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We race customized “1-WD backyard racing go-karts” every weekend from June through October on a dirt track behind Galletta’s Greenhouses in the Town of Oswego, New York, USA. While we’re mostly just a bunch of friends and family having some competitive fun, we’re always looking for more drivers to join us, and we have arrive-and-drive karts on hand if you want to try it out!

  • – Every Summer Sunday Night (JUN through late AUG)
  • – Select Fall Friday Evenings or Saturday Afternoons (Late AUG through OCT)
  • – Winter-Spring Closed (NOV through MAY)

LAST RACE:
SATURDAY OCTOBER 12TH, 2024 – THE 27TH RUNNING OF THE GALLETTA’S GREENHOUSE KARTING KLASSIC 200-LAPPER!

The Klassic 200 went down, but I’m too busy with work to write up a proper page covering it. However, All of the raw video footage we took from 5 camera angles is now up on the above playlist! Enjoy.

PRIOR RACES (& VIDEOS)

2024 Season

2024/9/14 – Matt & Chris Stevens Survive the Big D*** in a Small Pond Twin 25s! [+YouTube]

2024/9/14 – Matt & Chris Stevens Survive the Big D*** in a Small Pond Twin 25s! [+YouTube]

Chrusher.ComSep 14, 20243 min read

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH 2024, OSWEGO, NY – We were thrilled to…

2024/8/13 – Twice-Rained-out Raindate Twin 20s Won by Chris Stevens & Matt Stevens [+YouTube]

2024/8/13 – Twice-Rained-out Raindate Twin 20s Won by Chris Stevens & Matt Stevens [+YouTube]

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13th, 2024, OSWEGO, N.Y. – A rainy Sunday led to a raindate of…

2024/08/04 – 28th Season Opener Winners: AJ Larkin & Matt Stevens [+YouTube]

2024/08/04 – 28th Season Opener Winners: AJ Larkin & Matt Stevens [+YouTube]

Sunday, August 4th, 2024, Oswego N.Y. – FINALLY! The 2024 Season is upon us! Later…


Labor Day Weekend ’24 – Congrats to Galletta’s Karters at Oswego Speedway Classic Weekend!

Congrats to occasional Galletta’s Karter Tyler Thompson on the 2024 Oswego Speedway Supermodified Classic 200 Victory (his 2nd Oswego Super Classic win), as well as one of our regular racers — AND current points leader (as of 8/14/2024) — AJ Larkin, scoring 6th (and an honorable mention to former old-school karter Cameron Rowe Sr. getting 2nd) in the Small Block Supermodified Classic! Afterward, we realized even more Galletta’s Karters than we mentioned and didn’t want to leave anyone out: Griffin Miller, Tony DeStevens, Lou LeVea Jr., and Dennis Richmond all got some Classic action in as well. We always say if we could get all these guys along with several of our All-Time Points Karters to all be in a kart on race day, the competition would be AMAZING!

2024 SEASON IS FINALLY ON! NEWEST RACES:

NOTE: We hope to have enough drivers to race either Friday or Saturday afternoon, so contact us if you are interested!


2024 Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Point Standings
(as of 8/13/2024)

Name (Karts Driven) / * = MakeupsTotal PointsAverage Points PerFeaturesFeature WinsFeature Win %Won / Heat & Makeup17 Race SeasonsAll-Time WinsLast Race EnteredLast Week
VVVVVVVVVVVV
1AJ Larkin (Galletta’s #9; 7259.064.754125%0/0(R)22024-08-131
2Chris Stevens (Galletta’s #4, 8)250.062.504125%0/028th922024-08-132
3Matt Stevens (Galletta’s #3, 74)243.060.754250%0/028th1592024-08-133
5Melissa Stevens (SNFr #19)172.043.00400%0/011th82024-08-135
5Greg Blanchard (Galletta’s #43)172.043.00400%0/0(R)12024-08-136
4Andrew Hook (Galletta’s #0, 78)99.049.50200%0/02nd22024-08-044


The next race is *TO BE DETERMINED*, as we will need to sort over what date we can race around (1) Matt’s week-long Family Vacation, (2) Chris and his wife’s (the track camerawoman) busy Fall work schedule, (3) the weather, and (4) by FAR the hardest part — the ever-fickle and unpredictable visiting driver attendance issues that we have been mysteriously dealing with for years now. C’mon competitors! Stay tuned!


