23rd. Buddy Cottom
5,373.0 Points | 3 Wins (8%) | 36 Feature Races [2009 Last Active Update]
Buddy Cottom before he got 2nd in the 2008 Galletta’s Klassic 200 in the Galletta’s #7 kart, which may have been his best career race, as he was eventual winner Matt Stevens’s only challenge that day.
Name:
Buddy Cottom
2009 SEASON
Our SUNDAY, JULY 5th, 2009 Independence Day Twin-30s was a bonanza. First, we had an entertaining Rookie Powder-puff race, then a Rookie-&-Refresher heat featuring two returning vets – who hadn’t raced much in the past year – and three rookies. Then, the night was wrapped up with two 10-kart 30-Lap Features as Fireworks sounded off over Oswego. Buddy Cottom took the 1st one in the Galletta’s #6 holding Gary Miller off at the line, and Chris took the 2nd one in the Galletta’s #8, holding off his hard-charging brother Matt by a bumper.
2008 SEASON
Buddy Cottom wins the August 3rd, 2008 45-Lap Feature at Galletta’s Kart Speedway in the Galletta’s #6. Buddy also had an extremely strong showing in the 2008 Klassic 200, as he led a chunk and gave eventual-winner Matt Stevens his only real challenge in the race at all. More:
2007 SEASON
Buddy Cottom posing with the Galletta’s Greenhouse #1 at the Galletta’s 2007 Klassic (9/23/2007).
Year Started Racing at Galletta’s:
2007
Karts Raced:
Several different Galletta’s Karts. Raced the Galletta’s #1 for most of his 2007 season.
2007/08/26 – Photo by Chris Stevens… before the infamous WRECK happened……
Crew Chief:
2007: Matt Stevens (well, he’s crew chief for all Galletta’s Karts, so that’s redundant…).
Fun Facts:
- 2008: Buddy and Ryan Coleman planned to build their own karts for the 2008 season.
[Update: Ryan unfortunately abandoned this idea, as he turned into — as Buddy would say — Cryin’ Ryan when his motor hesitated in the 2008 season and he quit the club, turning to methanol karts, which he later also abandoned.] - In 2009, Buddy then innovated the Galletta’s Karts via an adjustable chassis behind the seating section, which can alter the kart’s stagger via a turn of the nuts and bolts. They remained that way for years.
- Buddy is also a talented young musician/singer/songwriter known as Buddy Sea.
- He is also known as an innovator of an underground form of ice skating.
- Buddy raced Small Block Supermodifieds at Oswego Speedway, along with other types of motorsport racing. Except… ouch!
[LAST UPDATED AFTER THE 2009 SEASON]
