Galletta's Karting Club

The Galletta’s Greenhouse Racing Team #74 (formerly an asphalt, then dirt racing kart adapted for Galletta’s racing) is co-owned by Matt and Chris Stevens, although Matt usually only drives it.

Galletta’s Greenhouse / Chrusher.com #74: Otherwise known as Frankenfreakart due to the numerous rebuilds to adapt it to the Galletta’s track, it was once a live-axle/2-wheel-drive racing kart. Joe Hayden originally introduced the kart to our races as the Team OHV Outlaw #5 at Oswego Kartway from 2007-08 and performed well in it–collecting many wins including the Kartway’s ’08 OHV Classic (until track operator Jim Losurdo barred both of our 1-WD divisions from the “Bullring”).

Joe then raced it in the 2-WD Clones until Dick Dann purchased it from him in 2009. Shortly after that, Dick promptly hospitalized someone via spearing a kart at Frozen Ocean with it, and then sold it to Chris Stevens (so Dann could invest his time and money in a newer chassis and Chris could own the kart that used to befuddle them so much when they raced at the Kartway). Unlike most pay track racing divisions, Galletta’s takes pride in taking older, discarded frames and making them winners. And that we did!

Randy Platt, Matt Stevens and Wes Stevens constantly tinkered with it until it was adapted to be race-ready at Galletta’s. Chris owns the chassis and Matt owns the motor and drive-system, but Matt is usually the only one who drives it anymore. Since we already had a kart #5, Chris re-numbered it 74, his birth year.
– Tagged wins as Hayden #5
– Tagged wins as Galletta’s/Chrusher.com #74

Races tagged as Feature Victories in the Galletta’s #74 / Hayden #5
[Note: All have complete race videos]

2018/07/22 – “Mr. Galletta” Twin Features Swept by Matt Stevens in the #74	6/26/2016 – Girls Hospitalized in Crash; Matt Stevens Sweeps Wins!	6/26/2015- Matt Stevens Steals BOTH Twin-35s	8/25/2013 – Matt Stevens puts the #74 in Victory Lane
9/4/2008 – OHV Outlaw Classic at Oswego Kartway DOMINATED by Joe Hayden’s #5!	8/7/2008 – Hayden #5 wins OHV / Chris in #8 wins FH in dual-motor feature. See? THAT’S how it always should have been!	5/15/2008 – Joe Hayden dominates the Mixed-Motor 1-WD Gas class at Oswego Kartway	7/5/2007 – Joe Hayden’s 1st win in the #5 tarnished by teammate Raponi’s wrecking everybody else!

6/12/2008 – The #5’s former owner/driver racing against its future co-owner/driver at Oswego Kartway. Confusing? Not really. But, okay.