2013 Season: 1-WD Gas Flathead Karting National Championship Invitational – In our 18th Season at Galletta’s!
10/13/2013 – 2013 GAS FLATHEAD WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP / GALLETTA’S GREENHOUSE TRACK CHAMPIONSHIP WON BY CHRIS STEVENS, DECLARES HIMSELF BEST KARTER ON OSWEGO, NY!
With a season-high 6 feature victories, an overwhelming amount of top-3 bonus points all year long, and 193 out of 210 laps in the top three followed by a 3rd place finish in the Klassic (including nearly winning it – but was trapped in traffic) to clinch it, Chris “The Cerebral Chrusher” Stevens clinches the 2013 Gas Flathead World Championship at Galletta’s Greenhouse Speedway! And, with 38 competitors competing in 24 feature events, it is by far the largest and most experienced karting class in the city of Oswego and for a large part of Central New York as well. When asked about his declaration of bestistism, he stated, “My brother is and has been the best karter in Oswego – his record is untouchable. And I owe him for setting up my karts so good, and in fact, everybody’s karts so good. When he touches your kart, it’s up front. No question. But at least this year, I took the track title in Oswego’s biggest and longest-running class and came so close to winning my 3rd straight 200-lapper. And Rumble got more screen time than Frenzy, so yep, it’s me. I cannot deny it. I’m the best. I declare myself champion. Don’t like it, come take it. Gauntlet gets thrown every year, a lot of empty scrots in cookie-cutter pre-fabs proving nothing elsewhere, we know. We know. We see ya’. It’s cool, y’know. Know your limits. Thank you, bubs.” In addition to the below 2013 point tallies (found below the page reviews on this page), the All-Time Points & Win Tallies to every Galletta’s Karting event on the two Oswego Karting tracks from 2000-2013 has been updated and located on this webpage. Next season, we will be racing on more Saturdays than ever before in order to allow more drivers to make it on a regular weekly basis. See you then!
The year in review, including the giant point finale “Klassic 200-Lap Championship” that he clinched it in is below. On…
10/13/2013 – The 18th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 won by Kelly Miller in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #7!!!
SATURDAY,OCTOBER 12th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – OUTTA’ NOWHERE! The 5th member of the Gallettta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic Championship fraternity is crowned! The longest-running Oswego Karting championship ran it’s 18th annual marathon event, which decides both the point standings (best overall karter in the area), and also the best Iron-Man karter in the area. Eleven drivers entered but only three led all night (11 drivers?! That leaves several karts on site – including the timed fastest kart of the fleet – Galletta’s #5 – unused?! For shame!!! And this is supposed to be a racing town?!) The three you see, Kelly Miller, Matt Stevens, and Chris Stevens had a duel of the ages, as they essentially battled back and forth for the lead for all 200 laps, with occasional challenges by Brian Galletta and Eric Woolworth. All three had the lead and lost it in breathtaking manners (Kelly led early and a slow leaking tired forced him to pit after getting passed, Matt hounded Chris and Kelly, took the lead, then slipped up and Chris got him back, and Chris led several laps late, got pinned and passed by both Kelly and Matt behind lapped traffic, and suffered a a bent sprocket that took him out of the top 2)! But the one who had it last – Kelly Miller, gets the win. He becomes only the 5th driver – Matt Stevens (won 10), Chris Stevens (won 5), Wes Stevens (won 1), Kyle Reuter (won 1) – in the Klassic’s 18 year history to win the big one , all while only picking up his 2nd career win at Galletta’s. Although many know him from both racing Stocks and Supermodifieds on the big track downtown, Kelly showed he knows how to drive more than just the big machines! And in a kart THAT SAT UNUSED waiting for a driver ABOUT 97% OF THE YEAR. Congrats to Kelly, congrats and thank you to all who showed, and to all who could’ve came out and didn’t? On your knees, dogs. READ MORE HERE!


The Starting Lineup of the 18th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Speedway 200-Lap Karting Klassic Championship of Oswego, NY – Saturday, October 12th, 2013. The biggest, longest, longest-running and most difficult karting race to win in Oswego, NY. Bar none.
