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Galletta's Go-Karts
60 County Route 20
Oswego,
NY, USA
13126-6512
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Welcome! We are a Karting Club that invented and races extremely affordable 5hp, Single Wheel Drive "Gas stocker" karts for a Points championship every summer at Galletta's Greenhouse Karting Speedway and a Gas Stocker division at
local tracks upon invitation. We also record weekly dirt karting classes in the Oswego area and make them available on DVD! Join us racing by either building your own or renting one of our team backup karts. Or just watch in person, or by buying our DVDs. Please read on and learn more about our extremely affordable brand of highly competitive racing!
THE 2004 GALLETTA'S BOX STOCK GAS KARTING LEAGUE SEASON

The 9th Annual Galletta's Go-Karts Klassic 100
from 2004 DVD: This disc contains the
Galletta's Go-Kart Klassic Championship 100 from September 26th, 2004!
Includes bonus coverage from other races in 2004 and/or some footage from other
years. Price $7.
Galletta's Go-Kart
Racing Association
Galletta’s Speedway 9th Annual "Klassic 100" (Held 09/26/2004)

2004 Galletta's Go-Kart Championship
100-Lap Klassic Held on a beautiful Sunday, September 26th, 2004
Start via time trails (Outside is ahead at Galletta's):
2) Ed Meynes (17.26 in the #18)
4) Wes "Ogre" Stevens (17.46 in the #4)
5) Tim Donovan ( 17.92 in the #7)
7) Adam Barlow (18.04 in the #2)
9) Brian "Roads" Conzone (19.12 in the #5)
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1) Chris
"Crusher" Stevens (17.25 in the #8)
3) Matt "Mush" Stevens (17.34 in the #3)
4) Dan Murdock (17.81 in the #1)
6) Jason Mills (17.99 in the #6)
8) Barrelin' Brain Bortel (18.76 in the #0) |
Race recap:

Chris Stevens (in his Galletta's #8) time-trialed into the
coveted outside pole position, but it was Ed Meynes
(in his #18) on the inside pole that took the lead and lapped half
of the field of competitors within the first quarter of the race.
This surprised everybody, as the usual strategy is to take it easy,
save the kart, the track, and fuel for the marathon endurance race.
 Ed Meynes in his green #18 completely dominated the first portion of
the race, not only leading, but pulling away, putting a few karts
down one lap, and one kart down at least two. He led the first 41 laps without one challenge, as
several of the other drivers chose to try and save their karts,
while Ed's was try to lap everybody. But his strategy backfired when his kart had several breakdowns, which
handed the lead to Matt Stevens (in his Galletta's
#3), winner of five of the previous eight Galletta's Go-Kart
Klassics.
 A large chunk of the racing was bumper to bumper throughout most of
the race.
 (Above)
Jason Mills leads Barrelin' Brain Bortel early in the event.

Chris "Crusher Comix" leads Dan Murdock, Ed Meynes, and Jason Mills
into turn three. Chris was severely disappointed, as his #8 kart -
which scored the fastest time of the day in time trials - was
retired early in the race when the engine lost power and parked for
the remainder of the event (The engine proved later to be
permanently un-repairable - something wrong with the valve guides
that no repairman could fix). Chris had to take over his backup -
the Galletta's #5, which was driven by a 1-time driver who was
2-laps down and fading (the driver was given his rental fee back).

Jason Mills (driving the Galletta's #6) did finish the
final lap as the 2nd place kart on the track. However, when track
officials reviewed the tape, it was revealed that he had caused
several accidents via intentionally ramming, pushing, and hooking
tires. The above photo shows one of these events. In this pic, we
see the late Dan Murdock's last race was scarred by
three of Jason's accidents taking him and the Galletta's #1 kart out
of really competing in the event despite of some excellent driving
that had him moving up the pack on more than one occasion. Jason
also took out Adam Barlow (in the Galletta's #2) once,
and then Ed on at least one, almost two occasions. Hence, Jason was
initially disqualified to last place on the lead lap, but later it
was considered too harsh of a penalty, so he was
given his 2nd place finish with a disqualification of -10 points and
a warning against wrecking people. Finally,
Tim
Donovan (piloting the Galletta's #7) was incorrectly placed
one lap down early in the race. Reviewing the tape, he was
officially scored with the lead lap, and surprisingly held 2nd place to Matt for
a large portion of the event. However, a slow-leaking flat tire did
eventually lead to him being passed and then lapped by the entire
field of karts. Brian Bortel finished a respectable
seventh in the Galletta's #0, albeit a lap down.