2023 Season

2023/10/28 – The 26th Running of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart Klassic [+YouTube]

2023/10/28 – The 26th Running of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart Klassic [+YouTube]

Chrusher.ComOct 28, 202310 min read

Saturday, October 28th, 2023, OSWEGO, N.Y. – 103 laps out of…

10/14/2023 - D3von Tonkin and Chris Stevens win Buddy The Greenhouse Kitty Memorial Twin-20s!

2023/10/14 – Mid-October “Buddy the Galletta’s Patrol Cat Memorial” Twin 20 Tune-Ups won by Devon Tonkin & Chris Stevens [+YouTube]

Saturday, 10/14/2023 – In the first race held since “Buddy The Galletta’s Greenhouse Patrol Kitty”…

2023/08/06 – Big Crash During Late Nite Twin-20’s; Matt Stevens Sweeps! [+YouTube]

2023/08/06 – Big Crash During Late Nite Twin-20’s; Matt Stevens Sweeps! [+YouTube]

Sunday, August 6th, 2023; OSWEGO, NY, USA – Matt Stevens dusted off his Galletta’s Greenhouse…

2023/7/30 – Twin-25s won by Nic Olivares & David Hartpence [+YouTube]

2023/7/30 – Twin-25s won by Nic Olivares & David Hartpence [+YouTube]

Sunday, July 30th, 2023, OSWEGO, NY – Nic Olivares led from green to checker in…

2023/07/23 – Andrew Hook & Chris Stevens win the Biker Gang Twin-25s! [+YouTube]

2023/07/23 – Andrew Hook & Chris Stevens win the Biker Gang Twin-25s! [+YouTube]

Sunday, July 23rd, 2023,  Oswego, N.Y. — Four winners for four features thus far in…

10/28/2023 – The 26th Running of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karts Klassic!

2023 Galletta’s Greenhouse Speedway Point Standings – Sponsored by R & C Sushi Bar LLC

Finalized totals tallied between 7/16/2023 – 10/28/2023:

Pos.Name (Karts Driven)
/ * = Makeups
CAPS: Entered every race
Total

Points

Average

Points

Per

Feat-

ures
Feat-

ure

Wins
Feature Win %
Won / Heat & Makeup
Seasons
(17 Races Per)
 
All-Time Wins
1CHRIS STEVENS (Galletta’s #8, 4)
1212.5
110.23
11
3
27%
1/1
28th
92
2MATT STEVENS (Galletta’s #74, 33, 3)
1146.0
104.18
11
3
27%
0/1
28th
157
3AJ Larkin (Galletta’s #9; 5) *
697.5
63.41
11
1
9%
0/1
(R)
1
4Andrew Hook (Galletta’s #0, 39)
651.0
130.20
5
1
20%
0/1
2nd
2
5MELISSA STEVENS (SNFr #80, 19)
645.0
58.64
11
0
0%
0/1
11th
8
6Nicolas Olivares * (Galletta’s #1, 6, 5)
518.5
64.81
8
1
13%
1/1
2nd
5
7Steve Larkin (Galletta’s #7, 5)
465.5
66.50
7
0
0%
0/0
(R)
0
8Tucker Wells (Galletta’s #6)
426.5
142.17
3
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
9Jeremy Burton (Galletta’s #2, 93) **
402.5
50.31
8
0
0%
0/2
(R)
0
10Tyler Thompson (Galletta’s #78, 2, 83, 43)
349.0
116.33
3
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
11Logan Crisafulli (Galletta’s #93)
334.0
334.00
1
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
12Austin Carroll (Galletta’s #78)
295.0
295.00
1
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
13AJ Nason (Galletta’s #43, 83c)
269.0
89.67
3
0
0%
0/0
1st
0
14David Hartpence Jr. (Galletta #2, 0) *
238.5
59.63
4
1
25%
1/1
2nd
2
15Bob Failmezger (Galletta’s #6) *
236.5
59.13
4
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
16Tony DeStevens (Galletta’s #2)
229.0
229.00
1
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
17John Mathis (Galletta’s #83c) *
183.0
45.75
4
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
18Adam Lytle (Galetta’s #33c) *
182.5
45.63
4
0
0%
1/1
7th
10
19Randy Baldwin (Galletta’s #9) *
182.0
45.50
4
0
0%
0/1
1st
1
20Nathan Powers (Galletta’s #6) *
172.0
43.00
4
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
21Stacie Wells (Galletta’s #78) *
159.0
39.75
4
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
22Matt Bubenhausen (Galletta’s #93, 7) *
156.0
39.00
4
0
0%
0/1
(R)
0
23Devon Tonkin (Galletta’s #93) *
115.0
57.50
2
1
50%
0/0
(R)
0
KEY:
* = Ran in a Makeup Points Heat Race (and scored in last place in an event that the driver missed).
Hyperlink = Driver has a Galletta’s Racer Profile.
ALL-CAPS = Drivers started every race event this season.
(R) = Rookie; 1st Season at Galletta’s.

