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9/12/2010 – Randy “Hard As F*** Bobandi” Platt Wins 11-kart/45-Lap Feature Event [+YouTube]
Posted on September 12, 2010 by Christopher Galletta Stevens
Galletta's Karting Club - '10 Season, Event #15 - Sunday, Sept. 12th, 2010:
H-A-R-D! B-1-T-C-#!
2010 Season, Event #15- Sunday, September 12th, 2010 - After Arnold "AJ" Nason's DVD commentary the previous weekend about his backwards victory lap (which was also in response to Randy mocking him in the Victory Photo just prior to the commentary being done) sparked the ire of a couple drivers based on their ethnic heritage, Randy "The Bodacious Bobandi" Platt--lookin' all hard n' $#!t--defended their honor with a dominant victory in his Murder #187 kart, which he has worked tirelessly on with Matty-Joey Stevens for a few months for this moment of glory (no holes included, you twisted sickos). Fellow driver of offended heritage scored 2nd. Ran' The Man plots additional revenge the following weeks. This was only step one. Matt, Chris and Ogie joined in his victory celebration, which included rockin' fools that think they are the $#!t but they really ain't nuthin'. B!tc#! Despite what some local racers and race fans may believe, the passing of Labor Day last weekend, does not mean that racing is done. Not even by a long shot, son. Especially not if you are a karter, as the Klassic Championship 200 has not even arrived yet... Galletta's Go-Kart KlassicThe 15th Annual Galletta's Karting Klassic 200 of 2010 : Will be on -- unless weather or inability for multiple regulars to race forces a change -- be on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010, with a cookout and time-trials starting in the early afternoon and the 200-Lapper starting as soon as the qualifiers and the drivers are all set to go. We prefer Saturday so we can make it a long day-and-night without work or school the next day and avoid NFL football Sunday. If you'd like to be involved in the cookout, either donate some money for food or bring the food on race day, per usual for our Klassic Cookout. Please let Chris and Matt know if this date is an absolute no-can-do, because it looks to be the best date for our schedule due to Matt and Melissa's every-other-Saturday bowling schedule and NFL on Sundays. More below. FREE YOUTUBE VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS WEEK'S RACE DVD:

Oswego Dirt Karting Club - Galletta's 2010/9/12 (Part 1 of 2) - Qualifiers & Crazy Crashes

 

Oswego Dirt Karting Club - Galletta's 2010/9/12 (Part 2 of 2) - The Revenge of Randy 45

Per usual, other than posing pictures, all in-action race snapshots are screen captures directly from our weekly race DVDs, which document the entire race from usually two camera angles, usually are anywhere between 1 - 2 & 1/2 hours, and are only $5 each, in higher quality resolution than our YouTube vids which they are made from. Just like the donations that run all of the karts, all proceeds go back into the club (in this case the DVDRs and the website). Every regular season race has been videotaped since mid-2005-and-up, and every Galletta's Karting Klassic has been videotaped since 1998-and-up. Order any DVD directly from Chris (email, phone, in-person, mail) anytime. [NOTE: In honor of Hard As F*** Randy Platt, we will be using Bobandi-speech for this page. Actually, Randy doesn't speak in a mix of 1970s-to-current ebonics, just when he's gonna' whoop your @$$. So... here we go...] 10-LAP HEAT EVENTS: Heat 1 saw Doe-Boi Smooth Shadoe Russell &!t(#$l@ppin' cr@ckas with his lead early until his father George gave him a whoopin ad blew by him coming out of 4 to take the win, his 1st heat of the season. Son yous gotchta do betta than that! That big @$$ cracka' Leapin' Larry Phat Phillips was showin' the youngsters how things are done. For 2 laps. Then that foo' got jacked up by Chet the Jett, that smooth, jive-talkin' cracka'! Heat 2 saw Large Larry Phillips lead early until he retired. Jive Talkin' Jeff Tetro then was spun out by Dangerous Dandy-Man Randy Platt, which enabled Towerin' Tim Galletta to take his 1st heat of the season. Chris The Cracka' got 2nd. After Bobandiman Randy Platt, hard as f***, got sent to the back for drivin' hard'n'shi' and takin' out Jive-Talkin' Jeff Tetro, then he got passed by Cooky Colin Miller. That $#it is whack, yo'!
1st 10-Lap Heat Finish: 1st. George Russell (Galletta's #6) 2nd. Gary Miller Sr. (G-Mill #24) 3rd. Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3) 4th. Shadoe Russell (Doe #26) 5th. Melissa Stevens (SNF #19)Make-Up Race Credit: 6th. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00)** = DNF; Did Not Finish; Entered 2nd heat and his 1st heat was credited for bonus make-up points for the8/24/2010 race.

