Racing points championship racing from 1996-current at Galletta's Greenhouse's
"Racing Yard Kart"/Go-Kart Speedway Every weekend from June-October at
Galletta's, and weekly all summer FORMERLY at Oswego Speedway's Dirty Kartway.
Nicknames:
Bowser Brian
Castaldo Year Started Racing at Galletta's:
Brian was one of the original Galletta's Karters, starting in the
early-to-mid 1990s when it was just his cousins Chris & Matt and
uncle Wes out there and we were all just yard karts with box stock
5hp flatheads, small yard kart tires, no stagger and small, easily-breakable
chains (since then, we've come along way as Brian had noted after
a few years away from our sport - the only thing separating us from
WKA-type karting is the money and BS involved). Therefore, his points
during these early years went unrecorded in our modern 2000-and-up
stats. However, due to multiple surgeries on his arms for
dialyses, he cannot race full-time as he wishes to. But he has raced
when he can, including regularly between 1990s-2004, but only occasionally
from 2005-2010. 2011 saw a return to regular racing for Brian, as
he purchased his good buddy Randy Platt's #28 kart.
Brian posing with the Galletta's #5 at the
8/23/2009
All-Galletta Race!
Brian Galletta - the only
competitor who has had any substantial prior experience - drew the
pole for the
FIRST EVER ALL-GALLETTA
race - which featured all cousins of Galletta's Karting
founders Chris and Matt Stevens, and also all grandsons (and one
great-grandson) of
Galletta's Greenhouse founder John
J. Galletta. The draw made it very easy for him to use his knowledge of the karts
and track (including a feature win, some heat wins, time-trialing
2nd fastest and and leading a large chunk of
the 2003
Klassic) and dominate all 30 laps unchallenged for the win,
his 2nd career feature win at Galletta's.
Karts Raced: Raced several Galletta's Greenhouse karts
over the years, including the #1, 7, and 5.
The steering wheel on the #1 is permanently damaged and a small
fence in front of the camera tower is forever warped due to some
rather humorous accidents by Brian back in the day thanks to Brian.
Career
highlights:
Won a feature in
2004
before dialysis surgeries to his arm took him out of regular
competition.
(Above) Time Trialed 2nd fastest time
at the
2003
Galletta's Klassic 100,
and led a large portion of the race before his kart fell apart from
under him (Our Karting
Klassic is a marathon, and patience is key).
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!
Comments, questions, and additional info with Galletta's Kart Club drivers and officials can be found on
our new message boards. ->
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 Need directions? Here they are!
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