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!
2022 Season
2022/11/05 – LAST CALL for a Klassic? Nope… Twin 20s! Chris Stevens SWEEPS! [+YouTube]
We may not get our annual 200-Lap Championship in due to a lack of regular drivers (yet again?!), but we still got an excellent couple of races in! Week #17: Saturday, November 5th, 2022 – YET ANOTHER Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin…
2020 Season
10/10/2020 – 25th Annual Galletta’s Klassic 200 – In Memory of Brian Galletta [+YouTube]
Saturday, October 10th, 2020 – The Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Klassic began in 1995 — a quarter of a century ago! The annual running to decide our yearly champion (in both points and the Klassic itself) was modeled after brothers Chris…
2019 Season
2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]
2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube] Sunday, September 29th, 2019 – The 24th Annual Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic 200 Lap 1-WD Championship of the Galaxy! Schedule of events: Friday, September 27th, 2019 – Late Night: Matt’s Personal Annual…
2018 Season
9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube]
9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube] Photosucket Saturday, September 22nd, 2018 – The 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club’s Klassic Championship–which is always the longest race, most point-earning race and usually the final points…
2017 Season
2017/10/13 – 22nd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Klassic 200 [+YouTube Video]
October 13th, 2017 – The Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting Club completed…
2016 Season
9/24/2016 – 21st Annual Klassic 200: THE World Championship of Gas Flathead Karting & Undisputed Karter Of Oswego – Sponsored by Good Guys Barbershop! +YouTube
21st Annual Klassic 200 is coming… no, it’s here! 9/24/2016 – The 21st Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club 200-Lap Klassic World Championship – Sponsored by Good Guys Barbershop! Saturday, September 24th, 2016 – The 21st Annual end-of-Summer/Start-of-Fall Karting Championship behind Galletta’s…
2015 Season
11/5/2015 – Josh Arnold wins Almost-All-Rookie / Fall Bonus 45-Lapper Race [+YouTube]
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…
2014 Season
10/11/2014 – 19th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 won by Matt Stevens; Clinches Track Title & Overall best karter in Oswego, NY. Again.
OCTOBER 2014… TWENTY-THREE KARTS, ALL TIMING WITHIN 0.66 SECONDS OF EACH OTHER ARE AVAILABLE FOR THE 19TH RUNNING OF THE KLASSIC 200. MOST ARE UNFILLED. WHY DON’T YOU BECOME THE NEXT…
2013 Season
10/12/2013 – 18th Annual 200-Lap Karting Klassic at Galletta’s won by Kelly Miller in the Galletta’s Greenhouse #7! +YouTube
The Starting Lineup of the 18th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Club & Speedway 200-Lap Karting…
2012 Season
11/10/2012 – 2012 Fall Challenge Series (+ D.S. Humphrey’s Twin-30s…
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…
2011 Season
10/8/2011 – 16th Annual 200-Lap Galletta’s Karting Klassic +YouTube
THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200! Posted on October 9th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios Our 16th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200 – Saturday, October 8th, 2011: SATURDAY,OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps. But yours truly – webmaster Chris Stevens – broke a…
2010 Season
10/10/2010 – Matt Stevens & Randy Platt Win The Fall Fury Twin-30s in “CRASHING ROOKIES & CRAZY KOOKS” End of 2010! [+YouTube]
Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #19 – Sunday, Oct. 10th, 2010: The craziest night in our track’s history… Matt Stevens and Randy Platt take the 1st Twin-30 Fall Features of 2010! But some CRAZY $#!t…
2009 Season
11/8/2009 – Fall Bonus Points Race ’09 Finale won by Matt Stevens (+YouTube)
Galletta’s Karting Club – 2009 Season, Race Event 18: Sunday, November 8th, 2009 in Oswego, NY – Fall “Bonus Points” Race November 8th, 2009 – Every season at Galletta’s, we race weekly starting in in June, race weekly until our 200-lap Klassic.…
2008 Season
11/2/2008 – Nick Dann wins the “Look Ma, I didn’t need an OHV Animal Motor to win! I just needed to be a good driver is all!” 45-Lap ’08 Finale in Galletta’s #7! [+YouTube]
– FALL CHALLENGE 45 at GALLETTA’S on NOVEMBER 2nd, 2008 – 11/2/2008 – Nick Dann wins the “Look Ma, I didn’t need an OHV Animal Motor to win at Galletta’s! I just needed to be a good driver is all!”…
2007 Season
11/4/2007 – Chris Stevens wins the Gary Miller & Wes Ogre Stevens Retirement 45 (Galletta’s ’07 Race #18; +YouTube)
The Galletta’s Go-Karts Fall Points Race Challenge: With the summer season over, school, work, and weather getting in the way of big racing events, we had a small “Fall Points Challenge” series, which wound up being just 2 races. Top-3…
2006 Season
2006 Season & 11th Annual Klassic 150 Recap & DVD Store [+Complete Season On YouTube!]
In ’06 we raced in the Oswego Speedway Dirt Track (two years later renamed Oswego Kartway)’s 1st season in addition to our 11th. Our Galletta’s Club (and the OHV Outlaws) tallied 39 drivers in 26 races on the 2 tracks, with…
2005 Season
10/1 – 10/16/2005 – 16-kart/4-Feature Haunted Halloween Trail Fall Series won by Matt Stevens, Jason Mills & Wes Stevens +YouTube!
GALLETTA’S KARTING SPEEDWAY: THE 2005 POST-KLASSIC FALL SERIES RECAP ALL MOTORS ARE BOX STOCK GAS 5hp FLATHEADS (w/shaved heads) UNLESS NOTED:…
2004 Season
2004 Fall Frenzy Rumble for Bonus Point Series
Fall ’04 Bonus Point Series Races – 10/2004 through 11/2004: Several exhibition races were run in the Fall and early Winter 2004 thanks to some decent weather and driver interest. Due to school, some of the Summer regulars cold not…
2001 Season
10/24/2001 – 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 80-Lap Klassic [+YouTube Video]
2001 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic This season saw an 80-Lap, seven kart Klassic race on October 24th, 2001; our latest Galletta’s Klassic in history because it is usually in mid-to-late September annually. Long lost, it was recently located on VHS-C, digitally…
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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