A familiar sight: Matt Stevens (much to the chagrin of everybody
else) blowing away the competition en route to yet another big
victory. After Ed
relinquished his considerable lead, Matt turned it on and nobody
could touch him, going completely untouched for his record 6th Classic victory in nine
years, including his second 3-straight win streak. Ed Meynes' family
challenged the fact that he didn't win after leading so many laps
early, but this 100-lapper is a marathon and not a sprint - Ed
didn't save his kart, broke, and could never regain the lead, never
able to get higher than 3rd for the remainder of the race. Matt's
strategy of babying the kart for the first half of the race (or
more) again proved the deciding factor yet again, with another
seemingly effortless win. This event was videotaped (as is every
Classic race since 1999, every single Galletta's race since late
2005, and every single Oswego Speedway Kartway race since 2007; See
our DVD store for more).
2004 Klassic Official Order of finish***: 1. Matt Stevens (#3)
2. Jason Mills (#6)* 3. Christopher Chrusher
Stevens (#8/#5)**
4. Wesley "Ogre" Stevens (#4) 5. Ed Meynes (#18)
---ONE LAP DOWN---
6. Adam Barlow (#2)
7. Brian Bortel (#0) 8. Dan Murdock (#1) 9.
Tim Donovan (#7) ---SEVENTY-TWO LAPS DOWN---
10. Brian "Roads" Conzone (#5**) (See key below)
* =Penalized -10 points for wrecking several competitors
during the race.
** = Brian
"Roads" Conzone drove the #5 and was lapped twice
within the first twenty laps by leader Ed Maynes. But when 2nd-in-points Chris Stevens' motor on his
#8 malfunctioned, Brian lost his ride to Chris due to a
seniority decision (and that Chris owns the kart, and
Brian was 2 laps down after 20 laps - officially eliminated from
contention). We apologize for this and he is
welcome back anytime (this is the only time this ever
happened - it was the Klassic and the regular drivers
had to take
priority over 1st-(and only)-one-time racers; so please
come regularly). Confusing
to score however, as Chris was never lapped, though the
#5 kart was indeed lapped more than once when Roads
drove it in the early going. This led to great confusion
with the official scoring, but we decided with
this race to always score the driver and never the kart
in a Galletta's Speedway race, as some drivers retire
and other drivers step into their karts. We have done it
in the past to both keep point-scoring regulars in the
points race and also to prove to some quitters that the
backup karts are just as fast as the starter karts. Chris was then penalized -10
points for the kart change, and Roads was given 100% of
his money back even though he raced around 20 laps. This
incident has not happened in years since because we no
longer have a shortage of karts like we did prior to
2006. Now, we all often have backups, and backup/rental
karts open always.
*** = A handful of karts were placed a lap down early.
However, there was some controversy over who was a lap
down and who got their laps back when the leader broke
down and brought out a caution (what some racing leagues
call a "lucky dog" scenario). In fact, the final was re-scored three times since
its completion in 2004, as it is the most confusing in
Galletta's Karting League history. In the end, we
thought and re-thought this through several times and
feel like the above order was the most fair to all, and
the most logical upon several views of the videotape. We
learned many lessons with this race, and now penalize
points from any driver who wrecks another, as well as
penalize points from any driver that uses more than one
kart under Galletta's point scoring system.
On a sad note, this
race wound up being the very last for a very promising driver. Dan
Murdock died in the karting off-season in a
tragic snowmobile accident. He was a smart, talented,
well-mannered, and exceptionally nice young man who loved our racing club, and all of us at
Galletta's miss him dearly. We have no doubts that he probably would
have still been racing with us to this day, as he loved the racing
here as much as we loved racing with him. He was named the
2004 Rookie-of-the-Year (a title he shared
with Ed Maynes; see more here), and the
Summer
2004 Visiting Points Champion. We named the
2005 Galletta's Klassic the The Dan Murdock Memorial in
his honor. On that day, we all felt like he was watching us from
heaven. God bless.
