Welcome to The Galletta's Karting Club!
Why spend $3,000-$6,000 +fees to race a go-kart
competitively?
Why not try a $300-$600 kart and be able to race like this for free
all season?
Please watch some of our 50 newest DVD Highlight Reel videos via YouTube. We have over 100 up on
Galletta's Karting Club, located in Oswego,
NY, is a go-kart racing club that specializes on racing as professionally
as we can for as economically as possible. We developed a style of
kart racing that is different, but no less competitive than any national
karting organization.
Our
biggest difference is affordability. Our club is free to join and
race in, and the only thing anybody pays for is gas and parts. We
are the largest and longest-running dirt karting class in the local
area, as we were founded in the early 1990s and our average feature
is 45-Laps usually consisting of 10-15 karts, with a
200-Lap "Klassic" Championship at Summer's
end deciding an Annual Points Champion. We race homemade 1-Wheel-Drive
racing karts that can race on professional karting tracks and backyard
speedways alike. We have karts rebuilt from used racing chassis, used
yard karts and some built from scratch. We have ONE class to ensure
a true overall track champion, and not have several smaller classes
of divisional champions with no clear winner.
We
race used 5hp Briggs Flathead motors fueled by pump gas, sped-up by
hand-shaved heads, and regulated by stock Fun Power-type carburetors
instead of expensive prefabricated 2-WD chassis powered by high-priced
methanol-fueled motors. On our own backyard oval speedway, we turn
clockwise with our top speeds approximately 45-50MPH. Although we
all run in the same division, in addition to a minimum weight requirement,
we have something unique to our inclusive class -- a weight-to-power-allowance
scale to allow heavier drivers more horsepower via stronger racing
cams and more powerful gear ratios, a system proven to be successful
as we have the tightest competition and most varied winner's circle
locally over the last few years. This way our one class is bigger
than the higher-priced karting classes, because heavier and lighter
drivers can race equally and having the same chance of winning as
the next guy. Racing experience, starting position, and a little bit
of luck usually decides the outcome, and money and kart price play
no role. To ensure this, we have an expert motor builder -- club cofounder
Matt Stevens - who oversees that all of the motors are legal, equalized,
and competitive, and does so for no cost - just to have people to
race with! Join us and find out what many people, including semipro
drivers from local racetracks say - we have the most fun and spend
the least money of likely any competitive motorsport class in the
world! Just because the track is not located behind a famous race
track, and the karts don't cost over a grand doesn't mean this isn't
real racing with talented drivers and excellent competition. The people
who think that and don't have the balls to show up and race with us
simply are not real racers. Earn your karting "street cred"
at Galletta's. Enjoy! ATTENTION: New drivers wanted!
You are invited to join the club! We are the longest-running, largest,
most affordable and most competitive karting organization in the area,
but due to a handful of our weekly veterans selling their karts and/or
retiring in the offseason, there are several karts that sit idle every
weekend in need of good drivers' butts in their seats to race them
every Sunday. Several race-ready karts sit at trackside, and in all
of Oswego - supposedly a racing fan town with alleged aspiring drivers
- we have more competitive, race-ready karts on the sidelines than
on the track. Stop being pussies and race, sons. New drivers are invited,
and vets who have missed out this year are as well. 1st-Timer rookies
are allowed to schedule rookie races during the week to get ready
for the regular races, but we do prefer Sunday before the regular
race itself.
THE 16th ANNUAL GALLETTA'S KARTING KLASSIC 200!
Our 16th Annual
Galletta's Greenhouse Karting Klassic 200-Lap Championship -
Saturday, October 8th, 2011:
SATURDAY,OCTOBER 8th, 2011: A grueling 200 laps.
But yours truly - webmaster Chris Stevens - broke
a 10-year dry-spell by winning his first Galletta's Greenhouse Karting
Klassic since 2001 (while running almost on fumes)! It was not easy,
as he time trialed 5th, and had to come from the back of the field
twice when he blew a tire in 2nd early, then clobbered a tree in
2nd late. But everything fell his way when the leader of the first
157 laps of the race, 
Matt
Stevens, decided to refuel putting Chris in the lead with
barely sputtering off enough fumes to get him the win with Matt
all over him. Several competitors didn't finish the marathon event,
and the closeness of competition made this the HARDEST Klassic
to date, with tough competition form first to last, including 2010
defending Klassic Champ Kyle Reuter (who lost a front
wheel while in 2nd himself, crashed into the buckwheat in turn 2
and retired). For most of the first 100 laps, Kyle pressured Matt
to set a fast pace, which in the end was the deciding factor that
forced Matt to refuel with 43 laps to go, which put Chris - who
made it back to 2nd for a third time in the race - in the lead.
Chris actually benefited from blowing a tire early and conserving
gas in the rear during the 2nd 4th of the race, which led to him
having enough gas to take the checker, the first time the Galletta's
#8 kart won a Klassic - Chris' previous Klassic wins came in the
Galletta's #2 (1999) and Galletta's #5 (2000 & 2001). Chris
has had several close calls in those last ten years (many 2nd and
3rd places, and a few bad luck breaks while up front in position
to win). Outstanding show from start to finish with some close racing
and a few exciting accidents to keep you viewers satisfied. Complete
race videos on DVD only $5 each disc and are ready. Meanwhile, here
is a recap of the 2011 season thus far, including the 2011 Finalized
Point Standings, where Matt Stevens led enough laps in the Klassic
to earn enough bonus points to surpass his brother by two points!
This after Chris had enough top-3 points to beat Matt by 1/2 point
in 2010! And consider that going into Klassic, the top 6 were all
up for grabs That's racing, folks!
Jason
Platt 
Chris
Doviak 
Chase
Sereno 
Rob
Clarke 
Harold
"Hal" Borland
Nicholas
Kazmierski 
Josh
Hartley 
Andrew
Pullen 
