Galletta's Karting Club

2012 FALL BONUS POINT RACE SERIES Posted on December 5th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios Every year at Galletta’s Backyard Speedway, our regular point season starts in the first race (usually the first Sunday in June) and concludes with the 200-Lap “Klassic Championship” race in either late-September or early-October. Any races after the Klassic are counted as Fall Bonus Point Challenge races. They are their own separate point series, but the points do count towards…

10/6/2012: The 17th Annual Klassic – 200-Lap Championship Posted on October 6th – November 15th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SATURDAY, October 6th, 2012: The complicated story was so complex, it had to wait nearly two months to be told on the page due to all of the points that needed to be sorted. In short, the race was highly competitive throughout, with Brian Galletta, Kyle Reuter, Randy Platt, Matt Stevens, and Chris Stevens all…

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th, 2012: Again holding to our mostly “Friday-or-Saturday Fall Schedule” we ran 11-Karts in a 45-Lap Feature (plus heats) and had the debut of two brand-new karts on the track for the very first time! The Brian Galletta-owned “Doggy-Style #13” and the “Seven-or-Eight-Different-Owners #78” of Eric Woolworth. Yep, Matt won again, but he wasn’t his usual self of making dominant passes left and right for the win. The top three of…

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2012: Also known as, “Now THAT’S A Better Buske! Twin 30s”, we ran 11-Karts in 60-Laps (our new regular-season favorite it seems – two 30 lap features) and had Joe Sereno take the first feature and Matt Stevens take the second. Great racing all around! And now with a helmet cam for some awesome race footage! Check below, you very good people! Posted on September 12th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios DVD Highlight YouTube Video Posted on…

9/1/2012: “The “Dan Buske is an Ignorant, Irrational, Argumentative Busket Case AND a TERRIBLE Driver 50 75?! ” Posted on September 6th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1st, 2012: 13- Karts/50-Laps + 23 caution laps = 73 LAPS?! (23 caution laps! Did I count that right?!) – and so many cautions meant one thing… 1ST TIME ROOKIES! Not terribly unusual for newbies… except for one reeeaaaallly arrogant and loud n00b – who was involved in 8 cautions and…

8/26/2012: “Anything Joe Can Do Chris Can Do Better” Twin-30s Posted on August 31st, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, AUGUST 26th, 2012: Winners of the Sunday, August 26th, 2012 “Anything Joe Can Do, Chris Can Do Better 60” race – also known as the “JUSTIN IS MAD THAT THE SHOCK ARE SELLIN’ ASS ALTHOUGH HE’S SELLIN’ ASS ON THE FAMILY KARTING CLUB! 60” – Joe Sereno won the 1st 30-Lapper in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #5, and then Chris…

8/19/2012: “Chris On A Tear” 45-Lapper Posted on August 23rd, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, AUGUST 19th, 2012: Per usual in Mid-August at Galletta’s, we have a midsummer lull in driver turnout. It always seems to have early summer races with the most people, and late-summer/early-fall races we have less people come out. Then, by Klassic, we have possibly the most of the year, but sometimes karts are filled by 1st-Timer/newbie rookies who don’t…

8/13/2012: “Awww Yeah, Son” – Raindate Twin-30s Posted on August 18th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios MONDAY, AUGUST 13th, 2012: Sunday saw, for the second week in a row, a monsoon-like downpour turn turn 2 into a small lake–but this time DURING the race–and again was postponed for Monday. The first feature saw Randy Platt break in the lead which set up Chris and Matt Stevens battling for the win (with Chris getting him by a…

8/8/2012: “One More For Tim” – Mid-Week Twin-30s Posted on August 11th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8th, 2012: To make up for a couple rain-dates we’ve lost and the fact that one of our regular racers is moving south for a while and may miss most of if not the rest of the year, we held a special mid-week Twin 30s night. Joe Sereno FINALLY did not break while leading the race to win the…

8/6/2012: “Brotherly Love” – Rain Date Make-up Twin-30s Posted on August 11th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios “You guys are AWESOMEST. Screw NASCAR.” – Bob Galletta MONDAY, AUGUST 6th, 2012: Sunday saw a monsoon-like downpour turn turn 2 into a small lake, so the race was postponed for Monday. Another good show was in store, but that crafty lil’ Matt Stevens pulled out another win by trapping his fellow competitors behind early-leader Dave Spanfelner and not…

7/29/2012: Justin’s Got Soft, He’s In Love 45 Posted on August 1st, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JULY 29th, 2012: After we took a week off (the property owner was not feeling well and we all decided it was going to be better to take a week off for her sake), the racing resumed at Galletta’s Speedway for our Annual HarBOREfest Championship. And Softy McSoft Pants Justin Galletta (formerly known as Justin “Hard As F***” Beiber…

7/15/2012: Twin 30s Night – The Brian Finally Got One 60 Posted on July 17th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios On Facebook! SUNDAY, JULY 15th, 2012: Brian Galletta – one of the original members of the Galletta’s Karting Club – got his first feature win in eight years by winning the 2nd 30-Lapper in his Plattitude #287 (chassis built by Randy Platt, motor by Matt Stevens). And even though Dave Spanfelner, Matt…

7/8/2012: Twin 30s Night (w/Father-&-Son Love) Posted on July 10th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios 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…

7/1/2012: 17th Annual GKC Independence Day 45 Posted on July 2nd, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JULY 1st, 2012: WTH. I mean.. seriously. I mean, every week, we know what Matt’s going to try to do. And we can’t stop him. No matter what kart he drives, he is able to run a lower groove than his fellow competitors, stay out of entanglements, and pick up wins. For the 1st time ever in our club’s…

6/23/2012: The Brian Almost Had It 50 60 Lapper?! Posted on June 25th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SATURDAY, JUNE 23rd, 2012: That gosh darn it all to heck Matty-Joey. Already he is a class above all Oswego area karters (yes, that includes the other tracks) with his experience and win totals (racing more years that some local racers have been alive, more years than other tracks have been open, and having more wins than countless of the…

6/17/2012: 17th Annual Father’s Day 45 Posted on June 17th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JUNE 17TH, 2012: That darn Matty-Joey. Matt may not have been the fastest kart on the track. Maybe not even the 2nd fastest. But he was the craftiest, and used his patented slingshot maneuvers to sneak by faster karts and win the 2nd half of the postponed 2012 Opener (that grew to 16 karts), and the 13-kart/45-lap Father’s Day 45.…

6/10/2012: 17th Annual Season Opener Posted on June 10th, 2012 by ChrusherComix Studios SUNDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2012: As most of our fans, followers and racers know, our season usually starts the first Sunday in June annually. For 17 years, this has been the case, as the founders of the club, Matt and Chris Stevens – work at Galletta’s Greenhouse and can’t get the karts and track ready until then. Even then, it is reeeaaallly pushing…