Cooper Chun Wins Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, Nevada
4/10/2025
Las Vegas, NV
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Racers from across the country traveled to Sin City in the middle of the desert at The Strip in Las Vegas this past weekend where, Gage Burch from Florida cashed in on Day 1.  Kyle Cultrerra from Maine scored victory in the King of Flings.  Cory Gulitti from Texas won the American Dragster. Cooper Chun from Washington State won the Spring Fling Million and Justin Hof from Idaho won the final day.

 

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Gage Burch was the weekend's first winner of the week with a $30,000 victory on Wednesday! In the final, Bradley Johnson turned it just .002 red to the .008 bulb of Burch. This is Burch's second win and third final round appearance at the Flings.

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Cooper Chun Crowned 10th Anniversary Moser Spring Fling Million Champion

The 10th Anniversary Moser Engineering Spring Fling Million presented by OPTIMA Batteries at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway was one for the history books with a record-high car count in Friday’s main event at 384 entries, moving the progressive payout up to $450,000.

Two Washington state racers met in the Laris Motorsports Insurance Pro final with Steve Kelly in his ‘67 Camaro and Brian McGinnis in his ‘56 Chevy. By way of Kelly’s redlight, McGinnis collected the $3,000 bonus and trophy before joining the Super Pro field at nine cars.

The “split” occurred with 18 drivers remaining including Kelly, McGinnis, Nathan Jones, Chad Sandlin, Josh Pickett, Nacho Rivera, Joey Moore, Ryan Barnes, Chris Sons, KJ Desa, Mikey Bloomfield Jr., Mikel McQueen, Chris Reynolds, Shane Molinari, Jacob Stolworthy, Cooper Chun, Scott Hess, and Cory Gulitti.

At nine cars Moore was just two thousandths red to the .005 of Jones, while Pickett was .011 and took .015 for the win over McGinnis. Bloomfield and Chun were separated by .005 with Chun getting to the finish line first by .008 for the win. Reynolds had the reaction time advantage over Gulitti and turned on the winlight, while Barnes put together .018 total on his bye run.

In the quarterfinals, Jones and Pickett were both wheels up in their S-10’s with one thousandth on the tree between them, and Pickett moved on after Jones broke out by .009. The following pair, Barnes was .006 taking .011 to run dead-on five to move past the .011 and .011 above the dial of Reynolds. In his single, Chun was .003 red and three thousandths under.
Chun and Barnes were only one thousandth apart at the hit in the semifinals, and after taking .007 at the stripe Chun ran dead-on seven to earn a place in the final round. On his solo shot at the track, Pickett was .005 on the red side and coasted.

Pickett would be a first time finalist while Chun had a runner-up finish on the last $30K day at the Vegas one year prior. Three-thousandths separated the two on the tree with Chun taking .005 at the stripe to secure the highest payout in Fling Million history.

Chun had an impressive box score going into the final round with a .006 average reaction time and having been no worse than .014. Celebrating his 21st birthday just one week ago, he is also the youngest Fling Million winner.

 

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Justin Hof Wins Last Day For Laris/FTI $60K at the Moser Spring Fling Million

The 10th Anniversary Moser Engineering Spring Fling Million presented by OPTIMA Batteries at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway concluded on Saturday with the combined Laris Motorsports Insurance and FTI Performance $60,000 race which had the highest count of the week at 493 entries staging up for the first round.

In the Arizona versus Washington final of Laris Motorsports Insurance Pro, both drivers ran dead-on their dial-ins but it was the .020 package of Tim O’Moore’s 1988 Camaro that took the win over Cole Dickhoff in the 1976 Luv truck. O’Moore collected the $2,000 bonus and custom trophy before combining into the super pro field.

The field was laddered at six cars with Justin Hof, Spencer Massey, Will Holloman, O’Moore, JP Schuster, and Cory Gulitti. Gulitti put together .012 total taking .003 at the stripe to eliminate the .015 package of Schuster while O’Moore was .010 and crossed the finish line first by .005 against Holloman. Massey fouled out to advance Hof into the semifinals.

Hof had the starting line advantage with a .015 bulb to earn a ticket to the final over O’Moore, meanwhile Gulitti was .013 and clicked it off early on the bye.

While Gulitti has won several Fling shootouts, it would be his first appearance in a main event final, and likewise for Hof. With $60,000 on the line, Hof was .003 and Gulitti .009 with Hof getting to the stripe first by .001 to win on the double breakout and keep the Laris Motorsports Insurance/FTI Performance purse on the west coast.

 
 

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