Galletta's Karting Club

11/5/2015 – Josh Arnold wins All-Rookie / Fall Bonus 45-Lapper Race 11/5/2015 – All-Rookie Race! November 5th, 2015 – A second almost-all-rookie non-points show was won by rookie Josh Arnold, the new owner of the former Dick Dann #86/Tim Galletta #54/Dave Spanfelner #54/Brian Galletta #54 machine, which he purchased and repainted and re-numbered #93, ready for the 2016 season! However, one cannot call it an all-rookie show,…

2015 POST-KLASSIC FALL SERIES Most years, if there are enough interested drivers after our annual points-finale, the Klassic 200, we will run some non-point/bonus-point/Fall races. We had a few rookies ready to roll when all us veterans were burned out of racing all summer, haha. Here they are! 10/10/2015 – David Hartpence wins All-Rookie / Fall Bonus 45-Lapper Race October 10th, 2015 – Rookie David Hartpence wins a Fall bonus race…

9/26/2015 – The 20th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic Championship 200! Saturday, September 26th, 2015 was the date for our 20th Annual Klassic 200. The race decides both the Track Championship and the Klassic 200 Champion in one fell swoop, as the race counts as the biggest AND the final points race of the season (although after Klassic, we may still have Fall Series races, which still count in the All-Time Points).…

9/11/2015 – Rookie Tony Cimilluca wins 15-kart/45-lap Feature in only his 2nd race! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – FIFTEEN karts took the track on the 9/11 Anniversary race, and a rookie in his second ever race took the checker! Tony Cimilluca started 4th, took the lead early on passing three other rookies and held off challenges from veterans Matt Stevens, Adam Lytle and Chris Stevens (Multi-time winners and top-3 in points) for…

9/4/2015 – Kyle Reuter leads all 50-Laps in 11-Kart Labor Day Triumph! FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – Five newbie 1st-timer rookies joined us this weekend to make an 11-kart Labor Day Weekend feature event. And Kyle Reuter’s return last weekend handicapped him on the pole this one, and Reuter led all 50-laps in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #5 to win a feature in it two years in a row, getting pumped for…

8/28/2015 – Adam “AJ” Lytle leads green to checker in a Full-Moon, 14-Kart, 40-Lap event! FRIDAY, AUGUST 29th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – Eight newbie 1st-timer rookies showed up (although some had prior racing experience), and with four 2015 regulars and a returning veteran (former Klassic 200 and multi-time flatty and 1/4 midget champ Kyle Reuter), FOURTEEN karts started the 40-lap feature! The biggest feature we’ve had in a handful of years,…

Double-Header Weekend: 8/22 – 8/23/2015: NOW ON YOUTUBE! 8/22/2015 – Kevin Galletta wins the Kristina McCann Invitational & Kart Swap Meet 25! SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 2015, OSWEGO, NY –  This weekend will be a double-header at Galletta’s! A special make-up/rookie/powderpuff makeup race was held on Saturday, which went to Kevin Galletta (in the Galletta Bros. #28). This race was originally scheduled a few weeks in advance for Kristina McCann and friends…

8/22/2015 – Kevin Galletta wins the Kristina McCann Invitational & Kart Swap Meet 25! SATURDAY, AUGUST 22nd, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – This weekend will be a double-header at Galletta’s! A special make-up/rookie/powderpuff makeup race was held on Saturday, which went to Kevin Galletta (in the Galletta Bros. #28). This race was originally scheduled a few weeks in advance for Kristina McCann and friends, but wound up also evolving into a race for any racers who needed a…

8/16/2015 – Adam “AJ” Lytle scores an odd 50 49 lap victory, per what he requested! More sizes of victory picture: [800 pixels] [1080 pixels] [1280 pixels] SUNDAY, AUGUST 16th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – With the unfortunate cancellation of a scheduled 1st Annual memorial race due to not enough drivers Friday, racing was rescheduled to Sunday. Adam Lytle used his rebuilt steering well, as he successfully guarded the pole position for 50…

