Galletta's Go-Karting Club of Oswego, NY, USA - Dirt, Stock, gas, clockwise kart racing every June-October at Galletta's & Oswego Speedway!

Galletta's Go-Karts, Speedway, & Racing Club, Oswego, NY, USA

Race Index:
2008 Race #1

2007 Season:
2007 #18
2007 #17
'07 #16: Klassic
2007 #15
2007 #14
Oswego Classic
2007 #13
2007 #12
2007 #11
2007 #10
2007 #9
2007 #8
2007 #7
2007 #6
2007 #5
2007 #4
2007 #3
2007 #2
2007 #1

2006 Season:
2006 #17-23
'06 #16: Klassic
2006 #14-15
2006 #13
2006 #12
2006 #11
2006 #10
2006 #9
2006 #8
2006 #7
2006 #6
2006 #5
2006 #4
2006 #3
2006 #2
2006 #1

2005 Season:
2005 Final
2005 #21
2005 #20
2005 #19
'05 #18: Klassic
2005 #17
2005 #16
2005 #15
2005 #14
2005 #13
2005 #12
2005 #11
2005 #10
2005 #9
2005 #8
2005 #7
2005 #6
2005 #5
2005 #4
2005 #3
2005 #2
2005 #1

2004 Season:
2004 Klassic
2004 Final

Extras:
'96-03 Klassics
'02-up Win List
1900s-2003
Archival Page

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Welcome! We are a Karting Club that races affordable "Gas stocker" karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta's Greenhouse Backyard Kartway and a Gas Stocker division at Oswego Speedway's Clay Kartway. Please read on and learn more about our extremely affordable brand of highly competitive racing!

OSWEGO KARTWAY 2008 RACE #1
May 8th, 2008 at Oswego Speedway

The Galletta's Kart Club 2008 Volume #1:
<-Free Preview. This disc contains the complete Oswego Kartway opening show from May 8th, 2008. Disc has one camera angle of all classes and two angles of others. 1 hour & 33 minutes. Price $6.

All pictures are from the DVD. Also racing at the 5/8/2008 show were:
Flat Karts powered by Raptor Methanol motors. This division gets around the track approximately 2 seconds quicker than the gas stockers.

This picture was from the Methanol Flat Kart Junior Division's heat. These karts are approximately 1 second faster than the Gas Stockers.

Champ Karts powered by Methanol Animal motors. These karts are approximately 1 second faster than the Gas Stockers. Oswego Kartway is the only track in the area that races Champs regularly. These other classes race without points for now, but thanks to yours truly (Chris Stevens of Team Galletta's Gas Stockers), here are pictures, descriptions, and points for the Gas Stocker Division:

OSWEGO KARTWAY GAS STOCKER KARTS 2008 WEEK ONE:

The 10-Lap Gas Stocker Heat Lineup drew for the starting grid and had Eric Raponi #83 and Russ Hockey #00 starting front row.

The heat was won by Matt Stevens in the Galletta's #33 (and scored +20 points) when he used lapped traffic to nip Eric Raponi (+18 points) at the finish line. Third went to Chris Stevens (+16 points) followed by Dick Dann (+14pts.), Gary Miller Sr. (+12 pts.), Nick Dann (+12 pts.), Russ Hockey (+9 pts.), Dave Melfi (+8 pts.). Joe Hayden was running third in the final corner, but finished ninth (scoring +7 pts.) due to wrecking into the lapped Oscar Berry (+6 pts.) right before the finish line.

The 25-Lap Feature was started off in handicap order inverted by 2007's total Oswego Gas Stocker points. Nick Dann #68 and Gary Miller Sr. #24 led the field away.

Early leader and 2007 Gas Stocker Classic Champion Chris Stevens #8 wrecked when Eric Raponi #83 got into his bumper and spun him out in turn one. Also involved in the aftermath was Matt Stevens #33 and Dave Melfi #22. Everyone continued except Eric Raponi whose kart was unable to run.

The Feature was won by 2007's Defending Oswego Kartway Gas Stocker Points Champion Matt Stevens (which scored him +68 pts.) after he tracked down fast-charging leader Joe Hayden (+65 pts.) in his refurbished kart late in the race. They were followed by Dick Dann (+62 pts.), Chris Stevens (+59 pts.), Gary Miller Sr. (+56 pts.), Dave Melfi (+53 pts.), and Oscar Berry (+50 pts.). Russ Hockey (+47 pts.), Nick Dann (+44 pts.), and Eric Raponi (+41 pts.) did not finish the race due to mechanical problems. Now for...