18th Annual Galletta’s Klassic Starting Grid via Time Trials
“Master” Matt Stevens |
Brian Galletta Galletta Bros. #54 17.37 | 16.22 Galletta Bros. #13 16.53 | 16.77 |
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Kelly Miller Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 17.14 | 16.43 Galletta’s Greenhouse #9 17.59 | 19.94 |
Branden “Tumor” Matott Woolworth/Matott #78 16.84 | 16.44 (No backup chosen) –.– | –.– |
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Chris “Chrusher” Stevens Galletta’s/Chrusher.com #8 16.64 | 16.51 Galletta’s/Chrusher.com #4 16.93 | 16.47 |
Ryan Palmer Palmer Racing #29 16.93 | 16.68 (No backup chosen) –.– | –.– |
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Kevin Galletta Galletta Bros. #28 17.35 | 16.77 (No backup chosen) –.– | –.– |
Adam Lytle Lytle Racing #33c 17.41 | 16.77 (No backup chosen) –.– | –.– |
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Melissa Stevens Scissors n’ Fur #19 17.43 | 16.82 Scissors n’ Fur #80 17.79 | 17.24 |
Eric Woolworth Woolworth #88 17.62 | 17.28 (No backup chosen) –.– | –.– |
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11th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #0 (Open seat) 17.85 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
12th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #1 (Open seat) 16.26 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
13th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #2 (Open seat; but Woolworth motor) 16.69 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
14th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #3 (Matt Stevens’ backup) 16.10 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
15th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com #4 (Chris Stevens’ Backup) 16.00 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
16th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #5 (Open seat) 16.10 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
17th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #6 (Open seat) 16.39 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
18th.
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Galletta’s Greenhouse #9 (Open seat) 16.15 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
19th.
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Galletta Bros. #13 (Brian Galletta’s backup) 15.92 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
20th.
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Galletta’s/Chrusher.com #74 (Open seat) 16.33 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
21st.
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Scissors n’ Fur #80 (Melissa Stevens’ backup) 16.13 – Pre-Timed by Matt |
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READ ALL ABOUT HOW IT WENT DOWN…. HERE!
9/18/2013 – Adam Lytle wins “A Klassic is a Comin’ 50” Full Moon mid-week Special in the Lytle Motorsports #33c. his 1st career feature win!
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – The race that was scheduled for Sunday, September 15th, 2013 got the heats in (won by Adam Lytle in Lytle 33c and Chris Stevens in Galletta’s #5), but the feature rained out before lap 1 was completed. So, we were able to get almost all of the drivers who qualified in the heats back for a special mid-week race, and made it a 50-lap shakedown for Klassic, which may be our next race depending on weather and driver availability. And some crazy full moon incidents went down, including Matt Stevens (driing his pregnant wife’s karts) taking the lead then sputtering, Lytle passing him back, then Chris Stevens breaking tie-rods on the #5 by hitting his bro and becoming the newest entrant into the Nature Boy Club by crashing into the woods THEN having the throttle stick on the #0 and almost going BACK into the woods FROM the pit (WOW!), a few drivers breaking before the checker, and finally Lytle getting passed by Kevin Galletta, then getting him back and holding on for his 1st career win. As if you couldn’t tell with that ear to ear smile! Whew! Quite a race! And Lytle earned and deserved it, as he has run most of the schedule for 2 years and has had all kinds of freakish bad luck, late restart passes and mechanical problems take him out of near-victories before. Now, the race page is finally complete!
RACING SCHEDULE NOTE: This weekend, we are not planning any races for Saturday-Sunday, September 21st-22nd, 2013, due to family, the forthcoming birthh of Matt and Melissa Stevens’ firstborn, Lilybeth, work, weather, driver availability, football, one of our drivers due date, and closeness to the approaching Klassic 200, where we need at least two weeks to prepare each and every one of the karts and track at their tip-top shape for the big one. We are looking at Saturday, October 5th, 2013 for our 18th Annual Klassic 200, with a Sunday the 6th raindate, and we are looking for ONLY the best drivers in Oswego, NY to prove themselves in the most competitive and ONLY 200 lap go-kart race in Oswego – our 18th!
