7/3/2011: Independence Day 70-Lap Night
JULY 3RD, 2011: Although we took a week off, the racing did not miss a beat for the Sunday, June 3rd, 2011 show. In fact, so far this season, we had some of the most fun and clean racing that we've had in years, with today's show being possibly the best yet! Tim Galletta and Chris Stevens debuted new motors and were flying. But Tim had an accident in lapped traffic while leading the 1st 35-Lapper, enabling Chris Stevens to take the lead and the win, with Matt pressuring him. Tim also was leading late in the 2nd 35-Lapper, but a bump knocked his foot off the gas, which enabled Matt Stevens (this time pressured by Chris) to sneak by him for the win of the 2nd Feature, as fireworks cracked downtown in Oswego.
DVD Highlight YouTube Video
Galletta's Karting Club 2011/7/3 | Independence Day 70 -Part 1 - 1st 35-Lapper
Galletta's Karting Club 2011/7/3 | Independence Day 70 -Part 2 - 2nd 35-Lapper
YouTube video to this race is currently being produced and is forthcoming. All picture captures & video clips are directly taken from our weekly DVDs, which are almost always available to buy the day after the race.
Above is this race's menu. For a DVD copy of this race, please e-mail or call Chris Stevens and ask for Galletta's Karting Club 2011 Volume #3. Each disc is chock full of between 1 to 3 hours of racing, predominantly from multiple angles and are only $5 each (discounts available for multiple copies). We accept PayPal or cash, and can either ship or arrange for pickup.
Race Results
RETCON RACES:
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Starting Lineup for 5-Lap Retcon Bonus Point Heat:
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Finish for 5-Lap Retcon Bonus Point Heat:
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35-LAP FEATURE EVENT #1:
Since we took the week off last weekend (unlike many karting classes, we had less than 8 and will only run a feature with a minimum of 8 karts. We prefer 10-15, as we believe the best drivers show their stuff in traffic, and quite frankly, founders Matt and Chris are bored by racing with only a few karts on a track, much like an audience finds such small races on any track in any racing division in the world boring as well), we decided to run 70 laps via Twin-35 lap features. They are popular with the drivers because the competition is so close and passing is so tough that when the field gets flipped, making for a good chance for two different winners (and in the track history, we have not yet had a clean sweep of any to date).
The first feature had Tim Galletta's #54 sitting on the pole with his brand-new, never-before-used I/C that he purchased on eBay and had race-tuned by his cousin and master motor builder, Matt Stevens. And Timmy was hauling @$$!
However, Timmy had Chris Stevens starting behind him, and he too had a brand-new motor, one that he purchased back from AJ Nason (after Chris bought it for AJ last season, and AJ's purchase of the former Russell motor made the motor expendable to AJ). AJ's loss is Chris' gain, as after a Matt-tune, he too was flying in the Galletta's #8, it's first time out since its motor blew in the opener.
However, Chris was also pressured by Matt Stevens, who decided to change motors to one that he hadn't used since last season. Matt was hauling butt as well, doing his usual slingshot pass attempts on his brother and cousin. And due to a lack of cautions, Tim, Chris and Matt just kept eating up ground and came upon lapped traffic. Due to our 1-WD karts effectiveness at performing slingshot passes, we had considered calling our karts "Slingshot", but Tobias beat us to the name.
Rookie Joe Sereno in the Galletta's #5 (which we discovered after the race suffering from a slowly-wearing clutch sprocket and a cracked head), was off the pace and could not get by the lapped traffic of 1st-time rookie Chris Doviak in the Galletta's #1. This bottlenecked the track as Tim, Chris and Matt battled fiercely behind them.
The bottleneck of traffic altered the outcome of the race tremendously when Tim Galletta tried to get under both Sereno and Doviak to lap them, and caught tires with the #5. Matt then snuck under everyone and would have taken the lead of the race with Chris in 2nd and Tim 3rd if not for the caution being thrown. Because of the yellow, this put Chris into the lead (leading Matt on the last completed lap) and Tim had to go to the rear.
Chris then held off Matt for the rest of the race to take his first feature win since 8/2010 and his first win in the #8 since 8/2009.
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Starting Lineup for the 1st 35-Lap Feature:
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Final Order Of Finish for the 1st 35-Lap Feature:
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35-LAP FEATURE EVENT #2:
The 2nd feature started with some exciting action. Jeff Tetro, back for his first race since his impressive 3rd place finish in the 2010 Klassic pressured Joe Sereno for the lead, and nearly had him until he got caught in the slower low groove and got passed by several competitors. Joe--who, again, did not know the Galletta's #5 had a worn clutch and a cracked head--was fighting valiantly, but did not have enough to hold off the same 3 hard-chargers from the 1st feature - Tim, Matt and Chris.
Tim was again hauling, but again had Matt and Chris to fight off. And for most of the race, it appeared that Tim was going to hold off Matt for his 1st feature win of 2011. However, one mistake is all it takes when the racing is that close. And Tim's foot fell off the gas in turn 2, enabling Matt to sneak by him. A couple laps later, Tim's foot again fell off the gas in 2, which then enabled Chris to get the pass. Chris has been there before, as in leading late in the 2003 Galletta's Klassic Championship, his foot fell off the pedal once in the same 2nd corner, allowing Matt Stevens to pass him (and eventually win) and fall off a second time in turn 2 to allow Wes Stevens to then take 2nd. A rough night for Tim, who had a great shot at winning either of these features, but he was happy with the power of his brand new motor, and is eagerly awaiting next week's race.
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Starting Lineup for the 2nd 35-Lap Feature:
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Final Order Of Finish for the 2nd 35-Lap Feature:
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2011 Point Standings as of 7/3/2011
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Position |
Name (Go-Karts Piloted) |
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Feature |
Events |
Features |
Heat Wins |
2011 Feature Wins |
Career Feature Wins (2000-up) |
Years Pro at Galletta's |
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1st |
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687.0 |
114.50 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
55 |
16th |
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2nd |
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684.0 |
114.00 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
100 |
16th |
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3rd |
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653.5 |
108.92 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
(R) |
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4th |
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649.5 |
108.25 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3rd |
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5th |
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622.0 |
103.67 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
5th |
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6th |
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613.0 |
102.17 |
4 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
(R) |
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7th |
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400.5 |
100.13 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3rd |
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8th |
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367.5 |
91.88 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
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9th |
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328.0 |
65.60 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
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10th |
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283.0 |
94.33 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2nd |
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11th |
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241.5 |
80.5 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2nd |
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12th |
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80.0 |
80.00 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
(R) |
Jason Platt
Chris Doviak
Andrew Pullen|
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Galletta's Backyard Go-Kart Speedway is a free-to-race-on and free-to-watch 0.133887 mile dirt oval with 20-degree banked turns. It is located behind Galletta's Greenhouse in Oswego, NY, and can be seen from outer space! The single-wheel-drive gasoline-fueled flathead motor karts take the track between 15-17 seconds per lap which averages over 30 mph (approximately 45-50 mph top speed in the straights). Our speeds are comparable to alcohol/methanol-fueled karts that cost 8 times as much because we use mostly stock parts and gas on a large track; leading to more karts, more competition, and more fun. Our class is usually the largest and most competitive in the area. Thanks to Google Earth for this Spring 2006 photo. Our karting club's home track is located in back of:
Galletta's Greenhouses
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY 13126-6512
(315) 343-0879 or (315) 343-4281
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