The 16th Annual Season Opener - 6/5/2011!
Posted on June 5th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios
JUNE 5TH, 2011: The Galletta's Karting Club kicked off it's 16th Points Season (and 21st season of racing overall) with a bang. Literally a few! Nine karts battled it out, with five of the drivers battled to five different lead changes during the 55-Lap feature, with Randy Platt going for a wild ride off the track in his new "Platt-num" #28, and Chris Stevens blowing the motor on the Galletta's #8 while leading with only 4 laps to go. This left Matt Stevens to capture the first feature of the season when he inherited the lead late, coming back from a couple early cautions! Plus three rookies drove an impressive race on top of all that!
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Posted on June 12th, 2011 by ChrusherComix StudiosPART 1 - HEATS & QUALIFIERS:? Oswego Karting - Galletta's 2011/6/5 Funny Crash & Qualifiers for 16th Annual Opener (Part 1 of 2)
PART 2 - QUALIFIER RECAP & FEATURE EVENT:? Oswego Karting - 2011/6/5 Galletta's 16th Annual Opener 50-Lap Feature & Blown Motor (Part 2 of 2)
All picture captures & video clips are of reduced quality and directly taken from our weekly DVDs.:
Race Results
Posted on June 5th, 2011 by ChrusherComix Studios The opening race was a rookie qualifier won by Jason Platt in the Galletta's Greenhouse #2, followed by Joe Sereno (Galletta's #1) and Justin Galletta (Galletta's #7). This earned the rookies bonus points and qualified them into the main events.
Heat 1 saw Randy Platt dominate in his brand-spanking-new Platt-num #28 that he built from scratch a couple months ago. The battle of this race was Matt Stevens (Galletta's #33) and Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey #54). Tim edged his cousin at the line, with rookie Jason Platt (#2) surviving a flip in turn 2 and rounding out the field.
HEAT 1 FINISH:
- Randy Platt (Platt-num #28)
- Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey #54)
- Matt Stevens (Galletta's Greenhouse #33)
- Jason Platt (Galletta's Greenhouse #2) {R}
Heat 2 saw AJ Nason (Nason Motorsports #35) and Chris Stevens (Galletta's Greenhouse #8) in a great battle, racing side-by-side for several laps in a row. AJ got wise to Chris' slingshot pass attempts and held him off on the final lap.
HEAT 2 FINISH:
1st. AJ Nason (Nason #35)?
2nd. Chris Stevens (Galletta's Greenhouse #8)
3rd. Melissa Stevens (Scissors n' Fur #19)?
4th. Joe Sereno (Galletta's #1)?
5th. Justin Galletta (Galletta's #7)
The early going of the 50-Lap Feature was led by AJ Nason, who started on the pole. The field started as follows... 50-Lap Feature Starting Lineup:
- AJ Nason (D&S Roofing #35)
- Tim Galletta (Sid Harvey #54)
- Melissa Stevens (Scissors N' Fur #19)
- Randy Platt (Platt-num #28)
- Chris Stevens (Galletta's Greenhouse #8)
- Matt Stevens (Galletta's Greenhouse #33)
- Jason Platt (Galletta's Greenhouse #2) {R}
- Joe Sereno (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) {R}
- Justin Galletta (Galletta's Greenhouse #7) {R} {R} = Rookie
Another shot from our 16th Annual Season Opener. We were all somewhat perplexed that a group of rookies who purchased several Galletta's-Type 1WD karts (the Dick Dann #86, the Russell Hockey #00, the Gary Miller #24, and the Billion #57) did not show up
AJ Nason led until lap 18, when Tim Galletta went for a pass. AJ then tried to pass Tim back with a slingshot maneuver, but he and Matt Stevens - who was also attempting a slingshot pass - made contact and both spun. AJ pulled into the pits shortly thereafter due to ill handling kart.
Randy Platt took his sparkling Platt-num #28 for a wild ride when the steering rod broke and sent him directly into the woods in turn 2 on lap 25. If Chris Stevens had a helmet cam, we would have had some outstanding footage, as he had the best seat in the house for that one. Matt commented that the former lumberjack Randy should stick to chainsaws when cutting trees down, as the front end of the #28 lost the battle with a tree. Shortly after this, then-leader Tim Galletta retired from the race when the gas pedal on the Sid Hervey #54 broke. Melissa Stevens then led for 4 laps and spun out, putting Chris Stevens in the lead on lap 34. Lead laps were scarce for Chris in 2010, as he won the '10 point standings by scoring so many 2nd & 3rd place laps, and the only race he led last year, he won.
