Galletta's Karting Club

2012 Regular Season Point Races:

6/10/2012: 17th Annual Opener

Posted on June 13th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2012: As most of our fans, followers and racers know, our season usually starts the first Sunday in June annually. For 17 years, this has been the case, as the founders of the club, Matt and Chris Stevens – work at Galletta’s Greenhouse and can’t get the karts and track ready until then. Even then, it is reeeaaallly pushing it, and things are always rushed. However, our original date of Sunday, June 3rd, 2012 was rained out (technically, it rained too much on Friday and Saturday for the track to dry out suitably despite a nice day). Then, we hit several snags that delayed us further today, and the race was only half completed, ready to resume before next Sunday’s race. Here is the story….

6/17/2012: 17th Annual Father’s Day 45

Posted on June 23rd, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2012: That darn Matty-Joey. Matt may not have been the fastest kart on the track. Maybe not even the 2nd fastest. But he was the craftiest, and used his patented slingshot maneuvers to sneak by faster karts and win the 2nd half of the postponed 2012 Opener (that grew to 16 karts), and the 13-kart/45-lap Father’s Day 45. He’s still the most dominant force in Oswego County karting by far, for the seventeeth year. Here is the story….

6/23/2012: The Brian Almost Had It 50 60 Lapper?!

Posted on June 25th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd, 2012:

That gosh darn it all to heck Matty-Joey. Already he is a class above all Oswego area karters (yes, that includes the other tracks) with his experience and win totals (racing more years that many local racers have been alive, more years than pretty much all of the other tracks have been open, and having more wins than countless of the other leading racers combined have), and many have been hard-earned, but some just fall into his lap anyway! Brian Galletta deserved to win this one (He has raced on-and-off since the 1990s – being one of the original members of the club that his cousins founded – with only one regular feature win to his credit) and tonight, he led fifty four of the first fifty-six laps, and at times pulled away from the pack. But then here comes Matt, in a backup RENTAL kart that everyone thinks sucks. Oops, Matt did it again. This is why Kartway folks stay away… they know he’s in another class that they can’t possibly attain. Here is the tale…

7/8/2012: Twin 30s Night (w/Father-&-Son Love)

Posted on July 10th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JULY 8th, 2012: Father and son – Tim and Justin Galletta – took the eleven-competitor twin-30 features at Galletta’s, finally breaking their cousin Matt’s furious streak of FOUR straight wins to open the 2012 season. It was (driving his own Galletta #54) Tim’s seventh feature win in his four year career, while his son Justin took the Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 and secured his second feature win in just his second season. And both look stronger and stronger with each race. Here is the story….

7/15/2012: Twin 30s Night – The Brian Finally Got One 60

Posted on July 17th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JULY 15th, 2012: Brian Galletta – one of the original members of the Galletta’s Karting Club – got his first feature win in eight years by winning the 2nd 30-Lapper in his Plattitude #287 (chassis built by Randy Platt, motor by Matt Stevens). And even though Dave Spanfelner, Matt Stevens, and Chris Stevens all almost took the win in the first feature, it was Melissa Stevens who evaded several spinning and wrecking karts to take it in her Scissor’s-n-Fur #19. The story is coming soon….

7/29/2012: Justin’s Got Soft, He’s In Love 45

Posted on August 1st, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

SUNDAY, JULY 29th, 2012: After we took a week off (the property owner was not feeling well and we all decided it was going to be better to take a week off for her sake), the racing resumed at Galletta’s Speedway for our Annual HarBOREfest Championship. And Softy McSoft Pants Justin Galletta (formerly known as Justin AKA Justina “Hard As F***” Beiber “The Credit Carder” Gayletta Galletta) couldn’t make it because he’s in love, so we named the race after him in a loving tribute. And what a race it was, with lots of passing and action. But damn it all… that crafty Matty-Joey Stevens did it again. He just wins, and wins often. Yeah, Matt, you are already the all-time leader in feature wins in all of Oswego County, you don’t have to rub it in. Anyways, Mighty Matt, posing here with his wife Melissa, flexed for you all to let you know that you can’t beat him. Yaawwwnn… As for the race, here is MORE…

