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2017/08/12 – Twin-25s won by Tim Galletta & Chris Stevens [+YouTube Race Videos]
Posted on August 12, 2017 by Chrusher.Com

8/12/2017 - Twin-25s won by.... Well... watch the Video Playlist and find out!

Saturday, August 12th, 2017 – We didn't have time to do the victory photo, race descriptions, points and complete editing on the video yet, but we did have time to upload the complete unedited video on this playlist and embedded above. Enjoy the race footage as if you had a seat in the tower (complete with an instant replay of a flip and crash)! :) UPDATE: They're done!

8/12/2017 - Twin-25s won by Tim Galletta & Chris Stevens [+YouTube Race Videos]

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Saturday, August 12th, 2017 – Tim Galletta and Chris Stevens pretty much controlled almost the entire evening, each getting 1-2 and vice versa respectively. Tim shook off the rust accumulated due to a move down south and then held off everyone for his 1st feature win in a few years during the 1st feature. Then Chris Stevens evaded an accident that took out the top three to coast to the win in the 2nd. Plus, during the 1st feature, Tim's bro-in-law (and past feature winner -- a 14-driver race from 2010! C'mon people, let's race!) Jared Halstead took a nasty spill after coming together with Josh Arnold, flipped, and then got run over by Matt Stevens. Thankfully, he was fine and continued in the 2nd feature. Good racing all around, but there's an attendance problem when we have to depend on people who live in North Carolina to have enough people to race. Um... what the heck is going on? Complete YouTube race video and points are done so read on for more...
  MAKE-UP POINTS [Credited for 6/24/2017 Twin 30s Event] 8/12/2017 - 10-Lap Heat "Makeup Points" Race Finish: 9. Tim Galletta (Team Galletta's #9) scored 53 x 2 = 104 10. Jared Halstead (Team Galletta's #43) scored 50 x 2 = 100 11. Todd Halstead (Team Galletta's #5) scored 47 x 2 = 94 12. Marty Halstead (Team Galletta's #7) scored 44 x 2 = 88
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Alarmingly low racer attendance again. It's fairly suspicious that the most dependable drivers have to come in from several states away. So much for Oswego being a "racer" town (... unless one means noise pollution vehicles speeding on the road, protesting the local speedways because they can't win enough to pay for their race cars, or spending a few grand on a kart for 3-minute cattle herd races on little bitty tracks, I guess? Kind of odd. Oh, wait... I'm being the bad guy again. Or so I've been told at least. People don't come because...? I point out on my website that drivers don't come. Okay. Hmm, okay, I'll Shhh....).
8/12/2017 - 1st 25-Lap Feature Race Start: 1. Tim Galletta (Team Galletta's #9) 2. Chris Stevens (Team Galletta's/Chrusher/OswegoSushi.com #4) 3. Josh Arnold (Team Arnie #93) 4. Matt Stevens (Team Galletta's #33) 5.* Jared Halstead (Team Galletta's #43) 6. Todd Halstead (Team Galletta's #5) 7. Marty Halstead (Team Galletta's #7) 8. Melissa Stevens (Team SNF #19)
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Jared Halstead's nasty flip (Click to enlarge)
* Note: For some reason, Jared Halstead incorrectly started in front of Josh Arnold and Matt Stevens. His handicap starting spot was intended to be in back of them, as he is a returning veteran (he is impressively a past feature winner with limited races under his belt, but his 1st race in over half a decade). Instead of penalizing Josh and Matt, bonus point laps will be counted as if the #43 was lapped traffic. Jared will also get a mandatory penalty for incorrect position on a start or restart. It wasn't his fault, as he probably did not know where he was supposed to start. When this happens, the starter has to be notified before the green flag drops.  
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Timmy's in-laws pose with the winner of the 1st feature and leading point-earner of the night! (Click to enlarge)
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Winner of the 1st two races, Tim Galletta and part of the Halstead clan! (Click to enlarge)
8/12/2017 - 1st 25-Lap Feature Race Finish: 1. Tim Galletta (Team Galletta's #9) 2. Chris Stevens (Team Galletta's/Chrusher/OswegoSushi.com #4) 3. Matt Stevens (Team Galletta's #33) 4. Todd Halstead (Team Galletta's #5) 5. Marty Halstead (Team Galletta's #7) 6. Josh Arnold (Team Arnie #93; Gleason #29) 7. DNF - Jared Halstead (Team Galletta's #43) 8. DNF - Melissa Stevens (Team SNF #19)
8/12/2017 - 2nd 25-Lap Feature Race Start: 1. Todd Halstead (Team Galletta's #5) 2. Josh Arnold (Gleason #29) 3. Matt Stevens (Team Galletta's #1) 4. Chris Stevens (Team Galletta's/Chrusher/OswegoSushi.com #4) 5. Marty Halstead (Team Galletta's #7) 6. Tim Galletta (Team Galletta's #9) 7. Jared Halstead (Team Galletta's #43) 8. DNS - Melissa Stevens (Team SNF #19) As anybody who has been watching Galletta's has seen, our karts and competition is extremely close and passing is very difficult. Usually, veteran drivers make the most passes, but even they have difficulty due to the very equalized speeds of the karts. Because of this, one of the leading ways of postion changes are spinouts, breakdowns and wrecks. On lap 5, Todd Halstead got loose in the rear turn and collected Josh Arnold, who collected Matt Stevens. If all three kept going, then nobody would have lost a position. But since the caution DID come out, all three went to the back. Judgement calls like this are always extremely difficult, but the usual rule is that if the caution comes out, then the karts that were involved in the caution need to go to the rear. ("Spin-to-avoid" or "off-the-track-to-avoid" karts are not to be penalized positions provided that they hit nothing while doing it). However, at the same time, if we let wrecks go, there would be occasional bump-and-go wrecks and people would start getting mad and wrecking inentional (which could lead to more broken karts, potential injuries, tempers flaring and occasional fights), AND not to mention how hard it is to pass that simply deftly avoiding wrecks is one of the leading ways passes get made at Galletta's. We occasionally do "complete restarts", but usually only when it's the 1st lap and the contact was completely incidental and minor. The judgement calls are even harder to make when (1) it's dark out and the cameras don't catch the action as clearly, (2) the contact wasn't terribly severe and some of the karts keep going without damage, and (3) we do not have a rear corner camera person, and a good deal of action happens back there (just look at our 2009-2012 videos that had the rear turn angle... great shots from out there!). That wreck would have been a good one to catch if we had a cam on it. 8/12/2017 - 2nd 25-Lap Feature Race Finish 1. Chris Stevens (Team Galletta's/Chrusher/OswegoSushi.com #4) 2. Tim Galletta (Team Galletta's #9) 3. Matt Stevens (Team Galletta's #1) 4. Josh Arnold (Gleason #29) 5. Todd Halstead (Team Galletta's #5) 6. Marty Halstead (Team Galletta's #7) 7. Jared Halstead (Team Galletta's #43) 8. DNS - Melissa Stevens (Team SNF #19)