9/8/2013 – Brian Galletta and Ryan Palmer win The Track is Loose as Heck Twin-30s!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – The 1st feature went to Brian Galletta (in his Platt-num #28) after a crazy 1st 30-laps with crashing and all kinds of dry/dusty tack and smashing, crashing hijinks and then surviving challenges by Chris and Matt Stevens. For the 2nd feature, yet another rookie driver steps into the storied 18-year Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway winner’s circle, 1st year driver Ryan Palmer wins his 1st career feature with a 30-lap sweep in the Brian Galletta (formerly Eric Woolworth) #88, recovering from a flip, almost getting disqualified in the 1st feature from crashing into everybody, and some crazy crashes in the 1st feature and barely holding off some half-hearted challenges from Matt and Chris Stevens. Next week we will again look at Saturday, but probably run Sunday, and we are still looking at probable dates for our 18th Annual Klassic (200-Lapper), with 9/28, 10/5 and 10/6 as possible dates. More on the race is on the race rundown page right here…
9/1/2013 – Branden “Tumor” Matott & Matt Stevens Win The 18th Annual Oswego Karting Labor Day Championship Twin-30s!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – Another driver steps into the storied 18-year Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway winner’s circle, 1st year driver Branden “Tumor” Matott wins his 1st career feature with a 30-lap sweep in his Inkings Tattoo/Woodchuck Saloon #34.5 during the 1st feature. He was then joined by the man who has been in victory lane more than every single other driver (minus his brother) combined – Matt Stevens, as he survived several crazy entanglements en route to putting not one, but two karts into the lead (1st blowing by everybody in the Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com #74 – which broke a wheel hub while leading, and then blew by everybody again the Galletta’s Greenhouse #33) to inch a little closer to his brother Chris in both the points and wins columns. Some entertaining 9-kart races that provided a nice nightcap following Oswego Speedway’s Classic 200. More on the race page right here, right now!
8/25/2013 – Matt Stevens Triumphs in Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com #74 at the “War of Attrition & No-Shows 25” Shortened Event!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – Usually, late Summer at our fine backyard speedway in out 18 seasons of point racing and 20+ seasons of racing in general, we hit a late-Summer/early-Fall rut. This week was the case. Rut hit. Various events (golf tourneys, g@y vampire TV shows that absolutely cannot be missed at 9pm, work, whining-about-not-starting-on-time-but-never-showing-on-time, and broken karts) caused our show to go from an expected 10+ kart Twin-35 night to a 7-kart 25 lapper. Almost 8, but then that g@y vampire show couldn’t be DVR’ed! Even though we only had 7 karts on track the racing was exciting. Even if the webmaster and points leader was pretty damn miffed about being bumped out of precious point-scoring positions for the second week in a row – first by a friend last weekend and then (see pic) by his own brother this weekend! *Sigh* Still, in hindsight, despite the small show, the racing was quite good, as we almost had a 1st-time winner (Branden “Tumor” Matott, who blew up his drivewheel system while leading), and almost a 2-in-a-row-winner (Eric Woolworth, who also broke in the lead after his brother did). But that tricky Matt Stevens won, even if he had to resort to some rough riding on his own bro to get his first win in over a month. More details are on the race page right here!
All drivers raced hard. Everybody (who showed) had fun. Every racer is great. That is all. Nobody reads the website. Nobody cares about the points. Nobody cares about the pictures and their captions. Safety, who the fuck cares. Let’s ram all day when someone’s in front of you or you get passed. Except Matt, let him go. Yay Matthew! Best ever… whoops, sorry pay track guys, shucks golly, you all are swell too!
8/18/2013 – Eric Woolworth wins his 2nd career Feature in the Raven Tavern #88!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 18th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – Eric Woolworth swept the night’s heat and feature in his Raven Tavern #88 by passing Dave Spanfelner in the early stages, running away and hiding enough on late-charging Matt and Chris Stevens to collect his 2nd career win, both this season. 10 karts were used, and c’mon… we have so many open karts people. I guess it is true… people really do fear us as the best karters in Oswego and puss out on race day. Period. Word. Pass it. Do you think don’t want more people to beat? Bring it, son. More details are on the race page here! All drivers raced hard.