8/6/2012: “Brotherly Love” – Raindate Make-up Twin-30s

Posted on August 11th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

MONDAY, AUGUST 6th, 2012: Sunday saw a monsoon-like downpour turn turn 2 into a small lake, so the race was postponed for Monday. Another good show was in store, but that crafty lil’ Matt Stevens pulled out another win by trapping his fellow competitors behind early-leader Dave Spanfelner and not looking back. The 2nd feature saw Chris Stevens – fresh back from watching his 30+ year favorite team NY Jets practice at Cortland, complete with new hat –  and Joe Sereno battle back and forth, but Joe was able to execute the pass on Adam Lytle for the lead around the half-way point. Then, he broke. Again. Chris Stevens took the rest of the laps for his first feature win since the 2011 Klassic 200-Lapper. And when the victory photos were being taken… a long-lost karter decided to call… and announce his return for the next race! READ MORE…

8/8/2012: “One More For Tim” – Mid-Week Twin-30s

Posted on August 11th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8th, 2012: To make up for a couple rain-dates we’ve lost and the fact that one of our regular racers is moving south for a while and may miss most of if not the rest of the year, we held a special mid-week Twin 30s night. Joe Sereno FINALLY did not break while leading the race to win the first 30-lapper. The second one saw the returning Randy Platt dominate most of the race until Matt Stevens caught him in traffic late. Now… Matt usually is unbeatable once he takes the lead, but with two laps to go, his brother Chris caught him sleeping on a restart to take his own 2nd feature win in three nights, and keeping hope alive in terms of keeping Matt within distance in the points race! As for the race descriptions, READ MORE…

8/13/2012: “Awww Yeah, Son” – Raindate Twin-30s

Posted on August 18th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios MONDAY, AUGUST 13th, 2012: Sunday saw, for the second week in a row, a monsoon-like downpour turn turn 2 into a small lake–but this time DURING the race–and again was postponed for Monday. The first feature saw Randy Platt break in the lead which set up Chris and Matt Stevens battling for the win (with Chris getting him by a wheel). The 2nd feature saw Randy Platt extract sweet revenge on all with a win, but not before his “hip bar” broke (the left side of our seats, which is essentially what you ride in a 1-WD Galletta-kart) which led to an exciting close race! READ BELOW…

8/19/2012: “Chris Is On A Tear” – 50-Lap/10-Karts

Posted on August 21st, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios
SUNDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2012: Per usual in Mid-August at Galletta’s, we have a mid-summer lull in driver turnout. Only ten drivers showed this past Sunday, but, per usual, this did not stop a tremendous race that saw the lead change six times, and had several battles and wrecks to make things interesting for drivers, spectators, and the video alike. In fact, three 1st-year rookies battled back and forth for the lead most of the feature! But at the end of the day, it was Chris Stevens who emerged in first at the end, winning his fourth feature win in four race events! READ AND SEE MORE HERE!

8/26/2012: “Anything Joe Can Do Chris Can Do Better” Twin-30s

Posted on August 31st, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

SUNDAY, AUGUST 26th, 2012: Winners of the Sunday, August 26th, 2012 “Anything Joe Can Do, Chris Can Do Better 60? race – also known as the “JUSTIN IS MAD THAT SOME ON THE SHOCK ARE SELLIN’ ASS ALTHOUGH HE’S SELLIN’ ASS ON US! 60? – Joe Sereno won the 1st 30-Lapper in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #5, and then Chris Stevens won the 2nd one in the very same Galletta’s Greenhouse #5. That means that kart has won three of the last races it was in with two different drivers! Definitely a HOT kart right now a month away from our 17th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 Championship – and a kart that won two Klassics (2000 and 2001 with Chris Stevens behind the wheel and placed well with several other drivers at the helm)! Joe won in the #5 and then stalled Chris’ #74 kart during an intermission, forcing Chris to hop into another kart (his primary #8) for the finish of the 1st feature. Then, when Joe left for the 2nd feature, Chris took the #5 (his old kart from 2000-2003) and domina-f-inated. MORE…

9/1/2012: “The “Dan Buske is an Ignorant, Irrational, Argumentative Busket Case AND a TERRIBLE Driver 50 75?! ”

Posted on September 6th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 2012: 12- Karts/50-Laps + 23 caution laps = 73 LAPS?! (23 caution laps! Did I count that right?!) – and so many cautions meant one thing… 1ST TIME ROOKIES! Not terribly unusual for newbies… except for one reeeaaaallly arrogant and loud n00b – who was involved in 8 cautions and warned 4 times about our 3-cautions-and-your-out-n00b rule we’ve had since 2008 – threw an angry, childish, irrational, and antagonistic temper tantrum of epic proportions when he was asked to sit after his 8th accident. The worst temper tantrum we have ever seen in our 20-year history of racing and 17-year history of racing for points. The funny thing was? Every single one of his arguments was utterly empirically refuted on video. He just didn’t like sucking and took it out on us, I guess. And, according to the Busket case, he has bigger balls than every racer who raced here this year and ever because he spoke up about his perceived bias that we supposedly have, even though we gave him every benefit of the doubt until he just had to leave the track so we could finish the race. And when he left… only one caution after he left the race surface. Guess he proved his point, huh? Talk about it on Facebook, or check back later for more coming soon… PS- Dan “Busket Case” Buske is indefinitely barred from the property for his irrational, out-of-control, unwarranted and empirically false, hysterically-fueled temper tantrum based on ignorance of how terrible of a driver he was and complete disrespect for the agreed upon rules of our backyard speedway).

