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Drivers secure seven feature wins over successful weekend

By John RittenhouseA weekend full of racing action ended with area drivers posting seven feature wins at five different tracks.One week after rain limited outings at some tracks, the area drivers made up for lost time with successes Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.Three of the feature titles for area talent came Friday at Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa.Adrian’s Mark DeBoer, Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen and Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch took checkered flags in the late model street stock, sportsmen and hobby stock classes respectively.DeBoer, one of four area drivers racing in the street stock class, won the second heat race before taking his feature title.Former Rock County resident Darrin Korthals won the first heat race and placed second in the street stock feature. Luverne’s Scott Overgaard placed second in the first heat and fifth in the feature. Adrian’s Brad Klaassen placed fifth in the first heat and ninth in the feature.Roemen, one of two area drivers competing in the sportsmen class at Rapid Speedway, placed fifth in the first heat before winning the feature.Former Luverne resident Anthony Mann finished third in the first heat and sixth in the feature in sportsmen competition Friday.Deutsch was one of seven area racers competing in the hobby stock class at Rapid Speedway. Deutsch won the A feature.Luverne’s Seth Stegenga won the first hobby stock heat race before placing third in the A feature. Ellsworth’s Mike Deutsch finished second in the second heat and second in the A feature. Magnolia’s Josh Klay and Magnolia’s Larry Kracht placed fourth and 13th respectively in the A feature.Luverne’s Robert Carlson and Magnolia’s Bobbi Kracht also raced in the hobby stock division in Rock Rapids.Kracht placed seventh in the first heat and sixth in the B feature. Carlson finished seventh in the first heat and fifth in the B feature.Saturday night brought feature wins to a pair of area drivers at tracks in South Dakota.Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch placed third in the third heat in hobby stock competition at Lake County Speedway in Madison before winning the feature event.Adrian’s DeBoer finished third in the second heat and third in the street stock feature in Madison. Ellsworth’s Roemen placed fourth in the second heat and seventh in the sportsmen feature at the same track.Korthals posted a feature win after winning the second heat race in street stock competition at I-90 Speedway in Hartford Saturday.Adrian’s Klaassen (third in the first heat and second in the feature) and Luverne’s Jesse Akkerman (second in the second heat and fifth in the feature) competed against Korthals in Hartford.Luverne’s Chad Overgaard placed third in the second heat and third in the feature in the Wissota late model class at I-90 Speedway Saturday.During racing action at Nobles County Speedway in Worthington Saturday, Luverne’s Brett DeJager and Mike Steensma finished third and fourth respectively in the modified class.Steensma returned to Worthington Sunday and placed third in the modified feature.Adrian’s Cliff Lynn won the sportsmen feature at Nobles County Speedway Sunday.Magnolia’s Klay collected a feature win at Huset’s Speedway, near Brandon, S.D., Sunday.One of five area drivers competing in the hobby stock class, Klay placed second in the first heat before winning his feature.Luverne’s Cory Schmuck (fourth in the first heat and fourth in the feature), Luverne’s Tom Cauwels (seventh in the first heat and 12th in the feature), Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch (first in the second heat and second in the feature) and Luverne’s Carlson (fifth in the second heat and 13th in the feature) also raced in the hobby stock class at Huset’s.Adrian’s DeBoer placed fifth in the first heat and second in the feature in the street stock competition at Huset’s. Luverne’s Akkerman placed second in the second heat and fifth in the feature in the same class.

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