Galletta's Go-Karts
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY, USA
13126-6512
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 (315) 343-0879
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Welcome! We are a Dirt Go-Karting Club that races for a Points championship every weekend from June-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 Summer Sundays and Fall Saturdays, and a gas-only 8hp-and-less Yard Kart summer Thursdays at Oswego Speedway's Clay Dirt Oval. Always looking for new, experienced teen drivers or serious adult racers to join us!

Galletta's Go-Kart Racing Association
Galletta’s Speedway 2005 points Standings
(18 races from 06/05/2005 thru 09/18/2005)

Rank Average PointsPerRace Total Points (Place) Races += Non- winner event Attend% Win Total *=Non-winner event Win % (of Attended) Laps Led Name & Go-Karts Piloted (This year) * = Championships ^ = 5.5hp handicap engine ^^ = Suspended (5.5hp + illegal modifications) 1 124.18 2111.0 17/17 100% 7 42% 207 ******Matt "Supplement Boy" Stevens #3, #1 2 112.26 1908.5 17/17 100% 2 12% 84 ***Chris "Chrusher" Stevens #8 (^4), #0, #1 3 109.33 1640.0 15/17 88% 4 26% 77 Mark "The Outlaw" Miller #00/007 (^15)^^ 4 106.27 1594.0 15/17 88% 1 7% 49 Mike Billion #57 (^15) 5 98.38 1084.5 11/17 65% 2 18% 42 Ed Meynes #18 6 89.75 1077.0 12/18+ 67% 1* 5% 84 Gary Miller #24, #0 7 89.64 1613.5 18/18+ 100% 0 0% 0 Wesley "Ogre" Stevens #4, #5, #6 8 89.46 1163.0 13/18+ 72% 0 0% 1 Rob Jimenez #5, #0, #7 9 86.38 1468.5 17/18+ 94% 0 0% 23 "Fast" Freddy Collins #2, #5, #1 10 85.43 598.0 7/18 39% 0 0% 4 "Wrecking Ball" Rob Piazza #11 (Probation) 11 84.55 930.0 11/18 61% 0 0% 0 Jason Mills #83/9, #6, #0, #1 12 84.36 590.5 7/18 39% 0 0% 31 Shane Miller #32 (^7) 13 82.50 660.0 8/18 44% 1 13% 71 Neil "Win or Bust" Gosch #44 (^8) 14 81.20 406.0 5/18 28% 0 0% 34 John "Too-light-for-a-5.5" Fellows #14b (^3) 15 78.50 471.0 6/18+ 33% 0 0% 0 Josh "Porky Jr." Schute #7, #6, #5 16 75.50 604.0 8/18 44% 0 0% 1 Ken "The Enforcer" Pitsley #7 17 73.71 516.0 7/18+ 39% 0 0% 8 Kenny "The Kid" Meynes #20, #18 18 70.10 350.5 5/18+ 28% 0 0% 11 Barrelin' Brian Bortel #15, #5 19 70.88 283.5 4/18+ 22% 0 0% 0 Tom "Whiney" Murray Jr. #29, #6, #7 20 70.00 210.0 3/18 16% 0 0% 0 Jim Losurdo #0 21 90.50 181.0 2/18+ 12% 0 0% 0 Kelly Miller #0 22 57.17 171.5 3/18 16% 0 0% 4 Dan Woodard #61 23 83.00 166.0 2/18 11% 0 0% 3 Kenneth "The Cop" Auyer #1, #0 24 75.50 151.0 2/18 11% 0 0% 0 Adam Barlow #1 25 73.00 146.0 2/18+ 12% 0 0% 0 "Itty-Bitty" Eddie Scruton #6 26 72.00 144.0 2/18 11% 0 0% 2 Jim "JR" Pitsley #1 27 65.00 130.0 2/18 11% 0 0% 0 Rob Garrison #1, #6 28 122.00 122.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Brian Osetek #6 29 111.00 111.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Shawn McKeown #6 30 49.00 98.0 2/18 12% 0 0% 0 Stu Feiske #53, #6 31 90.00 90.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Duke Patterson #1 32 77.00 77.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Chris Meynes #14a 33 77.00 77.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Richard "Dickie" Degroff #7, #1 34 77.00 77.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Phil Hall #6 35 73.00 73.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Eric Raponi #83a 36 73.00 73.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Eric Connors #6 37 73.00 73.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Mike Cleary #6 38 70.00 70.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Jerry Martin #6 39 70.00 70.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 David "Living Dead" Philips #1 40 69.50 69.5 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Mike Simoneau #5 41 69.00 69.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Cody Collins #7 42 65.00 65.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Howard Degroff #6 43 61.00 61.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 William "Stinky Bill" Hardy #2 44 61.00 61.0 1/18 6% 0 0% 0 Cryin' n' Quittin' Joe Crisafulli #6

Black = Qualified in the points race.
Gray = Not Qualified (Either not enough races or DQ-ed for racing 5.5hp engines).

1st ANNUAL NON-WINNERS CLASSIC QUALIFIER/
INAUGURAL GALLETTA'S SPEEDWAY SCORING TOWER EVENT

Above: The refurbished "Fort Crusher"
(AKA Galletta's Speedway racing tower)!

