Galletta’s Karting Club
We race customized “1-WD backyard racing go-karts” every weekend from June through October on a dirt track behind Galletta’s Greenhouses in the Town of Oswego, New York, USA. While we’re mostly just a bunch of friends and family having some competitive fun, we’re always looking for more drivers to join us, and have arrive-and-drive karts on hand if you want to try it out!
- – Every Summer Sunday Night (JUN through late AUG)
- – Select Fall Friday Evenings or Saturday Afternoons (Late AUG through OCT)
- – Winter-Spring Closed (NOV through MAY)
RACE SCHEDULE:
- NEXT RACE: 2024 Season Opener — Scheduled for a Sunday in June 2024! Hope to see you there!
10/28/2023 – The 26th Running of the Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karts Klassic!
Sorry, I’ve been behind — a combination of being busy with work and family functions, a long stretch of having not enough drivers to run, and the website developing some behind-the-curtain issues that took some time to resolve — but I’m catching up! Stay tuned:
2023 Galletta’s Greenhouse Speedway Point Standings – Sponsored by R & C Sushi Bar LLC
Totals tallied between 7/16/2023 – 10/14/2023
Pos. | Name (Karts Driven) / * = Makeups | Total Points | Average Points Per | Features | Feature Wins | Feature Win % | Won / Heat & Makeup | 17 Race Seasons | All-Time Wins | Last Race Entered | Last Week |
1 | CHRIS STEVENS (Galletta’s #8, 4) | 712.5 | 71.25 | 10 | 2 | 20% | 0/0 | 28th | 91 | 2023-10-14 | 1 |
2 | MATT STEVENS (Galletta’s #74, 33, 3) | 703.5 | 70.35 | 10 | 3 | 30% | 0/0 | 28th | 157 | 2023-10-14 | 2 |
3 | AJ Larkin (Galletta’s #9; 5) * | 537.5 | 53.75 | 10 | 1 | 10% | 0/1 | (R) | 1 | 2023-10-14 | 3 |
4 | Nicolas Olivares * (Galletta’s #1, 6, 5) | 518.5 | 64.81 | 8 | 1 | 13% | 1/1 | 2nd | 5 | 2023-08-06 | 4 |
5 | MELISSA STEVENS (SNFr #80, 19) | 458.0 | 45.80 | 10 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | 11th | 8 | 2023-10-14 | 5 |
6 | Jeremy Burton (Galletta’s #2, 93) ** | 402.5 | 50.31 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 0/2 | (R) | 0 | 2023-08-06 | 6 |
7 | Steve Larkin (Galletta’s #7, 5) | 305.5 | 50.92 | 6 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | (R) | 0 | 2023-10-14 | 7 |
8 | Andrew Hook (Galletta’s #0, 39) | 262.0 | 65.50 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0/0 | 2nd | 2 | 2023-07-23 | 8 |
9 | David Hartpence Jr. (Galletta #2, 0) * | 238.5 | 59.63 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 1/1 | 2nd | 2 | 2023-07-30 | 9 |
10 | Bob Failmezger (Galletta’s #6) * | 236.5 | 59.13 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-23 | 10 |
11 | John Mathis (Galletta’s #83c) * | 183.0 | 45.75 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-23 | 11 |
12 | Adam Lytle (Galetta’s #33c) * | 182.5 | 45.63 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1/1 | 7th | 10 | 2023-08-06 | 12 |
13 | Randy Baldwin (Galletta’s #9) * | 182.0 | 45.50 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | 1st | 1 | 2023-07-23 | 13 |
14 | Nathan Powers (Galletta’s #6) * | 172.0 | 43.00 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-30 | 14 |
15 | Stacie Wells (Galletta’s #78) * | 159.0 | 39.75 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-08-06 | 15 |
16 | Matt Bubenhausen (Galletta’s #93, 7) * | 156.0 | 39.00 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-30 | 16 |
17 | Devon Tonkin (Galletta’s #93) * | 115.0 | 57.50 | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0/0 | (R) | 0 | 2023-10-14 | 17 |
18 | AJ Nason (Galletta’s #43, 83c) | 109.0 | 54.50 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | 1st | 0 | 2023-07-16 | 18 |
19 | Tyler Thompson (Galletta’s #78, 2) | 99.0 | 49.50 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | (R) | 0 | 2023-10-14 | 18 |
20 | Tucker Wells (Galletta’s #6) | 98.5 | 49.25 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | (R) | 0 | 2023-10-14 | 18 |
Totals tallied between 7/16/2023 – 8/6/2023
