By John RittenhouseTwo Rock County drivers locked up track championships after racing in a pair of events at Huset’s Speedway over the weekend.Luverne’s Chad Overgaard emerged as late model street stock points champion at the track in Brandon, S.D. Kanaranzi’s Colter Deutsch clinched the points title in the hobby stock class.Two events were staged at the track on Sunday and Monday in honor of Labor Day weekend.Overgaard placed fourth in the second heat and fourth in the feature during Sunday’s races. He placed second in the heat race and ninth in the feature Monday.Deutsch won the first heat and won his seventh A feature event at the track Sunday. He won the first heat race and placed sixth in the feature Monday.Former Rock County resident David Kruger competed against Overgaard both nights. Kruger placed fourth in the first heat and ninth in the feature Sunday. He finished fourth in the second heat and 11th in the feature Monday.Deutsch competed against Steen’s Billy Cowell and Ellsworth’s Chris Tiesler at Huset’s. Cowell placed seventh in the second heat and third in the B feature Sunday. Tiesler won the third heat and placed second to Deutsch in the A feature Sunday. He finished third in the second heat and fourth in the feature Monday.Luverne’s Brad Buysse raced in the 360 sprint class at Huset’s over the weekend. Buysse placed seventh in the first heat, second in the B feature and 18th in the A feature Sunday. He finished sixth in the second heat and 18th in the feature Monday.Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen and former Luverne resident Anthony Mann raced in the sportsmen class at Huset’s Sunday.Mann placed second in the first heat and second in the feature. Roemen placed seventh in the first heat and 13th in the feature.Roemen, Deutsch and Overgaard won feature events at Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday.After placing fourth in the first heat, Roemen won the feature in the sportsmen class.Mann also raced in the sportsmen class, finishing fifth in the second heat and 11th in the feature.Deutsch placed second in the first heat and won the A feature in the hobby stock class. Deutsch is currently in second place in the points standings with one race to go at Rapid Speedway.Tiesler (second in the third heat and second in the feature), Cowell (fourth in the third heat and ninth in the feature), Luverne’s Mike Buss (fifth in the second heat and 14th in the feature) and Ash Creek’s Bobbi Kracht (fourth in the second heat and 11th in the feature) mixed it up with Deutsch in the hobby stock class at Rapid Speedway.Chad Overgaard had a successful night in the street stock class at Rapid Speedway, winning the second heat race and A feature to give him a shot at winning a points title Friday.Ellsworth’s Scott Overgaard (second in the first heat and 11th in the feature), former Hills resident Darrin Korthals (second in the second heat and third in the feature), Kruger (third in the second heat and fourth in the feature) and Adrian’s Mark DeBoer (sixth in the second heat and 12th in the feature) also raced in the street stock class at Rapid Speedway.Buysse competed in the 360 sprints at the track in Iowa, placing seventh in the second heat and 13th in the feature.Luverne’s Jesse Akkerman had a great night at I-90 Speedway in Hartford, S.D., Saturday. Akkerman won his heat race and the A feature event in the late model street stock class.Luverne’s Mike Steensma posted a pair of wins during Friday’s races at Murray County Speedway in Slayton. Steensma won the first heat race and feature event in the modified class.Luverne’s Alex Wiese wrapped up a solid season of drag racing at Thunder Valley Dragway in Marion, S.D., Saturday. The 12-year-old Wiese placed second in the final points standings in the junior dragster class. Wiese placed in seven of the nine events he raced in at the venue.Congratulations goes out to the Luverne-Hills-Beaver Creek drag racing team, which won the five-event high school team championship at Thunder Valley Dragway this summer.Lindsay Hup, Kyle Woodley, Ryan Wynia, Joe Stearns, Steven Berghorst, Austin Hoiland, Eric Lammert, Brett Vander Vliet, Matt Anderson, Cody Scholten, Ruston Aaker, Justin Mann, Mike Sandbulte, Dustin Donth, Breanne Hup and Chris Vergas are the team members.
