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DRIVER PROFILE FOR DICK DANN (2006-10, 2017)


Dick Dann posing with the 2nd iteration of the Destroyer #86!
(If anyone has seen this kart, we are interested in buying it back to the club!)

Name:
Dick Dann

Dick Dann 2008 Driver - Kart Profile Picture (pictures by KDot & Galletta's Kart Club; Design by Chris Stevens)
Dick Dann’s #86 & #68 1-WD Gas Flathead Racing Karts circa 2008. Profile Collage by Chris ChrusherComix
[Photos by ChrusherComix‘s Galletta’s Kart Club Pics & Videos & KDot].

Nicknames:
Tricky Dick, Dickie-Dann, “The Destroyer”

Karts:
Head man of Team Dann (#86 & 02 #68) AKA Destroyer Chassis. Dick usually drives the #86, while his son Nick usually drives the #68. Driven Galletta’s rentals in past.

However, Dick sold the 1st #86 to Timmy Galletta (who sold it to Dave Spanfelner, then to Brian Galletta, then to Josh Arnold), the 2nd #86 to an unknown person in Oswego, and the #68 to AJ Nason (who sold it to Billy Ruggio, who sold it to Eric Woolworth, who sold it to some Scott guy who never raced it and then had it stolen from his yard. Nice.).

Collage by Dick's Wife, Debbie (Click to enlarge in a new window)
Dick Dann’s #86 Kart, circa 2007, before several rebuilds. Picture by Deb, Dick’s wife.

Motto:
“Hey Matt, what’re you doing to my wife?!”

Years Racing Go-karts at Galletta’s:
2006-2010.

Retirement to race Clones and Methanol Racing Karts:
Dick retired during the 2010 season to spend all of his free time and money on 2-WD Clone and Methanol Racing Karts. While we wish Dick luck and consider him a club member representing our club in these divisions, we can’t help but feel somewhat betrayed that he stopped racing with us completely to race on a track operated by a person who that barred our club, the very same person who asked Matt to f*** the rest of us, drop our rules and cheat against everyone to win.

Career Win highlights at Galletta’s:

Oct 11, 2009 10/11/2009 – Dick Dann wins a Fall Bonus Point Race in Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 (+YouTube)
Oct 19, 2008 10/19/2008 – Melissa Gabel & Dick Dann win the Cold As F*** Fall Bonus Point Twin-30s [+YouTube Vids from October 19th, 2008]!
Aug 28, 2008 8/28/2008 – Oswego Kartway Classic rains out! Time Trials All in (+YouTube of ALL Classes) [+Dick Dann uses unapproved Raptor carb to win the Gas Flathead Classic Time Trials before rain sets in!]
Aug 05, 2007 8/5/2007 – 17 Large, Dick Dann Penetrates the Threshold of Victory Lane after flipping on his head, wins 17-kart/45-Lap 10,000 Rocks-To-Win race! (+YouTube)
Nov 26, 2006 9/30 – 11/26/2006 | ’06 Post-Klassic Fall Bonus Points Series (9 Features – Kyle Reuter, Matt Stevens, Dick Dann and Josh Schute score wins!) +YouTube

2010


Dick Dann created the new Destroyer #86 – an offset kart where the driver sits more to the right instead of directly in front of the left-rear engine. The Nick Dann #68 was also rebuilt into the Eric Howell #89 (which was bought and sold to many different owners before weakly being stolen from some Scott Hill dude’s yard)!

Dick Dann created the new Destroyer #86 – an offset kart where the driver sits more to the right instead of directly in front of the left-rear engine — built from scratch. The Nick Dann #68 was also rebuilt into the Eric Howell #89!

However, Dick after the kart proved difficult to handle and spun out easily, Dick sold the kart and retired from Galletta’s Racing to race in Clone and Methanol divisions at the local pay tracks in the area.

2009


Due to his work schedule as a trucker, Dick Dann could only race around once per month during 2009 at Galletta’s, and to make matters worse, two of those potential race dates were rained out. Having motor problems on his #86 and #68 team karts, Dick navigated the Galletta’s #7 kart on the post-’09 Klassic bonus points race on October 11th, 2009, and led all 25-laps and take his 1st feature win of 2009, hence keeping his streak of at least one feature win per season since his rookie campaign in 2006. More info and the YouTube video of his dominant lead-every-lap win is found here.