Direct Link.

The History of the 200-Lap Karting “Klassic” of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club

The History of the 200-Lap Karting “Klassic” of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club

Chrusher.ComOct 2, 202033 min read

The World Championship of Gas Flathead Karting is always decided in late September/early October annually at John J. Galletta Memorial Backyard Speedway. Every Galletta’s Klassic Championship Race on Video: In the early 1990s, Matt Stevens purchased a yard kart. Shortly…

See our humble little 4-kart Klassic from 1999. Watch Matt’s unbeatable streak through almost the mid-2000s. Catch Chris Stevens’ dry streak end and get hot himself between his almost unbeatable lil’ brother’s streaks! Observe Wesley “Ogre” Stevens get an upset win in 2006! Behold the surprises when Kyle Rueter and Kelly Miller become the 1st “Visiting” drivers to win a Klassic 200! Hours of footage, thousands of laps, and hundreds of drivers giving it a shot here!


2023 Race Video Playlist

HINT: When we race, it takes time to make the race pages with videos, race results, and weekly point standings up, *BUT* you can get sneak peeks by viewing our 2023 Playlist, which is updated on YouTube instantaneously as soon as a new video gets completed! Every race video all season gets uploaded there as soon as they are processed and uploaded, and not all are public, some are only available via this playlist:

Race archives as always with hundreds upon hundreds of race videos race results and point races available to watch below:


Welcome to our Complete Race Archive + 1.5K Full Race Videos!

2022 Season

2022 Season at the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway – Year 27! [+YouTube]

2022 Season at the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway – Year 27! [+YouTube]

Chrusher.ComNov 12, 202211 min read

After a 20-month hiatus (two offseasons and all of last season), Galletta’s Backyard Karting Speedway was back to racing for our 26th Points Racing Season (out of 27 years). It appears that we didn’t get a 200 in due to…

2022/11/05 – LAST CALL for a Klassic? Nope… Twin 20s! Chris Stevens SWEEPS! [+YouTube]

2022/11/05 – LAST CALL for a Klassic? Nope… Twin 20s! Chris Stevens SWEEPS! [+YouTube]

We may not get our annual 200-Lap Championship in due to a lack of regular drivers (yet again?!), but we still got an excellent couple of races in! Week #17: Saturday, November…

2022/10/22 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s won by Chris Stevens & Josh Arnold! [+YouTube]

2022/10/22 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s won by Chris Stevens & Josh Arnold! [+YouTube]

Week #16: Saturday 2022/10/22 – ANOTHER Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s! [+YouTube] Despite an unseasonably warm, beautifully sunny, and PERFECT Fall day for racing, due to a lack of drivers available in the early…

2022/10/15 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up – “The Return of The Reuter” 25-Lapper +YouTube

2022/10/15 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up – “The Return of The Reuter” 25-Lapper +YouTube

Saturday, October 15th, 2022 – In our struggle to get both the weather (seasonably unpredictable as we go on in the Fall) and driver attendance (work conflicts, scheduling issues, people getting sick,…

Saturday, September 10th, 2022 – “Snooze-U-Lose Bonus Points” Race won by Andrew Hook! [YouTube]

Saturday, September 10th, 2022 – “Snooze-U-Lose Bonus Points” Race won by Andrew Hook! [YouTube]

Labor Day Weekend ’22 – Race Postponed [Not Enough Drivers + Labor Day Festivities] Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, September 2nd-4th, 2022 – As one can see scrolling through this season’s schedule so…

 

2021 Season

The 2021 Season at the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway – Year 26… Canceled.

The 2021 Season at the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway – Year 26… Canceled.

Chrusher.ComDec 1, 20214 min read

2021 Season — The Season That Never Was: Our 2021 season was unfortunately completely lost due to circumstances out of our control. And it’s a long,…

 

2020 Season

2020 – The 25th Season of Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Go-Kart Speedway Recap!

2020 – The 25th Season of Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Go-Kart Speedway Recap!

