Fall Fling
SPARCO FALL FLING 500K FST WEDNESDAY RESULTS
Bristol, TN – With first a “family photo” of the Fling and Bristol Dragway staff celebrating ten years of Fling racing in 
Bristol, FST Wednesday got underway for the Sparco Fall Fling 500K presented by Optima Batteries. The first big prize of the weekend, a $30,000-to-win day began with a single time trial; the only one of the week; for all competitors. From today forward, all competitors go directly to eliminations each day. With the pre-entered field in attendance, part of the Fling experience is ensuring the races are completed in a timely fashion.
In a somewhat unusual occurrence in bracket racing circles, Fling co-promoters Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel chose to limit the event to single entries only, with no double-entering of drivers/cars. In what may possibly be the only big bracket racing in the country today, single entries dates back to the old Moroso 5-Day Bracket Championships. Obviously the bracket racing world embraced the concept as pre-entries were sold out in a matter of minutes when the pre-entry list opened back in March.
Round six and 13 cars remained; Danny Waters Jr., Justin Vickers, Phillip Pennington, David Davis, JR Lobner, Luke Bogacki, Aaron Gee, Shawn Langdon, Bryan Robinson, Colby Fuller, Tim Thomas, Don Hansen and Shane Carr. With each placed on the elimination ladder, the survivors were Thomas, Langdon, Bogacki, Robinson, Carr and the door cars of Vickers and Pennington.
FALL FLING 500K DAY 1 RESULTS
Bristol, TN – Bright sunshine and hot temperatures greeted a long line of racers waiting to get in Bristol Dragway for 
Day 1 of the 10th anniversary of the Fling brand of bracket races. The largest paying and most exciting of the Fling brand, the Sparco Fall Fling 500K presented by Optima Batteries will award one winning racer a guaranteed $500,000 in Friday’s ATI main event. Three separate side races will be held FST Wednesday, Hansen Thursday and JEGS Saturday.
Schedule for today as has been the tradition for Day 1 at each of the Fling races included a Test & Tune session along with the American Race Cars/Race Tech Dragster Shootout with a limited field of 32 racers vying for a spot in the final round. Both finalists receive a new dragster with winner having first choice.
With eight cars left in the quarterfinals, the remaining competitors were Robert DiMino, Chad Axford, Shane Maddox, Tim Markoglu, Jason Lynch, Derek Denny, Chris Sons and Jake Woodring.
FALL FLING 500K PRE-RACE Press Release
Bristol, TN – The largest paying and most exciting Fling event ever is set to begin this week at famed Bristol Dragway 
in Tennessee. The Sparco Fall Fling 500K presented by Optima Batteries is the final Fling race this year after the successful K&N Spring Fling Million in April and the K&N Spring Fling at GALOT Motorsports Park in May. This one will be both different and special, awarding $500,000 to one single winner at Friday’s main event, money which is sure to make a difference in one lucky racer’s life
This is the tenth anniversary of the Fling held in Bristol and as such, co-promoters Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel wished to make the Bristol event a special one for those attending.
“Because 2019 will be the tenth anniversary of our brand in Bristol,” Biondo said, “we wanted to do something really special. Kyle and I had been brainstorming back and forth since late 2017. We could have done so many things, but the racers have supported us behind belief and we just wanted to do something very special for our customers. And there was no better time or place to do this than where it all started, Bristol Dragway. This will certainly be huge in our sport, taking it to a whole new level. Five hundred thousand dollars to win and a guaranteed payout!”
VP RACING FUELS NAMED OFFICIAL FUEL OF FALL FLING 500K
San Antonio, TX – VP Racing Fuels, Inc., regarded as the innovator in race fuel development, technical support, and 
on-site fuel service, has been named the Official Fuel of the Fall Fling $500,000 To-Win bracket race September 17-21 at Bristol Dragway in Tennessee.
“Kyle Seipel and Peter Biondo are both world-class racers,” said Marc Wesler, VP’s International Sales Manager. “As co-promoters they’ve grown the Fall Fling, the Spring Fling Million, and the Spring Fling GALOT into the biggest bracket races in the world. We’re really looking forward to being on-site with VP to help fuel their incredible event.”
Seipel’s and Biondo’s passion for drag racing took on a new meaning years ago when on a family vacation, the long-time close friends began talking about putting on a big buck bracket race of their own reflecting what they would want in a bracket event if they were racing in it. They developed the motto, “Race It. Experience It.” Years later the co-promoters’ passion for racing, family, and fun continues in promoting what is now regarded as the most popular, and lucrative, bracket races being run..
Biondo & Seipel’s Spring Fling to add a Third Event in 2017
For the past seven years, Peter Biondo and Kyle Seipel’s Spring Fling brand of bracket races have consistently over-
delivered and provided racers with the best experience any racer could ask for. Yet it seemed like, after each action-packed event, racers were always wanting for more of the same. For the past few years the co-promoters have quietly searched high and low for the right facility and time of year with the premise of expanding the Spring Fling brand to a third event.
“When our racers come into a Spring Fling event, they are expecting a one-of-a-kind experience at a premier facility,” Biondo explained. “So, Kyle and I have searched high and low for the right facility and time of year and have put a ‘Fling schedule and payout structure in place for 2017 that I think racers are going to love.”
