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Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp, Single Wheel Drive "Gas stocker" karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta's Greenhouse Karting Speedway and a Gas Stocker division at Oswego Speedway's Clay Kartway. We also record weekly dirt karting classes in the Oswego area and make them available on DVD! Join us racing by either building your own or renting one of our team backup karts. Or just watch in person, or by buying our DVDs. Please read on and learn more about our extremely affordable brand of highly competitive racing!
The 2nd Annual Oswego Speedway Dirt Classic
at Oswego Kartway on September 4th, 2008
The 2-DVD set is around 4 hours & 25 minutes and contains Time Trials for all divisions, WKA Medium B-Main, WKA Junior 1, WKA Junior 2, Quarter-Midgets, WKA Medium, SWD Galletta's Gas Stockers, WKA Heavy, Open, OHV Gas Outlaws, and WKA Champ kart Classics. All in high-quality 16:9 Anamorphic widescreen video, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Surround Sound, and two camera angles of nearly all of the action. As bonus material, the disc also contains a race-by-race recap of the 2008 Galletta's Karting Club season (so far) between 5/8/2008 through 8/21/2008. Below is the menu of the DVD contents. DVD set is $10 in person, $13 by mail.
Thursday, September 4th, 2008 at Oswego Kartway
THE 2ND ANNUAL OSWEGO SPEEDWAY DIRT CLASSIC
Single-Wheel-Drive Gas Stocker Flathead Kart (AKA "Galletta's") Division:
On THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2008, the Galletta's Karting Club participated in THE OSWEGO KARTWAY'S 2nd ANNUAL DIRT TRACK CLASSIC at THE OSWEGO SPEEDWAY. Though the karts kicked off Classic Weekend's racing action originally scheduled for AUGUST 28th, 2008, it was the rain that took center stage after the conclusion of the time trials. Although Dick Dann won the 3-day Classic Weekend pass with his fastest gas-powered kart time of the night, the rest of the show was postponed and held on 9/4/2008, and it saw the inventors of Single-Wheel-Drive Gas Stocker racing; Wes, Matt, and Chris Stevens sweep the top three spots in the Gas Stocker Classic for the 2nd year in a row (but not without some controversy on the final lap).
The Classic was started via the order of our time-trials held on August 28th, 2008. However, two that qualified could not make it due to work (Buddy Cottom and Gary Miller Sr.), so our field was two shorter than it would have been. Fastest-time that night went to Dick Dann, who - much to the surprise of all the other drivers in the class - debuted a Raptor Carburetor, which was not previously approved by the Galletta's Karting Club rules committee (all other carbs are Briggs box stock 90s style fixed carburetors).
This YouTube clip is a low-resolution rundown of the Gas Stocker Feature (The DVD has the complete races from every division in high quality audio and video).
Early leader Dick Dann (Dann #86) was pressured by the undisputed World-Class king (and 1996, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Defending Points Champion) of the Gas Stocker Karts, Matt Stevens (Galletta's #33) for four laps before Dick spun in turn 4 due to the loose track. Matt then led until lap 17, where his brother Chris Stevens (Galletta's #8) caught him in lapped traffic and made the pass. He was followed through the hole by Wes Stevens (Galletta's #4). Chris led until Matt was able to pick off both he and Wes. On a late restart, Chris attempted to pass Matt but went too high, and Wes passed him. Matt slowly pulled away and led unchallenged until the events of the final lap....
This YouTube video shows our confusing Gas Stocker finale from two camera angles. On the white flag lap, a corner-man throws the yellow, probably because the dry and dusty track conditions made the white flag look yellow. Leader of the event, and defending 2007 Oswego Gas Mixed-Motor Track Champion and 2008 Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Points Leader Matt Stevens had a large lead, but when seeing the yellow, slowed up. 2nd-place runner Wesley Stevens and 3rd-place runner Chris Stevens also saw it and slowed. However, the checkered flag waved, and Wes Stevens then put his hand down and gunned it across the finish line, passing Matt by a bumper at the stripe. Matt, who did not see a checker, and had no idea that the checker could be thrown during a caution, was confused, and then utterly speechless and devastated when the track announced that Wes Stevens, who led zero laps, was declared the winner. By the time everybody figured out what happened, Wes was having his picture taken and the WKA Heavy class was fired up and ready to roll. Matt expressed his disappointment on this Oswego Kartway message board thread here, which led to a few nice comments and a few nasty ones. In the end, however, Wes, Matt, and Chris still all swept the top-3 spots in the Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Kart (formerly "Racing Yard Kart") division Classic for the first two years, and Wes gave the 1st-place trophy to Matt (though he rejected it on principle), so in the end, it really doesn't matter.Final Order of Finish for the 2nd Annual
2008 Oswego Kartway "Gas Stocker" Kart Classic:
Pos.