The race was fast and furious between the founding bros of the Galletta's Karting Club, who have been battling since the early 1990s when Galletta's Backyard Speedway was just a 2-kart battleground built around their makeshift football field that hosted neighborhood backyard football games when the duo were in high school (yes, that means the track is 100-yards long from turn to turn). But as Chris crossed the finish line to complete lap 46, the motor on the Galletta's #8 blew, and parts went flying everywhere. If we had not pushed the race to 50 laps for our opener, Chris would have won and the motor would still be in one piece.
This set up Matt in the lead and he never looked back for the 1st win of the 2011 season. We ran 5 extra laps due to cautions, and scored them as bonus points.
Final Order of Finish
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Name (Go-Karts Piloted in race) |
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2nd |
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3rd |
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4th |
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5th |
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6th |
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7th |
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8th |
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9th |
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Joe Sereno (R)
(Galletta's #1, 5)
Jason Platt (R)
(Galletta's #2)
RETCON BONUS POINTS: The following drivers raced in a make-up point race, also called a "retcon" race. They are scored in the following positions.
10th. Jeff Tetro (Galletta's Greenhouse #9) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 7/3/2011
11th. [R] Chris Doviak (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 7/3/2011 12th. [R] Andrew Pullen (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 7/5/2011 13th. Brian Galletta (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 7/22/2011 14th. Rob Clarke (Galletta's Greenhouse #2) - Credit from Retcon Race led on 7/24/2011 15th. [R] Chase Sereno (Galletta's Greenhouse #6) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 7/24/2011 16th. [R] Harold "Hal" Borland (Galletta's Greenhouse #6) {NR} - Credit from Retcon Race held on8/22/2011 17th. Mike Howell (Galletta's Greenhouse #6) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 8/29/2011 18th. Ken Lindsley III (Galletta's Greenhouse #0) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 8/29/2011 19th. Ken Lindsley Jr. (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 8/29/2011 20th. [R] Nicholas Kazmierski (Galletta's Greenhouse #2) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 9/11/2011 21st. [R] Josh Hartley (Galletta's Greenhouse #9) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 9/11/2011 22nd. Kyle Reuter (Galletta's Greenhouse #1) - Credit from Retcon Race held on 9/11/20112011 Point Standings as of 6/5/2011
For the Galletta's Karting Club's World Championship of 1WD Gas Flatheads held on Galletta's Greenhouse Backyard Karting Speedway. After 1 race on 6/5/2011. Our complete All-Time Points Standings from 2000-2010 are found on this webpage.Matt Stevens wins the opener and takes a lead after the long offseason. Chris Stevens scored enough top-3 bonus point laps to retain second despite blowing a motor while leading late. Rookies Justin Galletta and Joe Sereno were impressive scoring 2nd and 3rd in the feature and 3rd and 4th most points after week one, and fellow rookie Jason Platt also did well. AJ Nason and Randy Platthurt themselves badly via scoring DNFs despite winning their heat races and being up front in the early going of the feature.
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Position |
Name (Go-Karts Piloted in 2011) [Hyperlinked Borders have Driver Profile] t = Timeouts used; @ = Makeup races run |
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Feature |
Events |
Features |
Heat Wins |
2011 Feature Wins |
Years Pro at Galletta's |
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1st |
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185.5 |
185.50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
16th |
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2nd |
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175.0 |
175.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16th |
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3rd |
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164.5 |
164.50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
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4th |
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163.5 |
163.50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
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5th |
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161.5 |
161.50 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
5th |
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6th |
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155.0 |
155.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
3rd |
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7th |
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147.5 |
147.50 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
(R) |
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8th |
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145.0 |
145.00 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2nd |
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9th |
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137.0 |
137.00 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3rd |
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Key: @ = Used Make-up Races T = Used Time-Outs (3 per driver per season) L = Raced Light in handicap kart ® = Rookie (less than 1 full season at Galletta's) Notes: Scoring: Point scoring scale is found on our scoring page in addition to our rules page, heats are bonus points, and more bonus points are awarded for each lap run in 1st place (1 point per lap) and 2nd & 3rd place (0.5 points per lap). Starts: Regular season race starts are handicapped via inverting (a) feature wins and (b) points-per-race. 2nd of a Twin-30 start is inverted from the 1st finish. Klassic is started via time-trials. VISIT THE 2000-2010 GALLETTA'S WINS & POINTS STANDINGS, TALLIED AFTER EACH COMPLETED SEASON |
