Galletta's Go-Karts
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY, USA
13126-6512
Telephone:
(315) 343-0879
or
(315) 343-4281
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Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every Sunday from June-thru-August & every weekend from September-thru-October since the early 1990s, counting points since 1996, and online since 2005! We race gas-only stock 5-horsepower class at Galletta's Greenhouse's not-for-profit/race-at-your-own-risk Go-Kart Speedway, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less Yard Kart summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway's Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new drivers to join us! Serious, adult racers only!
Galletta's Go-Kart Racing Association
Galletta’s Speedway 2005 points Standings
(6 races from 06/05/2005 thru 07/10/2005)
Place
Average PointsPerRace (Opposite start)
Total Points
Races (of 6)
Attend-ance %
Wins
Win %
Laps Led
Name & Go-Kart Number(s)
* = Championships
^ = 5.5hp engine1
127.10
635.5
5
83%
3
60%
52
Mark Miller #007^
2
114.00
684.0
6
100%
1
16%
36
******Matt Stevens #3
3
111.00
111.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Shawn McKeown #6d (Not qualified)
4
109.10
545.5
5
83%
1
20%
38
Ed Meynes #18
5
105.08
630.5
6
100%
0
0%
18
***Chris Stevens #8(^1), #1
6
102.33
307.0
3
50%
1
33%
53
Neil Gosch #44^
7
95.60
478.0
5
83%
0
0%
0
Jason Mills #6, #0, #1
8
95.00
475.0
5
83%
0
0%
9
Mike Billion #57^
9
93.75
562.5
6
100%
0
0%
0
Wesley "Ogre" Stevens #4
10
88.33
265.0
3
50%
0
0%
1
Robbie Jimenez #5, #0
11
83.00
83.0
1
16%
0
0%
2
Jim Pitsley #1b
12
80.80
404.0
5
83%
0
0%
4
"Flying" Fred Collins #2
13
80.25
160.5
2
33%
0
0%
21
Shane Miller #32^
14
77.33
232.0
3
50%
0
0%
3
Brian Bortel #15, #5
15
76.50
382.5
5
83%
0
0%
1
"Big" Ken Pitsley #7
16
75.00
75.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Bob Piazza #11
17
73.00
73.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Eric Raponi #83
18
73.00
73.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Eric Connors #6c
19
72.67
218.0
3
50%
0
0%
11
Gary Miller #24, #0
20
70.00
70.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
David "Spinout" Philips #1c
21
69.50
69.5
1
16%
0
0%
0
Mike Simoneau #5a
22
65.50
65.5
1
16%
0
0%
0
Adam Barlow #1a
23
65.00
65.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Thomas Murray Jr. #6b
24
65.00
260.0
4
66%
0
0%
0
Kenny Meynes #20
25
61.00
61.0
1
16%
0
0%
0
Kenneth Auyer #1b
7/10/05 50-Lap results:
1. #007^ Mark Miller
2. #8^ Chris Stevens
3. #0 Jason Mills
4. #18 Ed Meynes
5. #3/#1 Matt Stevens
6. #5 Rob Jimenez
---Lapped Karts---
7. #6 Shawn McKeown
8. #7 Ken Pitsley
---DNF---
9. #2 Freddy Collins
10. #57^ Mike Billion
11. #20 Kenny Meynes
12. #4 Ogre Stevens
13. #1 Dave "Zombie" Philips^ = 5.5hp motor
DNF = Did not finish raceNotes:
Mark Miller (in his #007) won his third race in five attended events as he passed Chris Stevens (who debuted a brand-new 5.5hp engine on his Galletta's #8 today). But it was a fairly long story to get to that point in the fifty-lap event.
Mike Billion (in his #57) inherited the lead after Matt Stevens (in his Galletta's #3) blew a piston rod and the engine leading laps four through nineteen in a newly restored older model Briggs 5hp engine (the problem was determined that newer stock Briggs 5hps came with cheaper oil dippers that break under racing conditions, which is why racing oil dippers-vinyl or racing raptor-are the only 100% allowed "racing" part in a Galletta's Go-Kart stock motor, but old stock ones will also do). Mike allowed his teammate Mark to pass him for 2nd and try to track down Matt. But a bit of controversy occurred after this point. On the next restart, a few racers, spectators, and track officials initially believed that Mark bumped Matt which caused the #3's engine to fail. But after a long deliberation, track officials later decided against punishing Mark after he strongly protested any wrongdoing, claiming that he didn't touch the #3 until it was already failing, which was probably the case. The rule at Galletta's Speedway has traditionally that if you make contact and crash causing a caution or a change of position, you go to the rear, and this case was a borderline, either/or decision.On the following restart that found Matt climbing into the Galletta's #1, Mark penalized himself by allowing Mike and Chris by him when he didn't have to. But Billion's lead was short-lived as the #57 spun out with a blown tire on lap twenty-three, handing Chris the lead. Mark followed Chris for nineteen laps until a restart on lap forty-one when the #8 hit two massive ruts in turns one and two which sent him out of the main groove and allowed Mark all the space he needed to claim the victory.
Jason Mills drove the Galletta's #0 to a third place finish although many spectators felt that he was the fastest kart on the track. This wasn't too surprising to Matt, because he broke the previous track record time trial in the #0 by shattering the previously unbreakable 17.00 second barrier in post-repair practice a few days prior to the event. Jason used this speed to his advantage, as he almost had the win at one point after passing #8 for second after Chris again hit the dreaded ruts in turns one and two. Mills then quickly began to track down the #007 for the lead. However, Jason also hit those very same potholes and it unfortunately sent the #0 hurling out of control and violently flipping off of turn two. Jason fortunately recovered, and somehow managed to cruise his way past (#18) Ed Meynes, (#1) Matt Stevens, (#5) Rob Jimenez to still finish third. The bumps have started becoming so bad that track officials are considering limiting practice time, especially for drivers with a lot of experience and bigger motors.
Even though they had been lapped more than a few times, (#6) Shawn McKeown and (#7) Ken Pitsley benefited points-wise by just finishing the high-scoring fifty-lap event, as five other karts DNF-ed with less completed laps. Shawn in particular, scoring 111 points.
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60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY 13126-6512
(315) 343-0879 or (315) 343-4281
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