Galletta's Karting Club

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #19 – Sunday, Oct. 10th, 2010: The craziest night in our track’s history… Matt Stevens and Randy Platt take the 1st Twin-30 Fall Features of 2010! But some CRAZY $#!t went down before, during, and after these races… 2010 Season, Event #19 – Sunday, October 10th, 2010 – Matt Stevens (via the Galletta’s #3, which was an unused kart in last weekend’s Klassic, although…

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #18 – Saturday, Oct. 2nd, 2010 THE 15TH ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200: 2010 Season, Event #18 – Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 – A 14-competitor 200-lapper was in store for the 15th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship, which also doubles as the season Points Finale (points will be tallied during the week) and again did not disappoint as a close, competitive, fiery race with a lot of…

  Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #17 – Saturday, Sept. 24th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #17 – Friday, September 24th, 2010 – We knew one of these days it was going to happen due to his progression from his shaky rookie campaign, and it finally did – Shadoe Russell led all 45 laps from his pole starting position en route to his 1st career feature win in his Rubbin’ Is Racin’ #26! [2012…

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #16 – Saturday, Sept. 18th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #16- Saturday, September 18th, 2010 – 9-karts strong, a tight, close, clean, bumper-to-bumper 45-lap feature was won by George Russell when he passed his son Shadoe for the lead early on and held of advances from Jeff Tetro and Melissa Stevens. Although it his 2nd career feature win in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #6 kart, it is the 1st with…

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #15 – Sunday, Sept. 12th, 2010:2010 Season, Event #15- Sunday, September 12th, 2010 – After Arnold “AJ” Nason’s DVD commentary the previous weekend about his backwards victory lap (which was also in response to Randy mocking him in the Victory Photo just prior to the commentary being done) sparked the ire of a couple drivers based on their ethnic heritage, Randy “The Bodacious Bobandi” Platt–lookin’ all hard n’…

Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #14 – Sunday, Sept. 5th, 2010:2010 Season, Event #14- Sunday, September 5th, 2010 – Pre-Classic Twin-30s Night:Arnold “AJ” Nason picked up his 1st feature win at Galletta’s in the Hammerd/Nason #35, while the 2nd feature went to Tim Galletta in the Sid Harvey/Galletta #54. Both karts were formerly owned and driven by father-and-son team of Dick & Nick Dann, who could not accomplish this feat in their tenure of drivers…

Welcome! We are a Karting Club that created an inexpensive alternative to “competitive karting.” We invented and organized a race series of extremely affordable Single Wheel Drive “Gas stocker” karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway. We have over twelve karts, many of which are available to be raced every weekend, so new drivers are always welcome. Hybrid between an WKA-type flat-kart kart (but far cheaper)…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #12 – Tuesday, August 24th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #12- Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 – Sunday and Monday got rained out, so an almost perfect track awaited us on Tuesday for a 55-Lap Feature Event. This one was dominated by 2009 defending Track Champion Chris Stevens in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #4 kart, long overdue for a win due to the fact that it was his 1st feature win since last…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #11 – Sunday, August 15th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #11- Sunday, August 15th, 2010 – A 12-competitor, 45-Lap Feature Event was won by the points-leader, and Matt Stevens became the 2nd two-feature winner of the season when he put his Galletta’s Greenhouse #3 kart into victory lane at Galletta’s Backyard Karting Speedway. This means he lengthens his lead in the points when he passed the entire field in the low groove…

2010 Season, Event #10- Sunday, August 8th, 2010 – A “Snooze-U-Lose Twin-30s Night” was in store at Galletta’s Backyard Karting Speedway, and Timothy Galletta became the 1st 2-feature winner of the season (but first in his Sid Harvey’s #54 kart) when he took Feature #1. The 2nd 30-Lapper went top the man who led most of the 1st feature until he broke – Randy Platt (in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #2 kart), fighting off a furious last-lap in-traffic challenge from…

  2010 Season, Event #9- Sunday, August 1st, 2010 – In the 2010 Mr. Galletta’s “10,000 Dirt Particles-To-Win” 50 Driving the Galletta’s Greenhouse #33 kart, Matt Stevens, held off a strong last-lap pass attempt from Mike “MC” Howell with Chris also nearby to take his 1st win of 2010 at Galletta’s Sunday. This breaks Matt’s drought with his last win coming during the 2009 finale last November, and got a rare fist-pump from the usually mild-mannered…

7/26/2010 – Kelly Miller wins 12-Kart/45-Lapper passing Matt Stevens for his 1st Galletta’s Victory! Kyle Reuter goes apeshit celebrating! Eric Connors and DJ Mike Howell…. help him celebrate? (+YouTube) KELLY MILLER WINS HIS 1st AT GALLETTA’S!! He is with his fiancé Vera in blue, kart builder (and defeated foe) Matt Stevens in red, and… wait… what are Eric Connors and Mike Howell doing there?! Oh, well. LOL!…

  2010 Season, Event #7- Sunday, July 18th, 2010 – Driving the Galletta’s Greenhouse #9 kart, Jeff Tetro, won his 1st feature race at Galletta’s Sunday.  He became the 8th different winner of 8 features so far this season at Galletta’s, including the 6th 1st-time first feature winner so far at John J. Galletta Memorial Karting Speedway. The racing is so close that handicapping and staying out of accidents are critical more so than…

2010 Season, Event #6- Sunday, July 11th, 2010 – Driving the Galletta’s Greenhouse #6 kart, George Russell, won his 1st feature race at Galletta’s Sunday. He became the 7th different winner of 7 features so far this season at Galletta’s, including the 5th 1st-time first feature winner so far at John J. Galletta Memorial Karting Speedway. The racing, again, is just so close (the karts are closely matched, the drivers are all experienced, and…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #5 – Monday, July 5th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #5- Monday, July 5th, 2010 – Independence Day Twin-30s Night: Michael “MC” Howell finally won his first feature win in his 4th season of racing at Galletta’s in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #0 kart. He promptly demolished the kart’s steering column when he flipped it (again!) in the 2nd feature after a collision with a rookie! The said 2nd…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #4 – Sunday, June 27th, 2010: Russell Bartlett picked up his first feature win at Galletta’s in the Galletta’s #9 kart, which has been in Victory Lane for two straight weeks! Here he poses with Jeff Tetro and Jeff’s girlfriend. 12-karts, bumper-to-bumper action throughout, and we even survived a small rain shower, which made the track VERY fast! Videos will be updated soon (and please be…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #3 – Father’s Day, Sunday, June 20th, 2010:   Jared Halstead – a racer in only his 2nd full race event at Galletta’s and brother-in-law of last week’s winner – won the 12-kart, Father’s Day 45-Lap Feature in the Galletta’s #9,  leading every lap from his pole starting position, although he had to hold off challenges from George Russell, Matt Stevens, and even a loose header.…

Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #2 – Monday, June 14th, 2010: A 55-Lap Feature was in store for 12 karts – including four 1st-time drivers – and it saw another new entry into Galletta’s Victory Lane. Tim Galletta – cousin of club founders Chris and Matt – took an impressive win in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 kart after making a pass on the initial race start and leading all 55 laps,…

6/7/2010 – Gary Miller Sr. Unretires, Wins 11-Kart/45-Lap Opener, Then Retires Again (+YouTube Videos) June 7th, 2010 – Gary Miller Sr. came out of his 29th self-imposed retirement to hop into the Galletta’s Greenhouse #0 before the 2nd heat and sweep both the heat and the feature. He promptly retired for the 30th time during the victory photo session. Stay tuned, as something tells me he will come out of retirement…