July 13th, 2007 at Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Yard Kart Class featuring Galletta’s Greenhouse  Karting Club vs. OHV Outlaws:

3 Galletta's Go-Karts at Oswego Speedway's Supermodified Yard Kart Class on 7/13/2007!
Matt Stevens (in the Galletta’s #33), Wes Stevens (in the Galletta’s #4) and Kyle Reuter (in the Galletta’s #5) of the Galletta’s Go-Kart Club raced at Oswego Speedway’s Dirt Track during the Old Timer Reunion for the 2nd money race of the season. The heat was won by Mark Miller followed by Eric Raponi, Mike Billion, Kyle Reuter, Matt Stevens, Wes Stevens, and Joe Hayden. (Chris Stevens stayed home in protest to both the OHV motors and being seemingly targeted and getting wiped out by the #83.)

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The feature was dominated early by Wes Stevens and Kyle Reuter, who pulled away and were putting laps on last week’s winner, Joe Hayden. But while trying to pass Joe to put him 2 laps down, leader Kyle got in a loose patch and he and the Ogre wrecked together. This then set up the battle that it has been coming down to all year in Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Yard Kart division: Eric Raponi vs. Matt Stevens. On the final lap, Matt was able to dive under Eric and capture the close win. Matt and Eric were followed by Wes Stevens, Kyle Reuter and Mark Miller on the lead lap. Joe Hayden was 1 lap down and Mike Billion, got a DNF after wrecking with 2 laps to go.  Now here is the…

Oswego Speedway’s Supermodified Yard Kart Class Points Standings after 7/13/2007:

Rank

Name (Motor type & Go-Karts Piloted)

Total Points (Place)

Average Points Per Event

Events Raced

Feature Wins

1

Matt “Supplement Boy” Stevens (5hp FH Galletta’s #33)

504.00

100.80

5

2

2

Eric “The Rammer” Raponi (6.5hp OHV Raponi #83)

462.00

92.40

5

2

3

Wesley “Ogre” Stevens (5hp FH Galletta’s #4)

441.00

88.20

5

0

4

Joe Hayden (6.5hp OHV Hayden #5)

390.00

78.00

5

1

5

Kyle Reuter (5hp FH Galletta’s #0, #G5)

355.00

88.75

4

0

6

Chris “Chrusher” Stevens (5hp FH Galletta’s #8, #G5)

343.00

85.75

4

0

7

Lee Bartlett (6.5hp OHV Bartlett #924)

218.00

72.67

3

0

8

Mike Billion (6.5hp OHV Billion #57)

192.00

96.00

2

0

9

Mark Miller (6.5hp OHV M-Miller #00)

169.00

84.50

2

0

10

Dick Dann (5hp FH Dann #86)

85.00

85.00

1

0

11

Oscar “Flyin’ Oz” Berry (5hp FH Oz #11)

80.00

80.00

1

0

12

Gary Miller Sr. (5hp FH G-Miller #24)

76.00

76.00

1

0

13

Nick Dann (5hp FH Dann #68)

63.00

63.00

1

0

PS Notes:  Chris Stevens cost himself precious points in the points chase by choice – he elected not to go in protest to last week, where Raponi wrecked every member of the Galletta’s Karting Club, what the videos and pictures empirically proved that Raponi purposefully spun Chris out and then was also involved in collisions with every member of the club. This all while track operator Jim Losurdo oddly passing a blind eye yet again to the multiple incidents, Chris isn’t sure he wants to spend his money to go to a track that allows friend of the track operator to use a bigger motor AND wreck people he doesn’t particularly like, then allows them to act like they want to start a fight in the pits. He believes something’s up. Hmmm…. Is that a legitimate beef or is that paranoid whining? (2009 edit: You decide after all was said and done!)