Chrusher.ComDec 31, 202038 min read

Our 25th Points Championship Race season can be watched in its entirety via this above video playlist (from one, two, and sometimes even THREE HD video angles)! And below is the complete week-by-week rundown that had 40 different drivers enter…

10/10/2020 – 25th Annual Galletta’s Klassic 200 – In Memory of Brian Galletta [+YouTube]

10/10/2020 – 25th Annual Galletta’s Klassic 200 – In Memory of Brian Galletta [+YouTube]

Saturday, October 10th, 2020 – The Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Klassic began in 1995 — a quarter of a century ago! The annual running to decide our yearly champion (in both points and the Klassic itself) was modeled after brothers Chris […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

9/6/2020 – Nicolas Olivares Wins 2 Weeks in a Row – a 13-Kart, Labor Day 69-Lapper!

9/6/2020 – Nicolas Olivares Wins 2 Weeks in a Row – a 13-Kart, Labor Day 69-Lapper!

9/6/2020 – Nicolas Olivares Wins 2 Weeks in a Row – a 13-Kart, Labor Day 45… no 69-Lapper! Sunday, September 6th, 2020 – 13-Karts, 45-Laps! No… due to cautions, 69 total laps! CLOSE, competitive, and FUN racing on a track […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

8/30/2020 – 15-Karts/Twin 25s Won by Nicolas Olivares and Chris Stevens [+YouTube]

8/30/2020 – 15-Karts/Twin 25s Won by Nicolas Olivares and Chris Stevens [+YouTube]

8/30/2020 – Another Twin 25s Night! 15-Karts & Won by Nicolas Olivares and Chris Stevens [+YouTube]! Sunday, August 30th, 2020 – Nicolas Olivares took the lead on the 1st lap of the 1st 14-kart 25-lapper and led the entire race […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

8/16/2020 – A Sudsy 45-Lap Feature Event – The Revenge of the #4! [+YouTube]

8/16/2020 – A Sudsy 45-Lap Feature Event – The Revenge of the #4! [+YouTube]

8/16/2020 – A Sudsy 45-Lap Feature Event – The Revenge of the #4! [+YouTube] Sunday, August 16th, 2020 – After a 2 week hiatus with no racing (one that we took off in order to repair a few karts and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

 

2019 Season

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway 2019 – Our 24th Season!

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway 2019 – Our 24th Season!

Chrusher.ComDec 25, 201937 min read

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway 2019 – Our 24th Season! Our 24th race season was held on a near-weekly basis from 6/23/2019 – 9/29/2019, with 24 drivers racing in 15 features & 9 different winners (not counting many…

2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]

2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]

2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube] Sunday, September 29th, 2019 – The 24th Annual Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic 200 Lap 1-WD Championship of the Galaxy! Schedule of events: Friday, September 27th, 2019 – Late Night:…

9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! [+YouTube]

9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! [+YouTube]

9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! Monday, September 2nd, 2019 – We held a rookie make up race followed by a regular Twin-25 Lap Features for Labor Day ’19. And…

8/25/2019 – Twin-25 Features won by Rookies Zach Blanchard & Randy Baldwin [+YouTube]

8/25/2019 – Twin-25 Features won by Rookies Zach Blanchard & Randy Baldwin [+YouTube]

8/25/2019 – Twin-25 Features won by….. Sunday, August 25th, 2019 – Rain unfortunately set us back last weekend and it was really a shame, as the track looked to be in better shape than it had been for…

8/11/2019 – Twin-25 Feature, 10-Kart Battle Royale SWEPT by Matt Stevens; Steals both from bro, Chris! [+YouTube]

8/11/2019 – Twin-25 Feature, 10-Kart Battle Royale SWEPT by Matt Stevens; Steals both from bro, Chris! [+YouTube]

8/11/2019 – Twin-25 Feature, 10-Kart Battle Royale SWEPT by Matt Stevens; Steals both from bro, Chris! [+YouTube] Sunday, August 11th, 2019 – Oswego, NY – In what was the most populated race in the past few seasons,…

 

2018 Season

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway 2018–Our 23rd Season!

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway 2018–Our 23rd Season!