2008


Melissa Gabel & Dick Dann win on 10/19/2008 (Click to enlarge)Dick Dann passed Larry Phillips late in the race to win the 2nd 30-Lapper on October 19th, 2008 (Melissa Gabel won the 1st 30-Lapper, although Dick was in 2nd for most of that race as well). It was the 1st time that the Dann #68 kart (usually driven by his son Nick) visited victory lane at Galletta’s, although Nick did score an Oswego Kartway win earlier that year on. More here

Dick Dann time trials the pole at Oswego!Dick Dann time-trialed the pole at the Oswego Kartway 2008 Classic Time Trails, even getting a faster time than 1st & 2nd place All-Time point earners Matt and Chris Stevens. Although he had not asked — Galletta’s Club Rules usually are adaptable with majority active driver vote, and Dick did NOT request permission — he was allowed the handicap of a Raptor carburetor for this event, the only one in the race with one, as Galletta Karting Club events have mandatory 1990’s-type gas stock carbs to regulate price and top speed.
(Click picture to see more!)

2007


DICK DANN FLIPS AT GALLETTA’S BACKYARD KARTING SPEEDWAY
(THEN COMES BACK TO WIN THE FEATURE…) :

Hard Dick to pass. Dick penetrates Victory Lane! (Click to enlarge and see more Dick!)
Dick Dann won a highly competitive feature on 8/5/2007 topping a field of top-notch local karters bar none, proving that weight does not hold people back from winning at Galletta’s – unlike smaller, less banked local tracks. Dick won the same night that he violently flipped and nearly busted his helmet! (See the exciting below video, and give it a good rating. Lots of haters [sometimes needlessly arrogant WKA-type karters, sometimes gaymers “gamers” who think racing a video game is real racing, sometimes people who watch bigger forms of racing – like NASCAR for example – and think anything less expensive is less talented] online giving our videos bad ratings.).

Dic Dann #86 (5hp flathead) and Joe Hayden #5 (6.5hp OHV) battle. The OHVs have more power low, which is why the 5hps disagee with the fairness in racing them.
Dick Dann (Dann flathead #86) and Joe Hayden (OHV Outlaw #5) battle it out at Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track, newly renamed Oswego Kartway. Dick was often plagued by terrible handling at the track and was never able to pick up a single feature victory when he drive in our club at Oswego. However he was able to find success after he bought Joe’s #5 kart (to which he then sold to Chris Stevens and it is now the Chrusher.com/Galletta’s/R&C Sushi #74) and raced clones and methanol classes at Oswego and other assorted tracks after 2010.

2006



Dick posing with his #86 at the 2006 Galletta’s Karting Klassic 150 on 2006/09/23
Photo by Gene Galletta, Remastered by Chris Stevens.

The kart has come a long way from then after several rebuilds – as seen from top picture (a hybrid WKA-styled kart with 1-WD) to this one (slightly race-adapted yard kart). This was his rookie season. Oddly enough, although Dick has been a semi-regular competitor since his rookie year, he has missed the 2007, 2008, and 2009 Galletta’s Klassics, and the 2007 Oswego Classic, while not finishing the neither of the ones that he did start (’06 Galletta’s and ’08 Oswego). In his first four years of karting he has only raced a total of around 30 of around 850 “Classic” or “Klassic” laps, which are the highest-point-scoring races in our Karting Club. Even so, Dick has still managed enough Regular-Season-Summer races and Fall-Bonus-Point races to still be one if the highest scoring visiting drivers in the history of the Galletta’s and Oswego Dirt Karting Point Scoring, as witnessed in our All-Time Oswego and All-Time Galletta’s Point Standings. He vows to make the 2010 event and pass points rival Gary Miller.

EVERY RACE IN GALLETTA’S KARTING CLUB HISTORY ENTERED BY BIG DICK DANN
(Last Updated after the 2017 Season)

