By John RittenhouseArea drivers Josh Klay, Mark DeBoer and Colter Deutsch posted feature wins at area race tracks over the weekend.Magnolia’s Klay and Adrian’s DeBoer won features at Rapid Speedway, Rock Rapids, Iowa, Friday. Kanaranzi’s Deutsch secured a feature title at Huset’s Speedway near Brandon, S.D., Sunday.DeBoer is one of four area drivers who competed in the late model street stock class at Rapid Speedway. He won the first heat race before taking the checkered flag in the A feature.Luverne’s Scott Overgaard (first in the first heat and sixth in the feature), Adrian’s Brad Klaassen (third in the first heat and ninth in the feature) and former Rock County resident Darrin Korthals (second in the second heat and second in the feature) competed against DeBoer in the street stock class.Klay won a pair of events in the hobby stock class at Rapid Speedway, winning the third heat and A feature.Colter Deutsch (third in the first heat and sixth in the feature), Luverne’s Seth Stegenga (first in the second heat and 12th in the feature) and Ellsworth’s Mike Deutsch (third in the second heat and 14th in the feature) also competed in the hobby stock class Friday.Former Luverne resident Anthony Mann placed second in the second heat and third in the feature in the sportsmen class at Rapid Speedway. Ellsworth’s Greg Roemen placed sixth in the second heat and 10th in the feature in the same class.Luverne’s Brandon Buysse placed sixth in the first heat and sixth in the B feature during the 360 sprint competition Friday.Deutsch turned in the best effort at Huset’s Speedway Sunday by winning the second heat and A feature in the hobby stocks.Klay won the first heat race and finished ninth in the feature in the same class. Luverne’s Cory Schmuck placed sixth in the first heat and 11th in the feature.Luverne’s Jesse Akkerman placed second in the second heat and second in the feature event during street stock competition at Huset’s.Akkerman placed second in his heat and second in the feautre during races in Hartford, S.D., Saturday.Austin Klosterbuer, a fifth-grader at the Luverne Elementary School, had a big weekend as a go-kart driver.Klosterbuer won his heat race and the feature during Friday’s races at Saddle Back Speedway in Renner, S.D., in the pro-rookie division. He won his heat race and placed second in the feature at University Plaines Speedway in Brookings, S.D., Saturday.
