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
gas flat-head motors all with affordable stock parts
at Galletta's and Oswego tracks.
DRIVER PROFILE FOR
MATT "GALLETTA" STEVENS (1990-2010)
Matt Stevens posing with the Galletta's Greenhouse
#33 before the 2008 Galletta's Klassic (10/3/2009).
Name:
Matthew Joseph Stevens
Matt Stevens after beating the entire
"Outlaw" 6.5hp Gas-Open Kart" Class with his 5hp Gas Stocker #33 at
Oswego
Kartway on 8/1/2008
Nicknames: Matt,
Mighty 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, Mr. Galletta, Matt Furlong, That-son-of-a-b***-that-keeps-winning-every-race!
Matt Stevens posing with the Galletta's Greenhouse
#33 before the 2008 Galletta's Klassic (9/21/2008).
(Left)
Matt racing at the Oswego Kartway in his Galletta's Greenhouse
#33 Gas Stocker kart, where he s virtually unbeatable in.
(Right) Matt
Stevens wins a mixed motor (5hp-6.5hp gas stocker) money race at
Oswego Speedway's Dirt Kartway in his trusty old all-time
winning Gas Stocker #3 (on 5/30/2008)!
Matt's Social Networking pages:
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 (his favorite wins usually come in karts that
everybody else swear are slow, and he climbs in and beats
everybody in them).
Years Racing Go-karts at Galletta's:
1990-current.
Career highlights: The most winningest local driver in any known class. Matt has won an
astounding
combined 98 out of 231 Feature events between 2000-2008
at Galletta's and Oswego Speedways gas karting divisions,
each race containing anywhere between 6-17 karts per event (and
mostly between 8-13). An
astonishing record that hovers around a 43% win ratio! Most
karters have two desires: To try as hard as they can to beat him
or to just forget about it and never enter a race with him in
it. His record speaks for itself. Galletta's Track
Championships in 1996-1998, 2002-2008 (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.
Won so
many races at
Galletta's
and
Oswego Kartway that methanol classes have actually mocked him, even
though they're afraid to race him.
Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Class
Wins/Points Champion (2006, 2007 and
2008). 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 (like,
they race it and give up and say the kart is crap and say Matt's kart is
illegal) to then
beat them in the kart they rejected just to prove that he doesn't cheat by making
his own karts faster. Although this refutes people that call him
a cheat, people still say it anyway. Some people can't ever be proven
wrong... they don't like it.
The only
big karting race that Matt has never won outright is the Oswego Kartway Classic. He
finished 3rd to his brother and father in
2007, and a technical 2nd in
2008 after a false yellow
flag came out on the last lap while leading by a large margin
and a checker fell during a caution with has dad passing him on
the line. The only people to ever beat him in either Galletta's
"Klassic" or Oswego "Classic" are his brother
Chris and father
Wes, and a flagman.
The Oswego Kartway operator Jimbo "The Dimbo" Losurdo guaranteed
he would never win, and kept his word, as he banished the
Galletta's Karting Club's Division from the track. Technically, however, Matt has never been defeated in a points
series or "Championship" race other than his brother and dad in
karts that he is the head mechanic on. Hence, he is the best
driver/head-of-crew karter around, and if any karter does want
to try to beat him, by all means try. Just, obey the rules,
please? Been there, done that, won't be going back to a track
where they let that happen (even though Matt still beat the
cheats!).
At the
GALLETTA'S
GO-KART SPEEDWAY
on a crisp and
cool
Sunday,
September 21st, 2008,
we held theMatt
Stevens again proved his mastery of Oswego karting with yet another HUGE
Championship win, the biggest kart race ever at Galletta's, the Oswego area
(and probably everywhere else; we'd like to know if one is bigger
anywhere). With his performance, he clinched the 2008 Galletta's Track
Title to add to his Oswego Kartway 2008 Track Title, clinching the 2008
overall two-track title as well.
On THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4th, 2008, the Galletta's Karting Club participated inTHE OSWEGO KARTWAY'S 2nd ANNUAL DIRT TRACK CLASSIC at
THE OSWEGO SPEEDWAY. Again, the inventors of Galletta's Single-Wheel-Drive Gas Stocker Karting;
Wes, Matt, and Chris Stevenssweep the top-3 spots
in the Gas Stocker Classic for the 2nd year in a row
(but not without some controversy on the final lap)
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.
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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.
(Left) Matt before the 11th Annual Galletta's Klassic on
2006/09/23 - Photo by Gene Galletta, Remastered by
Chris Stevens.
(Right)
Matt Stevens posing with the Galletta's Greenhouse #33 before
the 12th Annual 2007 Galletta's Klassic 175 (on
9/23/2007).
(Left) Matt Stevens won the Post-Klassic 65-Lapper on
10/6/2007 in his trusty old backup, the Galletta's #3.
Matt has more wins in this kart that probably almost every
visiting driver combined.
Hobbies & interests: Being with family & friends; spending time with his girlfriend;
greenhouse operation (Galletta's Greenhouse); go-kart maintenance &
racing; exercise, health and nutrition; watching the races at
Oswego Speedway; fan of
Portland Trailblazers, whatever team Ray Allen plays for,
which is the
Boston Celtics
(NBA) and Miami Dolphins
(NFL). Christian. His brother Chris'
ChrusherComix
(which he is parodied in, co-stars in, and
actually
even drew some guest/fan-art for). Pets: Cats, turtles.
Matt with his old #3 and new #33 (and his girlfriend and fellow racer,
Melissa Gabel).
Congratulations
to Matthew Stevens & Melissa Gabel Stevens, who were married on
Saturday, November 8th, 2008! This means 'officially' one more member of the
Team Galletta's racing. New pictures are up on his brother Chris' MySpace! Enjoy!
Matt's worst accident
occurred on August 26th, 2007, and we dubbed it "Worst Crash
Ever at Galletta's Go-Kart Speedway": An extremely scary accident took place early on
in the feature when Wesley Ogre Stevens, Kyle, Matt, and Chris were battling in the middle of the field, side-by-side, 2-rows-deep. When Ogre and Kyle brushed wheels down the front stretch, it sent Kyle into Matt and then they both crashed extremely hard into Fred Collins, who had retired and nonsensically parked in the interior grass just barely off of the track. The crash was horrific, as Matt, Kyle and Fred all flipped over each other, but wouldn't have even been a footnote if someone wasn't parked in the interior of the track. This action is forbidden. A retired kart must park in the garage area, deep in the middle of the track, or the caution must come out. Luckily, thank God, they were all OK other than some bumps, scrapes and bruises.
The wreck has garnered many hits
on YouTube, but also many bashers, who call our karts slow and
the wreck "lame" and "not that bad." We'd like to mention how
most of these YouTube trolls (after watching an open wheel
karting accident where 3 karts collide going around 35-45mph to
a dead stop without seatbelts) are all desensitized people who
have never actually strapped themselves into any racing vehicle,
only raced a video game, and via disrespecting the idea of
equalized and affordable racing, are just flamewar baiting.
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):