Name (Kart Piloted) Laps Completed
* Tie 1
Wes "Ogre" Stevens
(Galletta's #4)45 * Tie 1
Matt Stevens
(Galletta's #33)45
3
Chris Stevens
(Galletta's #8)45
4
Russ Hockey
(Hockey #00)45
5
Chris Stockham
(Galletta's #9)45 6
Melissa Gabel
(Galletta's #80)44
7
Larry Phillips
(Phillips #04)44
8
Mike Phinney
(Galletta's #6)43 9
Shadoe Russell
(Galletta's #2)43 10
Kaleb Anderson
(Galletta's #1)30
11
Dick Dann
(Dann #86)20
12
Buddy Cottom **
(Galletta's #7)0
13
Gary Miller Sr. **
(Miller #24)0
14
No Available Driver (Galletta's #0) 0
15
No Available Driver (Galletta's #3) 0
16
No Available Driver (Galletta's #5) 0
* = Matt Stevens was leading by a large margin on the final lap and saw a yellow flag from a corner-man going into the final corner and slowed. He was never passed under green, and only passed under a simultaneous yellow/checker at the finish line by his dad Wes Stevens, who was announced the winner on the track and presented the trophy and Victory Lane picture. The top three or four karters all saw the yellow (which wound up being a false one, as no wrecks or spins occurred) and slowed, making the finish anti-climatic. For this special circumstance, the Galletta's Points system will count it as a tie, splitting the points and the win equally between Matt & Wes.
** = Buddy Cottom & Gary Miller both missed the show due to work. Since they paid and qualified their karts on the previous Thursday, they are still awarded points and placement (with earned starting order as finishing order).2008 Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Kart Final Point Standings:
After 14 events at Oswego Kartway from 5/8/2007 -thru- 9/4/2008 Classic.
Rank
Driver
Karts Piloted
Motor Type(s)
Total Points (Place)
Average Points Per Event
Events
Heat Wins
Feature Wins
"Mighty" Matt Stevens
Galletta's #33, 33, 3
5hp Flathead
1428.00
102.00
14
4
4.5*
2
Galletta's #8, 4
5hp Flathead
1318.00
94.14
14
1
2
3
Hockey #00
5hp Flathead
1119.00
79.93
14
0
0
4
Galletta's #4
5hp Flathead
728.00
104.00
7
1
1.5*
5
Dann #86
5hp Flathead
669.00
83.63
8
0
1
6
Joe Hayden
Hayden #5
6.5hp OHV Handicap
600.00
83.33
7
0
3
7
Eric Raponi
Raponi #83 (OHV), Galletta's #9 (5hp)
6.5hp OHV Handicap, 5hp Flathead
557.00
79.57
7
5
0
8
Galletta's #7, #5
5hp Flathead
548.00
91.33
6
1
0
9
Dave Welfi
Melfi #22
6.5hp OHV Handicap
527.00
75.29
7
0
2
10
Oz #11, 71
5hp Flathead, 6.5hp OHV Handicap
471.00
67.29
7
0
0
11
Miller #24, Galletta's #9
5hp Flathead
447.00
74.50
6
1
0
12
Galletta's #3, 80
5hp Flathead
357.00
89.25
4
0
0
13
Larry Phillips
Phillips #04
5hp Flathead
335.00
83.75
4
0
0
14
Dann #68
5hp Flathead
209.00
69.67
3
0
1
15
Galletta's #9
5hp Flathead
193.00
96.50
2
0
0
16
Galletta's #6, 9
5hp Flathead
185.00
92.50
2
0
0
17
Galletta's #6
5hp Flathead
169.00
84.50
2
0
0
18
Galletta's #2
5hp Flathead
159.00
79.50
1
0
0
19
Galletta's #1
5hp Flathead
149.00
74.50
2
0
0
20
Oz #68
6.5hp OHV Handicap
88.00
88.00
1
0
0
21
Peggy "Last Place Yee-Haw" Melfi
OHV #66
6.5hp OHV Handicap
84.00
84.00
1
0
0
22
Ken Lindsley Jr.
