Galletta's Go-Kart 2006 #18 (2006/10/07) 75-laps (Fall Endurance Championship) 

Fall 75-Lapper Finale:

Here is Chris challenging Matt for the lead on a late-race restart. Though he had a couple of runs, Matt found a groove in his new #33 and pulled away for yet another win. Mattie-Jo again extends his lead and pads his slightly eroded lead in the total points standings. Meanwhile, several drivers are dropping like stones in the points as they don't attend the races anymore... a shame considering that if every accomplished veteran driver showed up, the racing would be unbelievably competitive, especially late in the year when passing becomes more difficult. 

(Chris' notes: Sorry for the slow update, but I was terribly sick with a throat/head/chest cold all last weekend and 1/2 of the week, a condition worsened by racing in the cold for this race. Also, *- We need the printed name of the "new guy" as his signature is an utterly unreadable scribble.)

10/15/2006 - 11/11/2006 - Fall Mudfest Races [Missing Videos]

We had a handful of races in October and November 2006, and at the tail end of the above video you can see a short clip before the 10/15 race starts. Whenever we locate the VHS tape or DVD-R that has rest of the events (and we *DO* have them somewhere in storage), I will transfer and upload it. Here are descriptions:

Galletta's Go-Kart 2006 #19 & #20 (2006/10/15) 30-lap "Non-winners" race and 40-lap "regular" race

It was a great night for Josh Schute, who has long been a middle-of-the-pack runner who has slowly, but steadily improved over the last year. But it was his night, as he not only won the 1st non-winner's race of the 2006 season, but he then held on and survived a late-race accident to win the regular 40-lapper (that contained several top-gun feature-winning drivers; Matt, Chris, Ogre, and Rob - who were all collected in a 2nd-through-4th place pileup). Josh took both races away from Dick Dann, who led both events until Josh stole away the lead late when Dick's kart mishandled in the first and blew a tire late in the second. Josh has been fast in the Galletta's #7 since last year, and it was great to see him get a win. A great, fun, competitive night for all involved. Pictures and updated stats will come after we locate lost videos.

Galletta's Go-Kart 2006 #21 (2006/10/21) 40-lap Feature

Today was Dick Dann's day (er, night), as he continued leading the entirety of the race as he did last week, but this week he held off Chris and Matt for his 1st career win in his rookie campaign. Dick proves all of the big-motor whiners wrong, as he wins a feature with his all-stock 5hp engine while he weighs over 200lbs.! Great to see all these 1st-time feature winners, as it shows that everybody is improving! Pictures and updated stats forthcoming if Chris has time (but he doesn't). However, the night was marred by two young hoodlums who were generally incompetent, seemed stoned, spun often, stalled often, wrecked often, broke parts (including severely bending their own friend Rob's axle [which is MY frame BTW - Rob's mom and dad only owned the engine and the wheels, Ogre's hub/axle, and one of the wheels that they were driving), left early on their own accord, and then the following day, demanded their money back (even though they busted and bent several of the above mentioned parts on the karts that add up to far more than they gave in rental fees, including wasting and gas money idling while they didn't even know how to keep their karts running let alone race) AND threatened to steal a go-kart! The Sheriff's Department had to be called on the "punks" (as called by the deputy; who actually used to play football with us when we were teenagers), who refused to leave until they were forced to by the deputy. The deputy, who is an old friend and Chris was good friends with his older brother, advised us that we should only let close and trusted friends and family race with us, and especially nobody under 18. 

Galletta's Go-Kart 2006 #22 (2006/11/11) 40-lap Feature:

Matt Stevens (#33) won what may have been the final exhibition race of the year. I say exhibition because we have not had a good turnout of late, its has been very cold, and I didn't do the points. Matt was chased closely by Wesley Ogre (#4), Chris (in the #2; his #8 broke a hub), Dick Dann (#86), Oscar Berry (in Matt's #3; the 1st visitor Matt ever allowed to race his championship kart - and he did quite well, at one point passing both Wes and Matt off a restart!), and Nick Dann (#02) rounding out the field with a DNF (poor Nick). Again, in these late season races, I have not added up the points, so this means that they are probably just exhibitions due to a lack of a large attendance, poor track conditions, and general off-season laziness by yours truly. Also, congrats to our newest and most-promising rookie driver, Kyle Reuter, who is doing a great job for the Oswego State's basketball team! We look forward to racing with him all next season!

Galletta's Go-Kart 2006 #23 (2006/11/26) Final Feature of 2006:

Matt Stevens (#33) won the Thanksgiving '06 feature, the final exhibition race of the season, which wound up possibly being the muddiest race in track history. It included Wesley Ogre (#4), Dick Dann (#86), Fred Collins, Oscar Berry and Nick Dann (all in Galletta's rentals). Webmaster and racer Chris, didn't race because he didn't get enough sleep, the points race is over, and there was too much mud. But not all shared this opinion, as a mud-covered Fred Collins yelled, "This is the way I love to race! WOO!!!!"  Oscar (in the Galletta's #6) led a large portion of the race until Matt snipped him for another win. Matt made his way to the front three times partially due to the slick track. The next race at Galletta's Kart Points Race will take place on June 3rd, 2007 , and the next Oswego County Super-Yard Kart race at Oswego Speedway's Dirt Track will take place on June 15th, 2007 and will count for points. DVDs anybody?