IMPERIAL, Pa. — Michael Norris scored the victory in Saturday’s 20-lap Rohrich Automotive/Chevy Performance RUSH Late model feature at Pittsburgh’s Pennsylvania Motor Speedway.
Tom Klein would start on the pole for the event. Tommy Schirnhoffer would begin on the outside pole. The second row consisted of Brandon Burgoon starting in third and Mike Reft starting fourth.
When the green flag waved at the event’s start, Klein would take the early lead. Lap two had Klein still leading, but Norris came from his sixth-place starting spot to take over second, and Schirnhofer was in third. Laps four through nine saw Norris continuing to close the gap on Klein who was still leading the event.
At the halfway point on lap 10, Norris would take over the lead as they came through turns three and four. Once Norris got the lead, he would lead the entire second half of the event and go on to pick up his first Rohrich Automotive/Chevy Performance RUSH Late Model win of the season.
He was followed by Burgoon in second, Schirnhofer in third, Reft in fourth and Kassidy Kamicker rounded out the top five. The heat race winners were Norris and Klein.
Garret O’Patchen picked up another win in the Fuel Required Hobby Stock feature. Stephen Shelpman picked up his first career PittsburghTrucking Center Penn Ohio Pro Stock feature win and he was the 100th winner in the division. Nick Timberlak won the Crawford Auto Repair Open Four Cylinder feature and it was his first career win as well.
Feature Finish
1. N1-Michael Norris[6]; 2. 60-Brandon Burgoon[3]; 3. 8-Tommy Schirnhofer Jr[2]; 4. 9R-Mike Reft[4]; 5. 72B-Kassidy Kamicker[10]; 6. 15C-Clate Copeman[7]; 7. 91-Brodie Oravetz[8]; 8. 2M-Chuck Medved[9]; 9. 38-Michael Stephans[11]; 10. 5X-Cody Koteles[5]; 11. 77-Tom Klein[1]; 12. (DNS) 4JR-Jacob Billyk Jr; 13. (DNS) 184-Cole Petrelle