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Eric Gaul and Thomas Kracht of Luverne highlighted local results during a busy weekend of racing.
Gaul took first and Kracht placed second in the Hobby Stocks A feature race at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday.
Gaul also won the first race of the season for the LSR (Luverne, Slayton, Rock Rapids) Enduro series Saturday night at the same track.
Rock County drivers also competed in Slayton at Murray County Speedway Friday and at 1-90 Speedway Saturday.
Rapid Speedway
The Hobby Stocks class attracted 23 drivers to Rock Rapids Friday. At the end of the night, two Luverne men took top honors in the class.
Eric Gaul finished second in Heat 1 before starting the A feature race in fourth place. He worked his way up to taking the checkered flag in the feature.
Thomas Kracht of Luverne started the A feature in fifth place before placing second in the race.
In the Sportsmans class, Kaden Kracht of Steen finished fifth in the A feature. Beaver Creek’s Brandon Boeve placed sixth in the same race.
Colton Arends led three Luverne drivers competing in the Stock Cars class. He finished third in the A feature race.
Spenser Kalass placed fourth and Scott Overgaard ninth in the same race.
Murray County Speedway
Luverne’s Jeremy Smith competed in the IMCA Modifieds class at Murray County Speedway in Slayton Friday night.
Smith won his heat race and started the A feature race in the first spot before finishing second.
I-90 Speedway
Luverne’s Thomas Kracht had an impressive A feature race in the Hobby Stocks class at 1-90 Speedway near Hartford, South Dakota, Saturday night.
Kracht started the race in 22nd place and moved his way up to finishing in third place.
LSR Enduro Series
Eric Gaul of Luverne won both races he entered in Rock Rapids this weekend.
After earning the checkered flag in the A feature of the Hobby Stocks class Friday night, Gaul also came in first during the LSR Enduro series race Saturday night.
The LSR series was scheduled to include six enduro races with two races each at tracks in Luverne, Slayton and Rock Rapids.
Restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic caused some changes to the original schedule with the first race of the series staged Saturday in Rock Rapids.
Twenty cars entered the Saturday race. The next race in the series will be July 11 in Slayton.
Rapid Speedway – June 19
Sportsmans A Feature
K. Kracht Steen 5th
B. Boeve Beaver Creek 6th
Hobby Stocks A Feature
E. Gaul Luverne 1st
T. Kracht Luverne 2nd
C. Kelderman Hills 18th
C. Wessels Luverne 20th
Stock Cars A Feature
C. Arends Luverne 3rd
S. Kalass Luverne 4th
S. Overgaard Luverne 9th
I-90 Speedway – June 20
Hobby Stocks A Feature
T. Kracht Luverne 3rd
C. Wessels Luverne 21st
Murray Speedway – June 19
A Modified Feature
J. Smith Luverne 2nd
LSR Enduro Series
June 20 – Rapid Speedway
E. Gaul Luverne 1st
J. Kalass Luverne 5th
B. Bullerman Adrian 7th
S. Kalass Luverne 10th
E. Schettler Adrian 11th
I. Bullerman Adrian 13th
G. VandeVelde Luverne 17th
