Galletta’s 2007 Race #4: 6/24/2007 50-Lapper:

Kyle Reuter wins his first feature of the year in the Galletta’s #0 after he accomplished a rare feat: He passed Matt Stevens in his Galletta’s #33 for the lead! A loose track enabled many back and forth passes within the 12-kart event that concluded with a tremendously exciting finish.

2007 Volume #4 DVD:
Contains the June 21st, 2007 races at Oswego Speedway and the  June 24th, 2007 races at Galletta’s.

 

(Left) The first heat was won by Kyle followed by Missy Berry and Chris Stevens. (Right) The second heat was stolen from Kelly Miller by Matt Stevens and others on the last lap when Kelly’s motor started pouring smoke and lost power. Kyle found this TERRIBLY funny, haha!

In the feature, an opening lap pileup (click here for a video clip from the DVD) and several cautions by  a couple of inexperienced drivers  slowed the action considerably. And the track was very loose, which led to many passes during the event. Kyle passed Matt about mid-way when Matt’s #33 hit some loose patches, as the same loose patches that enabled Matt to pass everybody now worked against him. Kyle found a low groove and was able to hold off challenges by Matt, Chris Stevens (in his backup Galletta’s #5 for the evening), and Oscar Berry, who drove his Flyin’ Ozz #11 to perhaps his career best race. Late in the race, Matt’s #33 blew a tire and he hopped into his old trusty Galletta’s #3.

 
(Left) Matt worked his way up the field and did challenge Kyle late, but spun out on the last lap settling for 5th. (Right) Kyle was followed past the checker by Chris Stevens and Oscar Berry (in the Flyin’ Ozz #11) drove great all night and scored third. Kyle is another example of a great driver winning in Galletta’s house karts, proving all those whiners wrong when they claim that we rig the races by making our backups slower. Must be that they just aren’t great drivers, then! Ha! Great job, Kyle! I think we’ll have to call Kyle “The Face“, a pro-wrestling term for a good guy that everybody cheers for. I guess that makes Matt and myself heels because everyone cheers against us other than my wife, Matt’s girlfriend, and our mom, Haha! Anyway, more discussion on this message board thread.

June 24th, 2007 “50-lap” Feature Final order or finish:

Galletta’s Go-Kart Club 2007 Point Standings
After 4 events from 6/3/2007 to 6/24/2007:

Points system is in Rules section. Each race awards points on a scale dependant with the amount of laps ran. In addition, Feature Laps led (and top 3 positions in fact) award points. ^ = timeouts. A timeout is a break in the action for a repair that takes more than a few minutes or if you bring out more than 3 cautions in one race. You are only allowed 4 all year. Starting on 6/24/2007, If you bring out more than 3 cautions and continue to race, you are docked 10-points as well as a timeout. Also, mid-race kart-switches are now 10-point deductions. You must race the same kart you started and not spin out/cause wreck more than 3 times to avoid the deduction.

HANDICAP STARTING ORDER FOR JULY 1st, 2007 EVENT:

Handicap	PPR Average	Feature Wins	Name & Go-Karts Piloted ^ = Timeouts used
1	99.67	0	Flyin’ Freddy Collins (Galletta’s #2, 7)
2	108.00	0	Jason Mills (Team Maynes #38)
3	114.25	0	Kelly Miller (#Super9, #7, #1)
4	117.50	0	“Fast” Eddie Maynes (Team Maynes #9)
5	119.13	0	Oscar “Flyin’ Oz” Berry (Team Oz #11) ^
6	121.75	0	Wesley “Ogre” Stevens (Galletta’s #4, #1)
7	126.38	0	Nick Dann (Team Dann #68)
8	138.00	0	Dick Dann (Team Dann #86)
9	119.38	1	Kyle Reuter (#0, Super9, 7) ^
10	124.88	1	Gary Miller Sr. (Miller #24) ^
11	151.13	1	Matt “Mush” Stevens (Galletta’s #33, #3)
12	162.88	1	Chris “Chrusher” Stevens (Galletta’s #8, #5)
—	—.–	–	Anybody not on the above list starts in rear

Points system is in Rules section. Each race awards points on a scale dependant with the amount of laps ran. In addition, Feature Laps led (and top 3 positions in fact) award points. ^ = timeouts. A timeout is a break in the action for a repair that takes more than a few minutes or if you bring out more than 3 cautions in one race. You are only allowed 4 all year. Starting on 6/24/2007, If you bring out more than 3 cautions and continue to race, you are docked 10-points as well as a timeout. Also, mid-race kart-switches are now 10-point deductions. You must race the same kart you started and not spin out/cause wreck more than 3 times to avoid the deduction.

HANDICAP STARTING ORDER FOR JULY 1st, 2007 EVENT:

The next Galletta’s Points race is set for Sunday, July 1st, 2007. Qualifying events (Rookie/Novice Qualifier Race and/or Veteran Heats) will begin at 6:30pm, and the Feature will begin shortly after 7pm (two Galletta’s regulars cannot arrive before then). You MUST reserve your spot in the racing festivities via arrival or phone call by 6:30pm, or else we WILL start without you. We’ve wasted too much time in the past waiting for people who said they may be coming and then don’t show without even a courtesy call and we won’t tolerate such rudeness anymore (especially when these same people whine about getting out late and then arrive late or never). Bring your own stock 5hp kart or rent one of our Galletta’s backup/rentals. As for further updates, new rules (designed to speed-up the racing action while adding more safety) andcommunication with us and other Galletta’s Karting Race Club drivers, please join our brand new Galletta’s Go-Karts Message Board!