For the first time in more than a decade, Kerry Madsen is planning to follow a national touring Sprint Car series in 2026.

The 53-year-old veteran of Saint Mary's, New South Wales, Australia, announced Monday evening that he's teaming back up with the Vermeer Motorsports No. 55 team and set to campaign on either the World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series or Kubota High Limit Racing next season.

Madsen contested 35 total WoO events this year — his most since he ran 37 of the tour's 54 events in 2020 driving for Big Game Motorsports — with the final 21 races coming as an interim driver for Tony Stewart Racing. He last completed a full national tour in 2015 when he finished fifth in the WoO standings that year. His 28 career WoO victories ranks 25th on the tour's all-time wins list.

"It was a dream job driving for TSR. Really (had) fun with the team and enjoyed my time here. ... Looking forward to going to Australia and racing down there in the offseason and looking forward to next season. We'll be with the Vermeer No. 55. Not 100 percent sure on the details yet, but looks like it's shaping up to be a great team," Madsen told FloRacing at Saturday's World Finals at The Dirt Track at Charlotte. "We'll definitely be on a national series."

Madsen raced with the Iowa-based Vermeer team from 2023 through mid-August of this year with a focus on Knoxville Raceway before taking over the reins of the TSR No. 15 ride following Donny Schatz's departure. It was his second stint with Vermeer as he won the Knoxville Raceway track title with the team in 2004.

Hunter Schuerenberg piloted the Vermeer No. 55 on the WoO tour full-time in 2025, finishing 11th in the series standings. Madsen finished fourth in the Knoxville Raceway standings this year despite missing the track's weekly points finale.

"It was an absolute pleasure," Madsen said of his brief second stint at TSR, which he also raced for during the 2021 season. "We didn't have the consistency we wanted, we wanted to have more great runs. Just getting a late start at the end of the season, lots of different parts and pieces. Had some really good runs."

Pennsylvania-based mechanic Tye Wolfgang will serve as Madsen's crew chief for the 2026 season as the team relocates from Iowa to Wolfgang's shop in Mifflintown, Pa., outside Port Royal Speedway. Wolfgang won the 2023 WoO title and 2024 High Limit title while working for Kasey Kahne Racing and Brad Sweet.

Madsen's 2025 racing season is far from done as he heads to his native homeland to race Down Under at Perth Motorplex for Diamond Bay Motorsports. He'll be racing in Australia for Kuboa High Limit Racing's International event at Perth on Dec. 28-30 as well. 

"We're gonna get some races in, but the main part of the season won't start 'til around Christmas down there," Madsen said.