2004 Summer
Point Standings for the Galletta's Karting Season
Box stock 5hp gas go-kart championship of Oswego, NY
After 27 races between 6/13/2004 through 9/26/2004 Klassic:
|
Rank |
Driver name (Kart(s) Driven).
Some signatures were illegible and
cannot be digitally processed. |
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Event |
Events |
Feature Wins |
* = Klassic Win |
|
1 |
"Mighty" Matt Stevens
(Galletta's #3) |
2506.50 |
92.8 |
27 |
11* |
1* |
|
2 |
Chris "Chrusher" Stevens (Galletta's #8, 5)
|
2435.00 |
90.2 |
27 |
7 |
0 |
|
3 |
Wes "Ogre" Stevens
(Galletta's #4) |
1340.50 |
60.9 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
|
4 |
Dan Murdock
(Galletta's #1) |
1106.50 |
73.8 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
|
5 |
Ed Maynes
(Maynes #18, Galletta's #2)
|
888.50 |
98.7 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
|
6 |
Jason Mills
(Galletta's #6)
|
805.00 |
89.4 |
9 |
1 |
0 |
|
7 |
Adam Barlow
(Galletta's #1, 7)
|
609.50 |
76.2 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
8 |
Matt Barlow
(Galletta's #5, 1) |
527.50 |
48.0 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
9 |
Mark Miller
(Miller 5.5hp
OHV #007, Galletta's #7) |
518.00 |
64.8 |
8 |
2 |
0 |
|
10 |
Brian Bortel
(Galletta's #0) |
351.50 |
87.9 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
11 |
Tim Donovan
(Galletta's #7) |
348.50 |
69.7 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
12 |
Jeff Vachon
(Galletta's #?) |
303.50 |
50.6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
13 |
Brian Galletta
(Galletta's #7, 1)
[Retired due to unrelated (dialysis) arm surgery] |
296.50 |
59.3 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
|
14 |
Mike Simoneou
(Galletta's #??) |
255.00 |
36.4 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
|
15 |
Matt Frey
(Galletta's #2) |
227.50 |
75.8 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 |
Brian "Roads" Conzone
(Galletta's #5) |
180.00 |
180.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
17 |
Eric Raponi
(Galletta's #2) |
163.00 |
32.6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
|
18 |
Neil Gosch (Galletta's #?) |
161.00 |
40.3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
19 |
John "Burnsy" Burns (Galletta's #0) |
114.50 |
57.3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
20 |
Mike Sur. (Galletta's #?) (Sorendo?) |
97.50 |
48.5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
21 |
Justin Gurney (Galletta's #?) |
94.50 |
47.3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
22 |
Shane Miller (Galletta's #?) |
77.00 |
38.5 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
23 |
"Ozzy" "___?" (Galletta's #0) |
72.00 |
36.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
24 |
Mike Cleary (Galletta's #?) |
67.00 |
66.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
25 |
Ray "RaYzor" Castaldo (Galletta's #0) |
66.00 |
66.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
26 |
Kevin ?? (Galletta's #?) |
62.50 |
62.50 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
27 |
Ray Port. ?? (Galletta's #?) |
51.00 |
51.00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
28 |
S. Healy (Galletta's #?) |
47.00 |
47.00 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
29 |
J.T. (Galletta's #?) |
39.00 |
39.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
30 |
Toby (Galletta's #?) |
39.00 |
39.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
31 |
Dustin "______?" II (Galletta's #?) |
34.00 |
34.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
32 |
Randy "____?" (Galletta's #?) |
33.00 |
33.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
33 |
Dustin "???" (Galletta's #?) |
33.00 |
33.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
34 |
Justin Cook (Galletta's #?) |
33.00 |
33.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
35 |
Kenny Krap (Galletta's #?) |
33.00 |
33.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
36 |
David Beprist (?) (Galletta's #?) |
33.00 |
33.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
37 |
Mark II???? (Galletta's #?) |
32.50 |
32.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
38 |
Christian Eby (Galletta's #?) |
30.00 |
30.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
39 |
Matt Ruggio (Galletta's #?) |
30.00 |
30.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
40 |
Coop (Galletta's #?) |
29.50 |
29.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
41 |
Tom II??? (Galletta's #?) |
28.00 |
28.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
42 |
Rocky Crucitti (Galletta's #?) |
25.00 |
25.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
43 |
Ryan Tucker (Galletta's #?) |
24.50 |
24.5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
44 |
Brandon B. (?) (Galletta's #?) |
23.00 |
23.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
45 |
Matt "________?" II (Galletta's #?) |
23.00 |
23.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
46 |
Tim "______"? I (Galletta's #?) |
23.00 |
23.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
47 |
Greg "Schnook-umms" Costello (Galletta's #?) |
17.00 |
17.0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
Check where
these guys are on the...
