Galletta's Go-Karts
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY, USA
13126-6512
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(315) 343-0879
or
(315) 343-4281
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Galletta's 2007 Race #9: 7/29/2007 40-Lapper:
Damn him! Despite Chrusher's attempts to weigh him down by duct-taping 50 lbs. of weights under Matt's #33, the 13-driver, 40-lap Feature was still again won by Matt Stevens in the Galletta's #0 after his #33's muffler broke off in the 2nd Heat. This makes his 4th Galletta's feature in a row and 5th of the year.
2007 Volume #9 DVD:
Contains the July 26th, 2007 races from Oswego Speedway, and the July 29th, 2007 races at Galletta's. 2 hours & 21 minutes.In all strangeness to add to the full moon of racing, Werewolf Fred Collins (still a bit too sore to run due to his hip) flagged but didn't race, yet the two original Galletta's Go-Karts visiting drivers from back in the early 1990s, "Bowser" Brian Galletta and Jesse "The Body" Vivlemore both showed up and they DID race! Both used to race a lot back in the beginning days of the track and love the enhancements we've done over the years.
In the first heat, which doubled as a rookie/rusty refresher race, Brian Galletta (in the Galletta's #7) defeated 1st-timer Lisa Roberts (in the Galletta's #1). Jesse Vivlemore started a few laps down (in the Galletta's #5) and passed Lisa, but collected third. He plans to be back to race on a regular basis soon.
Here is the hilarious prank by yours truly, The Chrusher. Hysterical it was, as Matt warmed up the Galletta's #33 to hear metal clanging and scraping. Too bad I didn't do a better job tying the 30-50 lbs. of weights to Matt's seat, as he probably wouldn't have known! Curses! Matt foiled my plans yet again!
Dick Dann won the 2nd heat, as he and Chris" Chrusher" Stevens pulled away from Nick Dann, Barrelin' Brian Bortel, Lisa Roberts, and Missy Berry.
In a surprise, Brian Galletta won the 3rd heat, after Matt's #33 lost a muffler while leading, and then Wesley "Ogre" Stevens wrecked with Mike "MC" Howell while battling for the lead. Brian showed that he isn't too rusty, and with handicapping, he'll be a force to be reckoned with. He was followed by Ogre, MC, Melissa Gabel, Oscar Berry, and the DNF'ed Matty-Jo.
What a great 13-man Feature event! Battles taking place right off the bat! Matt Stevens had to use a backup and chose the Galletta's #0 because his #33 broke. Kyle Reuter, the regular driver of the #0, was out of town for the weekend.
However, as the feature wore on, it wound up being a 4-kart battle pulling away from the rest of the pack, as Wesley Stevens held off Matt Stevens, Dick Dann, and Chris Stevens.
But Dick Dann dropped out and Wesley James got shuffled out of the lead leading to a tremendous 2-kart battle between Matt and his brother Chris. Matt pulled about 2 kart lengths on Chris, until they ran into traffic, which made things close. A few times the brothers were bumper to bumper, but Matt was able to hold his brother off and get the last laugh winning his 4th straight Feature and his 5th of the year. Damn! When will be able to stop Matt's win streak? This weekend, I say! After the race, Matt then got profusely beaten by several competitors, then cowardly counter-attacked his awesome brother Chris afterwards!
July 29th, 2007 "Harborfest-Avoidance 40-lap" Feature Final order of finish:
Position
Name (Go-Karts Piloted)
1st
Matt Stevens (Galletta's #0/#33 in heat)
2nd
Chris "ChrusherComix" Stevens (Galletta's #8)
3rd
Wes "Ogre" Stevens (Galletta's #4)
4th
Melissa Gabel (Galletta's #3)
5th
Mike "MC" Howell (Galletta's #6)
6th
Missy Berry (Team Oz #m11)
7th
Oscar "Flyin' Ozz" Berry (Team Oz #11) DNF
8th
Nick Dann (Team Dann #68) DNF
9th
Dick Dann (Team Dann #86) DNF
10th
Barrelin' Brian Bortel (Barrelin' #15) DNF
11th
Brian Galletta (Galletta's F.U. #7) DNF
12th
® Lisa Roberts (Galletta's #1) DNF
13th
Jesse Vivlemeore (Galletta's #5) DNS
The points are now updated!
