By John RittenhouseMagnolia’s Josh Klay and Adrian’s Mark DeBoer posted two feature wins each during a busy weekend at area speedways.Klay, a hobby stock competitor, and DeBoer, a late model street stock driver, posted their wins on the same nights and same tracks.Both men attended Friday’s races at Rapid Speedway in Rock Rapids, Iowa.Klay won the feature race after placing third in the first heat race. DeBoer placed second in the first heat race in the street stock division before winning the feature.DeBoer and Klay made statements during Sunday’s races at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, S.D.Klay placed second in the second heat race of the hobby stock competition before winning the feature. DeBoer won the first street stock heat race and the feature title.Luverne’s Jesse Akkerman competed against DeBoer, and Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch and Ellsworth’s Mike Deutsch raced against Klay at Huset’s.Akkerman placed third in the first heat and third in the street stock feature.Colter Deutsch won the first hobby stock heat race before placing second in the feature. Mike Deutsch finished third in the second heat race and ninth in the feature.A number of other area drivers mixed it up at Rapid Speedway.Former Rock County resident Darrin Korthals, Luverne’s Scott Overgaard and Adrian’s Brad Klaassen raced in the street stock division at the Iowa track.Korthals won the first heat race and placed second in the feature. Overgaard placed sixth in the first heat and 10th in the feature. Klaassen won the second heat and finished third in the feature.Former Luverne resident Anthony Mann, Kanaranzi’s Deutsch and Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen competed in the sportsmen class at Rapid Speedway.Mann placed fourth in the first heat and fourth in the feature. Roemen finished fourth in the second heat and fifth in the feature. Deutsch placed sixth in the first heat and 13th in the feature.Colter Deutsch, Magnolia’s Larry Kracht and Luverne’s Seth Stegenga raced in the hobby stock class at Rapid Speedway.Kracht won the second heat race before finishing fifth in the feature. Stegenga placed fourth in the third heat and seventh in the feature. Deutsch placed second in the second heat and ninth in the feature.Luverne’s Brett DeJager and Mike Steensma secured places as modified drivers at Minnesota tracks over the weekend.DeJager placed fourth and Steensma fifth in the feature race at Murray County Speedway in Slayton Friday. DeJager placed second in the feature race at Nobles County Speedway in Worthington Saturday.Lake County Speedway, in Madison, S.D., attracted three area drivers Saturday.Adrian’s DeBoer placed second in the first heat and third in the street stock feature. Ellsworth’s Roemen placed third in the second heat and third in the sportsmen feature. Kanaranzi’s Deutsch placed second in the first heat and fourth in the hobby stock feature.Four area drivers raced at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D., Saturday.Luverne’s Chad Overgaard placed second in the second heat and seventh in the feature race of the Wissota late model class.Luverne’s Akkerman, Adrian’s Klaassen and Korthals raced in the street stock division.Klaassen placed third in the third heat and third in the feature. Korthals won the third heat race before placing fourth in the feature. Akkerman took the checkered flag in the second heat race before placing fifth in the feature.
