Galletta's Karting Club

3,560.0 Points | 3 Wins (9%) | 32 Feature Races [2013 Last Active Update] 

Nobody will ever call us “GAY-letta’s” again after they meet our resident Syracuse Shock Starting Linebacker and blackbelt, Just…in… Gall… ett… a… Jus… oh well damn. So much for that…

10/8/2011 – 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 lineup:
Justin Galletta piloting the Galletta’s Greenhouse Racing #7 Kart before the 2011 Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200!
To add puzzlement to this picture, Justin’s middle name was changed to Beiber recently. Hmm….

Name:
Justin Galletta

Fun Facts:

• Year Started Racing at Galletta’s: 2009
• First full year of competition: 2011
• Sold @$$ out on the family’s race club for… a woman (well, ok, they got married and had kids. Forgiven.): 2012
• Moved away, so couldn’t race anymore :'( : 2013
• Justin is the eldest son of fellow racer Tim Galletta, and brother of Joe Sereno.
• He also cousins-once-removed from Galletta’s Karting Club founders Matt and Chris Stevens.
• Justin is built like a $hit brick house, is a black belt, played football for the Syracuse Shock, and was the starting middle linebacker for years. Call him GAY-letta’s, you peanut gallery troll mockers! (*Looks at above pic* Um… :/ But, he’s married with kids so…)
• Justin’s placement in The All-Time Galletta’s Speedway Point Standings.

All-Time Scoring:

Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club (and Backyard Speedway) All-Time Points & Wins List:Check Justin Beiber Galletta’s positioning in the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway All-Time Points & Wins List from 2000-to-Last-Completed-Year.

Full Race Entries & Career Highlights:

2013

SATURDAY, AUGUST 10th, 2013, OSWEGO, NY –  The first race was won by his son, Justin Galletta (Galletta’s Greenhouse #7), who started on the pole and led all 30 laps for the win. The 2nd feature looked like it was going to be another father-and-son night, as Tim drove his old kart (sold to a golfing Dave Spanfelner and now the DS Humphrey’s #54) past two rookies and into the lead. But a flat tire and a loose track did Tim in, and that enabled  Chris Stevens to emerge in the right place at the right time (in his Chrusher.com/Galletta’s Greenhouse/R&C Sushi LLC #8) to win his 6th feature of 2013, his hottest start in well over ten years, maybe more! 13 drivers, and 60-green flag laps! Only 2 or 3 cautions all night, as well. Doesn’t get much better! Full race video & stats here!

2012:

\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 Tim’s seventh feature win in his four year career, while his son Justin secured his second feature win in just his second season. And both look stronger and stronger with each race. Here is the story….

Unfortunately, due to us getting out too late, getting a girlfriend, his dad Tim’s job search left him down south, Justin began sellin’ @$$ on the club and started missing races, including the Klassic 200.

2011:

Justin did very well in the 16th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200 in 2011 – his first!
But Justin’s backy-poo started hurting and he started selling @$$ on his racing buddies and quit. I see a theme building here…

FATHER’S DAY 45 ON JUNE 19TH, 2011: Week 3 of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club’s 2011 Season saw Rookie Justin Galletta – driving the Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 kart – hold off challenges from several veterans, including his father Tim Galletta, and cousins-once-removed Matt and Chris Stevens to duplicate his brother’s feat the prior weekend and win his first feature.

2009:

Justin posing with the Galletta’s #1 at the 8/23/2009 All-Galletta Race, his 1st race at the track in back of his late great-grandfather’s greenhouse!

Brian Galletta –  the only competitor who has had any substantial prior experience – drew the pole for the FIRST EVER ALL-GALLETTA race – which featured all cousins of Galletta’s Karting founders Chris and Matt Stevens, and also all grandsons (and one great-grandson) of Galletta’s Greenhouse founder John J. Galletta. The draw made it very easy for him to use his knowledge of the karts and track (including a feature win, some heat wins, time-trialing 2nd fastest and and leading a large chunk of the 2003 Klassic) and dominate all 30 laps unchallenged for the win, his 2nd career feature win at Galletta’s.

[Page Last Updated After 2013 Season]