Pos. | Name (Karts Driven) / * = Makeups | Total Points | Average Points Per | Features | Feature Wins | Feature Win % | Won / Makeup Heat Ran | Seasons: 17 Races | All-Time Wins | Last Race Entered | Last Week |
1 | CHRIS STEVENS (Galletta’s #8, 4) | 598.5 | 74.81 | 8 | 1 | 13% | 0/0 | 28th | 90 | 2023-08-06 | 1 |
2 | MATT STEVENS (Galletta’s #74, 33, 3) | 586.5 | 73.31 | 8 | 3 | 38% | 0/0 | 28th | 157 | 2023-08-06 | 2 |
3 | Nicolas Olivares * (Galletta’s #1, 6, 5) | 518.5 | 64.81 | 8 | 1 | 13% | 1/1 | 2nd | 5 | 2023-08-06 | 3 |
4 | AJ Larkin (Galletta’s #9; 5, 7) * | 448.5 | 56.06 | 8 | 1 | 13% | 0/1 | (R) | 1 | 2023-08-06 | 6 |
5 | Jeremy Burton (Galletta’s #2, 93) ** | 402.5 | 50.31 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 0/2 | (R) | 0 | 2023-08-06 | 10 |
6 | MELISSA STEVENS (SNFr #80, 19) | 386.0 | 48.25 | 8 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | 11th | 8 | 2023-08-06 | 4 |
7 | Andrew Hook (Galletta’s #0, 39) | 262.0 | 65.50 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 0/0 | 2nd | 2 | 2023-07-23 | 5 |
8 | David Hartpence Jr. (Galletta #2, 0) * | 238.5 | 59.63 | 4 | 1 | 25% | 1/1 | 2nd | 2 | 2023-07-30 | 7 |
9 | Bob Failmezger (Galletta’s #6) * | 236.5 | 59.13 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-23 | 8 |
10 | Steve Larkin (Galletta’s #7) | 221.0 | 55.25 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-23 | 9 |
11 | John Mathis (Galletta’s #33c) * | 183.0 | 45.75 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-23 | 11 |
12 | Adam Lytle (Galetta’s #33c) * | 182.5 | 45.63 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 1/1 | 7th | 10 | 2023-08-06 | N/A |
13 | Randy Baldwin (Galletta’s #9) * | 182.0 | 45.50 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | 1st | 1 | 2023-07-23 | 12 |
14 | Nathan Powers (Galletta’s #6) * | 172.0 | 43.00 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-30 | 13 |
15 | Stacie Wells (Galletta’s #78) * | 159.0 | 39.75 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-08-06 | N/A |
16 | Matt Bubenhausen (Galletta’s #93, 7) * | 156.0 | 39.00 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 0/1 | (R) | 0 | 2023-07-30 | 14 |
17 | AJ Nason (Galletta’s #43, 83c) | 109.0 | 54.50 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 0/0 | 1st | 0 | 2023-07-16 | 15 |
* = Ran in a Makeup Points Heat Race (and scored in last place in an event that the driver missed).
Hyperlink = Driver has a Galletta’s Racer Profile.
ALL-CAPS = Drivers started every race event this season.
(R) = Rookie; 1st Season at Galletta’s.
NEXT RACE:
Races are always late afternoon/early evening, and check in to be sure. And, remember, as always:
- – Driver attendance: At least 3 visiting drivers are required to hold a race for the bare minimum of 6 (we always have 3 home drivers every event).
- – Weather dependent: Some rain is good for the track, but too much (or not enough) isn’t.
- – Timing: Check the start time with track and kart operator Matt Stevens. Summer starts tend to vary between 5-8 PM, Fall starts tend to vary between 2-6 PM. Don’t come too early (and leave mad about waiting too long), and don’t come too late (and make other people mad waiting for you), but check in with Matt! 🙂
- – Unexpected Returning & 1st-Timer Drivers: Please arrange in advance to ensure the kart assignments are arranged and we don’t start the race too late. We always welcome new drivers, but please plan ahead!!!
- Summer we prefer either Sundays, but starting in late August, Sundays will be impossible (Chris & Rung Stevens’ work schedule). Starting then, we are more open to scheduling races on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, or *LATE* Sundays (Like Midnight. So no, probably none. We aren’t in our teens & twenties — we used to midnight race a lot back then).
In the meantime, why not get a refresher on the storied history of our annual Championship Race — including hours of videos from almost every single one since 1999?
