Spring Fling Vegas
Andy Schmall wins Wednesday $30K at the Spring Fling Million
LAS VEGAS – Day two of the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries saw over 400 racers battle for the Silverstate 
Refrigeration $30,000 trophy. With time trials completed on Tuesday, Wednesday opened at 8.30am with first round of eliminations in the Gearwrench Pro class.
After battling a stiff headwind on Tuesday, the wind swirled early on Wednesday before eventually growing still late in the day. The everchanging weather challenged the huge field of 429 entries that made the first-round call. The talented field, which included racers from over 30 states, battled throughout the day for a shot at a $30,000 payday.
As day turned to night, the field narrowed quickly with only ten racers advancing to round seven. Andy Schmall and Dennis Paz opened the round with the Gearwrench Pro class final. The winner would earn a $500 bonus and would join the Super Pro class in the quarterfinals.
Schmall used a .017 light and a one over 6.181 to turn back Paz who was .030 at the tree and -.003 under his 6.98 dial. Schmall, no stranger to big money finals, earned the bonus and advanced to the final five in the Silverstate Refrigeration $30K.
K&N SPRING FLING MILLION DOLLAR RESULTS
LAS VEGAS – The day arrived. Maytag/Silverstate Refrigeration Million Dollar Friday, the main event of the K&N Spring Fling 
Million presented by Optima Batteries. A day which will certainly change the life of one person.
This being Vegas, what better “casino” to place a bet than The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and first up today was the Brodix Run For The $50,000. For a $50 “bet,” place a dial-in on your car, “pull the handle,” leave the starting line with a perfect .000 reaction time and run dead-on your dial with a “0” gets you a perfect run and a $50,000 check. If no perfect runs are recorded, the best package earns that driver a set of Brodix SR20 cylinder heads. Second place gets a $2,000 check and third place a free entry into the 2020 Spring Fling Million main event. If no one hits the $50K perfect run, the first perfect run in Friday’s elimination will earn that driver $20,000.
No perfect runs but Sean Page used a two-thousandths package to take home the set of Brodix cylinder heads. Cassie Pennington and Wes Anderson tied for second with a “five-pack” to respectively take home $2,000 in cash and a free 2020 Spring Fling Million Friday entry.
SPRING FLING MILLION – FINAL DAY RESULTS
For the fifth straight year, co-promoters Pete Biondo and Kyle Seipel have brought their Spring Fling brand of races 
to the west coast at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. What might be the gaming capital of the world plays very well to the hundreds of racers who have made the trek each year to race for big money; bracket racing style.
With the crowning of the second Spring Fling Million winner last night, Luke Bogacki, there still is one more day of the event. A day where someone will walk away with $20,000 for his or her efforts; and there are quite a few “hers” who are more than capable of winning.
First up for the day was the Spring Fling Reaction Time Challenge. Twenty randomly selected competitors were given one shot at the ‘tree. Any .00X reaction time gets that person a crisp piece of paper with a picture of Ben Franklin on it ($100). It gets even better for a perfect reaction time, where a Grover Cleveland photo is handed out ($1,000). Three people earned the $100; Christopher Northrup, Chris Borges and Kurt Gross. Steve Hayes put up a trip-zip perfect reaction time which got him ten $100 bills.
SPRING FLING MILLION – BOGACKI/KIDD WIN BIG
The day has come. By the time the moon hits its high point of the night later today, somebody’s life will be changed 
forever with their win on the Friday main event at the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries.
To start off the day, every racer on the property, regardless of whether they are Million Dollar race entrants or not, are eligible to take part in the special Brodix Run For The $100,000. With a dial-in on their car, the person with the best package; a combined reaction time along with the amount over their dial; earns that person a new set of Brodix SR20 cylinder heads worth $5,300. Second place receives $2,000 in cash and third place a free entry into the 2018 Spring Fling Million, a $2,000 value. However; and here’s where the good part comes in; the first person to score a perfect run (.000 reaction time and dead-on the dial) receives not only the Brodix heads but also $100,000 paid right on the spot.