2nd 10-Lap Heat Finish: 1st. Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey's #54) 2nd. Chris Stevens (Galletta's #8) 3rd. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00) ** 4th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta's #9) 5th. Colin Miller (G-Mill #24) 6th. George Russell (Galletta's #6) 7th. Dandy Randy Platt (Murder #187) 8th. Larry Phillips (L&K Sm. Engine #04)*

* = DNF; Did Not Finish ** = Replaced in 2nd heat when he was unable to complete 1 lap in the 1st heat.
45-LAP FEATURE EVENT, CHUMP!:

Suckas got jacked, sure as $h!t. Get that $#it outta' he'r, boi! Look at those whack, rough-ridin' crackja's, yo! Shi'... that shi' is crazy, dood!

Homie don't play no paper sticka' champion bull$#it. We go out and smack mutha#uc#@$ the fu(< up.

Usually, homies race good n' $#it, and this time the homies backed that $#it up, y'knowhatimsayin'? The racing was highly competitive, bumper-to-bumper, and with passes hard to come by n' $#it.

45-Lap Feature Handicap Start: 1st. Shadoe Russell (Doe #26) 2nd. Larry Phillips (L&K Sm. Engine #04) 3rd. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00) 4th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta's #9) 5th. George Russell (Galletta's #6) 6th. Dandy Randy Platt (Murder #187) 7th. Melissa Stevens (Scissors n' Fur #19) 8th. Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey's #54) 9th. Gary Miller Sr. (G-Mill #24) 10th. Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3) 11th. Chris Stevens (Galletta's #8) 12th. Colin Miller (N/A) **** = DNS; Did Not Start

45-Lap Feature Order-of-Finish: 1st. HARD AS F***Randy Platt (Murder #187) 2nd. Melissa Stevens (Scissors n' Fur #19) 3rd. Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3) 4th. Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey's #54) 5th. Chris Stevens (Galletta's #8, #4) 6th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta's #9) 7th. Shadoe Russell (Doe #26) 8th. Russ Hockey (Hockey #00, #24) * 9th. George Russell (Galletta's #6) * 10th. Gary Miller Sr. (G-Mill #24) * 11th. Larry Phillips (L&K Sm. Engine #04) * 12th. Colin Miller (N/A) *

* = DNF; Did Not Finish

DVDs are available of every single Galletta's Karting Club race held since mid-2005 at Galletta's (including every Galletta's Klassic since 1998, and every Oswego Kartway race between 2007-2008) and are of DVD-Quality (far superior to the YouTube videos, which are edited and compressed for time) for $5 per disc. Each disc contains between 1-2 hours of racing action, usually from two camera angles, complete and unedited. Most of the pictures on this website are lo-res screen captures from the DVDs. Contact Chris for your copy today, and he can make any copy from our archives, just ask.

2010 Galletta's Gas Flathead Dirt Karting World Championship Point Standings: After 15 combined events at John J. Galletta Memorial Backyard Go-Kart Speedway  from 6/7/2010 -thru- 9/12/2010. Our complete All-Time Points Standings from 2000-2009 are found on this webpage.

Position

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

Years Pro at Galletta's

2010 Total Points (Place)

2010 Average Points Per Feature

2010 Events Entered

2010 Features Raced

2010 Heat Wins

2010 Feature Wins

2000-10 Galletta's Feature Wins

1st

Matt Stevens ProfileMatt Stevens (Galletta's #3, 33, 7) t

15th

2,142.5

119.03

15

18

3

3

97

2nd

Chris StevensChris Stevens (Galletta's #8, 4, 5)

15th

2,128.5

118.25

15

18

3

1

54

3rd

Timmy Galletta (in Galletta's #9)Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey's #54, Galletta's #7, 4) @

2nd

1,929.0

107.17

14

18

1

3

3

4th 

Melissa Gabel Stevens profileMelissa Stevens (Scissors n' Fur #19, 80)

