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Greg Roemen races to feature win at Rapid Speedway Friday night

By John RittenhouseClear skies allowed area drivers to compete at a number of different speedways over the weekend.Wins were hard to obtain for the local talent, but they did notch one feature victory and three heat wins for their efforts.Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen collected a feature victory at Rapid Speedway Friday.Competing in the sportsmen class at the Iowa track, Roemen passed the eventual runner-up on the ninth lap and went on to win the 12-lap feature race.Roemen placed third in the first heat race that night.Adrian’s Mark DeBoer won the first heat race in the late model street stock class at Rapid Speedway.Luverne’s Chad Overgaard and former Rock County resident Darrin Korthals won street stock heat races at different tracks.Overgaard took the checkered flag in the third heat race at Lake County Speedway in Madison, S.D., Saturday. Korthals won the first heat race at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, S.D., Sunday.Here is a look at the results turned in by area drivers over the weekend.Huset’s SpeedwayBrandon, S.D.Sunday’s resultsStreet stock: Korthals, Rock Rapids, first in first heat and second in A feature; Jesse Akkerman, Luverne, second in first heat and fifth in A feature; Colter Deutsch, Kanaranzi, fifth in third heat and 16th in A feature.Hobby Stock: Greg Brandt, Luverne, fourth in second heat and 11th in A feature.Rapid SpeedwayRock Rapids, IowaFriday’s resultsStreet stock: DeBoer, first in first heat and fourth in A feature; Chad Overgaard, Luverne, second in first heat and sixth in A feature; Scott Overgaard, Luverne, fourth in first heat and fifth in A feature; Korthals, second in second heat and third in A feature; Deutsch, fifth in second heat and ninth in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, third in first heat and first in A feature.Hobby stock: Nick VanBelle, Luverne, fifth in first heat and eighth in A feature; Amanda Deutsch, Kanaranzi, seventh in first heat and 10th in A feature.Factory stock: Adam Jenniges, Ellsworth, second in first heat and third in A feature; Ron McClure, Luverne, fourth in first heat and fourth in A feature.Lake County SpeedwayMadison, S.D.Saturday’s resultsStreet stock: S.Overgaard, second in first heat and third in A feature; Akkerman, fifth in first heat and 12th in A feature; C.Overgaard, first in third heat and 10th in A feature; C.Deutsch, fourth in third heat and 15th in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, sixth in second heat and sixth in A feature.Hobby stock: Brandt, fifth in third heat and 12th in A feature.Factory stock: Jenniges, sixth in second heat and 10th in A feature.Nobles County SpeedwayWorthingtonSaturday’s resultsA modified: Josh Klay, Magnolia, sixth in first heat and second in A feature.Jackson SpeedwayJacksonSaturday’s resultsA modified: Marlin Kracht, Luverne, fifth in A feature.Murray County SpeedwaySlaytonFriday’s resultsA modified: Josh Reisch, Luverne, third in A feature.

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