ALL-TIME POINTS STANDINGS AT GALLETTA'S!
Notes: As stated on
the previous page, we had our biggest
racing season to date, including the first time that other people
started bringing their own karts to the show to make for even bigger
and more exciting races than ever before. One rookie driver, however, did
bring a bigger motor (a 5.5hp OHV kart), which had to be banned for
the remainder of the 2004 season because the not one of the box stock
5hp flatheads could not defeat its extra horsepower, no matter the
weight or experience differences. The driver was invited back to
race with a flathead 5hp, but he declined. He came back in 2005 with
a 6.5hp OHV, and started the only truly controversial and
argumentative portion of Galletta's Karting History. Again, points
are scored via length of race, so some people who raced only 2-5
regular races may have scored less points than those who ran one big
race [and every year, the Galletta's Klassic is the biggest, ranging
from 80-100 laps (in the 1990's) to 100-200 laps (in 2000's), so if
you want to score big, then come to that race!].
Fall '04 races:
Several exhibition races were ran in the Fall and early Winter 2004.
Due to school, some of the Summer regulars cold not attend, so we
counted these races as a second season, or an addendum separate from
the Summer series, which traditionally begins with the first
Galletta's race of the year and ends with the Galletta's Klassic
Championship Race. Matt, Chris and Ed divided the wins of these 2nd season races.
The Fall '04 races saw the debut of the Wild Woolly Mammoth
Werewolf, Flying-Flippin-Fred Collins, who's wild-man racing style,
loud noises, gestures and comical wrecks led to a new era of
Galletta's Karting. [Also,
because of a lack of available scorekeepers, and the fact that only
the top three finishing positions were known, some drivers were
scored with an average of 96 points per race. The top two or three in each
race were recorded successfully every time. If there are any errors here,
please let me know. Also, this section may be revised in the future
if the tapes are located and re-scored properly; but, IMO, it really
isn't necessary. All of the points
series on this page, plus the totals of every year of Galletta's
Super Yard Karting Speedway, are combined into an All-Time
Points list found on this page.]
2004 Fall
Challenge Point Standings for the Galletta's Karting Season
Box stock 5hp gas go-kart championship of Oswego, NY
After 6 post-Klassic races between 10/2004 through
11/2004:
|
Rank |
Driver name (Kart(s) Driven).
Some signatures were
illegible and cannot be digitally processed, nor counted as
points-earners. |
Total Points (Place) |
Average Points Per Event |
Events |
Feature Wins |
|
1 |
"Mighty" Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3, 0) |
672.00 |
112.0 |
6 |
3 |
|
2 |
Chris "Chrusher" Stevens (Galletta's #8,
5) |
630.00 |
105.0 |
6 |
1 |
|
3 |
Wes "Ogre" Stevens (Galletta's #4) |
628.00 |
104.7 |
6 |
0 |
|
4 |
"Fast" Eddie Maynes (Maynes #18) |
614.00 |
102.3 |
6 |
2 |
|
5 |
Jason Mills (Galletta's #6) |
612.00 |
102.0 |
6 |
0 |
|
6 |
Fred "The Werewolf" Collins (Galletta's
#7, 2) |
576.00 |
96.0 |
6 |
0 |
|
7 |
Adam Barlow (Galletta's #1, 7)
|
576.00 |
96.0 |
6 |
0 |
|
8 |
Brian Bortel (Galletta's #0) |
576.00 |
96.0 |
6 |
0 |
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