2008 Gas Stocker Kart Point Standings at Oswego Kartway
After 1 event at Oswego Kartway from 5/8/2007:

Place

Driver & Kart(s) Piloted

Motor Type

Total Points (Place)

Average Points Per Event

Events

Heat Wins

Feature Wins

1

Matt "Matty-Jo" Stevens
Galletta's #33

5hp Flathead

88.00

88.00

1

1

1

2

Dick "The Thingy" Dann
Dann #86

5hp Flathead +

76.00

76.00

1

0

0

3

Chris "Chrusher" Stevens
Galletta's #8

5hp Flathead

75.00

75.00

1

0

0

4

Joe Hayden
Hayden #5

6.5hp OHV

72.00

72.00

1

0

0

5

Gary Miller Sr.
Miller #24

5hp Flathead

68.00

68.00

1

0

0

6

Dave Melfi
Melfi #22

5.5hp OHV

61.00

61.00

1

0

0

7

Eric Raponi
Raponi #83

6.5hp OHV

59.00

59.00

1

0

0

8

Russ Hockey
Hockey #00

5hp Flathead

56.00

65.00

1

0

0

9

Oscar "Flyin' Oz" Berry
Ozzie #11

5hp Flathead

56.00

56.00

1

0

0

10

Wavin' Nick Dann
Dann #68

5hp Flathead +

54.00

54.00

1

0

0

Next race at the Oswego Kartway is Thursday, May 15th, 2008.
Opening race at the Galletta's Kartway is Sunday, June 8th, 2008.

THE 2008 OSWEGO GAS STOCKER KARTS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE:
1. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 8th, 2008: 25-Lap Race (Winner: Matt Stevens)
2. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 15th, 2008: Regular Race
3. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008: Regular Race
4. OSWEGO: Thursday, May 29th, 2008: Practice for Friday
    OSWEGO: Friday, May 30th, 2008: MONEY RACE!
5. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 1st, 2008. SPRUCE UP/SLICK-ONLY PRACTICE 7-8pm (T.B.A.)
6. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 5th, 2008: Regular Race.
7. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 8th, 2008. 70-Lap Galletta's Opener
8. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 12th, 2008: Regular Race.
9. OSWEGO: Saturday, June 14th, 2008: T.B.A.
10. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 15th, 2008. Regular Race.
11. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 19th, 2008: Regular Race (Double-Point Night!).
12. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 22nd, 2008. Regular Race.
13. OSWEGO: Thursday, June 26th, 2008: Regular Race.
14. OSWEGO: Saturday, June 28th, 2008: T.B.A.
15. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, June 29th, 2008. Regular Race.
16. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 3rd, 2008: Practice for Friday show.
       OSWEGO: Friday, July 4th, 2008: MONEY RACE!
17. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 6th, 2008. Regular Race.
18. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 10th, 2008: Regular Race.
19. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 13th, 2008. Regular Race.
20. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 17th, 2008: Regular Race.
21. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 20th, 2008. Regular Race.
22. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 24th, 2008: Regular Race � TWIN 20s!
23. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, July 27th, 2008. Regular Race.
24. OSWEGO: Thursday, July 31st, 2008: Practice for Friday Show.
       OSWEGO: Friday, August 1st, 2008: MONEY RACE!
25. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 3rd, 2008. Regular Race.
26. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 7th, 2008: Regular Race.
27. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 10th, 2008. Regular Race.
28. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 14th, 2008: Regular Race.
29. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 17th, 2008. Regular Race.
30. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 21st, 2008: Regular Race.
31. GALLETTA'S: Sunday, August 24th, 2008. Regular Race.
32. OSWEGO: Thursday, August 28th, 2008: 2nd ANNUAL OSWEGO SPEEDWAY DIRT TRACK CLASSIC!!!
33. GALLETTA'S: LABOR DAY WEEKEND OPEN DATE: May race on one day, possibly Sept. 1st, T.B.A.. Oswego Kartway is also T.B.A. after this date.
34. GALLETTA'S: Saturday, September 6th, 2008. Regular Race.
35. GALLETTA'S: Saturday, September 13th, 2008. 12 lap heats, 45 lap feature. (Possible bye-week/open date)
36. GALLETTA'S: Saturday, September 20th, 2008. Probable date for the 13th Annual Galletta's Kart Klassic! Probable 1pm start, between 175-200 laps.
37-up. OPEN DATES/RAIN DATES/FALL CHALLENGE SERIES after this date.

