Galletta’s Go-Kart Racing Association – 2005: Our 10th Season

    Neil Gosch (and his brand new, beautiful looking, large, orange tank of a kart numbered #44) dominated the race taking over the lead on lap five and powering his mysterious 5.5hp engine (with the sticker removed… hmmm… wait… why would that even be necessary? Hmm…) to a big win, pulling away from everybody on the track, including drivers that have 15 years more experience racing these style karts at Galletta’s. Matt Stevens (in his Galletta’s #3) got second and was able to stay with Neil, but wasn’t able to pass the powerful orange #44. Mark Miller(in his #007) continued his string of strong performances and maintain his lead in the points race by scoring third. Chris Stevens was running second early (in his Galletta’s #8 kart), but slowly losing air pressure in the drive-wheel allowed Matt, Mark, Ogre (in his Galletta’s #4), Ed Maynes (in his #18), and Mike Billion (in his #57) to all pass him. Rubbing salt into Chris’s open wound, Ed and Mike gave Chris no room going three-wide and spun him out completely in the back stretch. Fred Collins (in the rented Galletta’s #2) successfully held the #8 off after the restart to score seventh.

7/03/05 | 40-Lap results:

1. Neil Gosch (Team Outlaws #44 – 5.5hp^ OHV)
2. Matt Stevens (Team Galletta’s #3  – 5hp Flathead)
3. Mark Miller (Team Outlaws #007 – 5.5hp^ OHV)
4. Wes Ogre Stevens  (Team Galletta’s #4  – 5hp Flathead)
5. Eddie Maynes  (Team Maynes #18  – 5hp Flathead)
6. Mike Billion (Team Outlaws #57 – 5.5hp^ OHV)
7. Freddy Collins (Team Galletta’s #2 – 5hp Flathead)
8. Chris Stevens  (Team Galletta’s #8  – 5hp Flathead)
9. Eric Connors (Team Galletta’s #6  – 5hp Flathead)
   —DNF—
10. Ken Pitsley (Team Galletta’s #7  – 5hp Flathead)
11. #0/#5 – Rob Jimenez (Team Galletta’s #0/#5  – 5hp Flatheads)
12. #1 – Jason Mills  (Team Galletta’s #1  – 5hp Flathead)
13. #24 – Gary Miller  (Team Miller #24  – 5hp Flathead)
14. #20 – Ken Meynes  (Team Maynes #20  – 5hp Flathead)

^ = 5.5hp motor, but suspiciously more power than a box stock 5.5hp motor. Hmm…
DNF = Did not finish race

Galletta’s Speedway 2005 points Standings (5 races from 06/05/2005 thru 07/03/2005)

Place Points Per Race Average Total Points Races (5) Attendance Wins Win % Laps Led Name & Primary Go-Kart * = Championships ^ = 5.5hp 1 119.88 479.5 4 80% 2 40% 42 Mark Miller #007^   2 113.30 566.5 5 100% 1 20% 20 Matt Stevens #3 ****** 3 105.88 423.5 4 80% 1 20% 38 Ed Meynes #18   4 102.33 307.0 3 60% 1 20% 53 ^Neil Gosch #44 5 96.50 482.5 5 100% 0 0% 0 Wesley “Ogre” Stevens #4 6 94.30 471.5 5 100% 0 0% 0 Chris Stevens #8, #1 *** 7 94.00 376.0 4 80% 0 0% 6 ^Mike Billion #57 8 83.00 83.0 1 20% 0 0% 2 Jim Pitsley #1b 9 81.25 235.0 4 80% 0 0% 0 Jason Mills #6, #0, #1 10 80.25 160.5 2 40% 0 0% 21 ^Shane Miller #32 11 78.50 314.0 4 80% 0 0% 4 Fred Collins #2 12 77.33 232.0 3 60% 0 0% 3 Brian Bortel #15, #5 13 74.00 148.0 2 40% 0 0% 0 Robbie Jimenez #5, #0 14 73.00 73.0 1 20% 0 0% 0 Eric Raponi #83 15 73.00 73.0 1 20% 0 0% 0 Eric Connors #6c 16 72.67 218 3 60% 0 0% 11 Gary Miller #24, #0 17 69.50 69.5 1 20% 0 0% 0 Mike Simoneau #5a 18 65.50 65.5 1 20% 0 0% 0 Adam Barlow #1a 19 65.00 65.0 1 20% 0 0% 0 Thomas Murray Jr. #6b 20 64.38 257.5 4 80% 0 0% 0 Big Ken Pitsley #7 21 61.00 61.0 1 20% 0 0% 0 Kenneth Auyer #1b 22 58.33 175.0 3 60% 0 0% 0 Kenny Meynes #20