Galletta's Karting Club

The Galletta’s Go-Karts Fall Points Race Challenge: With the summer season over, school, work, and weather getting in the way of big racing events, we had a small “Fall Points Challenge” series, which wound up being just 2 races. Top-3 Lap-led points won’t count, just final order of each race. Below…

10/6 – 11/4/2007 – Stevens Bros sweep the ’07 Fall Frenzy Series! +YouTube The Galletta’s Go-Karts Fall Points Race Challenge: With the summer season over, school, work, and weather getting in the way of big racing events, we had a small “Fall Points Challenge” series, which wound up being just 2…

9/23/2007 – The 12th Annual Galletta’s Go-Karts Klassic 175 200! The Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic was held on Sunday, September 23d, 2007! Go-Karters from everywhere were invited to attend, and only the best and least cowardly competed for the stock-part gas flathead 5hp karting championship of the planet. 2 Galletta karts sat un-rented…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #15 : 9/10/2007 40-Lapper: On Monday, September 10th, 2007, Flyin’ Ryan Coleman swept his heat and the Buddy’s Story 40 Feature in the Kelly Miller/Galletta’s hybrid 9-Lives, holding off several charging competitors. Posing with him is giddy-as-a-schoolgirl Kyle Reuter, who was absolutely thrilled that the kart, originally designed…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #14 : 9/3/2007 45-Lapper: On September 3rd, 2007, Matt “Furlong” Stevens regains his usual form and wins the Galletta’s 2007 Labor Day 45, a special yearly Monday race. Kyle Reuter led most of the 16-kart race in the Galletta’s #5, but broke with 1 lap remaining. 2nd place went to…

Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track (later re-named Oswego Kartway) 1st Annual Classic – Complete Video Playlist 2nd Angle – All Race Divisions! While our website primarily covers the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club, we also would try to record the other classes as well and make them available via DVD. Years later, in…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #13 : 8/26/2007 45-Lapper: On August 26th, 2007, Chris “ChrusherComix” Stevens wins his 2nd feature of the year in his Galletta’s #8, a 45-lap, 12-kart event. But the motor has won 2 straight races, as last week Kyle Reuter won with it on the Galletta’s #5! Chris thanks…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #12 : 8/19/2007 45-Lapper:  On Sunday, August 19th, 2007, Kyle Reuter wins a competitive 15-kart, 45-Lap feature, this time in the Galletta’s #5. Chris Stevens was 2nd, and Matt Stevens was 3rd. Ken Lindsey Sr., Missy Berry, and Chris Stevens won the three heats. All in all a great race. Here…

Galletta’s @ Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval : 8/16/2007: On August 16th, 2007, members of the Galletta’s Karting Club raced in Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval in the Clockwise Gas Stocker (also known as the Super Yard Kart) division. The track also sports methanol flatheads, methanol animals (and age and weight divisions), but the…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #11 : 8/12/2007 35-Lapper:  Precipitation made for a fun, but yet rain-shortened event, and Matt Stevens took the checker when his win-starved brother Chris Stevens (AKA me) nailed a pothole in turn 3 and then broke down while leading late. Curses! The Feature was going to be a 21 kart extravaganza!…

Galletta’s 2007 Week #11 : 8/9/2007 @ Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Kartway:  Galletta’s @ Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval “Oswego Kartway” on  8/9/2007: On August 9th, 2007, five members of the Galletta’s Go-Karts Club raced in Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval Kartway in the Gas Stocker division (formerly known as the Super Yard Karts). (Above photo…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #10: 8/5/2007 45-Lapper: Surviving a 1st lap flip onto a woman’s backside, a seemingly concussed Dick Dann (in his Dickhead-Destroyer #86) penetrates Victory Lane to become the winner of the Mr. Galletta Speedway’s 10,000 Rocks-to-Win 2007 (He is joined here by his teammate/son, Nick Dann). 17-drivers large, Mr. Dann proved to be…

Galletta’s @ Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval : 8/2/2007: On August 2nd, 2007, four members of the Galletta’s Go-Karts Club raced in Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval Kartway in the Gas Stocker Division (formerly known as the Super Yard Kart division). The heat was won by Eric Raponi in the Raponi #83, followed…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #9: 7/29/2007 40-Lapper: Damn him! Despite his brother Chris “The Chrusher” Stevens’ attempts to weigh him down by duct-taping 50 lbs. of weights under Matt’s #33, the 13-driver, 40-lap Feature was still again won by Matt Stevens in the Galletta’s #0 after his #33’s muffler broke off in the 2nd…