Aug 27, 2017 2017/08/26 – 08/27 – WILD crash during 17-Driver Double-Header Weekend; Josh Arnold & Matt Stevens Victorious! [+YouTube]
Jul 26, 2010 7/26/2010 – Kelly Miller wins 12-Kart/45-Lapper passing Matt Stevens for his 1st Galletta’s Victory! (+YouTube)
Jul 05, 2010 7/5/2010 – DJ Mike “mc” Howell & Melissa Stevens take the 11-Kart/Twin-30s (+YouTube Videos)
Jun 20, 2010 6/20/2010 – Jared Halstead Wins 14-Driver/45-Lap Father’s Day Feature! (+Videos)
Jun 07, 2010 6/7/2010 – Gary Miller Sr. Unretires, Wins 11-Kart/45-Lap Opener, Then Retires Again (+YouTube Videos)
Oct 11, 2009 10/11/2009 – Dick Dann wins a Fall Bonus Point Race in Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 (+YouTube)
Aug 23, 2009 8/23/2009 – Galletta ’09 Family Reunion 15-Kart Races Won by Brian Galletta & Matt Stevens (+YouTube)
Jul 27, 2009 7/27/2009 – Flippin’ Freddy Collins & Nick Dann win 15-kart Twin 30s to become 8th and 9th different winners in 10 features thus far in ’09! (+YouTube)
Nov 02, 2008 11/2/2008 – Nick Dann wins the “Look Ma, I didn’t need an OHV Animal Motor to win! I just needed to be a good driver is all!” 45-Lap ’08 Finale in Galletta’s #7! [+YouTube]
Oct 24, 2008 10/24/2008 – Nick Dann & Chris Stevens win at “Rumor Has It Oswego Booted Your GaYlletta Asses Out” Twin 30s Night! [+YouTube Videos]
Oct 19, 2008 10/19/2008 – Melissa Gabel & Dick Dann win the Cold As F*** Fall Bonus Point Twin-30s [+YouTube Vids from October 19th, 2008]!
Sep 04, 2008 9/4/2008 – Oswego Kartway Classic swept by Wes, Matt & Chris Stevens, take top-3 in largest class for 2nd year in a row in Final Appearance! (+YouTube Videos of ALL CLASSES!)
Aug 28, 2008 8/28/2008 – Oswego Kartway Classic rains out! Time Trials All in (+YouTube of ALL Classes) [+Dick Dann uses illegal carb to win the Gas Flathead Classic Time Trials before rain sets in!]
Aug 21, 2008 8/21/2008 – Wes “Ogre” Stevens triumphs at Oswego Kartway’s final race before Oswego Speedway Classic Weekend ’08! (+YouTube of ALL Classes)
Aug 14, 2008 8/14/2008 – Oswego Kartway 2008 DVD Volume #13 by Galletta’s Karting Club (+YouTube All classes) Matt Stevens wins!
Aug 01, 2008 8/1/2008 – Matt Stevens DOMINATES Oswego Kartway, sweeps 2 classes in Galletta’s Greenhouse #3 & #33! +YouTube Videos of the domination, as Track Operators Ignore!
Jul 06, 2008 7/6/2008 – Ryan Coleman bulldozes a win in the 9-Kart Independence Day 50, his 2nd win in a row in Galletta’s #9! +YouTube Videos
Jul 04, 2008 7/4/2008 – Oswego Kartway Friday Night Lights 9 Divisions + Supers Vs. SBS Drivers Special, Nick Wins, Dick Dann Takes The Money & Runs! +YouTube
Jun 22, 2008 6/22/2008 – Ryan Coleman & Matt Stevens win the Twin 30s! (11-karts) +YouTube Video
Jun 15, 2008 6/15/2008 – Matt Stevens Survives Pileup to win 11-kart/50-Lap Father’s Day ’08 Race! +YouTube Vid!
Jun 08, 2008 6/8/2008 – 13th Annual Galletta’s’ Karting Speedway Opener – The 12-kart CLAY HAS ARRIVED 45! +YouTube
May 30, 2008 5/30/2008 – Matt Stevens Wins Mixed-Motor Oswego Kartway Money Show (+All Classes on DVD +YouTube)!
May 15, 2008 5/15/2008 – This Week In Oswego Dirt Karting DVD (2008 Vol. #2 – at Oswego Kartway) – Hayden takes win! +YouTube
May 08, 2008 5/8/2008: Oswego Kartway DVD 2008 Volume 1 – Matt Stevens still All-Time Oswego Dirt’s winningest kart driver! +YouTube
Nov 28, 2007 2007 Season Recap: 12th Galletta’s Season & 2nd Oswego Speedway Dirt Season DVDs! [+ Complete YouTube Playlists]
Nov 04, 2007 11/4/2007 – Chris Stevens wins the Gary Miller & Wes Ogre Stevens Retirement 45 (Galletta’s ’07 Race #18; +YouTube)
Oct 06, 2007 10/6/2007 – Matt Stevens Begins ’07 Fall Frenzy Series where he left off Summer Series – WINNING! +YouTube