Key:
GALLETTA�S = Race located at John J. Galletta Memorial Gas Stocker Kartway (Behind Galletta�s Greenhouse in the Town of Oswego, NY).
OSWEGO = Race located at Oswego Kartway (Behind Oswego Speedway in Oswego, NY).

1. Most Galletta�s Kartway Summer races are Sunday afternoon/early evenings. (June is early evenings, as the summer progresses, they will be afternoon events. See website, email, or call.)
2. Most Oswego Kartway Summer races are Thursdays at 6:15p.m. with practices usually starting around 4pm. Some special events (money shows) on select Fridays and Saturdays.
Most Galletta�s Kartway Fall races are Saturday afternoons and NOT Sundays.

The Galletta's Go-Karting Club was founded by brothers Matt and Chris Stevens in the early 1990s when they modified yard karts for racing purposes. They are the inventors of "clockwise gas stocker kart" racing, and have a 13-kart race team that includes several backup karts available to be rented and raced at both Galletta's and Oswego Speedway all summer. Above pic by Pinner.

Photo by Xtreme Photography.

Due to the fact that the karts are so affordable and the oldest veterans have been racing for nearly two decades, it is the most difficult karting division to win at. You can't outspend your opponent due to our gas-powered stock-only rule, so you must out-race them. In fact, nobody has ever defeated Matt & Chris and stopped them from scoring 1st & 2nd in a points season, though hundreds of people have tried in hundreds of races since the early 1990s. Prove your skills against the winningest karters in the local area! We dare you to try! Sound like fun? Read on, explore the website, and join us!

The Oswego Gas Stocker Club races at Galletta's Greenhouse Kartway & Oswego Speedway Kartway.
The karting season is almost upon us! Our gas stockers race on two tracks: Next race at the Oswego Kartway is Thursday, May 15th, 2008.
Opening race at the Galletta's Kartway is Sunday, June 8th, 2008.
Tons of pictures, videos, statistics, and race descriptions on the website:

The Galletta's Kart Klassic 175 (2007 Volume #17 & 18 DVD Set):
<-Free Preview. This 2-disc set contains the Galletta's Go-Kart Klassic Championship (175-lap/20-Mile race) from September 23rd, 2007! Each disc has a different camera angle of the same race, pre-race commentaries and National Anthems - including Ogre's! Totals over three hours! Price $10 (2 discs).

The Oswego Kartway Classic from Oswego Speedway (2007 Volume #14 DVD):
Free Preview->.
Contains both camera angles of the August 30th, 2007 races from Oswego Speedway's Dirt track on Classic Weekend to decide the Oswego Gas Stocker Kart Champion! Also includes several methanol karting races. 1 hour & 47 minutes! Price $5.

The 2007 Gas Stocker Kart Championship Series of Oswego County
After 28 sanctioned events at Galletta's & Oswego from 6/3/2007 to 11/4/2007:
The below chart shows the combined scoring totals every Galletta's Kartway & Oswego Speedway gas, 5-6.5hp "Clockwise Gas Stocker Kart" event as seen in the listed DVDs. That includes the Galletta's Summer Series, the Oswego Speedway Gas Stocker Kart Series, and the Galletta's Fall Series together.

