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Local drivers remain hot over holiday weekend

By John RittenhouseTwo area drivers who have experienced successful starts to the young racing season remained hot during a busy Memorial Day weekend on area tracks.Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen and Darrin Korthals, a Hills-Beaver Creek High School graduate who now lives in Rock Rapids, both posted feature wins.Roemen won a sportsmen class feature at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday.Korthals won the late model street stock feature at Rapid Speedway and posted two wins at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, S.D., Sunday.Roemen moved into the lead before the first lap was completed and maintained it during the sportsmen feature Friday. It was his third win of the year at the Iowa track.Korthals started in ninth place before winning his fourth straight feature at Rapid Speedway.Korthals also turned in a good performance at Huset’s Sunday, winning the first heat race and taking top honors in the A feature after starting in 12th place.Here is a look at the racing results from Rapid Speedway, Huset’s Speedway and Lake County Speedway (Madison, S.D) from the weekend.Huset’s SpeedwayMonday’s resultsStreet stock: Colter Deutsch, Kanaranzi, third in first heat and 15th in A feature; Jesse Akkerman, Luverne, fourth in second heat and sixth in A feature; Korthals, second in third heat and third in A feature; Mark DeBoer, Adrian, fourth in third heat and seventh in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, second in second heat and third in feature.Huset’s SpeedwaySunday’s resultsStreet stock: Korthals, first in first heat and first in A feature; Akkerman, third in first heat and fourth in A feature; Deutsch, eighth in first heat, fourth in B feature and seventh in A feature.Hobby stock: Chris Tiesler, Ellsworth, sixth in first heat and fifth in B feature; Tom Cauwels, Luverne, fifth in second heat, second in B feature and 13th in A feature; Greg Brandt, Luverne, third in third heat and 15th in A feature.Lake County SpeedwaySaturday’s resultsStreet stock: Korthals, fourth in first heat and fifth in A feature; Deutsch, fifth in first heat and 10th in A feature; Scott Overgaard, Luverne, third in second heat and sixth in A feature; Chad Overgaard, Luverne, fifth in second heat and seventh in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, sixth in second heat and fifth in A feature.Rapid SpeedwayFriday’s resultsStreet stock: S.Overgaard, second in first heat and third in A feature; Korthals, third in first heat and first in A feature; Deutsch, fourth in first heat and seventh in A feature; Brad Klaassen, Adrian, sixth in first heat and eighth in A feature; C.Overgaard, first in second heat and fifth in A feature; DeBoer, fifth in second heat and 12th in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, second in first heat and first in A feature.Hobby stock: Amanda Deutsch, Kanranzi, fifth in second heat and seventh in A feature; Tiesler, sixth in second heat and 13th in A feature.

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