8/10 – 8/11/2013 – Justin Galletta, Chris Stevens & Kevin Galletta won the “Triple 30 Lappers for Tim Galletta” weekend

SATURDAY-SUNDAY, AUGUST 10th-11th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – Tim Galletta – cousin to founders Matt and Chris Stevens and also another grandson of the Late Galletta’s Greenhouse founder, John J. Galletta – raced in the club for the better part of four seasons (2009-2012), including missing only 1 race in a 3 year span. His move down south for work took him out of weekly competition, in fact, for a full year! Tim was back for a specially scheduled Saturday, August 10th, 2013 show, his only race of the year thus far (hopefully he can work in time for the 2013 Klassic 200). We had twin 30s on Saturday and then, we also ran a 3rd feature, a slightly longer 35-lapper, on our regularly scheduled Sunday! The races did not disappoint. Justin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7) won the 1st, Chris Stevens (Chrusher.com/Galletta’s Greenhouse/R&C Sushi LLC #8) won the 2nd, and a career first winner for Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #9) kart in the 3rd feature on Sunday. More on the race page here!
8/4/2013 – Dave Spanfelner Plows Through Dominates Traffic to win “Mr. Oswego Karting 10,000-Rocks-To-Win” 45-Lapper in the D.S. Humphrey’s #54!
SUNDAY,AUGUST 4th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY – The “Mr. Oswego Karting 10,000-Rocks-To-Win” 45-Lapper was utterly dominated by Mr. David Spanfelner in the D.S. Humphrey’s #54! Dave blasted from 4th to 1st at the drop of the green flag and held off countless pass attempts from point-leaders Matt and Chris Stevens and plowing through deftly avoiding a wreck involving lapped traffic in front of him en route to leading all 45-laps for his most dominant win – a perfect sweep of a heat win and leading every lap of a feature. More to come very, very soon, so come back later! No… wait… it’s done! Go there NOW!
7/28/2013: Chris Stevens wins the 10-kart “Chris’ Declaration of Bestism 40” in the Galletta’s/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi LLC #4!
7/21/2013: Joe Sereno wins the 10-kart “Full Moon 45” in the Galletta’s #5!
7/14/2013: Matt Stevens Breaks Bro’s Streak in 45-Lap Feature Triumph
7/7/2013: Chris Stevens wins 3rd Straight Feature at 18th Annual Independence Day 45!
6/30/2013: Chris Stevens Sweeps the Twin-35s in his Galletta’s Greenhouse #4 & the #0!
6/23/2013: Matt Stevens Sweeps the Twin-35s in his Galletta’s Greenhouse #3 & 33!
6/19/2013: Dave Spanfelner and Brian Galletta take the Mid-Week Twin Features!
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2013 – Sunday, June 16th saw a muddy track prevent the 2nd of 3 regularly-scheduled Sunday races for the 2013 season. So for the 2nd time in this young season, we ran a mid-week special rain-date event! Dave Spanfelner won the 1st Twin-30 in his DS Humphrey’s #54. Then Brian Galletta stormed by his brother Kevin to take the 2nd feature, which was shortened to 24 laps by starter Wesley TrOgre Stevens due to dark (despite Chris and Matt’s protest to finish the last 6). These two also won the last Twin-30s, the DS Humphrey’s 2012 Fall Finale! (Behold! Buddy the Galletta’s Greenhouse patrol cat got in the pic, too! Ogie’s gotta’ be gettin’ jealous.) Sorry we were behind due to the shortened race week, but rest assured… more pictures and points are here!
6/9/2013: Eric Woolworth picks up 1st career win in Raven Tavern #88!

6/5/2013: 18th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Season Opener (45-Laps)
2013 1-WD Gas Flathead Karting World Championship Point Standings after 10/12/2013’s Event
For the Galletta’s Karting Club’s World Championship of 1WD Gas Flatheads held on Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway for the 2013 season to date, scored in this manner . Our club’s complete All-Time Points Standings from 2000-to-‘the-last-completed-season’ are found on this webpage , and our division’s complete 2006-08 standings on Oswego Speedway’s lil’ dirt track out back Kiddie Kartway on this page . At season’s end, the current totals will be added into the all-time stats after this season’s final race.
Pos.
