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
![2022/10/22 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s won by Chris Stevens & Josh Arnold! [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20221022_201228-winz-768x432.jpg)
2022/10/22 – Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s won by Chris Stevens & Josh Arnold! [+YouTube]
Week #16: Saturday 2022/10/22 – ANOTHER Pre-Klassic Tune-Up Twin 20s! [+YouTube] Despite an unseasonably warm, beautifully sunny, and PERFECT Fall day for racing, due to a lack of drivers available in the early afternoon (2?!), our 26th Klassic 200 got delayed… AGAIN! We’ll…
2020 Season
9/6/2020 – Nicolas Olivares Wins 2 Weeks in a Row – a 13-Kart, Labor Day 69-Lapper!
9/6/2020 – Nicolas Olivares Wins 2 Weeks in a Row – a 13-Kart, Labor Day 45… no 69-Lapper! Sunday, September 6th, 2020 – 13-Karts, 45-Laps! No… due to cautions, 69 total laps! CLOSE, competitive, and FUN racing on a track…
2019 Season
![9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/48695432292_101857a87c_z.jpg)
9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! [+YouTube]
9/2/2019 – Labor Day Twin-25 Features won by Nicolas Olivares & Greg Blanchard! Monday, September 2nd, 2019 – We held a rookie make up race followed by a regular Twin-25 Lap Features for Labor Day ’19. And the two rookies…
2018 Season
![8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180826_205437-Kevin_Galletta-1280px-768x432.webp)
8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube]
8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube] On Flickr Sunday, August 26th, 2018 – In our neverending mystery that has been the last two seasons (either several 1st timer rookies show and no vets, a couple…
2017 Season
![2017/09/16 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/20170816-winner-chris-dinner.webp)
2017/09/16 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube]
9/16/2017 – Chris Stevens Survives Exciting Rookie-filled 10-kart/45-Lapper [+YouTube]
2015 POST-KLASSIC FALL SERIES Most years, if there are enough interested drivers after our annual points-finale, the Klassic 200, we will run some non-point/bonus-point/Fall races. We had a few rookies ready to roll when all us veterans were burned out…
2014 Season
9/27/2014 – Chris Stevens wins the “Welcome Back Karters!” 40 in the Chrusher.Com/Galletta’s/R&C Sushi #4 +YouTube
[Left] Lilybeth Stevens, and [Right] her Uncle Chris, who won the final regular season race of 2014 later that night. But first, we had a few weeks of problems with…
2013 Season
![9/18/2013 – Adam Lytle wins “A Klassic is a Comin’ 50″ Full Moon mid-week Special in the Lytle Motorsports #33c, his 1st career feature win! [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/2013-09-18-adam-lytle-1st-win-galletta-s-karting_zps77dd9013.jpg)
9/18/2013 – Adam Lytle wins “A Klassic is a Comin’ 50″ Full Moon mid-week Special in the Lytle Motorsports #33c, his 1st career feature win! [+YouTube]
9/18/2013 – Adam Lytle wins “A Klassic is a Comin’ 50″ Full Moon mid-week Special…
2012 Season
10/6/2012 – 17th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship +Full…
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…
2011 Season
9/17/2011 – Randy Platt Wins the “Brian Galletta Got Raped By His Kart?! That’s F***ed Up!” 45
9/17/2011: A F***ed-Up 45 Posted on September 18th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios \ SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th, 2011: In a day that saw the start time change from 4pm to 5pm to 6pm and finally 7pm as we scrambled to get the Platt-Num…
2010 Season
10/2/2010 – 15th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lapper won by Kyle Reuter! +YouTube
Galletta’s Karting Club – ’10 Season, Event #18 – Saturday, Oct. 2nd, 2010 THE 15TH ANNUAL GALLETTA’S KARTING KLASSIC 200: 2010 Season, Event #18 – Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 – A 14-competitor 200-lapper was in store for the 15th Annual Galletta’s Karting Klassic 200-Lap…
2009 Season
10/11/2009 – Dick Dann wins a Fall Bonus Point Race in Galletta’s Greenhouse #7 (+YouTube)
Galletta’s Karting Club – 2009 Season, Race Week 17: Sunday, October 11th, 2009 in Oswego, NY – Fall “Bonus Points” Race Due to his work schedule as a trucker and his other racing hobby (getting into clones), Dick Dann could only race…