9/18/05 40-Lap results:

1. (#24) Gary Miller
2. (#5) Rob Jimenez
3. (#2) Fred Collins
4. (#18) Kenny Meynes
---Completed less-than 40 Laps---
5. (#1) Duke Patterson
6.  (#0) Kelly Miller
7. (#7) Josh Schute
8. (#4) Ogre Stevens
9.  (#6) Eddie Scruton **
10. (#29) Tom Murray
11. (#15) Barrelin' Brian Bortel
12. (#6) Cryin' n' Quittin' Joe Crisafulli *

* = Completed the 1st 6 laps, then quit due to wrecks.
** = Joined race mid-stream (More than 6+ laps down).
 

Notes:

     This weekend was not only the debut of the newly refurbished Treehouse, "Fort Chrusher/Chrusher Coliseum Headquarters", which has now become officially re-christened as "Galletta's Speedway Official's Scoring Tower", but it was our first ever "Non-Winners Feature Classic Qualifier." Only drivers who have not won a feature were invited to race (Note: Ogre hadn't won in at least two years so he was allowed to compete). Of special note, whoever wins this event wins a guaranteed qualifying position in next week's Dan Murdock Memorial "Galletta's Classic Championship."

    It was Gary Miller (and his #24) who proudly won his first feature event, holding off an equally fast and competitive Robbie Jimenez (in the Galletta's #5) who was challenging for the lead for the majority of the race, but could not break through to his first win. Both drivers have made huge strides during their rookie campaigns, and everybody at the track was happy to see them finish 1-and-2 as predicted. However, the rest of the race was unfortunately marred with constant wrecks, unforced spinouts, and bad driving in general, making it one of the longest races in duration since the speedway adopted larger drive wheels, stronger chains, and increased stagger. There is a reason why some of these guys don't win. ;)

   
Early on, the star of the show (and the DVD) was Barrelin' Brian Bortel (above in his own #15 followed by Gary Miller), who led several laps early but then drove too hard in turn two and performed one of his patented barrel roll flips.
 
Above: Barreling Brain Bortel flips while leading. Chris Chrusher Stevens' wife Au looks on in the tower. Comedic (or annoying, based on your opinion) race commentary by video taper Chris Stevens and Gary Miller's son, Colin. Chris is usually out there, but he is a WINNER (WAHOO!)! [Comedy levels are disputed by Chris' wife.]


But the day was not done for the barreling' one. Coming back up through the field, Oswego Speedway Supermodified driver Kelly Miller (in the Galletta's #0) washed into him in turn two causing a caution. Bortel was infuriated with Kelly, and while still connected with the #0, started reining blows upon Miller. Upon elbowing himself free, he bounced like a pinball off of the #4 of The Ogre and chased down the unsuspecting Kelly during caution, plowing into him two times, with a third hit launching his #15 up and over the #0's rear which caused not only race-ending damage to his own kart, but causing a large abrasion on Kelly's back. While the episode was fairly comedic to witness on tape, this activity is banned on this track, and if he or anybody else assaults another diver again, they will be indefinitely (and possibly permanently) suspended from Galletta's Speedway.

   
Meanwhile, Fast/Flyin'/Flippin'/Furious Freddy Collins (in the Galletta's #2) had one his best races in recent memory as he led many laps during the middle portion of the race as well, holding off challenges from Robbie in the #5.

Unfortunately, in different stages of the race, Fast Freddy (above in blue) unintentionally washed out into both Rob (Above in the orange kart) and Josh "Porky Jr." Schute (in the Galletta's #7). Kenny Meynes (driving his father's potent #18 kart) also impressed as he led late in the race for the 1st time in his career. However, while being challenged by Gary Miller with ten laps to go, Kenny lost control of the #18 and spun out in between turns three and four, which led to a rather comedic chain reaction wreck that sent Ogre's #4 flying through the air with Flyin' Freddy flipping off of the Deuce and landing conveniently in a Supermodified tire barrier.

    Little Eddie Scruton took over the Galletta's #6 kart mid-way after 1st-time driver Joe Crisafulli quit the ride complaining of other driver's incompetent actions, but some spectators and officials doubt if the young Scruton is physically strong enough to control the karts at full speed as he continuously wrecks all by himself in the physically demanding second corner. Another 1st-time driver, Duke Patterson drove the Galletta's #1 to the finish, although he was a few laps down due to continuous stalling/spinning/wrecking violations Tom Murray (in his own #29) retired early with motor problems that must be fixed before the Classic if he intends to last the whole race.

Eventual winner Gary Miller leading Robbie Jimenez, Freddy Collins, Kenny Meynes, Eddie Scruton, Kelly Miller and Duke Patterson late for the win (his first and the 1st non-winner's race ever). Wesley "Ogre" Stevens, proving again to be incompetent, already O.F.T.N. (Out For The Night)! Here they speed by Au's veggie garden.

    Videotaped race (2-angles; both highly comedic and commentated by Chris Stevens and Gary Miller's son Colin Miller). DVDs are now available for every videotaped event. Please contact Chris Stevens via email for ordering/buying a DVD that will contain anywhere from 2-4 races per disc.

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