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6/14/2014 – Eric Woolworth takes the 1st two features of 2014 in the Raven Tavern #88!

SATURDAY, JUNE 14TH, 2014, OSWEGO, NY – Another tremendous race with a lot of passing, wheel-to-wheel racing and a few surprises! One of which was 3rd year vet Eric Woolworth starting handicapped in the rear to pass the entire field – including winningest area karter Matt Stevens, defending track Champ Chris Stevens, and defending Klassic champ Kelly Miller – and surviving a few accidents around him in the process to win his 2nd straight feature win, the very 1st two of 2014. To say Eric has been impressive this young season would be an understatement, blistering the track all the first two weekends thus far with one powerful motor. And a kart that he bought for $110. Stories like that don’t happen at pay Kiddie Kartway facilities where you have to drop a few grand for cookie-cutter karts to compete for wins, folks. Sorry. That’s why we do it the way we do it and have been doing it that way for two decades. Driving decides the way at the end of the day here. Read on!

HEAT / RETCON RACE:

Two Brian Galletta/Bobandinator chassis with Master Matt motors dueled it out in the retcon heat. Kevin Galletta and Dave Turner battled, but the more experienced driver won this one, as Kevin started on the pole, had to go to the rear after the #28 stalled, then passed everyone back for the win. This is a retcon race – which means that the racers will be counted for bonus points at the rear of the field of last weekend’s opener for those who were scheduled to run but unable to make it. Retcon races will only be scored for those who are committed and plan on racing more than one or two races.

RETCON MAKE-UP RACE CREDITS

1. Kevin Galletta (Platt-num/Galletta #28) – 1st in 6/14/2014 makeup heat race = 9th in 6/7/2014 40-lapper
2. David Turner (Platt-num/Turner #43) – 2nd in 6/14/2014 makeup heat race = 10th in 6/7/2014 40-lapper
3. * Clifford Crowe (Galletta’s #1) – 3rd in 6/14/2014 makeup heat race = 11th in 6/7/2014 40-lapper
4. * Alex Bennett (Galletta’s #2) – 4th in 6/14/2014 makeup heat race = 12th in 6/7/2014 40-lapper* = Cashed in if race 2nd time in 2014. Otherwise, they expire.

45-LAP FEATURE EVENT (2014 Feature #2)

Originally planned to be a twin-35 night, but events that followed changed the evening to a singe feature.

Starting lineup:
1. Melissa Stevens (Scissors n Fur #19)
2. Kevin Galletta (Platt-num/Galletta #28)
3. Adam Lytle (Lytle #33c)
4. Kelly Miller (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7)
5. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi Bar #74)
6. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi Bar #8)
7. Eric Woolworth (The Raven Tavern #88)
8. David Turner (Platt-num/Turner #43)
9. Clifford Crowe (Galletta’s Greenhouse #1)
10. Alex Bennett (Galletta’s Greenhouse #2)

Opening lap saw Adam Lytle attempt to get under Kevin Galletta, but Kelly Miller took advantage and scooted outside of him…

…the result was Miller and Lytle side-by-side and come together in turn 1 for a hard and startling crash, resulting in a small pileup with Lytle bouncing off the #7 and collecting Chris Stevens in between turns 1 and 2. Miller decided to keep his spot because he kept going and didn’t come to a stop, which is allowed, although in the past years (1996-2005) it was anybody who made significant contact in a wreck went to the back, although the rule was altered due to many complaints of, “It wasn’t my fault! I didn’t purposefully wreck anybody!”, as heard from many drivers in the past. [NOTE: Upon further review of the video – which was compromised this week due to one of our camerapersons unable to record due to being both pregnant and tired from work – Kelly’s choice stands, although all others involved went to the back. However, when we review the videos, we can retroactively penalize drivers points if they are found guilt of wrecking someone (or other violations like passing during caution). Kelly was not docked any points for keeping his spot after the wreck.]

Melissa Stevens led the first 27 laps with her husband Matt in 2nd (inset) until Eric Woolworth passed wife-and-husband together in the back stretch and clearing them BOTH in turn 3! A stunner! Matt then moved into 2nd a few laps later.

Matt saw what Chris meant the week before. The #88 is a rocket. Not too often when Matt sees someone crawl away from him. Usually, if he’s not on the lead, he’s right with whoever’s in front of him and working him over if he can. Not today. The #88 has been the fastest kart since mid-2013 with a skilled driver at the wheel.

