By John Rittenhouse
Rock County drivers dominated the hobby stock competition during a pair of race nights at Huset's Speedway.
The Labor Day weekend featured Sunday and Monday night races at the track near Brandon, S.D., and that proved to be a good thing for Kanaranzi's Colter Deutsch and Magnolia's Josh Klay.
Deutsch, who placed second in his heat race during Sunday's action at the track, took the checkered flag in the feature.
Klay won his heat race Sunday before placing third in the feature.
Steen's Tammy Kracht also raced in the hobby stock class Sunday, placing second in her heat and fifth in the A feature.
Klay produced a sweep during Monday's Sertoma Charities Night at Huset's Monday, winning his heat race and the feature.
Deutsch placed second in his heat and fifth in the feature. Luverne's Larry Kracht was fourth in his heat and eighth in the feature.
Luverne's Anthony Mann and Luverne High School graduate Scott Overgaard mixed it up in the sportsman class at Huset's Monday.
Mann won his heat race before finishing 13th in the feature. Overgaard placed second in the feature and third in his heat race.
Steen's David Kruger and Luverne's Chad Overgaard raced in the short track stock car class Monday at Huset's.
Kruger won his heat race before placing eighth in the feature. Overgaard came in seventh in his heat race and 15th in the feature.
During Sunday's races at Huset's, Kruger placed eighth in his heat race and 10th in the feature. Chad Overgaard was seventh in his heat race and eighth in the feature.
Hills-Beaver Creek High School graduate Darren Korthals also competed in the short track stock car class at Huset's Sunday, placing fifth in his heat and fourth in the feature.
Korthals also won a short track stock car feature race at Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday.
Luverne's Anthony Mann and Scott Overgaard placed second and fifth, respectively, in the sportsman class feature at Rapid Speedway. Deutsch finished second in the hobby stock feature.
Korthals was one of three area drivers who raced in the short track stock car competition at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D., Saturday.
Korthals placed second in his heat and 10th in the feature.
Luverne's Jesse Akkerman won his heat race and rallied from the seventh row to place second in the feature. Adrian's Brad Klaassen placed second in his heat race and third in the feature.