2000 Season Recap & 5th Annual Klassic 80-Lap Oswego Dirt Karting Championship
THE 2000 GALLETTA’S 5HP BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON
Snapshots from the 2000 Galletta’s Go-Kart Klassic:
The 2000 year was one that saw Chris, Matt, and Wes Stevens run a staggering 33 events between the 4th of July and November 8th. It also saw our kart count again grow by two, with two more home-made karts; the Galletta’s #6 (originally red and black #3b, later repainted brown and gold #6) and the Galletta’s #5 were the newest Galletta Chassis built. This enabled us to invite a few more friends and family (such as our cousins Brian and Kevin Galletta) to join us in our highly competitive racing club. Chris “Crusher” Stevens was the dominant factor, winning 15 & 1/2 features (including 7 straight) en route to winning his 2nd of 3 straight Klassics in his brand new Ogre Chassis Galletta’s #5 (after winning the ’99 one in the #2). Matt failed to live up to his usually dominant track record in his brand new Ogre Chassis Galletta’s (originally 32 but then re-numbered) #6, which was originally set to replace his Galletta’s #3, but he never could quite get in-tune with it like his #3. In our 80-Lap Klassic, held on September 30th, 2000, we were joined by one of our cousins: Brian Galletta (whom we nicknamed “Bowser” after the Super Mario Kart character due to his look in the kart), and Larry Dishaw, an uncle of ours who only raced one time in the track’s history, our ’00 Klassic – managing a 3rd.
2000 – 5th Annual Galletta’s Greenhouse Karting Klassic 80 | Final Order of Finish:
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1st
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Chris ‘Chrusher’ Stevens
Galletta’s Greenhouse#5 |
|---|---|
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2nd
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‘Mighty’ Matt Stevens
Galletta’s Greenhouse #6 |
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3rd
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Larry Dishaw (R)
Galletta’s Greenhouse #2 |
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4th
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Wes ‘Ogre’ Stevens
Galletta’s Greenhouse #4 -DNF |
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5th
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‘King Bowser’ Brian Galletta (R)
Galletta’s Greenhouse #1 – DNF |
DNF – Did Not Finish
(NR) – Newbie Rookie (Never raced before)
(TR) – Technical Rookie (1st Partial Season; Raced before)
2000 FINAL Point Standings for the Galletta’s Karting Season
Box stock 5hp gas go-kart championship of Oswego, NY
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Rank |
Name ( & Main Kart Piloted) |
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Event |
Events |
Feature Wins |
* = Classic Win |
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1 |
Chris “Chrusher” Stevens (Galletta’s #5, 2) |
2054.50 |
62.3 |
33 |
15.5* |
1* |
|
2 |
“Mighty” Matt Stevens (Galletta’s #3, 6) |
1901.00 |
57.6 |
33 |
9.5 |
0 |
|
3 |
Wes “Ogre” Stevens (Galletta’s #4, 2) |
1717.50 |
52.0 |
33 |
8 |
0 |
|
4 |
Brian Galletta (Galletta’s #1) |
176.00 |
35.2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
5 |
Larry Dishaw (Galletta’s #2) |
94.00 |
94.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
6 |
Kevin Galletta (Galletta’s #1) |
47.00 |
47.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
7 |
Ray “RaYzor” Castaldo (Galletta’s #1) |
18.50 |
18.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
Tom Puffer (Galletta’s #1) |
16.00 |
16.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