Galletta's Go-Kart Club 2007 Point Standings
(for the 2007 Stock 5hp Championship of Oswego County)
After 9 events from 6/3/2007 to 7/29/2007:
Rank
Name & Go-Karts Piloted
^ = Timeouts used
Total Points (Place)
Average Points Per Event
Events
Feature Wins
1
1407.50
156.39
9
5
2
1352.00
150.22
9
1
3
1151.50
127.94
9
0
4
1136.50
126.28
9
0
5
973.50
121.69
8
1
6
965.00
107.22
9
0
7
907.25
113.41
8
0
8
843.00
105.38
8
1
9
821.25
102.66
8
0
10
660.50
110.08
6
1
11
381.00
95.25
4
0
12
354.00
88.50
4
0
13
Michael "MC" Howell (Kelly-Mobile #Super-9, Galletta's #6)
331.00
110.33
3
0
14
Wayne Milliken (Team Oz #11M) ^^
286.00
95.33
3
0
15
262.75
131.38
2
0
16
Andy Berry (Galletta's #6)
221.00
110.50
2
0
17
Gary Miller Jr. (Miller #24, Galletta's #6)
220.00
110.00
2
0
18
Barrelin' Brian Bortel (Bortel #15)
172.00
86.00
2
0
19
Wise William Hardy Jr. (Galletta's #1)
122.00
61.00
2
0
20
117.50
117.50
1
0
21
Mark Rose (Galletta's #7)
111.00
111.00
1
0
22
Buck Bates (Galletta's #7)
106.00
106.00
1
0
23
Brian Galletta (Galletta's F.U. #7)
105.00
105.00
1
0
24
Saun Berry (Galletta's #7, #1)
92.00
92.00
1
0
25
Lisa Roberts (Galletta's #1)
91.00
91.00
1
0
26
Jesse "The Body" Vivlemore (Galletta's #5)
73.00
73.00
1
0
27
Joe Miller (Galletta's #1)
71.00
71.00
1
0
28
71.00
71.00
1
0
29
Francisco Colon (Galletta's #7)
70.00
70.00
1
0
30
Scott Evans (Galletta's #6)
69.00
69.00
1
0
31
David Evans (Galletta's #0)
66.00
66.00
1
0
32
Ben Rodriguez (Galletta's #0/#6)
65.00
65.00
1
0
33
Edward Boyzuck (Galletta's #6/#1) ^
61.00
61.00
1
0
All pictures and video clips are from the DVD. Contact me if you'd like to buy a copy. This week is 2 hours & 21 minutes and the full week of racing all inside from 2 different widescreen camera angles and great stereo surround sound! Only $3. Can't beat that (I'm crazy to sell them that cheap, but I want people to see 'em! Unlike other local classes that suffer from poor attendance and/or unequal competition, we always put on a great show!)Oswego Speedway's Kartway - Gas Stocker Division - July 26th, 2007:
Four of the Galletta's 5hp Go-Kart Crew (Matt, Chris, and Wes Stevens, along with Dick Dann) decided to take a shot at the "Super-Yard-Kart" money race at Oswego Speedway's dirt track on Thursday, July 26th, 2007. Here is the opening lineup of the heat. The fields have been small because the flathead 5hps feel it is unfair to race against 6.5hps with racing parts. But Matt is a trooper who loves racing no matter the odds, and his racing spirit gets others of the Galletta's Racing Club to join him.
The opening lineup of the Feature event (Wes Stevens #4; Eric Raponi #83; Matt Stevens #33; Chris Stevens #8; Dick Dann #86; Joe Hayden #5 [off-cam]). Xtreme Photos pics.Here are some great pics of this race by XTREME PHOTOGRAPHY below! Please buy their prints!
The race was won by Eric Raponi in his 6.5hp, pumping his fist like he won the International Classic 200! Clearly a simple 6-man, 20-lap, $1 per lap race was exciting to him. Even so, it was too bad that the race was rain-shortened, as both of the smaller horsepowered Matt and Chris Stevens were gaining on him and licking their chops at the oncoming traffic, which would have made things more interesting.
