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Norris Completes the Trifecta and Flick Goes Back-to-Back at the POG 2026

Imperial, PA - March 2026

The Pot of Gold 2026 is in the history books. PPMS saw qualifying, eight heat races, and three feature events.

Michael Norris (N1), from Sarver, won his third Pot of Gold in a row, and set a new track record with a qualifying time of 16.454.

AJ Flick (2), from Apollo, made it two in a row by winning the 2026 FAST on Dirt Falconi’s Moon Township 410 Winged Sprint Car Feature, while Stephen Shelpman (17P), from Bethel Park, won the Millerstown Pic A Part Crown Vic feature.

After Michael Norris set the new track record in qualifying, he started on the outside of the front row alongside Alex Ferree (1C), from Saxonburg, and Jon Lee (5L), from Summerville, and Kyle Lukon (184), from Burgettstown, made up row two.

Ferree jumped out to the early lead, but trouble struck on lap seven, allowing Norris to slip into the top spot.

A caution followed shortly after, Norris controlled the restart and began pulling away from the field.

Despite the lone caution, Norris led from lap seven in dominating fashion.

Ferree (1C) finished second, Colton Flinner (48) third, Jake Gunn (14G) fourth, and Jared Miley (10) rounded out the top five.

The heat race winners were Norris, Flinner, and Miley.

In the FAST on Dirt Falconi’s Moon Township 410 Winged Sprint Car Feature, Brandon Spithaler (22), from Butler, started on the pole with AJ Flick (2) to his outside.

Flick jumped out to the early lead before a lap one caution flew for Tyler Esh (19) with mechanical trouble.

On the restart, Flick stayed in control and began clicking off lap after lap..

He found his rhythm until another caution with eight laps remaining reset the field.

Flick led the restart with Spithaler in second, maintaining close proximity to the leader..

It didn’t matter. Flick stayed in command and drove to his second straight FAST on Dirt Falconi’s Moon Township 410 Winged Sprint Car Feature win.

Dylan Norris (11P) finished second, Tim Shaffer (01) third, Spithaler fourth, and Tyler Gunn (68) rounded out the top five.

The heat race winners were Dylan Norris, Brandon Spithaler, and AJ Flick.

Last but not least, the Millerstown Pic A Part Crown Vics, where Travis Vogel (28A), from Meyersdale, started on the pole with Jason Rendell (7FL), from Land O’ Lakes, Florida, to his outside.

Scott Mitchell (20), from Somerset, started third, and Stephen Shelpman (17), from Bethel Park, rolled off fourth.

At the drop of the green, Shelpman jumped out to the early lead and controlled the pace.

A late restart changed everything.

Mitchell surged past Shelpman coming to the white flag, but spun moments later, bringing out a caution and handing the lead back to Shelpman.

Shelpman took advantage and led the final two laps to win the Millerstown Pic A Part Crown Vic Feature.

Ed Vogel (83E) finished second, Jason Rendell (7FL) third, Travis Vogel (28A) fourth, and Mike Bakalon (48) rounded out the top five.

The heat race winners were Stephen Shelpman (17) and Jason Rendell (7FL).

Events resume at Dirt’s Monster Half Mile this coming Sunday, March 29th for our 2026 Easter Celebration, but we will be off the following weekend for Easter (April 4th).

Make plans to join us, don’t miss your chance to be part of the celebration.

April 11th will kick things back off with Test n Tune, but April 18th brings the Herb Scott Memorial for the Rohrich Automotive RUSH Late Model Touring Series.

RESULTS

21 entries
Dirt Super Late Models

A Feature 1: 1. N1-Michael Norris[2]; 2. 1C-Alex Ferree[1]; 3. 48-Colton Flinner[7]; 4. 14G-Jake Gunn[11]; 5. 10-Jared Miley[6]; 6. 555-Brock Pinkerous[12]; 7. 10*-Levi Yetter[9]; 8. 5L-Jon Lee[3]; 9. 184-Kyle Lukon[4]; 10. 15-Matthew Benard[17]; 11. 5-Jackson Billyk[13]; 12. 97-Mitch Thomas[10]; 13. 4JR-Jacob Billyk Jr[18]; 14. 71M-Mike Basich[16]; 15. 2M-Chuck Medved[20]; 16. (DNF) W3-John Weaver[15]; 17. (DNF) J4-John Garvin Jr[8]; 18. (DNF) 1D-Braeden Dillinger[14]; 19. (DNF) 94-AJ Campbell[19]; 20. (DNF) 45-Tim Shaffer[5]; 21. (DNF) 55-Chris Schneider[21]

Heat 1: 1. N1-Michael Norris[1]; 2. 10*-Levi Yetter[2]; 3. J4-John Garvin Jr[3]; 4. 97-Mitch Thomas[5]; 5. 5-Jackson Billyk[6]; 6. 71M-Mike Basich[4]; 7. (DNF) 94-AJ Campbell[7]

Heat 2: 1. 48-Colton Flinner[2]; 2. 1C-Alex Ferree[1]; 3. 5L-Jon Lee[3]; 4. 14G-Jake Gunn[6]; 5. 1D-Braeden Dillinger[4]; 6. 15-Matthew Benard[5]; 7. 2M-Chuck Medved[7]

Heat 3: 1. 10-Jared Miley[1]; 2. 184-Kyle Lukon[3]; 3. 45-Tim Shaffer[5]; 4. 555-Brock Pinkerous[2]; 5. W3-John Weaver[4]; 6. (DNF) 4JR-Jacob Billyk Jr[6]; 7. (DNF) 55-Chris Schneider[7]