8/7/2015 – Matt and Chris Stevens steal each others wins at “Masters of Oswego Karting” Twin-Feature Night! FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – There were some crazy accidents this week at Galletta’s (one would almost think there was a full moon out, but there wasn’t). Early leaders spun and collected others and put point leaders Chris and Matt up front again. Usually whomever gets to the lead first between the bros…

(Wait… they cloned the Barber Businessman now?! OH!) 7/31/2015 – Keith Raymond SWEEPS to win his 1st & 2nd Feature wins at the 20th Annual 10,000-to-win Twin-25’s! FRIDAY, JULY 31st, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – For twenty years, we have held our 10,000-to-win race the same week as the big track that our races were inspired by (except, unfortunately, the only thing we have in that abundance to put up for a prize is……

SUNDAY, JULY 26th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – For twenty of the event’s twenty-eight years, the undisputed champion of Oswego’s Harborfest has been decided at Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Speedway – usually the Sunday night when Harborfest dies a slow death and the city’s streets become drivable again. Past winners of Oswego’s crown jewel of Harborfest have included illustrious names such as Kyle Reuter, Melissa Stevens, Kelly Miller, Fred Collins & Nick Dann, Matt Stevens and Wes “Ogre” Stevens.…

7/19/2015 – Matt Stevens’ Mastery of the Low Groove Secures 139th career feature win! SUNDAY, JULY 19th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – With rain on Friday and not enough drivers on Saturday, we postponed the feature to a hot and sunny Sunday afternoon. Keith Raymond and Brian Galletta had eyes on the prize leading good chunks of the 50-lap feature, but both broke down while leading. Matt Stevens took the lead from…

7/10/2015 – Adam Lytle survives War of Attrition 40-Lapper for his 4th career feature win! FRIDAY, JULY 10th, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – George Sweeting, Keith Raymond, Kevin Galletta, Chris Stevens and Matt Stevens all either had 1st and/or 2nd place and all had mechanical problems or an unfortunate caution to put them in the rear. In fact EVERY DRIVER who raced in the 40-lapper was involved in at least a minor mishap. But…

7/3/2015 – Race again switched from Sunday, July 5th to Friday, July 3rd, 2015 due to 4th of July Festivities! Due to regular racer availability and 4th of July weekend festivities, we again changed the race schedule from Sunday to Friday. In fact, Friday has worked so well for a majority of the regular drivers that we are considering switching FULL-TIME to Fridays. 7/3/2015 – Chris Stevens runs to Independence Day ’15 45-Lap…

6/26/2015 – Matt Stevens Steals BOTH Twin-35s from bro Chris thanks to Ogre’s new NO Passing Flag Rule! (PLUS… Lytle ON FIRE on YouTube!!!) FRIDAY, JUNE 26TH, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – Originally scheduled for Sunday, July 28th, 2015, seeing another rainy weekend looming on the horizon in the Oswego/Central NY forecast (we simply cannot remember a cooler and rainier June in our lives!), all active club drivers elected to instead hold yet another preemptive Friday…

6/19/2015 – Twin-35’s swept by R&C Sushi Bar Crew – Eric Woolworth & Chris Stevens! FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – After the Sunday, June 14th, 2015 race was rained out (due to a track that didn’t dry all week and a few showers showing up before all the drivers arrived), and Sunday, June 21st, 2015 looking to have more rain, we had an emergency pre-emptive strike race. And due to missing…

6/7/2015 – 20th Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Season Season Opener won by Chris Stevens! Chris goes 5th to 1st! SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH, 2015, OSWEGO, NY – Our 20th Season of Points Racing at Galletta’s Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway has arrived! An 8-lap rookie race at 7pm was followed immediately by a 50-lap feature with 11-drivers (the largest single karting class in the area), which saw a bit of a surprising beginning. Chris Stevens got…