Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #4 – Sunday, June 27th, 2010:

Russell Bartlett picked up his first feature win at Galletta’s in the Galletta’s #9 kart, which has been in Victory Lane for two straight weeks! Here he poses with Jeff Tetro and Jeff’s girlfriend. 12-karts, bumper-to-bumper action throughout, and we even survived a small rain shower, which made the track VERY fast! Videos will be updated soon (and please be patient with those YouTube videos – one is coming and I’ll try to get all of them up before next race if I can. The first two weeks are done and two more to go.). Edit: They got done!
 
The heats again exposed just how close our racing has been. Heat 1 finished just how it started with no passing. Heat 2 was similar other than Chad Leroy’s wild ride into a tire while going for the lead and running out of track battling for 2nd with Russ Hockey.
DVD snapshot from Heat 1DVD snapshot from Heat 2

10-Lap Heat 1 Order-of-Finish:
1st. Michael “mc” Howell (Galletta’s #0)
2nd. Russ Bartlett (Galletta’s #9)
3rd. George Russell (Galletta’s #2)
4th. Melissa Stevens (Stevens #19)
5th. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s #8)
6th. Shadoe Russell (Doeman #26)

10-Lap Heat 2 Order-of-Finish:
1st. Arnold “AJ” Nason (Galletta’s #6)
2nd. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00)
3rd. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s #33)
4th. Tim Galletta (Galletta’s #7)
5th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta’s #1)
6th. Chad Leroy (Galletta’s #5)


The feature was hit by a rain delay where – based on suggestions from Matt Stevens and Mike MC Howell – the karts paced around the track kept the surface relatively dry. When the rain let up and the water soaked in, it made the entire track smooth and with a lot of good bite when the green flag finally did drop. The feature was highly competitive and bumper-to-bumper as well due to this small shower. When the racing is THIS close, patience can often be the biggest difference between 1st and 9th.

DVD snapshot from FeatureDVD snapshot from Feature

Mike Howell started on the pole and led early until he over-drove in turn 4 and bounced off a tire wall. That turn 4 was a bit slick due to the rain because Chad Leroy had another oddly entertaining wreck during the feature, again slipping off of turn 4, bouncing off a tire wall, careening onto the track where Russ Hockey had the misfortune of running over his tire. Russ Bartlett took the lead early and held off assorted challenges from Russ Hockey, George Russell and Chris Stevens to record his first feature win at Galletta’s, again with a header pipe that fell off the #9 with around 10 laps to go.

DVD snapshot from the Feature (Russ Bartlett holds off Chris and Matt Stevens for the win!)

Limited Supermodified (AKA Small Block Super) Driver Russ Bartlett put down a beer can long enough to race! And he held off all competitors for the win!

6/27/2010 45-Lap Feature Order-of-Finish:
1st. Russ Bartlett (Galletta’s #9)
2nd. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s #8)
3rd. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s #33)
4th. Tim Galletta (Galletta’s #7)
5th. Michael “mc” Howell (Galletta’s #0)
6th. George Russell (Galletta’s #2)
7th. Melissa Stevens (Stevens #19)
8th. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00)
9th. Chad Leroy (Galletta’s #5)
10th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta’s #1) [DNF]
11th. A.J. Nason (Galletta’s #6) [DNF]
12th. Shadoe Russell (Doe #26) [DNF]

[DNF] = Did Not Finish all 45-laps

Make-Up Race Credits:
13th. Randy Platt (Galletta’s #6) [Credited via 7/11/2010]
14th. Kelly Miller [credited via 8/1/2010]

As for the points, Timmy Galletta is still leading strong based after his 2nd and 1st place performances in the 1st two weeks followed by solid showings in the last two having to work from the back. Matt, however is slowly creeping up towards him, as he always does. George Russell has been consistently racing up front and finishing well. George would have done better if not for he and Melissa Stevens wrecking together while battling for 2nd with 5 laps to go, which in turn enabled Chris to also creep back up the points list with a 2nd place finish. Before the heats, a small hot-lap session enabled Mike Howell, Russ Hockey, Russ Bartlett and Jeff Tetro to get in a “make-up” race where they were awarded credit as tying for last (13th) place on their prior missed events to keep them all in competition for the points race while not hurting those who did make the race. Each used make-up race is shown as the “@” symbol on the points chart.