See our humble little 4-kart Klassic from 1999. Watch Matt’s unbeatable streak through almost the mid-2000s. Catch Chris Stevens’ dry streak end and get hot himself between his almost unbeatable lil’ brother’s streaks! Observe Wesley “Ogre” Stevens get an upset win in 2006! Behold the surprises when Kyle Rueter and Kelly Miller become the 1st “Visiting” drivers to win a Klassic 200! Hours of footage, thousands of laps, and hundreds of drivers giving it a shot here!
2023 Race Video Playlist
HINT: When we race, it takes time to make the race pages with videos, race results, and weekly point standings up, *BUT* you can get sneak peeks by viewing our 2023 Playlist, which is updated on YouTube instantaneously as soon as a new video gets completed! Every race video all season gets uploaded there as soon as they are processed and uploaded, and not all are public, some are only available via this playlist:
Race archives as always with hundreds upon hundreds of race videos race results and point races available to watch below:
Welcome to our Complete Race Archive + 1.5K Full Race Videos!
2020 Season
6/14/2020 – 25th Annual Season Opener: 14 Karts, 45-Laps, Chris & Matt Stevens Survive to Take the Wins!
6/14/2020 – 25th Annual Season Opener: 14 Karts, 45-Laps, Chris & Matt Stevens Survive to Take the Wins! (AKA, “Did We Hit a Bunny!?” Race) Sunday, June 14th, 2020 – Our 25th Point racing season began but far from smoothly!…
2019 Season
6/23/2019 – 24th Annual Season Opener’s Twin-25 Wins Go To Steve Sixberry and Adam Lytle [+YouTube]
6/23/2019 – Our 24th Annual Season Opener’s Twin-25 Wins Go To… Sunday, June 23rd, 2019 – Our 24th Annual Season Opener had been postponed three weeks week for several reasons — late growing/selling season in the greenhouse, track not ready,…
2018 Season
2018/07/06 – Kelly Miller wins Friday Night Independence Day Race [+YouTube Video]
7/6/2018 – Friday Night Independence Day Race Friday, July 6th, 2018 – Hooray! We finally got enough people for a race! And Kelly Miller took advantage of sputtering leader Eric Woolworth to pick off both Woolworth and Chris Stevens to…
2017 Season
7/3/2017 – Independence Day Makeup Points Race! [+YouTube Video]
7/3/2017 – Independence Day Makeup Points Race! Monday, July 3rd,…
2016 Season
7/24/2016 – Master of Oswego Karting Matt Stevens DOMINATES Week 7’s 45-Lapper! +YouTube
7/24/2016 – Master of Oswego Karting Matt Stevens DOMINATES Week 7’s 45-Lapper! Sunday, July 24th, 2016, Week 6 – Thus far this season, three drivers–Matt Stevens (3 wins), Chris Stevens (3 wins) and Kelly Miller (2 wins)–have been have been hogging all of the…
2015 Season
8/16/2015 – Adam “AJ” Lytle scores 49-lap/7-Kart win [+YouTube Video]
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…
2014 Season
7/12/2014 – Matt Stevens wins Fast 40-Lapper in Galletta’s Greenhouse #5! +YouTube [+ Jeff S. YouTuber ATTACKS!]
7/12/2014 – Matt Stevens wins Fast 40-Lapper in Galletta’s Greenhouse #5! SATURDAY, JULY 12th, 2014, OSWEGO, NY – Matt Stevens did it again! He hops in a backup kart that is…
2013 Season
7/28/2013 – Chris Stevens wins the 10-kart “Chrusher’s Declaration of Bestism 40” in the Galletta’s/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi LLC #4! [+YouTube]
7/28/2013: Chris Stevens wins the 10-kart “Chris’ Declaration of Bestism 40” in the Galletta’s/Chrusher.com/R&C Sushi…
2012 Season
8/8/2012: “One More For Tim” – Mid-Week Twin-30s Joe Sereno…
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…
2011 Season
7/31/2011 – Melissa Stevens Dominates Harborfest ’11 Championship (+YouTube)
OUR ANNUAL HARBORFEST CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: AUGUST 31st, 2011: You wanna’ crown someone the winner of Har-bore-fest? We crowned ’em! The only local track with enough bawls to run ran and we crowned the champion to the city’s annual gigantic waste of…
2010 Season
8/15/2010 – 12-Kart/45-Lapper Winner Matt Stevens Attracts Goose to the Party (+YouTube Videos)
Galletta’s Karting Club – 2010 Season, Event #11 – Sunday, August 15th, 2010: 2010 Season, Event #11- Sunday, August 15th, 2010 – A 12-competitor, 45-Lap Feature Event was won by the points-leader, and Matt Stevens became the 2nd two-feature winner of the season when he put his…
2009 Season
8/16/2009 – Chris Stevens endures the 12-kart “Night of A Thousand Cautions” 45 for win! (+YouTube)
Galletta’s Karting Club – 2009 Season, Week 10: The Gas Flathead Championship Series of The Planet continued on Sunday, August 16th, 2009 at John J. Galletta Memorial Backyard Speedway: Low-res highlight reel. Don’t forget to vote and comment here. Points-leader Chris…