Chrusher.ComDec 25, 201812 min read

COMPLETE 2018 SEASON IN REVIEW Newest to oldest: 9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube] ? Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 – Unedited video footage from the event. I’ll be working on getting a properly edited video ASAP (hopefully within…

9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube]

9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube]

9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube]…

8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube]

8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube]

8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube] Sunday,…

2018/08/12 – Josh Arnold wins 20-Lap Makeup-Race [YouTube]

2018/08/12 – Josh Arnold wins 20-Lap Makeup-Race [YouTube]

2018/08/12 – Josh Arnold wins 20-Lap Makeup-Race [YouTube] Sunday,…

2017 Season

2017 Season at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway – Year 22

2017 Season at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway – Year 22

Chrusher.ComDec 25, 201745 min read

Welcome to the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Backyard Speedway’s website! Founded in the early 1990s, Galletta’s Karting Club & Backyard Speedway was created to race go-karts as competitively as we can for as purposefully affordable as we can (via rules), using…

2017/10/13 – 22nd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Klassic 200 [+YouTube Video]

2017/10/13 – 22nd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Klassic 200 [+YouTube Video]

October 13th, 2017 – The Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Club completed it’s 22nd season with another 200-lap Klassic. It was down between the big three drivers all season — veteran brother duo of Chris and Matt Stevens, and…

2017/09/16 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube]

2017/09/16 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube]

9/16/2017 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube] SATURDAY, September 16th, 2017 – We finally had enough drivers on board to get a show in (THANKFULLY!!), and again it was thanks to a small group of new…

2017/08/26 – 08/27 – WILD crash during 17-Driver Double-Header Weekend; Josh Arnold & Matt Stevens Victorious! [+YouTube]

2017/08/26 – 08/27 – WILD crash during 17-Driver Double-Header Weekend; Josh Arnold & Matt Stevens Victorious! [+YouTube]

8/20/2017 – Cancelled due to insufficient Driver Attendance SUNDAY, AUGUST 20th, 2017: A Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Speedway Points race requires at least seven drivers to count for points, and due to only four veteran drivers available, it is…

2017/08/12 – Twin-25s won by Tim Galletta & Chris Stevens [+YouTube Race Videos]

2017/08/12 – Twin-25s won by Tim Galletta & Chris Stevens [+YouTube Race Videos]

8/12/2017 – Twin-25s won by…. Well… watch the Video Playlist and find out! Saturday, August 12th, 2017 – We didn’t have time to do the victory photo, race descriptions, points and complete editing on the video yet, but we…

 


2015 Season

2015 Season – Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Speedway’s 20th Season Recap! +YouTube

2015 Season – Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Speedway’s 20th Season Recap! +YouTube

Chrusher.ComDec 25, 201528 min read

Our 20th karting season had 8 out of 41 drivers winning in 20 features (w/ our Annual 200-Lap Klassic) held between 6/7 – 9/26/2015 +FULL YouTube videos!

9/11/2015 – Rookie Tony Cimilluca wins 15-kart/45-lap Feature in only his 2nd race! +YouTube

9/11/2015 – Rookie Tony Cimilluca wins 15-kart/45-lap Feature in only his 2nd race! +YouTube

9/11/2015 – Rookie Tony Cimilluca wins 15-kart/45-lap Feature in…

2014 Season

Galletta’s Karting Club’s 19th Annual Points Season – 2014!

Galletta’s Karting Club’s 19th Annual Points Season – 2014!

Chrusher.ComOct 23, 201423 min read

2014 Regular Season Year In Review: 10/9/2014 – 19th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 is this Saturday! – 23 Karts Available. All time trial less than 1 second apart.…

9/1/2014 – Matt Stevens steals 19th Annual Labor Day 50-Lapper in Galletta’s #1 +YouTube

9/1/2014 – Matt Stevens steals 19th Annual Labor Day 50-Lapper in Galletta’s #1 +YouTube

8/31/2014 – 19th Annual Labor Day 50-Lapper Postponed to Monday due…

2012 Season

2012: 17th Season @ Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Club

2012: 17th Season @ Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Club

Chrusher.ComDec 31, 201223 min read

Welcome to The Galletta’s Karting Club 2012 Season! Located on 60 County Route 20, Oswego, NY in back of Galletta’s Greenhouse. Posted TODAY…

10/6/2012 – 17th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship +Full…

10/6/2012 – 17th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship +Full…

10/6/2012: The 17th Annual Klassic – 200-Lap Championship…

9/15/2012: “It Felt Like A Samoan Wrestler Landed On My…

9/15/2012: “It Felt Like A Samoan Wrestler Landed On My…

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 2012: Again holding to our…

9/7/2012 – “The “Now THAT’S What I Call Racing!” Twin…

9/7/2012 – “The “Now THAT’S What I Call Racing!” Twin…

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2012: Also known as, “Now THAT’S A…

 

2011 Season

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2011 Season Recap: The 16th Annual Points Championship of Oswego Karting & 200 Lap Klassic Race!

