips in Mixed-Motor, 40-Lap Feature [+YouTube]

AUGUST 14th, 2005 – Oswego, NY: Gary Miller (in his own freshly rebuilt #24) led twenty-six laps before chain and drive-wheel problems parked him for the night. But it was Chris Stevens (in his Galletta’s #8 kart) inherited the lead and never looked back to end his winless dry spell that dated back to Fall 2004. Mike Billion (in his #57) held off points-leader Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3) for 2nd, continuing to impress in his rookie campaign.…

8/7/2005 – A 15-Kart/Mixed-Motor 40-Lap LOST RACE won by Matt Stevens! +YouTube

8/7/2005 – A 15-Kart/Mixed-Motor 40-Lap LOST RACE won by Matt Stevens! +YouTube

8/7/2005 – LOST RACE! A Mixed-Motor 15-Kart 40-Lapper won by Matt Stevens! +YouTube One of the biggest races in track history went down when 15 mixed-motor karts took the backyard speedway behind Galletta’s Greenhouses in Oswego, NY on August 7th, 2005! Some shots of the fantastic HOT action! This race was oddly completely lost from our archives for 15.5 years until a VHS-C tape was located in 2021! The tape quality…

8/3/2005 – 12-Kart, 40-Lap, Mid-Week Mixed Motor Feature goes to Matt Stevens +YouTube

8/3/2005 – 12-Kart, 40-Lap, Mid-Week Mixed Motor Feature goes to Matt Stevens +YouTube

  Snapshot from our 2005 Racing DVDs August 3rd, 2005 – Oswego, NY – In a hotly contested mid-week race, Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3) collected his 3rd win of the year passing the entire 12-kart field in twelve laps. Mark Miller (in his #007) and Mike Billion (in his #57) followed with more strong performances. Tom Murray led eleven laps early (in the rented Galletta’s #7), but was then passed by a deluge…

7/31/2005 – A BILLION WON!!! Mike Billion wins 8-kart/40-Lap Mixed Motor Feature

7/31/2005 – A BILLION WON!!! Mike Billion wins 8-kart/40-Lap Mixed Motor Feature

2005 Racing Video Snapshots (Photo not from this race, looking for the tape in the archives so we can transfer it to digital and upload). JULY 31, 2005 – OSWEGO, NY – Mike Billion (in his #57) finally won his first race at Galletta’s Speedway after a string of strong finishes. In a race that saw very few cautions and was finished at an amazingly fast pace, Mike held…

7/24/2005 – 15-Kart Race won by Matt Stevens (15 Mixed Motors, 40-Laps)

7/24/2005 – 15-Kart Race won by Matt Stevens (15 Mixed Motors, 40-Laps)

Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every weekend from June-thru-October since the early 1990s, counting points since 1996, and online since 2005!  We race gas-only stock 5-horsepower class at Galletta’s Greenhouse’s not-for-profit/race-at-your-own-risk Go-Kart Speedway Summer Sundays and Fall Saturdays, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less Yard Kart summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway’s Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new, experienced teen drivers or serious adult racers to…

7/17/2005 – Maynes Wins after Billion wrecks leader Stevens on hot 16-kart 50-Lapper!

7/17/2005 – Maynes Wins after Billion wrecks leader Stevens on hot 16-kart 50-Lapper!

Picture NOT from this race. We unfortunately do not have any video of this event — which was a very hot and sunny day that led to a dry track. Picture from a later race day in 2005 where we did have video (and pretty much every single race ever since). 7/17/2005 – Maynes Wins after Billion wrecks leader Stevens on hot 16-kart 50-Lapper! Ed Meynes (#18)…

7/10/2005 – Mark Miller wins 13-kart feature in his WICKED fast tank-mobile!

7/10/2005 – Mark Miller wins 13-kart feature in his WICKED fast tank-mobile!

Galletta’s Go-Kart  Racing Association – 2005 | Our 10th Season of Dirt Karting Points Racing in Oswego, NY! 2005 Season at Galletta’s Greenhouse Motorsport Speedway – our 10th, but 1st season with MIXED MOTORS – Box Stock Briggs 5hps vs. Box Stock Briggs 5.5hps. Or… so we thought… 7/10/2005 –   Mark Miller (in his #007) won his third race in five attended events as he passed Chris Stevens (who debuted…

7/03/2005 – Neil Gosch wins 14-kart race in mysteriously powerful OHV machine!

7/03/2005 – Neil Gosch wins 14-kart race in mysteriously powerful OHV machine!

Galletta’s Go-Kart Racing Association – 2005: Our 10th Season     Neil Gosch (and his brand new, beautiful looking, large, orange tank of a kart numbered #44) dominated the race taking over the lead on lap five and powering his mysterious 5.5hp engine (with the sticker removed… hmmm… wait… why would that even be necessary? Hmm…) to a big win, pulling away from everybody on the track, including drivers that have 15 years more…

6/26/2005 – Mark Miller takes another 15-kart Mixed-Motor Feature!

6/26/2005 – Mark Miller takes another 15-kart Mixed-Motor Feature!

  JUNE 26TH, 2005 – OSWEGO KARTING LEAGUE –  FIFTEEN KARTS started the show in the biggest Galletta’s race to date. And it was  Mark Miller (in his #007) who returned to victory lane to win two out of his three attended races. Chris Stevens was charging early, but while working on the #57 of Mike Billion and the #32 of Shane Miller, the #44 of Neil Gosch pulled side by side with the #8 and Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3)…

6/19/2005 – Matt Stevens Beats Bigger Motors for his 1st Win of ’05!

6/19/2005 – Matt Stevens Beats Bigger Motors for his 1st Win of ’05!

JUNE 19th, 2005 – OSWEGO KARTING LEAGUE AT GALLETTA’S GREENHOUSE – Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3) got his first win of the year today but it wasn’t easy. First he had to follow Neil Gosch (and his brand new #44), as he dominated while leading laps four through twenty before the #44 broke down for the night. Then Matt had to ward off the charges of last week’s winner, Mark Miller (in his…

6/12/2005 – Mark Miller Leads the OHV Invasion & Dominates the 14-Kart Field!

6/12/2005 – Mark Miller Leads the OHV Invasion & Dominates the 14-Kart Field!

Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every Sunday from June-thru-August & every weekend from September-thru-October since the early 1990s, counting points since 1996, and online since 2005!  We race gas-only stock 5-horsepower class at Galletta’s Greenhouse’s not-for-profit/race-at-your-own-risk Go-Kart Speedway, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less Yard Kart summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway’s Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new drivers to join us! Serious racers only! JUNE…

6/5/2005 – Ed Maynes takes the ’05 Season Opener (40-Laps/10-karts)

6/5/2005 – Ed Maynes takes the ’05 Season Opener (40-Laps/10-karts)

Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every Sunday from June-thru-August & every weekend from September-thru-October since the early 1990s, counting points since 1996, and online since 2005!  We race gas-only stock 5-horsepower class at Galletta’s Greenhouse’s not-for-profit/race-at-your-own-risk Go-Kart Speedway, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway’s Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new drivers to join us! Serious racers only!   JUNE 5TH,…


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