2008 Season
8/21/2008 – Wes “Ogre” Stevens triumphs at Oswego Kartway’s final race before Oswego Speedway Classic Weekend ’08! (+YouTube of ALL Classes)
On Thursday, August 21st, 2008, the Galletta’s Karting Club took our unique brand of SWD (Single Wheel Drive) 5hp Gas Stocker racing action to Oswego Kartway for the final regular season race before our 2nd Annual Oswego Speedway Dirt Track…
2007 Season
8/16/2007 – Matt Stevens wins Oswego Speedway Gas Stock Kart Race in Team Galletta’s Greenhouse #33! +YouTube
Galletta’s @ Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval : 8/16/2007: On August 16th, 2007, members of the Galletta’s Karting Club raced in Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Oval in the Clockwise Gas Stocker (also known as the Super Yard Kart) division. The track also sports…
2006 Season
8/18/2006 – Wes “Ogre” Stevens wins the 1st ever Oswego Speedway (Kartway) 40-Lap Feature at in History in the mixed-motor Gas Stock Kart Division!
Oswego Speedway Mixed-Class Super Yard Kart Dirt Track: Friday, August 18th, 2006 (One 20-lap Heat and 40-lap Feature) The mixed-class exhibition at Oswego Speedway last Friday was an unusual one, as the clay surface was seriously rutted up in portions…
2005 Season
8/28/2005 – Chris Stevens wins vs. biggest field in Galletta’s History (18-karts/40-Laps)! +YouTube video!
Most karts in a single race in Galletta’s Karting history to date at 18 strong. We could…
About Us
Want to race go-karts? Affordably?
Then why spend $2,000-$5,000 to race when you can race like this for $200-$600?
What We Do:
We race customized backyard racing go-karts weekly on a dirt track behind Galletta’s Greenhouses in the Town of Oswego, New York, USA. We’re mostly just a bunch of friends and family, but always looking for more drivers to join us!
What We’re About:
Founded in the early 1990s, Galletta’s Karting Club & Backyard Speedway was created to race go-karts as competitively as we can for as purposefully affordable as we can (via rules), using karts that are hybrid – something between a prefabricated racing kart and a yard kart that can race fast and safe on both pay tracks and backyard tracks alike, all the while having drivers that are highly talented and experienced racers WITHOUT spending wars. The original, longest-running, and largest karting class in the area, we are also the easiest to join — we have over 20 equally fast, feature-winning, arrive-and-drive karts and a over the years of hundreds of races have amassed a massive list of hundreds of drivers join into the weekly Summer-Fall races. If you like it, rent, build, or buy your own for a few hundred dollars to join and compete (instead of a few thousand like most pay track classes to take to join and compete, as we CAP the type or parts and prices). And, some of the more experienced drivers at Galletta’s have been racing more than a decade before any of the local pay tracks were built and some have hundreds of more races under their belts. Come race where Kyle Reuter once called, “the Rucker Park of karting.”
When Do We Usually Race?:
Races are scheduled every Summer Sunday (June-August) evening, and then every Fall Saturday (September-October) afternoon (unless poor driver attendance or bad weather forces us to cancel). Exact timing TBA and based on active driver consensus. This is subject to change based on the weather’s effect on the track condition, and driver count. In addition, our schedule is flexible, and depending on weather and driver availability, we can occasionally change to Fridays or Saturdays to beat rain or for a special event. But our go-to dates for racing are usually every Summer Sunday and every Fall Saturday that we can race.
What Do We Race?:
We race mostly custom-built ‘arrive-and-drive rental’ but also allow ‘run-what-you-brung’ karts (classed only by motor type with weight handicaps; our fleet is completely race-modified Briggs 5hp flathead engines, see Matt for details on work done to each motor and what is allowed based on weight and/or experience). Our class is a maximum of 20 qualifiers on track, and we’ve never had too many racers, rather we rarely have enough drivers to fill all of our open karts. Come on up! Keep in touch for more details. Read on to see our twenty-year history of weekly points racing (with COMPLETE race videos and complete rundowns of each season since 1995 – and race from 2005) every June through October in Oswego, NY! Enjoy!
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