Christopher Galletta StevensDec 31, 201122 min read

2011 Gas Flathead Karting World Championship Tallied between June 5th, 2011 through October 8th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our season thus far at Galletta’s has been action-packed, competitive, clean, and fun. Instead of blowing a few grand to be herded on…

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10/8/2011 – 16th Annual 200-Lap Galletta’s Karting Klassic +YouTube

THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200! Posted on October 9th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 – Saturday, October 8th, 2011: SATURDAY,OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps. But yours truly – webmaster Chris…

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9/17/2011 – Randy Platt Wins the “Brian Galletta Got Raped By His Kart?! That’s F***ed Up!” 45

9/17/2011: A F***ed-Up 45 Posted on September 18th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios \ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2011: In a day that saw the start time change from 4pm to 5pm to 6pm and finally 7pm as we scrambled to…

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9/11/2011 – Chris Stevens wins a Fiery 50-Lap/9-11 Memorial! +YouTube

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 2011: On the 10th anniversary of the worst attack in America’s history, we dedicate our special Sunday afternoon race in honor of the people who lost their lives in the attacks and in the following…

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9/4/2011 – Tim Galletta wins Post-Oswego Speedway Classic 200/Labor Day 45, Stunning Son Justin on Last Lap! +YouTube

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2011: In honor of the Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Classic 200 -a race which we shaped our own karting club’s season and 200-lap “Klassic” championship after – we originally planned to race on Labor Day Monday.…

 

2010 Season

2010 – 15th Annual Points Championship of Oswego – Season Recap + ALL Race Videos!

2010 – 15th Annual Points Championship of Oswego – Season Recap + ALL Race Videos!

Christopher Galletta StevensNov 28, 201011 min read

Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp flathead, Single Wheel Drive “Gas stocker” karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway and a traveling points show at other local area tracks. Hybrid between a…

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9/18/2010 – George Russell Beats His Son Shadoe In 9-Kart/45-Lapper! (+YouTube Video!)

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #16 –…

 

2009 Season

2009 Season -14th Annual Point Championship Recap (+ Complete Season on YouTube!)

2009 Season -14th Annual Point Championship Recap (+ Complete Season on YouTube!)

Christopher Galletta StevensNov 28, 200921 min read

Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp flathead, Single Wheel Drive “Gas stocker” karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway and a traveling points show at other local area tracks. Hybrid between a…

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11/8/2009 – Fall Bonus Points Race ’09 Finale won by Matt Stevens (+YouTube)

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2009 Season, Race Event…

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10/3/2009 – 200-Lap 14th Annual Galletta’s Karting Championship Klassic of Oswego! (+YouTube)

THE 14th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S GO-KART KLASSIC 200-LAP CHAMPIONSHIP RACE…

 

2008 Season

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2008 Season – 13th at Galletta’s & 3rd at Oswego Kartway Recap [w/COMPLETE YouTube Videos!]

Christopher Galletta StevensNov 28, 200823 min read

Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp, Single Wheel Drive “Gas stocker” karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway and a Gas Stocker division at Oswego Speedway‘s Clay Kartway.…

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11/2/2008 – Nick Dann wins the “Look Ma, I didn’t need an OHV Animal Motor to win! I just needed to be a good driver is all!” 45-Lap ’08 Finale in Galletta’s #7! [+YouTube]

– FALL CHALLENGE 45 at GALLETTA’S on NOVEMBER 2nd, 2008 – 11/2/2008 – Nick Dann wins the “Look Ma, I didn’t need an OHV Animal Motor to win at Galletta’s! I just needed to be a good…

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10/24/2008 – Nick Dann & Chris Stevens win at “Rumor Has It Oswego Booted Your GaYlletta Asses Out” Twin 30s Night! [+YouTube Videos]

FALL CHALLENGE TWIN-30s at GALLETTA’S on OCTOBER 24th, 2008: Yet another Fall Challenge Twin-30 Race Night was held on Friday, October 24th, 2008, as they are very popular with all active drivers because it gives a reset…

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10/19/2008 – Melissa Gabel & Dick Dann win the Cold As F*** Fall Bonus Point Twin-30s [+YouTube Vids from October 19th, 2008]!