 

 

 

 

2010 Galletta’s Gas Flathead Dirt Karting World Championship Point Standings:
After 4 combined events at John J. Galletta Memorial Backyard Go-Kart Speedway  from 6/7/2010
-thru- 6/27/2010. Our complete All-Time Points Standings from 2000-2009 are found on this webpage

Position

Name (Go-Karts Piloted)
[Hyperlinked Borders have Drivers Profile]

Years Pro at Galletta’s

Total Points (Place)

Average Points Per Event

Events

Features

Heat Wins

Feature Wins

Feature Win %

All-Time Galletta’s Feature Wins

1st

Timmy Galletta (in Galletta's #9)Tim Galletta
(Galletta’s #7)

2nd

604.5

151.13

4

4

0

1

25%

1

2nd

Matt Stevens ProfileMatt Stevens
(Galletta’s #3, 33) (T)

15th

563.0

140.75

4

4

2

0

0%

94

3rd

George Russell in Galletta's #2George Russell
(Galletta’s #2)

2nd

541.0

135.25

4

4

0

0

0%

0

4th

Chris StevensChris Stevens
(Galletta’s #4, 8)

15th

538.5

134.63

4

4

1

0

0%

53

5th

Melissa Gabel Stevens profileMelissa Stevens
(Stevens #19, 80)

4th

475.0

118.75

4

4

0

0

0%

3

6th

Jared Halstead
(Galletta’s #0, 9) @

1st

400.0

133.33

2

3

0

1

33%

0

7th

Shadoe Russell in Galletta's #1Shadoe Russell
(Doe Racing #26)

2nd

365.0

91.25

4

4

0

0

0%

0

7th

Arnold “AJ” Nason
(Galletta’s #6) @

1st

365.0

91.25

3

4

1

0

0%

0

9th

Russ Hockey profileRuss Hockey
(Hockey #00) 
@@

4th

353.0

88.25

2

4

0

0

0%

3

   

10th

Russell Bartlett
(Galletta’s #6) @

1st

328.0

109.33

2

3

0

1

33%

1

11th

Dick Dann profileDick Dann
(Dann #86) @

5th

296.5

98.83

2

3

0

0

0%

4

12th

Jeff Tetro (in Galletta's #1)Jeff Tetro
(Galletta’s #0, 1)
 @

1st

274.0

91.33

2

3

0

0

0%

0

13th

Michael A. Howell (AKA MC) in Galletta's #0 KartMichael “mc” Howell
(Galletta’s #0)
 @

3rd

258.0

86.00

2

3

1

0

0%

0

14th

Chad Leroy (in Galletta's #2)Chad Leroy
(Galletta’s #5, 2, 1)

1st

195.0

97.50

2

2

0

0

0%

0

15th

Gary Miller Jr. in his dad's #24Gary Miller Jr.
(Miller #24, Galletta’s #5)

5th

192.0

96.00

2

2

0

0

0%

1

16th

Chris Carroll
(Galletta’s #9) @

1st

181.0

90.50

1

2

0

0

0%

0

17th

Todd Halstead
(Galletta’s #1) @

1st

174.0

87.00

1

2

1

0

0%

0

18th

Gary MillerGary Miller Sr.
(Galletta’s #0)

6th

167.5

167.50

1

1

1

1

100%

6

19th

David Latulip (in Galletta's #5)Dave Latulip
(Galletta’s #5)

1st

104.0

104.00

1

1

1

0

0%

0

20th

Larry PhillipsLarry Phillips
(L&K Small Engine #04)

3rd

98.5

98.50

1

1

0

0

0%

1

21st

Justin Lamb (in Galletta's #6)Justin Lamb
(Galletta’s #6, 1)

1st

85.0

85.00

1

1

0

0

0%

0

22nd

Pace Kart Driver - Collin Miller - Galletta's #0 (Time Trialed 7th!)Collin Miller
(Miller #24)

1st

44.0

44.00

1

1

0

0

0%

0

  

Key:
@ = Used Make-Up Races [Allowed when missed a race due to work or family]
(T) = Used Time-Outs [Awarded 3 all season, Can rollover with1 for Klassic]

THE ALL-TIME 2000-2009 GALLETTA’S WINS & POINTS STANDINGS

 

 

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