BRANDON, S.D. — Parker Price-Miller and Cam Schafer wrapped up the C & B Operations Power Series Nationals by visiting victory lane on Monday night at Huset’s Speedway.
Price-Miller collected the $10,000 top prize for scoring the Midwest Power Series and Midwest Sprint Touring Series triumph while Schafer won his third straight Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series Non-Wing Sprints race of the weekend.
Jack Dover quickly took the lead during the 30-lap winged 360ci sprint car A Main before Henderson drove around him in turns one and two on lap six. Henderson held onto the point until he got a bit sideways on the top in turn three while checking up for another driver on Lap 19. That allowed Price-Miller to pounce on the bottom and he quickly took the lead.
A pair of cautions bunched the field together in the final nine laps, but Price-Miller was fast out front and held on to win by 0.814 seconds.
“We were really good tonight,” he said. “I was a little worried after the heat race. We were really tight.
“(In the feature) we got to third pretty quick. I bided my time. We weren’t perfect, but we were good enough to get the job done. We didn’t know which way the track was going to go so we played it safe and got the job done.”
Henderson’s runner-up result gave him three podiums during the three C & B Operations Power Series Nationals races throughout Labor Day Weekend.
“I’m very happy to have this car on the frontstretch tonight,” he said. “I’m really proud of this team. I’m very happy to have friends like we do. It’s fun racing with these guys and I wouldn’t do it any other way.”
Dover rounded out the podium with a third-place showing.
“My motor runs good, but we need that little edge on them,” he said. “I tried something there in the feature and I think I went the wrong way. You live and learn and go to the next weekend.”
Matt Juhl placed fourth and Scott Bogucki rounded out the top five.
Meanwhile, Schafer remained undefeated on the weekend with this third Upper Midwest Sprint Car Series Non-Wing Sprints feature triumph on Monday evening. This time he had to work for it throughout the feature before capitalizing on a late-race pass.
Nick DaRonco led the first 18 laps of the 25-lap A Main, but Jeremy Kerzman and Schafer were close throughout. Schafer edged into the runner-up position on Lap 16 and three laps later he took the lead on the bottom in turn four en route to his third victory in the last three nights.
“That thing is a rocket ship,” he said. “I ran the top really well. This thing is good on the bottom. It’s usually not how I roll. It’s been a hell of a weekend and I’m having a blast.”
DaRonco secured a second-place result with Kerzman third, Jon Lewerer fourth and Scott Brandt fifth.