9/7/2012: “The “Now THAT’S What I Call Racing! Twin 30s”

Posted on September 12th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2012: Also known as, “Now THAT’S A Better Buske! Twin 30s”, we ran 11-Karts in 60-Laps (our new regular-season favorite it seems – two 30 lap features) and had Joe Sereno take the first feature and Matt Stevens take the second. Joe has simply been on a tear in his 2nd season, but where’s his brother Justin Galletta? Hmm? He could be on a tear as well, instead of tearing men’s… well… ok… we went too far with that one. Anyway… Great racing all around! And now with a helmet cam for some awesome race footage! What’s that you say? You want more? You say, “FEED ME MORE!”? OK, here.

9/15/2012: “The “It Felt Like A Samoan Wrestler On My Lap!” 45

Posted on September 20th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 2012: Although Billy Truax, Dave Spanfelner and Chris Stevens were the top three for most of the race, a late wreck put you know who in the lead late. That’s right, even with a loose kart, the winner of last week’s 45-Lap Feature was none other than… Matty Joey Stevens… again! People… we need more drivers on track to make it harder for Matt to pick up wins, because now even when his kart is loose and he gets passed during the race, the wins STILL fall into his lap. Oh, wait… I forgot… local drivers that don’t show up to race with us are wussy pussy wimps, er, I’m sorry… scaredy-pants. Nevermind. Note: Although you can view and comment on the picture via facebook right here, but if you want more, then go here!

Annual 200-Lap Klassic Marathon Race & Points Championship Finale:

10/6/2012: 17th Annual Championship 200-Lap Race

Posted on October 7th-27th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios

The 17th Annual 200-Lap Championship to determine the best (along with a little bit of luck, no doubt) marathon dirt karter in Oswego he race was highly competitive throughout. Longtime vet Brian Galletta, ’10 Klassic champion and methanol kart whiz Kyle Reuter, the steady Randy Platt, and multi-time past champs Matt Stevens, and Chris Stevens all leading significant portions of the 200-lapper with karts easily fast enough to get the win. But late in the game, controversy struck with five laps to go! Although Chris Stevens passed the line in 1st place on lap 200 – which would’ve sealed him his 2nd straight Klassic 200 victory and put him ahead of his brother Matt for the 2012 points title – the race win was lifted. Why? Well, Matt Stevens and Mary Stevens both deeply protested the fact that Matt needlessly and voluntarily went to the rear of the field after he and Chris were battling back and forth for the lead through traffic and bumped the Dave Spanfelner #54 off track during their battle with 5 laps to go. The race was then declared no winner, and Ogie Stevens stepped up to the winning kart and took credit for the win. It is Ogie’s 1st career win of any kind, although he claims that he has won everything he’s ever tried, including things that he never knew he even was trying. Due to the controversy, the likely decision will Chris and Matt technically tie (with nobody else losing a position), but will split 1st (Chris’ final position) and 6th (Matt’s final position)’s points. With this being the case, Matt holds on to the points lead and takes the 2012 Galletta’s Track Championship. Oh, that tricky Matthew, stealing wins even after he didn’t win!   PAGE IS FULLY UPDATED!

Post-Season “All-Time Bonus Point” Races:

11/10/2012: 1st Annual D.S. Humphreys Twin-35s Fall Bonus Race

FINAL TOTAL 2012 Point Standings after 11/10/2012’s Fall Event

Pos. (Last Week)

Name (Go-Karts Piloted)

[Most drivers have clickable Driver Profiles]

Total Points (Place)

Average Points Per Feature

2012

Events

2012

Features

2012

Heat Wins/

Entered

2012

Feature Wins

*=Tie

2012

Klassic

Win/

Entered

Career Feature Wins
(2000-up)

Years Pro at GKC

1st.