4th

1,885.5

104.75

15

18

1

1

4

5th

George Russell in Galletta's #2George Russell (Galletta's #2, 6, 7, Doe #26) @@ t

2nd

1,817.5

100.97

13

18

1

1

1

6th

Randy "Bobandi" Platt in Platt #187Randy Platt (Platt #187, Galletta's #2, 5, 6) @@@

2nd

1,593.5

106.23

10

15

2

2

2

7th

AJ Nason in #89Arnold "AJ" Nason (Hammerd #35, Galletta's #6, 9) @@

®

1,562.5

97.66

11

16

3

1

1

8th

Shadoe Russell in Galletta's #1Shadoe Russell (Doe Racing #26, Galletta's #6) @@

3rd

1,538.0

85.44

13

18

0

0

0

9th

Russ Hockey profileRuss Hockey (Hockey Racing #00, L&K #04) @@@@@ t

4th

1,387.5

92.50

10

15

1

0

3

10th

Michael A. Howell (AKA MC) in Galletta's #0 KartMichael "mc" Howell (Galletta's #0, 9) @@

3rd

1,274.5

91.04

9

14

1

1

1

   

11th

Jeff Tetro (in Galletta's #1)Jeff Tetro (Galletta's #9, 1, 0 ) @@

2nd

1,118.5

101.68

8

11

1

1

1

12th

Russ Bartlett (Galletta's #9, 6, Doe #26) @@@

1st

990.0

90.00

7

11

0

1

1

13th

Dick Dann profileDick Dann (Destroyer Dann #86) @

5th

512.0

85.33

4

6

0

0

4

14th

Gary MillerGary Miller Sr. (G-Mill #24, Galletta's #0, #4) L

6th

439.0

109.75

4

4

1

1

6

15th

Kelly Miller driving the Galletta's Greenhouse #7 kart (7/2010)Kelly Miller (Galletta's #7, 9) @ tt

6th

429.9

107.48

3

4

0

1

1

16th

Jared Halstead (Galletta's #0, 9) @

®

400.0

133.33

2

3

0

1

0

17th

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

3rd

336.5

83.60

4

5

0

0

1

18th

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

2nd

282.5

94.17

3

3

0

0

0

19th

Rob Clarke in Galletta's #1Rob Clarke (Galletta's #1) @ t

2nd

265.0

66.25

2

4

1

0

0

20th

Pace Kart Driver - Collin Miller - Galletta's #0 (Time Trialed 7th!)Collin Miller (Miller #24, Doe #26, Galletta's #0)

1st

263.0

65.75

4

4

0

0

0

21st

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

5th

192.0

96.00

2

2

0

0

1

22nd

Jesse Vivlemore (Galletta's #5)Jesse Vivlemore (Galletta's #0, 5) @

3rd

184.0

61.33

1

3

0

0

0

23rd

Chris Carroll (Galletta's #9) @

®

181.0

90.50

1

2

0

0

0

24th

Todd Halstead (Galletta's #1) @

®

174.0

87.00

1

2

1

0

0

25th

Kenny Lindsley in the Galletta's #5Kenny Lindsley III (Galletta's #5) @

2nd

163.0

81.50

1

2

0

0

0

26th

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

®

104.0

104.00

1

1

1

0

0

27th

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

®

85.0

85.00

1

1

0

0

0

28th

Kyle Reuter in the Galletta's #7Kyle Reuter (Galletta's #7)

3rd

76.0

76.00

1

1

0

0

3

  

Key: @ = Used Make-Up Races T = Used Time-Outs (3 per driver per season) L = Raced Light in handicap kart ® = Rookie (less than 1 full season at Galletta's)

Notes: Scoring: Point scoring scale is found on our rules page, heats are bonus points, and more bonus points are awarded for each lap run in 1st place (1 point per lap) and 2nd & 3rd place (0.5 points per lap). Starts: Regular season race starts are handicapped via inverting (a) feature wins and (b) points-per-race. 2nd of a Twin-30 start is inverted from the 1st finish. Klassic is started via time-trials. VISIT THE 2000-2009 GALLETTA'S WINS & POINTS STANDINGS, TALLIED AFTER EACH COMPLETED SEASON
People got pissed off?! Oh geez... time for yet another...