Aug 19, 2007 8/19/2007 – Kyle Reuter wins 15-kart/45-lapper in Galletta’s Greenhouse #5! (+YouTube)
Aug 12, 2007 8/12/2007 – 21-Driver field! Matt Stevens Victorious in Rain-Shortened 35-Lapper! (+YouTube)
Aug 05, 2007 8/5/2007 – 17 Large, Dick Dann Penetrates the Threshold of Victory Lane after flipping on his head, wins 17-kart/45-Lap 10,000 Rocks-To-Win race! (+YouTube)
Jul 29, 2007 7/29/2007 – Matt Stevens profusely beaten after dominant 13-Kart/40-Lap win in Galletta’s #0 +YouTube
Jul 26, 2007 7/26/2007 – Galletta’s Karting Club at Oswego Speedway/Kartway: Eric Raponi take 6-Kart/20-Lap CASH WIN in 6.5hp Outlaw #83! +YouTube Videos
Jul 22, 2007 7/22/2007 – Matt Stevens Passes Chris Stevens & Kyle Reuter on Final Laps To Win 11-Kart 50-Lapper (+YouTube)
Jul 15, 2007 7/15/2007 – Hysterical Go-Kart Flips & 13-Kart/50-Lapper won by Matt Stevens (+YouTube)
Jul 08, 2007 7/8/2007 – 15-kart, Wreck-Filled Extravaganza won by Matt Stevens [+YouTube!]
Jul 01, 2007 7/1/2007 – 1st Female Winner at Galletta’s: Melissa Gabel steals it late! +YouTube
Jun 24, 2007 6/24/2007 – Kyle Reuter passes Matt Stevens for the 12-Kart/50-Lap Win! +YouTube
Jun 17, 2007 6/17/2007 – Matt Stevens Storms Through the 14-kart field for Feature Triumph! +YouTube
Jun 15, 2007 6/15/2007 – Oswego Speedway Mixed-Motor 10-Kart Win goes to Matt Stevens! +YouTube
Jun 10, 2007 6/10/2007 – Chris Stevens Impressive in 14-Kart/45-Lap Win! +YouTube!
Jun 03, 2007 6/3/2007 – Gary Miller Sr. wins 12th Annual Opener (15-karts, 45-laps) +YouTube
Dec 31, 2006 2006 Recap | 11th Point Season & Annual Klassic 150 [+YouTube Season Video Playlist]
Dec 31, 2006 2006 Season & 11th Annual Klassic 150 Recap & DVD Store [+Complete Season On YouTube!]
Nov 26, 2006 9/30 – 11/26/2006 | ’06 Post-Klassic Fall Bonus Points Series (9 Features – Kyle Reuter, Matt Stevens, Dick Dann and Josh Schute score wins!) +YouTube
Sep 23, 2006 9/23/2006 – 11th Annual Klassic Championship – 150-Laps/16 Karts | Wes “Ogre” Stevens wins! +YouTube
Sep 16, 2006 9/10 – 9/16/2006 – Matt Stevens in the BRAND NEW Silver Bullet #33 sweeps the Pre-Klassic Events (+ Oscar Berry Flips!) +YouTube
Sep 03, 2006 9/3/2006 – Rob Jimenez wins 11-kart/50-Lap Beat Midnight on Labor Day ’06 race! +YouTube
Aug 27, 2006 8/27/2006 – Chris Stevens wins 13-kart/40-Lap “Bicker-Fest Forty” feature! +YouTube
Aug 25, 2006 8/25/2006 – Mark Miller wins Oswego Speedway (Kartway) Mixed-Motor/Gas Stocker Kart ’06 Finale (+ ’06 Final Point Standings)
Aug 20, 2006 8/20/2006 – Matt Dominating Oswego’s 2 Kart Tracks with 7th Win! (50-Laps/10-Karts) +YouTube
Aug 13, 2006 8/13/2006 – Matt Stevens wins 13-kart/50-Lap Feature win at Galletta’s, following up his Oswego Kartway win! +YouTube
Aug 06, 2006 8/6/2006 – Chris Stevens ties Billy Kuykendell at the stripe to sweep this week’s features on both Oswego Tracks! +YouTube
Aug 04, 2006 8/4/2006 – Chris Stevens Triumphs at Oswego Speedway’s 15-kart Mixed Motor Dirt Feature
Jul 30, 2006 7/30/2006 – Wesley “Ogre” Stevens wins HarBOREmess ’06 Championship (12-karts, 40-Laps) +YouTube
Jul 23, 2006 7/23/2006 – 11-Kart, 40-Lapper goes to Winningest Oswego Karter, Matt Stevens +YouTube
Jul 16, 2006 7/16/2006 – Hot Pink Ed Maynes Wins & 7/14 Oswego Speedway Dirt Conquered by Brian Bortel +YouTube
Jul 09, 2006 7/9/2006 – Brian Bortel wins 14-kart 40-Lapper (+ Oswego Speedway Dirt UFC Fight Night Near-Brawl on 7/7/2006) +YouTube
Jul 02, 2006 7/2/2006 – Matt Stevens Wins 12-Kart at Galletta’s & Ed Maynes Wins 5-Kart Oswego Speedway Dirt Feature on 6/30/2006 +YouTube
Jun 25, 2006 6/25/2006 – Chris Stevens Wins 16-Kart 40-Lapper + Oswego Speedway Inaugural Dirt Gas Karting Event won by Matt Stevens! +YouTube

