In our 11th year of points championship racing 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.
Howard Seabrook Racing!
(Where they bash us "Galletta's Boys!" Not very friendly!)
Oswego Speedway
Where we've attended countless races and race dirt go-karts weekly Fridays:
Galletta's Karting Club Founders Scored the Top 3 in the
2006 Dirt Karting Championship of Oswego's Points Standings:
Although we have only a few pictures but no video from the 2006 season at Oswego Speedway's brand-new Dirt Kartway, we did have run-downs of each race. Above are victory photos of Matt, Chris, and Wes after feature wins there, and each photo links to the corresponding race.
2006 Galletta's Go-Karts Total Point Standings
After 18 feature events from 6/11/2006 thru 10/07/2006
NOTE: The 75-Lapper was the final points show. The final five features, won by Matt (2), Dick (1), and Josh (2),
were counted as Fall exhibitions and won't count in the final points standings, though they are credited as career wins:
Rank
Name (CLICK TO SEE DRIVER) & Go-Karts Piloted
* = Track Championships
KEY: Win column: * = Tie win, >= rain-shortened win, ^ = Classic win
(Does not include Oswego Speedway wins & points) Name column: * = Galletta's Track Championships
Now let's have a recap of the 2006 Classic!
The 12th Annual Galletta's Go-Kart Klassic Championship 150 Recap!
Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 (150-Lap Event; 2006 Feature Event #16)
At first it looked like the weekend was going to rain out, but the Classic Race was only delayed.
16 drivers made for the biggest "Klassic" ever! First, let us check the time-trail starting/time-trail starting grid:
Look at that awesome 16-kart opening lap! And unlike other local kart tracks, all 16 karts are equally-matched stock 5hp motors. What does this mean? Close and competitive racing! A tremendous race begins! Unfortunately, the very start of the race went very slowly as some horrible crashes from a couple of young drivers and breakdowns by several others slowed the first third of the race up considerably, but after the wrecks settled down and a few struggling drivers quit, the race went on to be one of the best - if not THE best - in the history of Galletta's Go-Kart Speedway!!!
But after that, it was the fiercest, fastest-paced, closest, and most competitive Classic in history! Wesley Ogre Stevens (#4), Chris Stevens (who hopped into Matt's #3 when his #8 died with motor problems while leading!), and Matt Stevens (#33) all held the lead for large portions of the race, and all three of them lost the lead due to mechanical problems. This left a fast Robbie Jimenez (#5) in the lead with nobody really able to challenge him, and with his late grandfather's memory spurring him on. Yet, in taking it too easy too late in the race, Ogre was able to make the pass, which set up a brutal leading 4-kart battle back and forth that was a spectacle to watch, with all in attendance cheering and commenting on the great finish. In the above two photos show this battle, where the lead shuffled considerably in the latter half in the race, with Ogre, Rob, Matt and Chris in a 4-kart train. Then, a scoring problem caused a premature caution on lap 140, and set the stage for a memorable final 10-lap shootout. With Ogre leading, Robbie attempted to pass him and fell off the track which enabled Matt Stevens and his brother Chris to move past him. Then, with Matt going for the win, and nearly getting the pass, lost ground as Ogre held him off and Chris and Rob were able to execute a pass on him as well. Look at how close this race was in the last few laps!
The final result after 150 furious laps? Well, in a surprise upset...
OGRE WINS! OGRE WINS! OGRE WINS!
579 year-old Wesley James TrOgre Stevens becomes the third winner in the twelve year history of the event, yet it is still a family affair, as he interrupts his two boys' domination of the event and wins, yet holds the streak of only the home team winning.
The final finishing order of this the largest and most competitive "Klassic" is as follows:
2006 KLASSIC 150 FINAL RESULTS:
1st
Wesley "Ogre" Stevens #4
2nd
Chris "Crusher" Stevens #3/#8
3rd
Rapid Robbie Jimenez #5
4th
Matt "Mush" Stevens #33
5th
Fearless Freddy Collins #2
6th
Wavin' Nick Dann #02
7th
Josh Schute #7
8th
Kyle Reuter #0/#24/#10/#6 (-5L)
9th
Dick Dann #86 (-12L)
10th
Oscar Berry #11 (DNF -51L)
11th
Kelly Miller #0 (DNF -85L)
12th
Jason Mills #38 (DNF -116L)
13th
Eddie Maynes #43 (DNF -116L)
14th
Kenny Maynes #1/#18 (DNF -116L)
15th
Crashin' Chris Maynes #9 (DNF -116L)
16th
Gary Miller #24 (DNF -140L)
(DNF = Did Not Finish Feature.)
