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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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Visit our Message Board: Off-season changes
and proposed rules for the 2008 season are being discussed in
our web forum.
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 Need directions?
Here's:
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