6/19/2013 – Dave Spanfelner and Brian Galletta take the Mid-Week Twin Features! +YouTube
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 storming by Adam Lytle for the lead on lap 1 and leading the whole show. Then Brian Galletta stormed by his cousin Chris and 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 photobombed into the pic, too! Ogie’s gotta’ be gettin’ jealous.) More pictures and points below! Read on!
Feature 1 lines up with Dave Spanfelner behind Adam Lytle.
Feature #1 Start:
1st. Adam Lytle (Lytle Motorsports #33c)
2nd. Dave Spanfelner (DS Humphrey’s #54)
3rd. Brian Galletta (Brian Galletta Motorsports #28)
4th. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #3)
5th. Eric Woolworth (Raven Tavern #88)
6th. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #8)
7th. Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7)
8th. Melissa Stevens – w/Lilybeth Stevens (Scissors ‘n Fur #19)
Matt Stevens (in his legendary Galletta’s Greenhouse #3) tracks Brian Galletta (#28) and Dave Spanfelner (DS Humphrey’s #54) after Lytle dropped out of contention immediately with a poorly timed motor, which then blew mid-way through the race.
Feature #1 Finish:
1st. Dave Spanfelner (DS Humphrey’s #54)
2nd. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #3)
3rd. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #8)
4th. Brian Galletta (Brian Galletta Motorsports #28)
5th. Eric Woolworth (Raven Tavern #88)
6th. Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7)
7th. Adam Lytle (Lytle Motorsports #33c)
8th. Melissa Stevens – w/Lilybeth Stevens (Scissors ‘n Fur #19)
RETCON RACE MAKEUP POINTS:
9th. Billy Truax (Ruggio Racing #02) – earned 6/23/2013 makeup heat
10th. Mark “Gooner Gilligan” Groesbeck (Galletta’s Greenhouse #1) – earned via 6/30/2013 makeup heat
11th. Joseph Sereno (Galletta’s Greenhouse #5) – earned via 7/7/2013 makeup heat
12th. Branden “Toomer” Matott (Inkings Tattoo/Woodchuck Saloon #781) – earned via the 7/21/2013’s makeup heats
Intense action on 6/19/2013. You will not find another karting dvision that will not only be more affordable, but also more competitive. Period. It does not matter what anybody on a pay track thinks, just ask the guys who race with us now and raced with us in the past. Other than a handful of disgruntled ones out of a few hundred drivers, they will all say the same thing and back me up.
Matt’s new HD helmet cam provides some great shots. But maybe he shouldn’t be sharing this footage on the DVDs/Blu-rays… maybe the other drivers would discover his secrets.
Matt (in the Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com #74) tracks his brother Chris Galletta’s Greenhouse #0), and cousins Brian and Kevin Galletta. Family is making a big percentage of our racing division this season!
Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7) leads the pack in the 2nd feature.
Feature #2 Start:
1st. Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7)
2nd. Eric Woolworth (Raven Tavern #88)
3rd. Brian Galletta (Brian Galletta Motorsports #28)
4th. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #0)
5th. Matt Stevens (Chrusher.com/Galletta’s Greenhouse #74)
6th. Dave Spanfelner (DS Humphrey’s #54)
7th. Adam Lytle (Lytle Motorsports #33c) – DNS
8th. Melissa Stevens – w/Lilybeth Stevens (Scissors ‘n Fur #19) – DNS
Kevin Galletta stands straight up after going a bit too high in turn two and slamming into the tire wall after his brother Brian passed him for the lead in the 2nd feature.
Points leader Brian Galletta (Brian Galletta #28) had to fight off charges from his cousins Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #0), and Matt Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com #74). But starter Wesley “Ogre” Stevens called it at a caution on lap 24 due to dark (with work, we had not had time to prep some of the lights that became damaged over the winter).
Feature #2 Finish:
1st. Brian Galletta (Brian Galletta Motorsports #28)
2nd. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse #0)
3rd. Matt Stevens (Chrusher.com/Galletta’s Greenhouse #74)
4th. Dave Spanfelner (DS Humphrey’s #54)
5th. Eric Woolworth (Raven Tavern #88)
6th. Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7) – DNF
7th. Adam Lytle (Lytle Motorsports #33c) – DNS
8th. Melissa Stevens – w/Lilybeth Stevens (Scissors ‘n Fur #19) – DNS
RETCON RACE MAKEUP POINTS:
9th. Billy Truax (Ruggio Racing #02) – earned 6/23/2013 makeup heat
10th. Mark “Gooner Gilligan” Groesbeck (Galletta’s Greenhouse #1) – earned via 6/30/2013 makeup heat
11th. Joseph Sereno (Galletta’s Greenhouse #5) – earned via 7/7/2013 makeup heat
12th. Branden “Toomer” Matott (Inkings Tattoo/Woodchuck Saloon #781) – earned via the 7/21/2013’s makeup heats
NOTES:
Kevin Galletta didn’t have anybody to race against in the make-up/retcon race, so his practice session was also counted for a make-up race credit for the 6/5/2013 show.
2013 1-WD Gas Flathead Karting World Championship Point Standings after 6/19/2013 ‘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 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 cutesy lil’ Kiddie Kartway (before our class was barred from, mocked and threatened ) on this page . At season’s end, the current totals will be added into the below:
Pos. (Last Week) |
Name (Go-Karts Piloted)
|
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Feature |
2013
|
2013
|
2013
|
2013
|
Career Feature Wins (2000-up) |
Years Pro in GKC |
|
1st. |
 Brian Galletta(Brian Galletta #13, 28) |
486.0 |
121.50 |
3 |
4 |
1/1 |
1 |
4 |
8th |
|
2nd. |
|
461.0 |
115.25 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
1 |
65* |
18th |
|
3rd. |
|
430.0 |
107.50 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
0 |
115* |
18th |
|
4th |
|
414.0 |
103.50 |
3 |
4 |
1/1 |
1 |
1 |
2nd |
|
5th. |
|
413.0 |
103.25 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
1 |
2 |
2nd |
|
6th. |
|
339.5 |
84.88 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
0 |
0 |
2nd |
|
7th |
|
292.00 |
73.00 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
0 |
6 |
7th |
|
7th |
|
180.0 |
90.00 |
3 |
4 |
0/1 |
0 |
0 |
® |
|
9th |
|
205.5 |
102.75 |
2 |
2 |
0/1 |
0 |
4 |
3rd |
|
10th. |
|
176.0 |
88.00 |
1 |
2 |
0/1 |
0 |
0 |
1st |
|
11th. |
Mark “Gooner Gilligan” Groesbeck |
161.0 |
78.00 |
1 |
2 |
0/1 |
0 |
0 |
® |
|
12th. |
Kevin Galletta |
137.50 |
68.75 |
1 |
2 |
0/10 |
0 |
0 |
1st |
David Spanfelner
Billy Truax