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Name (Go-Karts Piloted)
[Hyperlinked Borders have Driver Profile] ®=Retcon #=Timeout |
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Total Points (Place) |
’13
Average Points Per Feature |
’13
Points Per Event |
Events
|
’13
Features Entered |
’13
Heats Entered |
’13
Heat Wins |
’13
Feature Wins |
’13
Win % |
2000-up
Galletta’s Career Feature Wins |
Years
Pro at Galletta’s |
1st
|
![]() ![]() Stevens (Galletta’s #4, 8, 2, 0, 5, 74) [2013 TRACK CHAMPION!] |
3335.5
|
138.98
|
185.31
|
18
|
24
|
8
|
1
|
6
|
25%
|
70
|
18th
|
2nd
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #33, 3, 74, 19, 80) (T,T) |
3261.0
|
135.88
|
181.17
|
18
|
24
|
8
|
3
|
5
|
21%
|
120
|
18th
|
3rd
|
2645.5
|
110.23
|
155.62
|
17
|
24
|
8
|
3
|
2
|
8%
|
2
|
2nd
|
|
4th
|
2526.0
|
105.25
|
168.40
|
15
|
24
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
8%
|
5
|
7th
|
|
5th
|
2354.0
|
98.08
|
156.93
|
15
|
24
|
7
|
2
|
1
|
4%
|
1
|
2nd
|
|
6th
|
![]() ![]() Matott (Raven Tavern #78, Galletta’s #2, 9) ®®®®® (T, T, T) |
2072.5
|
94.20
|
172.71
|
12
|
22
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
5%
|
1
|
1st
|
7th
|
|
1995.0
|
83.13
|
110.83
|
18
|
24
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
7
|
7th
|
8th
|
|
1714.5
|
100.85
|
142.88
|
12
|
17
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
12%
|
3
|
2nd
|
9th
|
|
1631.0
|
70.91
|
95.94
|
17
|
23
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
10th
|
|
1467.5
|
97.83
|
209.64
|
7
|
15
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
7%
|
1
|
1st
|
11th
|
|
1155.0
|
88.85
|
192.50
|
6
|
13
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
1st
|
12th
|
1086.5
|
90.54
|
181.08
|
6
|
12
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
8%
|
5
|
3rd
|
|
13th
|
![]() ![]() (Palmer #29) |
846.5
|
141.08
|
211.63
|
4
|
6
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
17%
|
1
|
®
|
14th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #7, 9) [2013 KLASSIC CHAMPION!] |
770.0
|
770.00
|
770.00
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
100%
|
2
|
6th
|
15th
|
394.0
|
78.80
|
197.00
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
|
16th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #7) ® |
340.0
|
68.00
|
170.00
|
2
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
20%
|
3
|
3rd
|
17th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #9) |
340.0
|
340.00
|
340.00
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
4
|
3rd
|
18th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #2, 0) ® |
316.0
|
63.20
|
158.00
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
19th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #6) ® |
310.0
|
62.00
|
155.00
|
2
|
5
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
20th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #7) ® |
207.0
|
69.00
|
207.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
21st
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #6) ® |
203.0
|
67.67
|
203.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
1
|
2nd
|
22nd
|
![]() ![]() (DS Humphrey’s #54, Galletta’s |
199.0
|
66.33
|
199.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
7
|
5th
|
23rd
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #1) ® |
196.0
|
65.33
|
196.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
24th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #74, 1) ® |
188.0
|
62.67
|
188.00
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
25th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #0) ® |
182.0
|
60.67
|
182.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
1st
|
26th
|
155.0
|
77.50
|
77.50
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
6
|
5th
|
|
27th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #6) ® |
144.5
|
72.25
|
144.50
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
28th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #1) ® |
140.5
|
70.25
|
140.50
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
29th
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #0) ® |
128.0
|
42.67
|
128.00
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
30th
|
![]() ![]() Castaldo (Galletta’s #9) ® |
123.0
|
41.00
|
123.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
1st
|
31st
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #1) ® |
119.0
|
39.67
|
119.00
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0%
|
0
|
®
|
32nd
|
![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #1) |
118.0
|
118.00
|
118.00
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
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0%
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0
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33rd
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![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #7) ® |
117.0
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39.00
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117.00
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1
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3
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1
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0
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0
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0%
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0
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34th
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![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #1) ® |
115.0
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38.33
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115.00
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1
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3
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1
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1
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0
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0%
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0
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35th
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![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #6) ® |
106.0
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35.33
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106.00
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1
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3
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0
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0
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0
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0%
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0
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36th
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![]() ![]() Hammer” Mills (Galletta’s #0) ® |
105.0
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52.50
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105.00
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1
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2
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0
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0
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0
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0%
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3
|
6th
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37th
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![]() ![]() (Galletta’s #2) ® |
99.0
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33.00
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99.00
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1
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3
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1
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0
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0
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0%
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0
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38th
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![]() ![]() (Morrison #11, Raven Tavern #78) |
87.0
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87.00
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87.00
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1
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1
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1
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0
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0
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0%
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0
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We have some new things in store for next season, including set start times, a points standings cash purse fund, membership (lower rentals, timouts and enter into the points money fund), doing away with rookie timeouts, a lower limited amount of member timeouts), sponsorship opportunities, and more. Suggestions welcome. See you in June 2014 for the 19th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club Points Season Opener!