Oswego Speedway’s Kartway – Gas Stocker Division – July 26th, 2007: Four of the Galletta’s 5hp Go-Kart Crew (Matt, Chris, and Wes Stevens, along with Dick Dann) decided to take a shot at the “Super-Yard-Kart” money race at Oswego Speedway’s dirt track on Thursday, July 26th, 2007. Here is the opening…

Matty-Jo Stevens steals his fourth Galletta’s Speedway feature of 2007 from the clutches of defeat by passing his brother Chris Stevens with three laps to go and then catching the race-leading Kyle Reuter at the finish line. Matt was then profusely beaten upon after the race by Chris and Kyle for stealing…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #7: 7/15/2007 50-Lapper: Matty-Joey Stevens takes his third Galletta’s Speedway feature of 2007 at to add to his two Oswego Speedway features. He dispatched the rest of the 13-kart field with his trademark inside passes and then held off late challenges by Gary Miller Sr., Kyle Reuter, Jason Mills,…

July 13th, 2007 at Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Yard Kart Class featuring Galletta’s Greenhouse  Karting Club vs. OHV Outlaws: Matt Stevens (in the Galletta’s #33), Wes Stevens (in the Galletta’s #4) and Kyle Reuter (in the Galletta’s #5) of the Galletta’s Go-Kart Club raced at Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track during the Old…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #6: 7/8/2007 40-Lapper: Matt Stevens again showed why he is the all-time winningest go-kart racer (stock 5hp or otherwise) in Oswego County and probably points beyond during this 15 driver event. Matt passed six karts in four laps and held off challenges from front-runners Kyle Reuter, Chris Stevens…

Galletta’s Go-Karts at Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track on 7/5/2007:   Four members of the Galletta’s Go-Karts Racing Group again ventured to Oswego Speedway’s dirt track out back. The race was won by Joe Hayden in his OHV 6.5hp #5, leading the entire race from his handicapped pole starting position as many…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #5: 7/1/2007 35-Lapper: The Galletta’s #3 found its way into victory lane again for the Independence Day 35. However, though the kart has been there countless times before, the driver is someone new! In a surprise upset victory, Matt’s girlfriend Melissa Gabel accomplished the impossible and won, making…

  Galletta’s Go-Karts at Oswego Speedway’s Mixed-motor Yard Kart Class on 6/28/2007: Four Galletta’s Go-Karts traveled to Oswego Speedway for the yard kart class Thursday, June 28th, 2007. Only 7 racing-adapted yard karts showed (again, we love the racing surface, but this mixed motor rule is hurting some people from coming…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #4: 6/24/2007 50-Lapper: Kyle Reuter wins his first feature of the year in the Galletta’s #0 after he accomplished a rare feat: He passed Matt Stevens in his Galletta’s #33 for the lead! A loose track enabled many back and forth passes within the 12-kart event that concluded…

Galletta’s Go-Karts Exhibition at Oswego Speedway’s Mixed-motor/Open Yard Kart Class on 6/21/2007: At Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track on Thursday, a handful of members from the Galletta’s Karting Club invested in some slicks and gave the track a spin. As noted on our forums, track operator Jim Losurdo talked a few of our club members…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #3: 6/17/2007 45-Lapper: Matt Stevens wins 3 of 4 races he entered this weekend in his Galletta’s #33, as he follows up his Oswego Speedway Dirt Track victory by taking the 3rd feature of the year at Galletta’s after he caught Dick Dann (in his Dickhead #86) in traffic. Dick Dann…

Galletta’s Go-Karts Exhibition at Oswego Speedway’s Mixed-motor/Super Yard Kart Class on 6/15/2007: Track Operator Jim Losurdo called Galletta’s Greenhouse racing club back to race for the 2007 season vs. the OHV Outlaw Clan. In a surprise, we were invited back to race at Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track on Friday…

Galletta’s 2007 Race #2: 6/10/2007 50-Lapper: Chris “ChrusherComix” Stevens (posing with his #1 fan & wife, tower camerawoman Rungnapha “Au” Stevens) wins an exciting 50-Lap Feature event. (Sorry we had to Mosaic out Chris’s #1 sign, as he accidentally used the wrong finger!) Fourteen drivers were on hand and eleven qualified for…

Galletta’s 2007 45-Lap Opener (6/3/2007): Gary Miller Sr. (posing with his #1 fan & son, Colin Miller) after winning the 45-Lap opening event of 2007 consisting of fifteen karts! Gary’s new #24, his former backup frame, was rebuilt by Dick Dann, the motor was purchased off eBay by Chris Stevens and tuned-up by…