2008 Season
10/24/2008 – Nick Dann & Chris Stevens win at “Rumor Has It Oswego Booted Your GaYlletta Asses Out” Twin 30s Night! [+YouTube Videos]
FALL CHALLENGE TWIN-30s at GALLETTA’S on OCTOBER 24th, 2008: Yet another Fall Challenge Twin-30 Race Night was held on Friday, October 24th, 2008, as they are very popular with all active drivers because it gives a reset and a chance…
2007 Season
10/6/2007 – Matt Stevens Begins ’07 Fall Frenzy Series where he left off Summer Series – WINNING! +YouTube
10/6 – 11/4/2007 – Stevens Bros sweep the ’07 Fall Frenzy Series! +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…
2006 Season
9/30 – 11/26/2006 | ’06 Post-Klassic Fall Bonus Points Series (9 Features – Kyle Reuter, Matt Stevens, Dick Dann and Josh Schute score wins!) +YouTube
2006 Final Galletta’s Go-Karts Total Point Standings After 18 feature events from 6/11/2006 thru 10/07/2006 NOTE: The 75-Lapper was the final points show. The final five features, won by Matt (2), Dick (1), and Josh (2), were counted as Fall…
2005 Season
10/8/2005 – Jason Mills Survives Flipping Vanvorsts & Schutes to win Career 1st! +YouTube
10/8/2005 – Jason “The Hand” Mills survived an opening lap pileup that put four drivers to the rear of the field…
2004 Season
![9/26/2004 – 9th Annual Galletta’s Go-Kart Championship 100-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/10/2004kartklassic.jpg)
9/26/2004 – 9th Annual Galletta’s Go-Kart Championship 100-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]
In 2004, 48 different drivers raced in 36 events, climaxed by the 100-Lap 9th Annual Oswego Dirt Karting Championship. It was also the 1st where we allowed mixed motors – traditional 5hp flatheads and new 5.5hp OHVs for drivers over…
2001 Season
![9/30/2001 – Time Trials & B-Main for 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Klassic [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2001/09/2001klassic0930633.webp)
9/30/2001 – Time Trials & B-Main for 6th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Klassic [+YouTube]
September 30th, 2001 – Oswego, NY – Time Trials were run for our 6th Annual 80-Lap Klassic with Cameron Rowe, Wes Stevens, Matt Stevens, Chris Stevens, Brian Galletta, Sean Stevens, and Francis Rowe (not filmed). However, due to lateness and…
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!
![2019/9/29 – 24th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Karting 200-Lap Klassic [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/2019-09-29-klssic-200-start.jpg)
![8/16/2015 – Adam “AJ” Lytle scores 49-lap/7-Kart win [+YouTube Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150816-lytle-wins-49-lapper-800.jpg)
![8/23/2015 – Melissa Stevens & Keith Raymond win Twin Features! [+Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/20150822-23-mel-keith-e1669411087859.jpg)
![7/21/2019 – Man Run Over during Twin-25s as Stevens Bros. Sweep [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/48345634061_8e77aa1343_o.jpg)
![2023/10/14 – Mid-October Twin 20 Tune-Ups [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/20231014_204555-Victorz.jpg)
![1999 Season & the 4th Annual Galletta’s Kart Klassic 80 [+Video]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/1999/11/1999-gallettas-klassic-spla.jpg)
![2018/08/05 – Twin-15’s for Rookies & Make-Up Points [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/49594229886_e9fcc76957_z.jpg)
![2023/7/30 – Twin-25s won by Nic Olivares & David Hartpence [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/20230730_220931-dave-nic-winnorz.jpg)
![2018/08/12 – Josh Arnold wins 20-Lap Makeup-Race [YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/49594231156_8169eec54c_o.jpg)
![9/22/2018 – 23rd Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Go-Kart 200-Lap Klassic Championship [YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/2018-09-22-01h00m50s290.jpg)
![8/26/2018 – 35-Lapper won by Kevin Galletta [+YouTube]](https://karting.gallettasgreenhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180826_205437-Kevin_Galletta-1280px.webp)
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