FALL CHALLENGE TWIN-30s at GALLETTA’S on OCTOBER 19th, 2008: Although it was a very cold night, the track was overall very good, as the ’08 Fall Challenge series at Galletta’s rolled on. Traditionally, the Summer Series (June-September)…

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10/12/2008 – Russ Hockey & Matt Stevens win the 1st Fall Fury Twin-30s of ’08! [+YouTube Videos]

FALL CHALLENGE TWIN-30s at GALLETTA’S on OCTOBER 12th, 2008: The track was perhaps better than it has been all year as the clay took the cool, mildly damp weather well. Tons of grip, and very little breaking…

 

 

2006 Season

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2006 Recap | 11th Point Season & Annual Klassic 150 [+YouTube Season Video Playlist]

Chrusher.ComDec 31, 200617 min read

In 2006 we raced 2 tracks: 35 drivers raced in our 11th season at Galletta’s Speedway & 18 drivers raced in our new “gas stocker” division in our 1st season at the new Oswego Speedway Dirt track (later renamed Oswego…

 

2005 Season

2005 Season & 10th Annual Klassic 130 – RECAP! [+YouTube Season Playlist]

2005 Season & 10th Annual Klassic 130 – RECAP! [+YouTube Season Playlist]

Chrusher.ComNov 28, 200511 min read

THE 2005 SEASON FOR THE GALLETTA’S DIRT GO-KARTING CLUB: A few shots from the start and finish of the 10th Annual Galletta’s…

10/1/2005 – Matt Stevens takes the 1st Post-Klassic Fall 45 of ’05 [+YouTube]

10/1/2005 – Matt Stevens takes the 1st Post-Klassic Fall 45 of ’05 [+YouTube]

10/1/2005 45-Lapper Final Order: 1. (#3) Matt Stevens…

 

2004 Season

2004 Season & 9th Annual Klassic 100-Lapper [+YouTube]!

2004 Season & 9th Annual Klassic 100-Lapper [+YouTube]!

Chrusher.ComDec 31, 200420 min read

THE 2004 GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON The 9th Annual Galletta’s Go-Karts Klassic 100  from 2004 DVD: This disc contains the Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic Championship 100 from September 26th, 2004! Includes bonus coverage from other races in 2004 and/or…

2004 Fall Frenzy Rumble for Bonus Point Series

2004 Fall Frenzy Rumble for Bonus Point Series

Fall ’04 Bonus Point Series Races – 10/2004…

 

2003 Season

2003 Season & 8th Annual Klassic 100 [+YouTube Video!]

2003 Season & 8th Annual Klassic 100 [+YouTube Video!]

Chrusher.ComOct 31, 20039 min read

THE 2003 GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON This season only saw 13 regular-season events before Klassic, the fewest in the modern era of Galletta’s Super-Yard-Kart racing. The reason being that Matt, Chris and Wes started to get bored…

2002 Season

2002 Season & 7th Annual Karting Klassic 90 [+YouTube Video!]

2002 Season & 7th Annual Karting Klassic 90 [+YouTube Video!]

Chrusher.ComSep 29, 20027 min read

Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp, Single Wheel Drive “Gas stocker” karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway. We also record the weekly dirt karting classes that count in the…

2001 Season

Collage of Galletta's 2001 Season Highlights (Syrell Team pic by Robert Clark)

2001 Season & 6th Annual Oswego Karting Klassic Championship Recap [+YouTube]

Christopher Galletta StevensDec 24, 20019 min read

THE 2001 GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON   2001 Regular Season: In 2001, we raced 22 regular season point events between June 10th & October 13th, 2001. Again, this season was another 100% box-stock gas 5hp flathead Briggs & Stratton…

10/24/2001 – 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 80-Lap Klassic [+YouTube Video]

10/24/2001 – 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 80-Lap Klassic [+YouTube Video]

2001 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic This season saw an 80-Lap, seven kart Klassic race on October 24th, 2001; our latest Galletta’s Klassic in history because it is usually in mid-to-late September annually. Long lost, it was recently located…

9/30/2001 – Time Trials & B-Main for 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Klassic [+YouTube]

9/30/2001 – Time Trials & B-Main for 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Klassic [+YouTube]

September 30th, 2001 – Oswego, NY – Time Trials were run for our 6th Annual 80-Lap Klassic with Cameron Rowe, Wes Stevens, Matt Stevens, Chris Stevens, Brian Galletta, Sean Stevens, and Francis Rowe (not filmed). However, due…

6/10/2001 – 6th Annual Season Opener Won by Matt Stevens [+YouTube Video]

6/10/2001 – 6th Annual Season Opener Won by Matt Stevens [+YouTube Video]

Our 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Association’s Opener had 7 competitors today, including Oswego Speedway Limited Supermodified driver Cameron Rowe, and one lil’ red headed girl who chickened out of racing… but did videotape the event for…

