Galletta's Karting Club

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’ lifelong friends, David Scruton originally owned the kart and sold it to a small engine…

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 brand-new, 1st ever built-from-scratch Galletta’s Ogre Chassis Kart – The Deuce, lets everyone know that…

   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 Castaldo,  Jesse Vivlemore, Kevin Galletta and Dan Boyce were some of the drivers who joined…

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 November 8th. It also saw our kart count again grow by two, with two more…

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 us! STARTING ORDER: (Outside is Faster Line at Galletta’s and we usually start outside-in, but for some reason,…

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 to lateness and Brian Galletta’s promise of being able to get his good buddy Eric Syrell up to…

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 on VHS-C, digitally transferred and is now available for public consumption! 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic Time…

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 motors, as we still hadn’t met local race folk who cheated raced hard and forced us…

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 Oswego area and make them available on DVD! Join us racing by either building your…

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 of just racing each other (and being at each other’s throats because of the rabid…

In 2004, 48 different drivers raced in 36 events, climaxed by the 100-Lap 9th Annual Oswego Dirt Karting Championship. It was also the 1st where we allowed mixed motors – traditional 5hp flatheads and new 5.5hp OHVs for drivers over 200 lbs.. The start of our Annual Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic! Galletta’s…

Fall ’04 Bonus Point Series Races – 10/2004 through 11/2004: Several exhibition races were run in the Fall and early Winter 2004 thanks to some decent weather and driver interest. Due to school, some of the Summer regulars cold not attend, so we counted these races as a second season, or an addendum separate from…

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 some footage from other years.  Price $7.   In 2004, 48 different drivers raced in 36…