54th. Tom Culeton
1,613.5 Points | 4 Wins (20%) | 20 Feature Races [2013 Last Active Update]
Thomas “Tommy Fast Flip” Culeton raced primarily during the 2002-2003 seasons (mostly the Galletta’s Greenhouse #2 Kart) and amassed an impressive 4 Feature Wins and one of the best win percentages in Club History. He far and away was the best visiting driver in that span, winning the 2002 Rookie-of-the-Year and 2002 Visitor’s Point Championships.
2002 Tommy Culeton Klassic
However, while he was quite successful during this time, his driving style was rather feast or famine, as he retired early in 2003 after continuously flipping hard and fast so many times that he more or less admitted he was sick of getting hurt, garnering him the nickname of Tommy Gun-Fast Flip — one of which can be seen in the 2002 Klassic video. (It’s really too bad that he retired mid-2003, as while he statistically didn’t race long, but had an incredible win percentage for the short time that he did, and his All-Time placement would be far higher if he raced more than just one year, with many drivers ahead of him having far less success than him that simply raced longer.)
Tom did not attend another race until a full decade later, when he was happenstance driving by and noticed the lights and sounds of engines. We then talked him into entering the 2013 Klassic 200 in progress! He was shocked at the improvement of the track and karts, and even mentioned how he even raced at Oswego Kartway for a short while and injured his hand. Sadly he never came back to add to his impressive resume of 10 years prior, but is welcome anytime as twenty years later he still has one of the best win percentages in club history.
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