Scoring

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
Notes
0
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
1
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
2
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
3
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
4
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
5
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
6
9
4
93
33
43*
5
7
19
5
7c
9
4
93
33
43*
7
5
19
7
9
4
93
33
43*
7
5
19
8
9
4
93
33
43*
7
5
19
9
9
4
93
33
43*
7
5
19
10
9
4
93
33
43*
7
5
19
33
11c
9
4
93
43*
7
5
33
19
11
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
12
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
13
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
14
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
15
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
16
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
17
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
18
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
19
9
4
93
43*
7
33
5
19
20
9
4
93
43*
33
7
5
19
43, 93, 33, 7
21c
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
19
43 out, 93>29
21
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
19
22
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
19
23
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
19
24
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
19
25
9
4
5
33
7
29
43
 19
26
9
4
33
5
7
29
43
19
TWIN 25's:
Feat.1
68
65
62
59
56
53
50
47
0
5
29
1
4
7
9
43
19
1
5
29
1
4
7
9
43
19
2
5
29
1
4
7
9
43
19
3
5
29
1
4
7
9
43
19
4
5
29
1
4
7
9
43
19
5, 29, 1
5c
4
7
9
43
29
1
5
19
5
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
6
4
9
43
5
1
29
7
19
7
4
9
43
5
1
29
7
19
8
4
9
43
5
1
29
7
19
9
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
10
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
11
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
12
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
13
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
14
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
15
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
16
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
17
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
18
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
19
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
20
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
21
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
22
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
23
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
24
4
9
43
5
29
1
7
19
25
4
9
43
1
5
29
7
19
43
26
4
9
1
29
5
7
43
19
Feat.2
68
65
62
59
56
53
50
47
Feat.1
65
68
62
53
59
56
50
47
Heat
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Makeup
0
104
0
0
94
88
100
0
1st Laps
22
26
0
0
4
0
0
0
2nd/3rd Laps

