In our 11th year of points championship
racing
at Galletta's Greenhouse's Go-Kart
Speedway
Sundays from June-August &
Saturdays from September-October, and summer Fridays at Oswego Speedway.
We race exclusively with limited-modified 5hp Briggs and Stratton
flat-head motors all with affordable 100% stock parts.
Oswego Speedway Where we've attended countless races
and race dirt go-karts weekly Fridays:
The 12th Annual Galletta's
Go-Kart Klassic Championship 150! Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 (150-Lap
Event; #16) At first it looked like the weekend was going to rain
out, but the Classic Race was only delayed.
16 drivers made for the biggest "Klassic" ever! First, let us check the
time-trail starting grid:
2006 EVENT #16: THE 2006 KLASSIC QUALIFIER
TIME-TRIALS (Starting Grid Order; Now with
pictures of pre-race kart & drivers): (Click on each driver's name below for their
pre-race photo! I made the above profiles,
so write me with YOUR profile details and I'll make yours too! Write me
here!)
The start of the race went very slowly as some horrible
crashes from a couple of young drivers and breakdowns by several others
slowed the first third of the race up considerably (and five drivers
even quit due to controversial wrecks and a dispute over rule
enforcement - one pulled because a wrecking rule wasn't enforced and
then four pulled out and left when the wrecking rules were enforced;
enforced at
the request of track owner Mary Stevens who witnessed several of the
wrecks and was concerned for everyone's safety). The lesson is; some
people can't be happy no matter what decision you make, but the two most
important rules are no fighting and no wrecking, and that had to be
enforced. It unfortunately marred the beginning of a truly epic race.
But after that, it was the fiercest, fastest-paced,
closest, and most competitive Classic in history! Wesley Ogre Stevens
(#4), Chris Stevens (who hopped into Matt's #3 when his #8 died with
motor problems while leading!), and Matt Stevens (#33) all held the lead
for large portions of the race, and all three of them lost the lead due
to mechanical problems. This left a fast Robbie Jimenez (#5) in the lead
with nobody really able to challenge him, and with his late
grandfather's memory spurring him on. Yet, in taking it too easy too
late in the race, Ogre was able to make the pass, which set up a brutal
leading 4-kart battle back and forth that was a spectacle to watch, with
all in attendance cheering and commenting on the great finish. In the
above two photos show this battle, where the lead shuffled considerably
in the latter half in the race, with Ogre, Rob, Matt and Chris in a
4-kart train. Then, a scoring problem caused a premature caution on lap
140, and set the stage for a memorable final 10-lap shootout. With Ogre
leading, Robbie attempted to pass him and fell off the track which
enabled Matt Stevens and his brother Chris to move past him. Then, with
Matt going for the win, and nearly getting the pass, lost ground as Ogre
held him off and Chris and Rob were able to execute a pass on him as
well.
Left: Ogre (#4) leads Rob (#5), Matt (#33), and Chris
(#3) with 10 laps to go. Right: Ogre (#4) leads Chris (#3), Rob (#5), Matt (#33), and Fred (#2)
on the final lap!
The final result after 150 furious laps? Well, in a surprise
upset...
OGRE WINS! OGRE WINS! OGRE WINS!
579 year-old Wesley James TrOgre Stevens becomes the third winner in the
twelve year history of the event, yet it is still a family affair, as he
interrupts his two boys' domination of the event and wins and holds the
streak of only the home team winning.
The final finishing order of this the largest and most competitive
"Klassic" is as follows:
2006 KLASSIC 150 FINAL RESULTS:
1st
Wesley "Ogre" Stevens
#4
2nd
Chris "Crusher"
Stevens #3/#8 *
3rd
Rapid
Robbie Jimenez #5
4th
Matt "Mush"
Stevens #33 (Also qualified the #3)
5th
Fearless Freddy Collins #2
6th
Wavin' Nick Dann #02
7th
Josh Schute #7
8th
Kyle Reuter #0/#24/#10/#6 (-5L)
**
9th
Dick Dann #86 (-12L)
10th
Oscar Berry #11 (DNF -51L)
11th
Kelly Miller #0 (DNF -85L)
12th
Jason Mills #38 (DNF -116L)
13th
Eddie Maynes #43 (DNF -116L)
14th
Kenny Maynes
#1/#18 (DNF -116L) ***
15th
Crashin' Chris Maynes
#9 (DNF -116L)
16th
Gary "The Quitter" Miller
#24 (DNF -140L)
DNF = Did Not Finish Feature.