Galletta's #6
5hp Flathead
75.00
75.00
1
0
0
23
Ken Lindsley III
Galletta's #1
5hp Flathead
69.00
69.00
1
0
0
24
Joe Miller
Galletta's #9
5hp Flathead
65.00
65.00
1
0
0
* = Win: The 2008 Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Classic ended under caution on the final lap, and has a controversial finale. Matt Stevens was leading by a large margin and saw a yellow flag. He never passed under green, and only passed under a simultaneous yellow-checker by Wes Stevens, who was announced the winner on the track. For this special circumstance, the Galletta's Points system will count it as a tie, splitting the points and the win equally between Matt and Wes, although the track officially named Wes Stevens as the winner.
Notes on motors: The gas 6.5hp motors (who dubbed themselves "Outlaws") raced with 5hp motors for part of the season until neither motor side could agree on rules. Every week would be an argument over "those guys have way more horsepower than us" vs. "those guys are way lighter than us." No middle ground could be reached, not even racing a 2-in-1 race with two winners and two points systems in one race, as they voted us out of the 2-in-1 race system because of an alleged and mysterious "controversy" and "whining." Their points are counted in only the races where both 5hp & 6.5hp motors raced in the same race, but excludes one race where Matt raced a 5hp against all 6.5hps and won. They also have their own points separate and not listed here... oops, nope, never mind, Oscar threw it away between blown motors and crashes.Additional pictures from the 2008 Oswego Kartway Classic!:
And Kevin Doty has additional snapshots of all of the winners (and some of the karts) on his website here.
Oscar 
Mike "MC" Howell 
Missy Berry
WHEN IS OUR NEXT RACE? EASY! JUST LOOK AT...
THE 2008 OSWEGO GAS STOCKER KARTS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE:
1. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 8th, 2008: 25-Lap Race (Winner: Matt Stevens in 5hp).
2. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 15th, 2008: 25-Lap Race (Winner: Joe Hayden in 6.5hp).
3. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008: Regular Race (Rained out)
4. OSWEGO: Friday, May 30th, 2008: 35-Lap MONEY RACE! (Winner: Matt Stevens in 5hp).
5. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 1st-June8th, 2008. Clay track Maintenance week. More.
6. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 5th, 2008: 20-Lap Race (Winner: Dave Melfi in 6.5hp).
7. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 8th, 2008. 45-Lap Race (Winner: Matt Stevens in 5hp).
8. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 12th, 2008: 25-Lap Race (Winner: Joe Hayden in 6.5hp).
9. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 15th, 2008. 50-Lap Race (Winner: Matt Stevens in 5hp+).
10. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 19th, 2008: 40-Lap Race (Winner: Dave Melfi in 6.5hp).
11. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 22nd, 2008. Twin-30s (Winners: Matt Stevens in 5hp & Ryan Coleman in 5hp+).
12. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 26th, 2008: Cancelled: Track Conditions.
13. OSWEGO: Saturday, June 28th, 2008: Cancelled: Track Conditions.
14. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 29th, 2008. Cancelled: Rained out.
15. OSWEGO: Friday, July 4th, 2008: 25-Lap Money Race (Winner: Nick Dann in 5hp+).
16. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 6th, 2008. Independence Day 50 (Winner: Ryan Coleman in 5hp+).
17. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 10th, 2008: Regular Race (Winner: Chris Stevens in 5hp).
18. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 13th, 2008: Cancelled: Rain Out.
19. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 17th, 2008: 5hp gas stockers cancelled (not enough drivers).
20. GALLETTA'S: Friday, July 18th, 2008. 45-Lap Race (Winner: Chris Stevens in 5hp).
GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 20th race: Rained Out. Held the Friday, 7/18 instead.
21. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 24th, 2008: Rained Out.
22. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 27th, 2008. Post-Harborfest Race (cancelled: wet track conditions and not enough helpers and drivers.)
23. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 31st, 2008: Practice for Friday Show.
24. OSWEGO: Friday, August 1st, 2008: 40-Lap Money Race (Winner: Matt Stevens x2 in 5hp vs. 5hp and vs. 6.5hp)!
25. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 3rd, 2008. 55-Lap Race (Winner: Buddy Cottom in 5hp).
26. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 7th, 2008: 30-Lap Race. (Dual-Winners: Joe Hayden 6.5hp & Chris Stevens 5hp.).
27. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 10th, 2008. Regular Race: Rained/Hailed Out.
28. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 14th, 2008: 30-Lap Race (Matt Stevens winner in 5hp).
29. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 17th, 2008. Twin 30s (Won by Buddy Cottom & Chris Stevens).
30. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 21st, 2008: Regular Race.
31. GALLETTA'S: August 23rd-27th, 2008. Kart Preparation for Oswego Classic week.
32. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 28th, 2008: 2nd ANNUAL OSWEGO SPEEDWAY DIRT TRACK CLASSIC TIME TRIALS!!! ANYBODY CAN RENT ONE OF OUR KARTS AND RACE AT OSWEGO SPEEDWAY'S CLASSIC WEEKEND!!!!!! Winner: Dick Dann.
--. GALLETTA'S: LABOR DAY WEEKEND: Off for Classic Weekend/NY State Fair/Labor Day.
33. OSWEGO: Thursday, September 4th, 2008: 2nd ANNUAL OSWEGO SPEEDWAY DIRT TRACK CLASSIC!!! ANYBODY CAN RENT ONE OF OUR KARTS AND RACE AT OSWEGO SPEEDWAY'S CLASSIC WEEKEND!!!!!!
34. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, September 7th, 2008. Twin-Features !!
35. GALLETTA'S: Saturday, September 13th, 2008. (Bye-week/open date)
36. GALLETTA'S: Saturday, September 20th, 2008. Probable date for the 13th Annual Galletta's Kart Klassic Time Trials! (VOTE!)
37. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, September 21st, 2008. Probable date for the 13th Annual Galletta's Kart Klassic! Probable 3pm start, between 175-200 laps.
37-up. OPEN DATES/RAIN DATES/FALL CHALLENGE SERIES after this date.
Key:
GALLETTA’S = Race located at John J. Galletta Memorial Gas Stocker Kartway (Behind Galletta’s Greenhouse in the Town of Oswego, NY).
OSWEGO = Race located at Oswego Kartway (Behind Oswego Speedway in Oswego, NY).2008 Gas Stocker Kart TOTAL Point Standings of The Planet
After 21 combined events at both Galletta's and Oswego Kartway from 5/8/2008 -thru- 9/7/2008.
Rank
Name (& Karts Piloted)
All Motors are 5hp Gas Stockers. 6.5hp "Outlaws" are removed, wins given to highest-scoring 5hp. Regulars have clickable driver profiles.Total 2-Track
Points (Place)Average Points Per Event
Total
EventsTotal
Heat WinsTotal
Feature Wins1
(Galletta's #33, 3, 1, 2)2815.50
127.98
22
4
11.5*
2
(Galletta's #8, 4, 5, 7)2618.50
119.02
22
3
5
3
(Hockey #00, Galletta's #9, 5)2241.50
101.98
21
2
0
4
(Galletta's #7, 6, 1, 0, Phillips #04)1490.50
124.21
12
2
2
5
(Galletta's #80, 80, 33)1397.00
116.42
12
0
0
6
(Miller #24, Galletta's #0, 9)1343.00
103.31
13
2
0
7
(Dann #86)1206.00
100.50
12
0
1
8
(Phillips #04, Galletta's #9, 7)847.00
105.88
8
0
0
9
Wavin' Nick Dann
(Dann #68, 86, Galletta's #5, 1, Miller #24)840.50
105.06
8
1
1
10
Flyin' Ryan Coleman
(Galletta's #9, 7, Miller #24)743.50
148.70
5
2
2
11
(Galletta's #4)728.00
104.00
7
1
1.5*
12
John "JP" Stepien
(Galletta's #0)587.50
146.88
4