VIEW THE DVDs!
The High-Quality Klassic 2-DVD set is available for $7 (includes 2 bonus races).
The compressed-quality 2-in-1 Klassic DVD is available for $5.
DVDs of regular races are available for $3-$5 (Please pre-order).
All pics are internet-reduced, low-resolution screenshots from the DVD. Every race in the 2006 season is available upon request! DVDs are $5 each, but if you pre-order and buy multiple discs we can discount to $3 (or less) depending on how many one orders. On average of 2+ hours of action on every disc, two camera angles, and packed with tight racing and spectacular flips and crashes right in front of the cameras! And this week, partially announced by Colin Miller! Cameras operated by Uncle Gene Galletta, Rungnapha "Au" Stevens, and captures are all optimized for the website by Chris "ChrusherComix" Stevens for free, so please give your thanks and buy a DVD! Notice that the Oswego Speedway sells their DVDs for $30-40+, ad we sell ours for $5. That means that not only our karts, but our DVDs are affordably cheap, so buy one for yourself and as thanks to Chris, Au, and Gene!
2006 Volume #14 - '06 Klassic Part 2 DVD:
Contains the Center-angle of the 2006 Galletta's Klassic 150 from September 23rd, 2006, the rain-shortened September 30th, 2006, and 75-lap race from October 7th, 2006 at Galletta's. Price $5 each.
2006 Volume #13 - '06 Klassic Part 1 DVD:
Contains the September 16th, 2006 race and the Tower angle of the 2006 Galletta's Klassic 150 from September 23rd, 2006 at Galletta's. Two camera angles available. Price $5.
2006 Volume 15 DVD (containing the Non-point October15th, 2006's Non-Winner & Regular 40-Lapper races is available per specific order. Please request it personally through me for $5.
2006 Volume #12 DVD:
Contains a higher-resolution version of the September 3rd, 2006 and the September 10th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #11 DVD:
Contains the August 27th, 2006 and a low-resolution version of the September 3rd, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #10 DVD:
Contains the August 20th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race & extras. Price $5.
2006 Volume #9 DVD:
Contains the August 13th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #8 DVD:
Contains the August 6th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Infamous "tie" race. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #7 DVD:
Contains the July 30th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #6 DVD:
Contains the July 23rd, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #5 DVD:
Contains the July 16th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #4 DVD:
Contains the July 9th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volume #3 DVD:
Contains the July 2nd, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5.
2006 Volumes #1 & 2 DVD set:
Contains the June 11th, 2006, June 18th, 2006 and June 25th, 2006 races at Galletta's. Two discs contains highlights from 2006 and on. Two camera angles of each race. Price $5 each disc.
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POINTS SCORING SYSTEM FOR GALLETTA'S GO-KARTS RACES:
Pos.
10-laps
20-laps
25-laps
30-laps
40-laps
45-laps
50-laps
70-laps
130-laps
1
20
54
68
82
110
124
140
192
362
2
18
51
65
78
105
118
134
182
346
3
16
48
62
74
100
113
128
174
330
4
14
45
59
70
95
108
122
166
314
5
12
43
56
66
90
103
116
158
298
6
10
41
53
62
85
98
111
150
284
7
9
39
50
59
81
93
106
142
271
8
8
36
47
56
77
88
101
136
258
9
7
33
44
53
73
83
95
130
243
10
6
31
41
50
69
78
90
122
230
11
5
29
38
47
65
73
85
115
217
12
4
26
34
44
61
68
80
110
204
13
3
23
31
41
57
63
75
105
191
14
2
20
28
38
53
58
70
100
178
15
1
17
25
35
49
53
65
95
165
16
1
14
22
31
45
48
59
90
149
17
1
11
19
27
40
44
53
85
133
18
1
9
16
23
35
40
47
80
117
19
1
7
13
19
30
35
41
75
110
20
1
5
10
15
25
30
35
70
100
10-lap race is heat. All others are "Feature Events". Kart Classic is 130-laps (as of 2005).
In Feature events, bonus points are awarded as follows:
1st place = 1.0 point every lap
2nd place = 0.5 point every lap
3rd place = 0.5 point every lap
(3rd place is only awarded bonus points with 11 or more karts.)
Classic has never had awarded points for laps led (may change).