Did you know? Fun Facts from 2006-10:

  • That Dick brought a lot of visitors to the Galletta’s Go-Karts website during the 2006-07 off-season, just from people doing Google image searches for “Dick.” Oddly, as soon as I posted this, it stopped. Hmm… Google is a fickle creature, no? Haha! (Update: In hindsight, we now know Google is more than just a little fickle, but outright politically biased! Sad.)

  • Dick is known as The fastest man weighing over 200 lbs. to win in Galletta’s 5hp history (Proving the stubborn and belligerent Oswego Kartway Track Operator and his friends, the “Intek-OHV-6.5hp-oops-I-forgot-to-tell-you-guys-that-we-are-now-Gas-Stock-Animal-Outlaws” gang wrong; with the right setup, talent, and on-track experience, you can win without buying a bigger motor than the next man). Always finishes well, races well, and has wins every season – with a gas flathead?! Gasp!

  • Dick is the pioneer of the idea of utilizing a race cam to equalize a weight handicap in our gas stock flathead karting club, although he did so without permission, we adopted and adapted his idea and adapted it into our rules in 2009 and beyond. We are open to rule changes as long as a majority of drivers agree to them, but we frown upon keeping them secret, not voting, and doing it anyway. But despite this, Dick’s idea innovated our rules in the following ways:

    In 2007, he tried out the Dyno 94-SS (AKA the “cheater stock cam”) when all other drivers had a box stock 5hp cam. Being a heavier driver, he was allowed this otherwise breach of the rules, and unlike what most tracks would do (most tracks would disqualify him), we added the exception into our allowed rules in order to help heavier drivers, a rule that has expanded our competition and increased our wins list. He has also experimented with methanol and methanol Raptor carbs on trial basis.

    As usual at Galletta’s, we are open to experimentation and we adjust our rules by majority vote with the single condition of affordability in mind. Regular drivers weigh around 200 lbs (weight is added for anybody lighter). Bigger cams for heavy drivers (over 220 lbs) are allowed, as are racing headers. However, we still do not allow methanol or Raptor carbs, unless the driver would be a super-heavyweight (at Galletta’s, we would likely consider this for someone possibly in excess of 280 lbs). At Galletta’s, we do NOT believe in making 15 weight and motor classes. Yes, this means some people unfortunately do turn away (only because they would want to invest $600-$3,000 in a motor or they admittedly “love to eat, but I still love to race” and weigh over 280 lbs), but it does mean we have the most fun racing, make the speeds as close as we can (letting experience and talent be the biggest determining factors) and we actually decide an overall champion.

  • Despite the fact that Dick is one of the higher-point earners in Galletta’s 2000-up Points History, he only competed in ONE Galletta’s Karting Club’s Annual Klassic 200-Lap Championship, the 2006 one! After that, he won a late-season exhibition Feature event in the Galletta’s Fall Challenge Series of 2006.
  • Between first his work and secondly his love of Clone and Heavy Methanol karts that apparently schedule their money races on the same day as our Klassic that predated them by over a decade, he now races less than he ever did in our club, which saddens mostly everybody, as he is largely respected as a good, clean driver.