(26) 13

(22) 11

(6) 3
(24) 12
(5) 2.5
(0) 0
(21) 10.5
(0) 0
Penalty
0
0
-5
-5
0
0
-5
0
Total Pts. (Feats.)
168 (2)
274 (4)
122 (2)
119 (2)
215.5 (4)
197 (4)
205.5 (4)
94 (2)
Scoring Notes: Starter Brian Galletta scored an extra lap in each feature, which actually changed the outcome (and points) quite a bit if you compare laps #25 and #26 in both features. Josh Arnold used a kart change/timeout in the 1st feature and got a -5 point penalty. Matt Stevens will be charged a -5 point mid-race timeout to adjust air pressure in his kart (timeouts are -5 points this year). As stated above, Jared Halstead started two positions higher than he was supposed to in feature #1 and will have mandatory -5 points deducted, but Josh was rewarded the bonus lap points as if the #43 was lapped traffic. Ugh, all these rules are tedious, I know, lol. But, there are rules we've been doing since the 1990s, so we'd be wrong to drop or change them just because they are so tedious.

2017 World 1-WD Gas Flathead Backyard Karting Championship Point Standings

After the 8/12/2017 Race Event:
Place
Last Week
 Driver Name (Go-Karts Piloted) ®=Rookie; m=Makeup Feature Used; T =Kart Change and/or Repair Timeout Used
Total Points (Place)
Average Points Per Feature
Features Entered
Features Won
Win %
Heats Won/ Entered
Years Pro at Galletta's
All- Time Feature Wins
Last Race
1st
2nd
 Chris Stevens (Galletta's #8, 4, 43) tttt
1219.5
93.81
13
2
15%
0/0
22nd
82
12-Aug
2nd
1st
 Matt Stevens (Galletta's #33, 3, 74, 9, 6, 1) ttt
1174.0
90.31
13
3
23%
0/0
22nd
136
12-Aug
3rd
3rd
 Josh Arnold (Arnold #93, Galletta's #5, Gelason #29) ttt
1109.0
85.31
13
2
15%
0/0
3rd
3
12-Aug
4th
5th
 Melissa Stevens (Scissors 'n Fur #19)
827.0
63.62
13
0
0%
0/0
10th
8
12-Aug
5th
4th
 Kevin Galletta (Galletta Bros. #28)
758.0
94.75
8
2
25%
0/0
4th
7
5-Aug
6th
6th
 Adam Lytle (Lytle #33c)
692.5
76.94
9
1
11%
0/0
6th
8
23-Jul
7th
7th
 Nicholas Cassano (Galletta's #1, 2, 6, 7) mttt ®
512.0
73.14
7
0
0%
0/0
®
0
23-Jul
8th
8th
 Keith Raymond (Galletta's #0)
452.5
90.50
5
2
40%
0/0
4th
6
23-Jul
9th
12th
 Tim Galletta (Galletta's #9, 7) tm
444.5
74.08
6
1
17%
0/0
4th
8
12-Aug
10th
9th
 Lee Gleason (Gleason #29)
344.5
86.13
4
0
0%
0/0
®
0
5-Aug
11th
17th
 Todd Halstead (Galletta's #5) m
215.5
53.88
4
0
0%
0/0
1st
0
12-Aug
12th
17th
 Jared Halstead (Galletta's #43) m
205.5
51.38
4
0
0%
0/0
1st
1
12-Aug
13th
17th
 Marty Halstead (Galletta's #7) m
197.0
49.25
4
0
0%
0/0
®
0
12-Aug
14th
10th
 Randy Platt (Galletta's #5)
189.0
94.50
2
0
0%
0/0
7th
7
17-Jun
15th
11th
 Mike Patak (Galletta's #43)
182.0
91.00
2
0
0%
0/0
1st
0
17-Jun
16th
13th
 Kelly Miller (Galletta's #7) m
130.0
65.00
2
0
0%
0/0
10th
7
3-Jul
18th
14th
 Rob Vanderhaden (Galletta's #43, Gleason #29) t ®
127.5
63.75
2
0
0%
0/0
®
0
23-Jul
19th
15th
 Stephen Perez (Galletta's #9) m
122.0
61.00
2
0
0%
0/0
®
0
3-Jul
20th
16th
 Griffin Miller (Galletta's #2) m
114.0
57.00
2
0
0%
0/0
®
0
3-Jul
Okay, so things are so poor for driver attendance this season that Melissa Stevens -- who has basically taken 1 lap each weekend and pulled off for last place points -- is 4th overall in points. That's kind of scary sad for both our driver attendance and the drivers who have run several weeks of full races and are behind her. AND... people who live SEVERAL STATES AWAY are hundreds of points higher than the entire population of Oswego County, NY. Sad. Very sad, Oswego-area alleged "racers."

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