Colton Arends takes checkered flag at Rapid Speedway

Colton Arends led Rock County race car drivers with a win at Rapid Speedway Friday night.
Local dirt track racers competed in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Hartford, South Dakota, and Worthington over the weekend.
 
Rapid Speedway
Luverne’s Arends picked up his fourth checkered flag of the season at Rapid Speedway and sixth win overall Friday, July 9, at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Competing in the A Feature race of the Stock Cars class against twenty other drivers, Arends started in the tenth slot and drove his way to the top spot by the end of the race.
Scott Overgaard, also of Luverne, finished the same race in fifth place.
Eric Gaul, Luverne, finished in third place of the Hobby Stocks A Feature race.
 
I-90 Speedway
Luverne driver Cadyn Wessels was the lone Rock County competitor at I-90 Speedway near Hartford, South Dakota, Saturday night.
Wessels raced in the Hobby Stocks class. He finished 12th overall in the A Feature race after placing sixth in his heat race.
 
Worthington Speedway
Arends followed his first-place finish Friday with a third place performance in the Stock Cars A Feature Sunday at Worthington Speedway.
Magnolia’s Dylan Fitzpatrick finished fourth in the Hobby Stocks feature and Silas Top, Hardwick, placed third in the Bombers A Feature race the same night.
Below are the results for Rock County drivers from the July 9-11 races at local tracks.
 
Rapid Speedway – July 9
 
Sportsman’s A Feature
B. Boeve               Beaver Creek     6
 
USRA Hobby Stocks A Feature
E. Gaul                 Luverne              3
C. Wessels           Luverne            17
D. Fitzpatrick       Magnolia          18
Katie Kracht         Luverne            19
 
USRA B Modifieds A Feature
Trevor Kracht      Luverne              8
 
USRA Stock Cars A Feature
C. Arends             Luverne             1
S. Overgaard       Luverne             5
S. Kalass              Luverne            19
                          
                                               
I-90 Speedway – July 10
 
USRA Hobby Stocks A Feature
C. Wessels           Luverne            12
 
 
Worthington Speedway – July 11
 
USRA Stock Cars A FeatureC. Arends             Luverne            3
 
USRA Hobby Stocks A FeatureD. Fitzpatrick        Magnolia           4
 
MCRA Bombers A Feature
S. Top                   Hardwick          3
B. Harnack           Hills                  7