NOTE: THE LARGEST KARTING CLASS IN OSWEGO! No other class in the area has more than 25 competitors, and most have 6-15. Most pay tracks are roughly half our size. Most tracks have 5-10 minute races topping out at 10-35 laps (which would equal 5-15 laps on ours). All the karts are set to COMPETE, NO MATTER YOUR WEIGHT! 130lbs.? 250lbs.? Yep, we can set up a kart for you. We can help you build, or ride one of our feature-winning Galletta’s Team Karts Race with us, you get the most experience and race against the empirically proven most experienced karting drivers in the area. And the best part? For HALF the price of any class on any pay track. What are you waiting for? Let’s go!
how about starting before 6 on sundays
We have discussed changing time of our weekly races on many occasions through the years. What happens is that we don't have very many racers (the ones that do come at a good attendance clip we call "regular veteran drivers"). Of those, many are unable to come until after 5pm (and some not until 6pm or even 7 or 8pm), and any earlier would usually be too hot in the semi-full-to-full sun and for all of us to get everything ready. So, we are completely open to maybe 5-5:30pm, but getting every driver at the track on time, all karts ready to roll, all drivers, camera people, and what limited flaggers we have in position, track watering at the EXACT right time (not too early or late) waiting for drivers to make it (we can't cut off late arrivals because we don't have enough as it is), and last but not least, we have one head mechanic who is responsible for almost all of the motors and karts. Due to all of these things, it usually winds up being later than any of us intended due to unforeseen circumstances (late or non-arriving drivers, broken karts i need of repair are the two main delays). <!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>
1. May is the family business – the Greenhouse, and we only made allowances one year in or 18-year racing history, and we suffered for it, so we can't race at all then.<!–mep-nl–>
2. Early in the summer (all of June), the greenhouse is still busy, but not so busy that we can race after 7pm.<!–mep-nl–>
3. After June, we usually can try 5-6pm starts, provided that all drivers arrive on time and all karts are ready to go and people are in place.<!–mep-nl–>
4. If we race too early, it's often too hot until we get past maybe Labor Day. Then, we could have earlier starts on quite a few Saturdays and some Sundays.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>
So, in short, we'd like to start the races at 5pm and be done by 7pm-8pm, but due to us being a backyard speedway with nothing but volunteers, no paid employees, no cash prizes for drivers to win, no big track's promotion and attention, and ONE head mechanic who is responsible for preparing 100% of the motors and most of the karts, it is very hard. It happens often actually, that races are done before dark. But one or two late shows and everyone remembers.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>As for different days, we often run rain dates on weekdays (Monday through Wednesdays), and for many years we have been open to Friday, Saturday, or earlier Sunday races. We can never get a majority of regular drivers to agree to any other day than Sunday. We personally thing Friday and Saturday would be better as there is no work the next day, but many people who don't work on those days make plans on those days and our club rarely takes priority for many people and it doesn't work for the races. We used to go to the Oswego SPeedway every Saturday and would count that night out, but since we were booted from the track out back and our favorite driver doesn't go anymore, we haven't gone more than 1-3 races a year in the last few years. So, we'd be really open to Saturdays, but… not too many people will show.<!–mep-nl–><!–mep-nl–>
So… this is how we shaped Sunday nights after 5-6pm from June through August, then either Friday, Saturday, or Sundays September through October, usually can do 3-5pm on those days. Klassic is as early as we can make it, so that is a win-win for everyone.