SPRING FLING MILLION WEDNESDAY RESULTS
While The K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries began yesterday with a free Test & Tune session 
sponsored by Yukon Gear & Axle along with the Poulsen Trailer Shootout that was won by Pennsylvania’s Dan Northrop, today began the official start of the event with Maytag Silverstate Refrigeration Wednesday a $20,000-to-win race.
The event itself is primarily a Super Pro only event, however as a way to include the many bottom bulb Pro-class cars that have previously competed in that class at the first four years of the Vegas ‘Fling, the event includes an elite Pro 32 field which included 32 bottom bulb cars. Those racers run separate from the Super Pro cars until a winner is crowned. That winner is then seeded into the sixth round of the Super Pro race and as such at that point is allowed to install a delay box if he or she chooses.
SPRING FLING MILLION UNDERWAY
With the call to the lanes over the PA system from co-promoter Peter Biondo and the roar of the engines, the first 
day of the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries began.
For the fifth straight year at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the first day of the event began with a free Yukon Gear & Axle-sponsored free Test & Tune session, in addition to the Poulsen Trailer Shootout where an exclusive 32-car field will race with the winner walking away with a brand new 24-foot Poulsen trailer. Runner-up receives an entry into the 2018 version of the Spring Fling Million Dollar Race, and the two semifinalists each receive a three-day entry into the 2018 Spring Fling event.
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.”
K&N SPRING FLING MILLION SATURDAY
Day last has finally come to the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries. It all began on 
Tuesdaywith the Yukon Gear & Axle test and tune session along with the Poulsen Trailer Shootout won by Tennessee’s Scott Lemen.
Three more Spring Fling champions were crowned including last night’s Million Dollar race winner Jeff Verdi. Saturday called for race No.4 with a $20,000 to win payday for someone. Weather all week for the most part cooperated except for Friday when 40 to 50 mph winds cropped up with occasional sprays of moisture which is highly unlikely for Sin City. It all held up enough to finish the Million Dollar event late on Friday followed by winner Verdi and crew enjoying a stay in a suite at the Cosmopolitan Hotel in downtown Vegas courtesy of the K&N Spring Fling. The stay might not have been such a good idea as in the first round of Saturday’s event, Verdi red-lighted by .002, but still ending his week on a good… make that a great note.
K&N SPRING FLING MILLION FRIDAY
After Friday’s Million Dollar race at the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries, one lucky person 
next year will have a very special April 15, 2017 to look forward to… or maybe not. It’ll be the day the IRS will be looking for their due after that person’s big win in what will certainly be a life-changing experience as the first winner of the K&N Spring Fling Million. That might sound like sort of a “buzz kill,” as announcer Nate Hirschi said, but it will be a good one to concern one’s self with.
The week so far has gone without hiccups except for some very long days, but nonetheless clean and green all the way. The plan for today was one time trial followed by a special Brodix Run for the Money where a perfect package gets that person a cool $100,000 to get the party started. Unfortunately, no one had that perfect run but the Best Package was Alabama’s Jared Pennington with a .003 run, which earned him a set of SR20 cylinder heads from Brodix.
K&N SPRING FLING MILLION THURSDAY
Day two of the K&N Spring Fling Million presented by Optima Batteries came after a long night for 
Wednesday’srace. That race, won by Tim Markoglu consisted of nine rounds of eliminations taking roughly twelve and a half hours to complete; a good problem to have when you have 511 cars make the first round.
Thursday’s $20K to win event began with eliminations at 8:00 am with another four and half hour first round that saw 512 cars hitting the starting line. Thirteen hours after eliminations began, 12 cars remained with only 11 drivers as according to the ladder, J.R. Lobner was still left in with both of his entries. As fate would have it, Lobner would have to race… Lobner, which naturally advanced him to the round of six. The other contestants would be Chuck Hawk Jr., Disco Dean Karnes, Russell Stryker, Luke Bogacki, Tommy Dutcher, Tony Marconi, Kevin Brannon, Dave Umberger, Lane Dickey and Jeg Coughlin.
