By John RittenhouseA driver from the Star Herald coverage area reached a racing milestone over the weekend.Mark DeBoer, a late model street stock competitor from Adrian who frequents many area tracks, recorded his 100th career feature victory over the weekend.DeBoer’s special win came at Lake County Speedway, Madison, S.D., Saturday night.After winning the second heat race, DeBoer bested the field in the A feature event to reach the century mark in career wins.DeBoer mixed it up with a number of area drivers during Friday’s races at Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa.DeBoer won the second street stock heat race before placing third in the A feature.Former Hills’ resident Darrin Korthals and Luverne’s Chad Overgaard placed first and second respectively in the street stock feature. Korthals was second in the first heat race. Overgaard came in third in the second heat.Former Ash Creek resident David Kruger (third in the first heat and 10th in the feature) and Ellsworth’s Scott Overgaard (second in second heat and eighth in the A feature) also competed in the street stock class Friday.Magnolia’s Josh Klay posted a victory in the first heat race in the hobby stock competition at Rapid Speedway before finishing seventh in the A feature.Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch (second in the first heat and 14th in the feature), Magnolia’s Larry Kracht (sixth in the first heat and sixth in the feature), Luverne’s Mike Buss (sixth in the second heat and fifth in the feature), Steen’s Billy Cowell (fourth in the third heat and 10th in the feature) and Hardwick’s Brent Hulstein (fifth in the third heat and ninth in the feature) competed against Klay in the hobby stock class.Luverne’s Brandon Buysse placed eighth in the first heat and sixth in the B feature in the 360 sprints at Rapid Speedway.Former Luverne resident Anthony Mann placed second in the first heat and ninth in the A feature in the sportsman class at the same track.Led by Deutsch, area drivers locked up two feature titles and three heat victories during Sunday’s races at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, S.D.Deutsch won the second heat race and the A feature in the hobby stock division.Cowell finished fifth in the first heat and 12th in the A feature in the hobby stock class. Klay placed third in the first heat and 11th in the feature.Luverne’s Jake Peters found success in the 360 sprints at Huset’s by winning the second heat race and the A feature.Peters was third in the second heat and 15th in the A feature in the outlaw sprints.Chad Overgaard won the first heat race in the street stock class and placed second in the A feature at Huset’s.Scott Overgaard was fourth in the first heat and 10th in the feature, and Kruger was second in the second heat and eighth in the feature in the street stock class.Luverne modified driver Marlin Kracht placed in feature races at Minnesota tracks over the weekend.Kracht placed third in the feature at Murray County Speedway in Slayton Friday before placing fifth in the feature at Worthington Speedway Sunday.
