Racing points championship racing from 1996-current at Galletta's Greenhouse's Go-Kart Speedway Sundays from June-August & Saturdays from September-October, and summer Fridays at Oswego Speedway. We race exclusively with limited-modified 5hp Briggs and Stratton flat-head motors all with affordable 100% stock parts
at Galletta's, & 5-8hp motors at Oswego.
Matt Stevens posing with the Galletta's Greenhouse
#33 before the 2007 Galletta's Klassic (9/23/2007).
Name:
Matthew Joseph Stevens
Nicknames:
Matt, Mush, Mushaluphagus, Supplement Boy, Ogre Junior, The
Boy-Boss, 'Da Boy, Matty, BraveMatt,
Matty-Jo, Matina Josephina, The Dyed-Blonde Bomber, The Muscle-Boy,
The Rock, Number 72, Galletta's Boy, Matt Furlong, That-son-of-a-b***-that-keeps-winning-every-race!
2006/09/23 - Photo by Gene Galletta, Remastered by
Chris Stevens.
Karts:
Owner & head mechanic all of the Galletta's Go-Karts (driven the #3 from
1990-2006; co-built new #33 for 2006). All have stock 5hp Briggs & Stratton flathead motors and all have won races at different times. Has won races in almost all of the Galletta's House Karts, not just his favorite two (below).
Matt with his old #3 and new #33 (and his girlfriend and fellow racer, Melissa Gabel).
DOB:
2/26/1976
Marital Status:
In a relationship (Girlfriend is driver of his backup #3,
Melissa Gabel).
Years Racing Go-karts at Galletta's:
1990-current.
Career highlights:
The most winningest local driver in any known class. Matt has won a
combined 52 gas go-kart Feature events between 2002-2007
at Galletta's and Oswego Speedways gas karting divisions,
each race containing anywhere between 5-17 karts per event. An
astonishing record that hovers around a 50% win ratio!
Galletta's Track Championships in 1996-1998, 2002-2007
(2nd place only to his brother Chris
every year not listed).
"Galletta's Klassic" Championship Race Victories in 1996-1998, 2002-2005
and 2007. Only his brother Chris and father Wes have beat him in
"Classic championship" races at Galletta's and Oswego.
Countless career Feature victories at Galletta's stock 5hp class
since 1992 and Oswego Speedway's mixed-class dirt go-kart track
since 2006. Distant career leader in wins on both tracks. Won in
several different karts throughout career, including most of the
Galletta's karts at different times - In addition to the
countless races won in his #3 and #33, he will occasionally jump
into a backup that everybody thinks sucks and rejected to then
beat them in it just to prove that he doesn't cheat by making
his own karts faster.
The 12th Annual Galletta's Go-Kart
Klassic, now 175 laps (over 20 miles), was held on Sunday, September
23d, 2007 was won by now 8-time Galletta's Klassic winner, Matt
Stevens. Matt, the founder, owner, and mechanic of the 10 Galletta's Go-Karts again
proved that he is the best karter in the solar system again
with his incredible streak of winning championships in every racing field
that he competes in! He also shattered the
track record for his pole-winning time trial with a 15.82, which is basically an annual occurrence for the Supplement
Boy. More->
On
August 30th, 2007,
the three founders of Supermodified Yard Kart racing in the
Oswego area swept the top three positions in the first annual
Oswego Speedway Classic for the "Yard Kart" division. Chris "ChrusherComix" Stevens won
the Oswego Speedway Classic
Weekend's Dirt Supermodified Yard Kart Classic 50 in his Galletta's
Greenhouse #8.
His father Wesley Ogre Stevens took 2nd in the Galletta's #4, and his
brother and head mechanic Matt Stevens got 3rd in his Galletta's #33. This
makes the three originators of Oswego-area Yard Kart racing taking 1-2-3 in
the first ever Oswego Yard Kart Classic! View more on this race
here.
More->
Matt Stevens won the Post-Klassic 65-Lapper on
10/6/2007 in his trusty old backup, the Galletta's #3.
Favorite drivers: Himself;
Oswego Supermodified drivers Doug Didero, Mike Ordway, Bentley
Warren, Randy Ritskes, Joe Gosek & several other Oswego Speedway
veterans. Everybody who races with us, races clean, and has a great time is also a favorite driver of Matt.
More of Matt & Chris' complete racing history is
found here:
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Webdesigner
Chris Galletta-Stevens' artist profile:
Please buy Chris's new children's book (co-created and
written by Robert Buchanan)
named, Tee and Wee: Health and Nutrition for Young Earthlings,
ON SALE NOW:
Buy it or get a
sneak-preview.
Chris' kid-friendly/family-friendly comic strip named Towner (with
over 10 years of comics):
Chris' 2007 Graphic Novel, Chrusher - End Cycle:
Chris's 1988-1999 teen-to-adult comic book named "ChrusherComix" (with over 19 years of comics):