Rank
Name & Go-Karts Piloted
(Galletta's Club Regulars have both pictures and profiles)
Key: ^ = Timeouts used, ** Galletta's Klassic win, * Oswego Classic win,
All motors have flathead Briggs 5hp unless otherwise noted.
Total Points (Place)
Average Points Per Event
Events
Feature Wins
1
Matt "Matty-Jo" Stevens
(Galletta's #33, #0, #3) ^^ *
Galletta's & Oswego Kartway '07 Gas Stocker Champion!
4173.00
149.04
28
14*
2
Chris "Chrusher" Stevens
(Galletta's #8, #4, #5) ^ **
3594.00
149.75
24
4**
3
Wesley "Ogre" Stevens
(Galletta's #4, #1)
2890.00
120.42
24
0
4
Kyle Reuter
(Galletta's #5, 0, 4, 9, 7, 2, 24) ^
2754.50
131.17
21
2
5
Michael "MC" Howell
(Galletta's #0, 6, 9)
2130.50
133.16
16
0
6
Dick "The Destroyer" Dann
(Dann #86) ^
2056.00
120.94
17
1
7
Wavin' Nick "Of Time" Dann
(Dann #68, 86)
1997.00
113.13
15
0
8
Melissa "Slow & Steady Wins" Gabel
(Galletta's #3, #2)
1953.50
114.91
17
1
9
Oscar "Flyin' Oz" Berry
(Berry #11, M11) ^^^^^
1851.00
108.88
17
0
10
Ryan Coleman
(Galletta's #9, 0)
1301.00
144.56
9
1
11
Buddy Cottom
(Galletta's #1, #6, #5)
1246.50
138.50
9
0
12
Missy Berry
(Berry #M11, Galletta's #10, 2) ^^^^^^
1125.50
93.79
12
0
13
Eric Raponi
(6.5hp OHV Raponi #83)
[Oswego-only]
936.50
93.65
10
3
14
Gary Miller Sr.
(Miller #24) ^
916.50
101.83
9
1
15
Russ Hockey
(Hockey #00, Galletta's #0, #7, 6)
913.00
152.17
6
0
16
Joe Hayden
(6.5hp OHV Hayden) [Oswego-only]
843.50
84.35
10
1
17
Kenny Lindsley Jr.
(Galletta's #2, #1, #0)
766.00
95.75
8
0
18
Ken Lindsley Sr.
(Galletta's #7, #2, S9)
578.50
96.42
6
0
19
Chad Leroy
(Galletta's #7)
474.00
237.00
2
0
20
The Flyin' Hip Freddy Collins
(Galletta's #2, 7)
462.00
92.40
5
0
21
Kelly Miller
(Kelly-Mobile #Super9, #7, #1) ^
354.00
88.50
4
0
22

Lee Bartlett (6.5hp? OHV #924) [Oswego-only]
320.00
80.00
4
0
23

Gary Miller Jr. (Miller #24, Galletta's #6)
318.00
106.00
3
0
24
Barrelin' Brian Bortel
(The Elbow-dropper Bortel #15)
311.00
77.75
4
0
25

Wayne Milliken (Team Oz #11M) ^^
286.00
95.33
3
0
26
Jason Mills
(Maynes #38, Galletta's #6)
262.75
131.38
2
0
27

Andy Berry (Galletta's #6)
221.00
110.50
2
0
28

Shadof "The Shadow" Russell
(Galletta's #1, #7)
206.00
68.67
3
0
29
Mike Billion (6.5hp OHV Billion #57)
[Oswego-only]
192.00
96.00
2
0
30
Ed Maynes (Maynes #43, #9)
173.50
86.75
2
0
31

Mark Miller (6.5hp OHV M-Miller #00)
[Oswego-only]
169.00
84.50
2
0
32

Jesse Vivlemore (Galletta's #5)
162.50
81.25
2
0
38

Brian Galletta (Galletta's F.U. #7)
105.00
105.00
1
0
39

Team Parkhurst - Blue Kart #? (??hp)
[Oswego-only]
97.00
97.00
1
0
44

Team Parkhurst - Red Kart #? (???hp) [Oswego-only]
83.00
83.00
1
0
46
Josh "Oh" Schute
(Galletta's #7)
71.00
71.00
1
0
51
Kenny Maynes
(Team Maynes #18)
63.00
63.00
1
0

A complete list of all 57 Point-scoring Oswego Gas Stocker Karters is on this page.

Visually, the worst wreck at Galletta's clip, pictures & descriptions here.

More Galletta's Go-Karting flips, crashes and tight racing carting highlights on:

YouTube And the complete and high quality races found on this site and YouTube can be purchased in our Galletta's Go-Kart DVD store!

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Off-season changes and proposed rules for the 2008 season are being discussed in our web forum.

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Our 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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Please visit Galletta's Speedway racer/co-founder/co-owner Chris "Crusher Comics" Stevens's other websites that include my cartoons, comic books, children's book, and family greenhouse:

Galletta's Go-Karts
60 County Route 20
Oswego, NY, USA
13126-6512
Telephone:
(315) 343-0879
or
(315) 343-4281
Directions

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