2000 Season

2000 Season Recap & 5th Annual Klassic 80-Lap Oswego Dirt Karting Championship

2000 Season Recap & 5th Annual Klassic 80-Lap Oswego Dirt Karting Championship

Christopher Galletta StevensOct 31, 20003 min read

THE 2000 GALLETTA’S 5HP BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON Snapshots from the 2000 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic: The 2000 year was one that saw Chris, Matt, and Wes Stevens run a staggering 33 events between the 4th of July and…

1999 Season

1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80 [+Video]

1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80 [+Video]

Chrusher.ComNov 28, 19993 min read

   1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80: Chris finally beat Matt’s streak and won the Klassic and Points Titles this year, in the #2.  Matt, of course, was 2nd while Wes was 3rd. Brian Galletta, RaYzor…

1998 Season

1998 Season & 3rd Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 80

1998 Season & 3rd Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 80

Christopher Galletta StevensNov 28, 19982 min read

1998 Season & 3rd Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic: Left: Chris “Chrusher” Stevens (#2), Matt (#3) and Wes (#4) prepare the karts for the 1998 80-lap Klassic. Back when we only had 3 karts! Right: Before the race, Chrusher, in the…

1996-97 Seasons

The 1990s Seasons – 1996-1997 Recaps

The 1990s Seasons – 1996-1997 Recaps

Chrusher.ComDec 31, 199712 min read

THE 1990s at GALLETTA’S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING SPEEDWAY:  The beginnings of the modern-day Galletta’s Go-Kart track – The mid-1990s: Matt got his original #3 Go-Kart in 1990. It was a used neon-green Manco yard kart. Oddly, one of Chris’…

1980s Origins

The Early Years – The 1980s!

The Early Years – The 1980s!

Christopher Galletta StevensJun 1, 198634 min read

The Origins of our Racing Club – The…

About Us

Want to race go-karts? Affordably?

Then why spend $2,000-$5,000 to race when you can race like this for $200-$600?

OCTOBER 2014 - TWENTY-THREE KARTS, ALL TIMING WITHIN 0.66 SECONDS OF EACH OTHER ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 19TH RUNNING OF THE KLASSIC 200. MOST ARE UNFILLED. WHY DON'T YOU BECOME THE NEXT GALLETTA'S KARTING CLUB DRIVER AND TRY TO BECOME THE NEXT GALLETTA'S KLASSIC CHAMPION?
Over 23 arrive-and-drive Karts are available. All-time trialed less than 1 second apart on a large track. Drivers needed to fill them in 45-60 lap point races every weekend between June through all of Summer, culminating with our season finale in late September – the 200-Lap Galletta’s Karting Klassic!
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What We Do:
We race customized backyard racing go-karts weekly on a dirt track behind Galletta’s Greenhouses in the Town of Oswego, New York, USA. We’re mostly just a bunch of friends and family, but always looking for more drivers to join us!

What We’re About:
Founded in the early 1990s, Galletta’s Karting Club & Backyard Speedway was created to race go-karts as competitively as we can for as purposefully affordable as we can (via rules), using karts that are hybrid – something between a prefabricated racing kart and a yard kart that can race fast and safe on both pay tracks and backyard tracks alike, all the while having drivers that are highly talented and experienced racers WITHOUT spending wars. The original, longest-running, and largest karting class in the area, we are also the easiest to join — we have over 20 equally fast, feature-winning, arrive-and-drive karts and a over the years of hundreds of races have amassed a massive list of hundreds of drivers join into the weekly Summer-Fall races. If you like it, rent, build, or buy your own for a few hundred dollars to join and compete (instead of a few thousand like most pay track classes to take to join and compete, as we CAP the type or parts and prices). And, some of the more experienced drivers at Galletta’s have been racing more than a decade before any of the local pay tracks were built and some have hundreds of more races under their belts. Come race where Kyle Reuter once called, “the Rucker Park of karting.”

When Do We Usually Race?:
Races are scheduled every Summer Sunday (June-August) evening, and then every Fall Saturday (September-October) afternoon (unless poor driver attendance or bad weather forces us to cancel). Exact timing TBA and based on active driver consensus. This is subject to change based on the weather’s effect on the track condition, and driver count. In addition, our schedule is flexible, and depending on weather and driver availability, we can occasionally change to Fridays or Saturdays to beat rain or for a special event. But our go-to dates for racing are usually every Summer Sunday and every Fall Saturday that we can race.