Matt "Matty" Stevens (Galletta's #33, #0, #3)
Dick "The Destroyer" Dann (Dann #86) ^
Oswego Speedway's "Gas Stocker Kart" Points as of July 26th, 2007:
Rank
Total Points (Place)
Average Points Per Event
Events
Feature Wins
Name (Motor type & Go-Karts Piloted)
Red = OHV (Different motor with more Horsepower)1
573.00
95.50
6
2
Matt "Mush" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #33)
2
536.00
89.33
6
3
Eric "Rammer" Raponi (6.5hp OHV Raponi #83)
3
494.00
82.33
6
0
Wesley "Ogre" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #4)
4
449.00
74.83
6
1
Joe Hayden (6.5hp OHV Hayden #5)
5
407.00
81.40
5
0
Chris "Chrusher" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #8, #G5)
6
355.00
88.75
4
0
Kyle Reuter (5hp FH Galletta's #0, #G5)
7
218.00
72.67
3
0
Lee Bartlett (6.5hp OHV Bartlett #924)
8
192.00
96.00
2
0
Mike Billion (6.5hp OHV Billion #57)
9
169.00
84.50
2
0
Mark Miller (6.5hp OHV M-Miller #00)
10
138.00
69.00
2
0
Dick Dann (5hp FH Dann #86)
11
80.00
80.00
1
0
Oscar "Flyin' Oz" Berry (5hp FH Oz #11)
12
76.00
76.00
1
0
Gary Miller Sr. (5hp FH G-Miller #24)
13
63.00
63.00
1
0
Nick Dann (5hp FH Dann #68)
HANDICAPPING FOR NEXT RACE (If used and not drawn):
Average Points/Total Points/Events/Feature Wins/Name (Motor/Go-Karts):
63.00 63.00 1 0 Nick Dann (5hp FH Dann #68)
69.00 138.00 2 0 Dick Dann (5hp FH Dann #86)
72.67 218.00 3 0 Lee Bartlett (6.5hp OHV Bartlett #924)
76.00 76.00 1 0 Gary Miller Sr. (5hp FH G-Miller #24)
80.00 80.00 1 0 Oscar "Flyin' Oz" Berry (5hp FH Oz #11)
81.40 407.00 5 0 Chris "Chrusher" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #8, #G5)
82.33 494.00 6 0 Wesley "Ogre" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #4)
84.50 169.00 2 0 Mark Miller (6.5hp OHV M-Miller #00)
88.75 355.00 4 0 Kyle Reuter (5hp FH Galletta's #0, #G5)
96.00 192.00 2 0 Mike Billion (6.5hp OHV Billion #57)
74.83 449.00 6 1 Joe Hayden (6.5hp OHV Hayden #5)
95.50 573.00 6 2 Matt "Mush" Stevens (5hp FH Galletta's #33)
89.33 536.00 6 3 Eric "Rammer" Raponi (6.5hp OHV Raponi #83)
2007 Volume #9 DVD:
Contains the July 26th, 2007 races from Oswego Speedway, and the July 29th, 2007 races at Galletta's. 2 hours & 21 minutes.Comments? Type away:
The next Galletta's Points race is set for Sunday, August 5th, 2007. We were able to take a grate to it so it is much smoother than it has been all year, but still awaiting the clay (we may side against clay at all unless it comes quicker). Qualifying events (Rookie/Novice Qualifier Race and/or Veteran Heats) will begin at 6:00pm if enough competitors arrive by then, and the final heat &/or Feature will begin shortly after 7pm (two Galletta's regulars cannot arrive before then). The grill will be fired up if enough spectators arrive, so come on out! Bring your own stock 5hp kart or rent one of our Galletta's backup/rentals. As for further updates, and communication with us and other Galletta's Karting Race Club drivers, please join our Galletta's Go-Karts Message Board!
Galletta's 2007 Race #8: 7/22/2007 50-Lapper Vids :
Because I didn't do any videos this week, I'll keep some from last weekend up. A crash. Enjoy!
Dick Dann and Kyle Reuter were then involved in a great battle for the lead. As they pulled away, 3rd place running Chris Stevens was wrecked by his accursed brother, Matty-Jo Stevens.With a couple of laps to go, Matt passed Chris and then pulled an amazing last lap outside pass for the triumphant win! That pesky, tricky Matt! Here are two camera angles of the final lap!
Our race club and backyard speedway is headquartered at:
Galletta's Greenhouses
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY 13126-6512
(315) 343-0879 or (315) 343-4281
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