Todd Veney  (Richard Muir photo)

"I'd never beat Mickey until last weekend, so to do it twice in the final was unbelievable," Veney said. "I really want to thank Jay Blake and Tom Howell for making the car run this well and all the guys who made the sacrifice to fill in for our regular crew when we decided to come here at the last minute."

Veney got around Ray Drew in the opening round in a close race, 5.76 to 5.74. Ferro fought to maintain control in route to a 5.74 in the same round against two-time Division 3 champ Chris Foster in a monumental matchup with major points implications. Foster, who had the North Central lead coming into the event, and Ferro both have two regional victories this season, but Ferro has runner-ups in his other three regional starts and now leads Foster by 52 points.