* = Matt also qualified the #3, which Chris
S. used after his #8's carb malfunctioned while leading midway.
** =
Kyle started the #10 (which nobody
qualified) although he qualified the #6. He also used the #24 and the #0.
*** =
Kenny started the #18, but jumped into the #1 (which nobody qualified).
NOTE: Next time, if qualifiers are held, karts should be qualified in
Time Trial or Heat before entering a feature event!
NEW RULE: If you jump into an unused kart, you must have either
qualified it before the race, or time-trialed it in. If two people
dispute over an unused kart, it is determined via: (1) Kart Ownership,
(2) Points Standings, (3) Time-Trial Speed.
GALLETTA'S KARTING KLASSIC HISTORY:
1996 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
1997 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
1998 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
1999 - Chris Stevens (Galletta's #2)
2000 - Chris Stevens (Galletta's #5)
2001 - Chris Stevens (Galletta's #5)
2002 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
2003 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
2004 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
2005 - Matt Stevens (Galletta's #3)
2006 - Wes Stevens (Galletta's #4)
Please log-in as the week goes on and I will try
to update with more pictures, commentary, and possibly driver/kart
profiles. Meanwhile, the newest updated points standings. With a new
points system in place for the 150 lap event (with three times the
points of a 50-lap event, additional points for time-trial placement and
bonus points for laps-lad (1st, 2nd, and 3rd), the competitors who
attended scored massive points increases. Let us check them next...
2006
Galletta's Go-Karts Point Standings
After 16 feature events from 6/11/2006 thru 9/23/2006:
POINTS SCORING SYSTEM IS IN RULES
SECTION! Each heat and feature is started in a handicap order,
reversed from points-per-event (low-to-high). Inexperienced drivers
with less than 10 races and wreck-prone drivers start in the back
regardless of points. Points are scored based on finishing positions
in heats and features (with bonus points for each feature lap in the top
3 spots).
(A ^ in wins means Classic win this year. A * in win category means a shared tie, a
* in name category means
track championships.)
VIEW THE DVDs!
The High-Quality Klassic DVD set is available for $10.
The compressed-quality 2-in-1 Klassic DVD is available for $7.
DVDs of regular races are available for $3-$5.
All pics are internet-reduced, low-resolution screenshots from the DVD.
DVDs are $5 each, but if you pre-order and buy multiple discs we can
discount to $3 or less depending on how many one orders. On average of
2+ hours of action on every disc, two camera angles, and packed with
tight racing and spectacular flips and crashes right in front of the
cameras! And this week, partially announced by Colin Miller! Cameras
operated by Uncle Gene Galletta, Rungnapha "Au" Stevens, and captures
are all optimized for the website by Chris "ChrusherComix" Stevens
for free, so please give your thanks and buy a DVD! Notice that the
Oswego Speedway sells their DVDs for $30-40+, ad we sell ours for $5. That
means that not only our karts, but our DVDs are affordably cheap, so buy one
for yourself and as thanks to Chris, Au, and Gene!
POINTS SCORING SYSTEM FOR GALLETTA'S GO-KARTS
RACES:
Pos.
10-laps
20-laps
25-laps
30-laps
40-laps
45-laps
50-laps
70-laps
130-laps
1
20
54
68
82
110
124
140
192
362
2
18
51
65
78
105
118
134
182
346
3
16
48
62
74
100
113
128
174
330
4
14
45
59
70
95
108
122
166
314
5
12
43
56
66
90
103
116
158
298
6
10
41
53
62
85
98
111
150
284
7
9
39
50
59
81
93
106
142
271
8
8
36
47
56
77
88
101
136
258
9
7
33
44
53
73
83
95
130
243
10
6
31
41
50
69
78
90
122
230
11
5
29
38
47
65
73
85
115
217
12
4
26
34
44
61
68
80
110
204
13
3
23
31
41
57
63
75
105
191
14
2
20
28
38
53
58
70
100
178
15
1
17
25
35
49
53
65
95
165
16
1
14
22
31
45
48
59
90
149
17
1
11
19
27
40
44
53
85
133
18
1
9
16
23
35
40
47
80
117
19
1
7
13
19
30
35
41
75
110
20
1
5
10
15
25
30
35
70
100
10-lap race is heat. All others are "Feature Events".
Kart Classic is 130-laps (as of 2005).
In Feature events, bonus points are awarded as follows:
1st place = 1.0 point every lap
2nd place = 0.5 point every lap
3rd place = 0.5 point every lap
(3rd place is only awarded bonus points with 11 or
more karts.)
Classic has never had awarded points for laps led (may change).
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