Post-Race Commentary

So, since day one in 2004, this website has covered all of the races that the Galletta's Karting Club has ever been in (that includes 1990s-to-current at Galletta's Greenhouse Backyard Speedway and 2006-2008 at Oswego Speedway's Kartway). And while we cover the actual races, we always like to put a tongue-in-cheek humorous spin in the coverage. Why? Well, website writer and editor (and club racer) thinks actual race descriptions and race videos can be boring. Sure, we all love racing, but some races aren't as entertaining as others. Plus, pretty much everyone who races in our club are friends and family and we joke with each other all the time. While we compete against each other, it's friendly competition. It's simply for fun and bragging rights on our website and videos. It's not cutthroat. It's for fun. The second it starts being win-or-die-trying is the second we stop the club. And if you haven't noticed by now, if racers show up like that, they don't last long. Often one-and-done. If you're willing to wreck someone to get a pass on a go-kart track, then (1) you ain't a good racer and (2) it's not worth getting hurt in a crash or getting in a fight. It's not. If you think it is, we think you're a dumbass and we don't want to race your dumbass. So, we joke. We make up nicknames and embellish our race descriptions with some sarcasm, occasionally some dry wit, and oftentimes just outlandish, cartoonish goofiness. It's our club. We have fun racing and laughing together. Well, ever since the very 1st year this website has existed, SOME people don't understand that we're joking and take it VERY seriously. It's obvious to anybody with a lick of common sense and an average IQ that we crack jokes and sometimes make fun of each other. We try to make it cut and dried, over-the-top obvious, but apparently, some just flat out don't see the good-natured humor. Some people think we're being malicious. (If I was being malicious, I'd let you know. I can do that, too. I assure you, that looks VERY different.) So, while we joke around, we means that it isn't just me. Now while Matt is usually a fairly serious guy, he'll occasionally laugh and have fun, but usually not on the track. So sometimes, our co-racers crack the jokes, and I put them on the website and the race videos. And last week, that happened. Our friend and co-racer Arnold 'AJ' Nason has a very LOUD sense of humor. If you have ever met him, he's got lots of jokes, and some are very off-color and not politically correct. Well, he and another of our friend/co-racers, Randy Platt, have a friendly rivalry on the track, and sometimes that involves name-calling. And after AJ won his 1st career race at Galletta's, he used a politically-incorrect involving his backwards victory lap. A word for Randy's heritage. It was not meant to be malicious, meant to poke fun and have fun, locker room trash talk, good-natured... but... he used it. So... Randy's a big boy. He laughed and wanted his revenge on the track. And he did so. ABOVE. He won. And hence the former name of the race was "Revenge of the ____________." (Name edited because of below.) Well... some people didn't find it very funny. Matt's wife Melissa and her family apparently share the same heritage and were terribly offended by the joke by AJ on the video. And boy they let everyone know. Melissa got her revenge as well. Not by beating AJ on the track, but by drawing a huge penis on AJ's kart (not very ladylike, AND vandalism?) and telling her mother (knowing her, probably in tears). Keep in mind, she garbles information constantly, takes offense where there is none intended, and can be very jealous and vindictive. By all appearances, she appears to be a paranoid bipolar schizophrenic with cognitive dissonance issues. So then her mother (who also has an amazing habit of a state of perpetual paranoid schizophrenia followed by bouts of vengeance for all she feels offended her as well), got her revenge by telling everyone she knows about it. Mind you, she lives in Wolcott and rarely watches our races, but she knows every single detail that happens here (guess how?) and she -- despite not having many friends -- gossips to everyone including complete and total strangers. So... if Monica Gable tells you something horrible happened, it probably didn't happen anything like she said, she probably got second hand gossip that badly garbled the information, and the person that she is saying bad things about probably unintentionally and unknowingly offended her and she is trying to ruin their reputation. Why? Because she was mad and -- truth be damned -- that must be sedated via revenge. To our friends, family, co-racers, and website readers... if you ever meet Monica Gable or she wants to talk to you? Take everything she says with a grain of salt and be careful not to fall for her mind games. She is batshit nuts and has a long track record of it. And... if you don't believe me? Just offend her. Unintentionally or not. You may not even find out in person, but some of your friends, family, co-workers and maybe even your boss or even the authorities may have gotten some very imaginative calls from her. Best to stay away. Far, FAR away. Now... how about let's get back to the races and hope that's the end of it all.

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