Qualifying 1: 1. N1-Michael Norris, 16.454[2]; 2. 1C-Alex Ferree, 16.633[7]; 3. 10-Jared Miley, 16.683[4]; 4. 10*-Levi Yetter, 16.800[3]; 5. 48-Colton Flinner, 16.984[12]; 6. 555-Brock Pinkerous, 17.121[10]; 7. J4-John Garvin Jr, 17.132[1]; 8. 5L-Jon Lee, 17.299[15]; 9. 184-Kyle Lukon, 17.536[11]; 10. 71M-Mike Basich, 17.594[6]; 11. 1D-Braeden Dillinger, 18.087[19]; 12. W3-John Weaver, 18.169[14]; 13. 97-Mitch Thomas, 18.182[8]; 14. 15-Matthew Benard, 18.629[16]; 15. 45-Tim Shaffer, 18.663[21]; 16. 5-Jackson Billyk, 18.692[18]; 17. 14G-Jake Gunn, 18.737[17]; 18. 4JR-Jacob Billyk Jr, 18.953[20]; 19. 94-AJ Campbell, 19.420[9]; 20. 2M-Chuck Medved, 19.633[5]; 21. 55-Chris Schneider, 19.633[13]

22 entries
410 Sprints - Winged

A Feature 1: 1. 2-AJ Flick[2]; 2. 11P-Dylan Norris[3]; 3. 01-Tim Shaffer[12]; 4. 22-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 5. 68G-Tyler Gunn[9]; 6. 46-Michael Bauer[4]; 7. 13-Brandon Matus[17]; 8. 29S-Zeth Sabo[7]; 9. 29-Logan McCandless[8]; 10. 32B-Jeremy Kornbau[11]; 11. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[14]; 12. 6-Bob Felmlee[19]; 13. 3-John Jerich[13]; 14. 19-Tyler Esh[16]; 15. 14-Zane DeVault[10]; 16. 33-Brent Matus[21]; 17. 11M-Nathen McDowell[15]; 18. 6J-Jonah Aumend[6]; 19. (DNF) 15K-Creed Kemenah[20]; 20. (DNF) 4W-Kasey Weaver[18]; 21. (DNF) 5-Jeremy Weaver[5]; 22. (DNS) 7NY-Matt Farnham

Heat 1: 1. 11P-Dylan Norris[2]; 2. 6J-Jonah Aumend[5]; 3. 5-Jeremy Weaver[4]; 4. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 5. 3-John Jerich[1]; 6. 19-Tyler Esh[3]; 7. 6-Bob Felmlee[6]; 8. 33-Brent Matus[7]

Heat 2: 1. 22-Brandon Spithaler[5]; 2. 29S-Zeth Sabo[2]; 3. 29-Logan McCandless[7]; 4. 32B-Jeremy Kornbau[6]; 5. 3J-Jacob Begenwald[3]; 6. (DNF) 13-Brandon Matus[1]; 7. (DNS) 7NY-Matt Farnham

Heat 3: 1. 2-AJ Flick[1]; 2. 46-Michael Bauer[2]; 3. 68G-Tyler Gunn[6]; 4. 01-Tim Shaffer[5]; 5. 11M-Nathen McDowell[7]; 6. 4W-Kasey Weaver[3]; 7. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]

Qualifying 1: 1. 5-Jeremy Weaver, 16.624[8]; 2. 3-John Jerich, 16.637[1]; 3. 11P-Dylan Norris, 16.797[5]; 4. 19-Tyler Esh, 16.937[4]; 5. 6J-Jonah Aumend, 17.186[6]; 6. 6-Bob Felmlee, 17.402[2]; 7. 33-Brent Matus, 18.066[7]; 8. (DNS) 14-Zane DeVault

Qualifying 2: 1. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 17.013[2]; 2. 13-Brandon Matus, 17.113[1]; 3. 29S-Zeth Sabo, 17.254[3]; 4. 7NY-Matt Farnham, 17.506[4]; 5. 3J-Jacob Begenwald, 17.651[7]; 6. 32B-Jeremy Kornbau, 17.772[5]; 7. 29-Logan McCandless, 18.009[6]

Qualifying 3: 1. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 16.940[2]; 2. 2-AJ Flick, 16.977[3]; 3. 46-Michael Bauer, 17.398[1]; 4. 4W-Kasey Weaver, 17.412[6]; 5. 01-Tim Shaffer, 17.558[7]; 6. 68G-Tyler Gunn, 18.249[5]; 7. 11M-Nathen McDowell, 19.258[4]

13 entries
Crown Vic

A Feature 1: 1. 17-Stephen Shelpman[4]; 2. 83E-Ed Vogel[5]; 3. 7FL-Jason Rendell[1]; 4. 28A-Travis Vogel[2]; 5. 48-Mike Bakalon[6]; 6. 119-Brady Chabol[7]; 7. 20-Scott Mitchell[3]; 8. 21-Wesley Reed[11]; 9. 57-Devin Thompson[10]; 10. (DNF) 7-Mike Matta[8]; 11. (DNF) 17P-Ed Shelpman[13]; 12. (DNF) 98-Quinten Beeman[9]; 13. (DNS) 4-Sonny Pruitt

Heat 1: 1. 17-Stephen Shelpman[2]; 2. 83E-Ed Vogel[4]; 3. 20-Scott Mitchell[5]; 4. 119-Brady Chabol[6]; 5. 98-Quinten Beeman[1]; 6. 21-Wesley Reed[7]; 7. 17P-Ed Shelpman[3]

Heat 2: 1. 7FL-Jason Rendell[1]; 2. 48-Mike Bakalon[6]; 3. 28A-Travis Vogel[5]; 4. 7-Mike Matta[4]; 5. 57-Devin Thompson[3]; 6. (DNF) 4-Sonny Pruitt[2]

Photo Credits:

Sprint Car News - Rick Raer
PPMS - Chasing Thrills Photography - Garren McHugh

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