By John RittenhouseArea racers posted four feature victories at three different tracks over the weekend.Former Luverne resident Anthony Mann and former Hills resident Darrin Korthals won features at Rapid Speedway Friday, and Hardwick’s Mark Brockberg won a feature event the same night at Murray County Speedway. Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch notched the final feature win at Huset’s Speedway Sunday.Mann and Brockberg won sportsman class races in Rock Rapids, Iowa, and Slayton Friday.Mann posted a pair of wins at Rapid Speedway, winning the first heat race and A feature. Pete Kracht, who placed fifth in the first heat and 10th in the feature, was competing against Mann.Brockberg won his sportsman class feature at Murray County Speedway, where Luverne’s Jeff Haubrich placed second in the hobby stock feature, and Luverne’s Josh Reisch and Mike Steensma took third and fourth respectively in the modified feature.Deutsch had a big night on Father’s Day at Huset’s Speedway. He won the first heat race in the hobby stock class and took the checkered flag in the A feature.Luverne’s Mike Buss (fourth in the second heat and 12th in the feature), Steen’s Billy Cowell (first in the third heat and 11th in the feature) and Magnolia’s Josh Klay (fourth in the third heat and sixth in the feature) competed against Deutsch at Huset’s.Former Ash Creek resident David Kruger and Luverne’s Chad Overgaard raced in the late model street stock class at Huset’s. Kruger won the second heat and placed sixth in the feature. Overgaard finished fifth in the second heat and seventh in the feature.Luverne’s Jake Peters raced in a pair of classes at the track near Brandon, S.D. He was eighth in the first heat and 15th in the feature in the outlaw sprints. Peters was third in the first heat and ninth in the feature in the 360 sprints.Deutsch won a hobby stock heat race at Rapid Speedway Friday, but he finished 13th in the A feature.Cowell (third in the first heat and 10th in the A feature), Hardwick’s Brent Hulstein (fourth in the second heat and eighth in the A feature), Buss (sixth in the second heat and third in the B feature) and Klay (seventh in the B feature) also raced in hobby stock competition at Rapid Speedway.Korthals came up with the top race out of five area street stock drivers competing in Rock Rapids Friday.After placing fifth in the second heat, Korthals won the A feature event.Kruger (fourth in the second heat and fifth in the feature), Chad Overgaard (third in the second heat and 12th in the feature), Ellsworth’s Scott Overgaard (fourth in the first heat and third in the feature) and Adrian’s Mark DeBoer (second in the first heat and second in the feature) also mixed it up in the street stock class in Rock Rapids.DeBoer raced at Lake County Speedway in Madison Saturday, finishing fourth in the second heat and 10th in the feature in the street stock class.