Master
Matt Stevens (t)

(Galletta’s #3,33, 0, 1, 02, 74, 80)

3,108.5

135.15

16

23

3/9

10*

1*/1

114*

17th

2nd.

Chris
“Chrusher”
Stevens

(Galletta’s #8, 4, 74)

3,068.0

133.39

16

23

2/9

6*

1*/1

64*

17th

3rd.

Melissa
Stevens

(Scissors ‘n Fur #19, 80)

2,499.0

108.65

16

23

2/9

1

0/1

6

6th

4th.

David
Spanfelner

(D. S. Humphrey’s #54, 81, Galletta’s #9, 7, 6)
(^) (t)

2,393.5

104.07

15

23

2/9

0

0/1

0

1st

5th.

Brian
Galletta

(Platt-num #287, Galletta’s #7) (tt)

2,365.0

102.83

16

23

1/9

1

0/1

2

7th

6th.

Eric
Woolworth

(Galletta’s #1, 2) (^) (t)

2,160.5

93.93

15

23

1/9

0

0/1

0

1st

7th.

Joe
Sereno

(Galletta’s #5, 6, 7) (^^^)

91.57

12

23

1/6

3

0/1

4

2nd

8th.

Adam
Lytle

(Lytle #33c, Ruggio #02b) (t) (^) (t)

1,903.0

82.74

15

23

0/9

0

0/1

0

1st

9th.

Bill
Ruggio

(Ruggio #02, Galletta’s #6, 0) (^^^^) (t)

1,821.0

79.17

11

23

1/9

0

0/1

0

1st

10th.

(11th.)

Randy
“Bobandi” Platt

(Plattnum #187, Galletta’s #2) (^^^)

1,456.5

104.04

6

14

1/4

1

0/1

6

5th

11th.

(10th.)

Tim
Galletta

(T-Galletta #54) (^) (t)

1,161.0

89.31

8

13

1/4

1

0/0

7

4th

12th.

Joe
Buske

(Galletta’s #9) (^)

538.0

134.50

2

4

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

13th.

Justin
Galletta

(Galletta’s #7)

523.0

104.60

3

5

0/1

1

0/0

2

2nd

14th.

William
Truax

(Galletta’s #9, 7, DS Hum. #81) (^^) (t)

450.0

64.29

3

7

1/2

0

0/0

0

®

15th.

Brandon
Matott

(Galletta’s #7)

280.0

280.00

1

1

0/1

0

0/1

0

®

15th.

Clue
Gilman

(DS Humphreys #54)

280.0

280.00

1

1

0/1

0

0/1

0

®

17th.

(Galletta’s #0, #1)

257.0

85.67

3

3

1/2

0

0/0

18th.

Kevin
Galletta

(Galletta’s #7)

246.0

61.50

2

4

0/0

0

0/0

0

2nd

19th.

Eric
Sereno

(Galletta’s 6)

176.0

88.00

1

2

1/1

0

0/0

0

®

20th.

Fred
Collins

(Galletta’s #9) (^)

159.0

79.50

1

2

0/1

0

0/0

2

6th

21st.

Matthew
McGinley (Galletta’s #7, 6) (^)

146.0

48.67

1

3

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

22nd.

James
Fragale

(Galletta’s #6) ^

146.0

48.67

1

3

0/0

0

0/0

0

®

23rd.

Jason
King (Galletta’s #9) (^)

145.0

48.33

1

3

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

24th.

John
Moore

(Galletta’s #9) (^)

137.0

68.50

1

2

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

25th.

Shawn
Malone

(Galletta’s #9) (^)

133.0

66.50

1

2

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

26th.

Shane
Fetterly

(Galletta’s #6) (^)

127.0

63.50

1

2

0/2

0

0/0

0

®

27th.

Chris
Bartlett

(Galletta’s #6) (^) (ttt)

119.0

59.50

1

2

0/1

0

0/0

0

®

28th.

Edward
Bristol

(Galletta’s #6) (^)

117.0

39.00

1

3

0/0

0

0/0

0

®

29th.

Alex
Santana

(Galletta’s #2, 0)

95.0

47.50

1

2

0/0

0

0/0

0

®

30th.

John
Galvin

(Galletta’s #6)

74.0

74.00

1

1

0/2

0

0/0

0

®

31st.

Trevor
Jock

(Galletta’s #9) (t)

72.0

72.00

1

1

0/2

0

0/0

0

®

32nd.

Dan
“Busket Case” Buske

(Galletta’s #7) (^) (tttt)

-93.0

-46.50

1

2

0/1

0

0/0

0

®