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Roemen leads area talent during five-win weekend at racing venues

By John RittenhouseThe capture of five feature titles highlighted a successful weekend for area racecar drivers.The feature wins came on four different tracks, with one local competitor posting two victories.Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen was the big winner over the weekend.Roemen, a competitor in the sportsman class, won feature titles at Rapid Speedway (Rock Rapids, Iowa) Friday and at Lake County Speedway (Madison, S.D.) Saturday.For Roemen, it was his fifth feature win in Rock Rapids and his first victory in Madison this season.Another Ellsworth driver joined Roemen in the winner’s circle at Rapid Speedway.Adam Jenniges, a factory stock driver, won his third feature title of the season at the track.Ash Creek’s Marlin Kracht and former Rock County resident Darrin Korthals posted feature wins at other tracks.Kracht drew the checkered flag during the A modified feature race at Murray County Speedway in Slayton Friday. Korthals won the late model street stock feature at Huset’s Speedway, near Brandon, S.D., Sunday.The Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek team remains in first place in team competition after two weeks of action at Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, S.D.L-H-BC leads a 12-team field with 4,160 points, which leaves it with a 920-point lead over second-place Lake Preston (3,240 points).Josh Fick turned in a solid performance for L-H-BC, advancing to the semifinals of the high school shoot-out Saturday.Alex Wiese, Michael Hup and Dave Hup turned in solid efforts in Marion as non-members of the L-H-BC squad. Wiese, the defending track champion in the junior dragster division, won a title race in the same division Saturday. Michael Hup took top honors in the teen championship race. Dave Hup placed second in the street shoot-out.Here is a look at the rest of the results turned in by area drivers over the weekend.Huset’s SpeedwayBrandon, S.D.Sunday’s resultsStreet stock: Korthals, Rock Rapids, fourth in first heat and first in A feature; Colter Deutsch, Kanaranzi, sixth in first heat, third in B feature, ninth in A feature; Jesse Akkerman, Luverne, first in third heat and 18th in A feature. Make-up feature rained out on June 12: Akkerman second and Deutsch 12th.Hobby stock: Andy Gabrielson, Luverne, sixth in second heat and fifth in B feature; Greg Brandt, Luverne, first in third heat and 10th in A feature.Rapid SpeedwayRock Rapids, IowaFriday’s resultsStreet stock: Scott Overgaard, Luverne, first in first heat and second in A feature; Deutsch, fourth in first heat and 10th in A feature; Korthals, fifth in first heat and sixth in A feature; Mark DeBoer, Adrian, first in second heat and third in A feature; Chad Overgaard, Luverne, third in second heat and 11th in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, Ellsworth, first in second heat and first in A feature.Hobby stock: Nick VanBelle, Luverne, second in first heat and sixth in A feature; Gabrielson, seventh in first heat and 12th in A feature; Amanda Deutsch, Kanaranzi, sixth in second heat and 10th in A feature.Factory stock: Jenniges, first in first heat and first in A feature; Ron McClure, fourth in first heat and third in A feature; Gary Delfs Jr., Steen, fifth in first heat and fifth in A feature; Dan DeBeer, Adrian, sixth in first heat and fourth in A feature; Cody Scholten, Steen, seventh in first heat and seventh in A feature.Lake County SpeedwayMadison, S.D.Saturday’s resultsStreet stock: C.Deutsch, second in second heat and 12th in A feature; Akkerman, fifth in second heat and sixth in A feature.Sportsmen: Roemen, third in first heat and first in A feature.Hobby stock: Gabrielson, eighth in first heat and 15th in A feature; Brandt, fifth in first heat and 10th in A feature.Nobles County SpeedwayWorthingtonSaturday’s resultsSportsmen: Brent Hulstein, Hardwick, fourth in A feature.A modified: Kracht, eighth in A feature; Josh Klay, Magnolia, sixth in A feature.Murray County SpeedwaySlaytonFriday’s resultsA modified: Kracht, first in A feature; Josh Reisch, Luverne, fifth in A feature.Thunder Valley DragwayMarion, S.D.Week 2 standingsBracket 1: Matt Reverts and Dan Hup, tied for sixth place, 10 points.Bracket 2: Dustin Donth, tied for second place, 520 points; Jack Harms, fourth, 420 points; Josh Fick and Breanna Hup, tied for eighth, 220 points; Chris Smook, 12th, 10 points.Bracket 3: Dan Hup, third, 210 points; Ryan Wynia and Eric Woodley, tied for fifth, 10 points.Bracket 4: Matt Anderson, fifth, 220 points.Bracket 5: Kyle Woodley, fourth, 610 points; Kevin Theesfeld, eighth, 310 points; Dan Fick, ninth, 220 points; Jesse Connell, 14th, 110 points; Nathan Brands, 15th, 10 points.

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