Final Order of Finish:
1. Eric Woolworth (The Raven Tavern #88)
2. Matt Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi Bar #74)
3. Melissa Stevens (Scissors n Fur #19)
4. Chris Stevens (Galletta’s Greenhouse/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi Bar #8)
5. David Turner (Platt-num/Turner #43)
6. Alex Bennett (Galletta’s Greenhouse #9)
7. DNF – Adam Lytle (Lytle #33c)
8. DNF – Kevin Galletta (Platt-num/Galletta #28)
9. DNF – Kelly Miller (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7)
10. DNF – Clifford Crowe (Galletta’s Greenhouse #1)

Retcon-Makeup Race Bonus Points
11. Brian Galletta (Platt-num/Galletta #28) – 1st in 7/12/2014 makeup heat race = earned 11th in 6/14/2014 40-lapper
12. Keith Raymond (Galletta’s Greenhouse #1) – 2nd in 7/12/2014 makeup heat race = earned 12th in 6/14/2014 40-Lapper

DNF = Did Not Finish

NOTES: Originally scheduled for twin 35-lappers. However – as what always seems to happen on these full moon night races – after the race’s completion, a few drivers were upset with mechanical problems (a few karts stalled and sputtered – and the #7 even ran out of gas! Everyone forgot to check to see if it was topped off!). Therefore, instead of two 35-lappers, the drivers almost unanimously voted to end the night after we only ran one, which point-wise and event-wise is not as much as we usually run (45-70 laps any given race night, and 200- in our Klassic… this isn’t a pay track with a dozen or so classes, we just have one and can therefore run more laps with more karts in said class). But the night was still salvaged, as upon counting the laps in the race video, multiple cautions at the start of the feature pushed the show a little longer than anybody wanted, but at least can be scored. Thusly, we scored the caution laps (35 + 10 = 45) and therefore counting the race as a 45-lapper instead of a 35-lapper. The results…

2014 Gas Flathead National Championship / 2014 Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway Point Standings

After 2 events from 6/7/2014 through 6/14/2014:

Position	Name (Go-Karts Piloted) [Hyperlinked Borders have Profile] ®=Retcon Race T =Timeout Used	Total Points (Place)	Average Points Per Feature	Features Entered	Feature Wins	Win %	Heats Won/ Entered	Years Pro at Galletta’s	All- time Features	All-Time Feature Wins	All-Time Win %
1st	Eric Woolworth (The Raven #88)	319.50	159.75	2	2	100%	0/1	3rd	54	4	7%
2nd	Melissa Stevens  (Scissors ‘n Fur #19, 80)	251.50	125.75	2	0	0%	1/1	8th	143	7	5%
3rd	Matt Stevens  (Galletta’s #3, 74)	250.00	125.00	2	0	0%	0/1	19th	319	120	38%
4th	Chris Stevens  (Galletta’s / Chrusher.com / R&C Sushi #4, 8)	239.00	119.50	2	0	0%	0/1	19th	314	70	22%
5th	Adam Lytle  (Lytle #33c)	203.50	101.75	2	0	0%	0/1	3rd	51	1	2%
6th	Kelly Miller  (Galletta’s #7, 9)	201.00	100.50	2	0	0%	0/1	7th	23	2	9%
7th	David Turner  (Plattnum-Turner #43) ®	172.00	86.00	2	0	0%	0/1	1st	7	0	0%
8th	Kevin Galletta   (Galletta / Platt-Num #28) ®	165.00	82.50	2	0	0%	0/1	2nd	25	1	4%
9th	Alex Bennett (Galletta’s #9, 2) ®	159.00	79.50	2	0	0%	0/1	®	2	0	0%
10th	Cliff Crowe  (Galletta’s #1) ®	143.00	71.50	2	0	0%	0/1	®	2	0	0%
11th	Brian Galletta  (Galletta / Platt-Num #42)	96.50	96.50	1	0	0%	0/1	9th	97	6	6%
12th	Matthew Daniels  (Galletta’s #1)	91.00	91.00	1	0	0%	0/1	®	1	0	0%

Post Script — PhotoBucket is the worst photo hosting service EVAH!!!!

When this page was originally built, we used PhotoBucket to host the majority of our pictures. Every picture from 2007-2018 (hundreds of them!) were hosted free with ads, which is perfectly fine for blogs, non-profit sites and message boards.

Years later, they reneged on their terms of service and went back and forth between blurring, watermarking with massive stamps, or once even outright REMOVING the pictures entirely! They then held them ransom for higher-than-buying-your-own-hosting prices. So, that’s means HUNDREDS of pictures were either gone, blurred, and/or watermarked, and held hostage. And videos? Gone for good. No coming back from those. More or less, it was extortion.

Since they did that, years afterwards, I’ve had to re-edit every embedded picture to my personal hosting, which took a lot of time and patience. This does increase the server load, so I now upload far less pictures. But, since YouTube still allows for unlimited uploads, so,  we now just have our complete race videos on every page — which, IMO, are better than plain snapshots anyways.

Next week’s starting handicap lineup: