2026 High Limit Racing Season Opener at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Breaking Down The 2026 High Limit Racing Roster

Breaking Down The 2026 High Limit Racing Roster

A breakdown of the expected full-time roster for High Limit Racing heading into the 2026 season, along with best- and worse-case scenarios.

Mar 10, 2026 by Kyle McFadden
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With the third-ever Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing national season right around the corner, it's time to take a look at the talented and deep roster of drivers expected to campaign on the tour this year.

The 64-race season begins this weekend, March 12-14, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway with every High Limit event streamed live on FloRacing.

Our series primer takes a look at the 15 drivers who have pledged their commitment to the tour while assessing the best and worst case scenarios for each of them (drivers listed by number):

No. 5 Brenham Crouch

Hometown: Lubbock, Texas

Age: 20

Team: CJB Motorsports

Touring history: Third year on High Limit (eighth in 2024 points)

Best case: Crouch’s steady progression continues with his first career national 410 victory — perhaps at Lakeside Speedway, where he finished fifth and sixth last season — and finishes seventh in the points with at least five top fives and 15-plus top 10s.

Worst case: He struggles to match last year’s consistency and gets squeezed outside the top 10 in the standings — largely because of frontrunners Gio Scelzi and Kerry Madsen entering the mix that logjam the middle of the points battle. He ends up winless with two or less top fives and single-digit top 10s.

Notable: Third-year touring driver continuing to trend upward. Improved from 16th to eighth in series points in 2025 while scoring first three career top-five finishes and increasing top-10 total from two in ’24 to 12 last season. Owns one career 410 victory (Wilmot Speedway, IRA Sprint Car Series, July 2023) and ended last year strong with one top five and four top-10s in final six races, including a third-place finish during Port Royal Speedway’s Tuscarora 50 weekend.

No. 7BC Tyler Courtney

Hometown: Indianapolis, Ind.

Age: 31

Team: Clauson-Marshall Racing

Touring history: Third year on High Limit (12th in points in injury-shortened 2024)

Best case: Sunshine quickly rediscovers his 410 rhythm after missing six months with a back injury and returns to the championship form he showed in 2024. He piles up eight-plus victories, 30-plus top fives and 45-plus top 10s to capture the High Limit title in a feel-good comeback season.

Worst case: He never quite looks the same after his back injury. Though still a nightly top-10 threat, inconsistencies and winless droughts hamper him — reminiscent of the stretch that derailed his 2024 run when he logged six finishes of 17th or worse during August’s West Coast swing. A two-win season with fewer than 20 top fives and fewer than 30 top 10s leaves him outside the top three in points.

Notable: Suffered second serious back injury in three years during Kings Royal week at Eldora Speedway, limiting him to career-low two victories in 2025. He won once in 26 High Limit starts (June 28 at Lucas Oil Speedway) but still tallied 15 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes. Courtney’s career-best winged season came in 2024 with 12 overall victories, including six on High Limit, and he opened 2026 by winning back-to-back ASCS races at Volusia Speedway Park.

No. 9 Chase Randall

Hometown: Waco, Texas

Age: 20

Team: Randall Racing

Touring history: Second season on High Limit (10th in 2025 points)

Best case: Randall builds on last year’s 10th-place points finish and becomes a more consistent presence near the front. He wins his first series race, racks up eight-plus top fives and 20-plus top 10s, climbing into the top eight in the standings.

Worst case: He struggles to gain ground against the series deeper 2025 field and can’t improve on last year’s production. He’s still searching for his first series victory while posting five or less top fives and a dozen or less top 10s, pushing him outside the top 10 in points.

Notable: The 2023 Knoxville Raceway 360 champion earned one victory last season during June 15 weekly competition at Huset’s Speedway and logged four top-five and 11 top-10 finishes in 50 High Limit features. The Texan-turned-Indiana native’s best High Limit result came with a third-place finish during Friday’s portion of Eldora Speedway’s 4-Crown Nationals last year.

No. 9 Daison Pursley

Hometown: Locust Grove, Okla.

Age: 21

Team: Kasey Kahne Racing

Touring history: Second year on tour (Seventh in 2025 points)

Best case: Pursley quickly handles the pressure of replacing Brad Sweet and keeps Kasey Kahne Racing a title contender, piling up six-plus victories, 20-plus top fives and 35-plus top 10s en route to a top-three finish in the series points standings.

Worst case: The weight of stepping into one of the sport’s premier rides proves a steeper learning curve than expected as sophomore-slump inconsistencies and growing pains limit him to three victories, fewer than 15 top fives and fewer than 25 top 10s.

Notable: The 2024 USAC National Midget Series champion and 2025 High Limit Rookie of the Year steps into the opportunity of a lifetime as Kasey Kahne Racing’s new cornerstone driver, replacing six-time national champion Brad Sweet after moving over from Buch Motorsports. The ever-versatile Pursley went for 11 victories across five divisions last season, including his first High Limit triumph Sept. 13 at Lernerville Speedway. He added seven top-five and 23 top-10 finishes in 50 High Limit features.

No. 13 Tanner Holmes

Hometown: Jacksonville, Ore.

Age: 21

Team: Buch Motorsports

Touring history: Rookie national touring season

Best case: Bottles up early-season speed — including three straight time-trial efforts of fifth or better in World of Outlaws action at Volusia — and finishes top eight in points, scoring his first career series victories Aug. 21 at Tulare Thunderbowl Raceway and Aug. 31 at Douglas County Dirt Track in his native Oregon while posting double-digit top fives and 20-plus top 10s.

Worst case: The jump to full-time national competition proves difficult as inconsistencies and the depth of the High Limit field keep Holmes winless with fewer than eight top fives and fewer than 15 top 10s, resulting in a points finish outside the top 12.

Notable: The fan-favorite driver with a popular YouTube channel enters his rookie High Limit campaign in the Buch Motorsports ride previously driven by 2025 Rookie of the Year Daison Pursley. Holmes won four sprint car races last season, highlighted by Thunderbowl Raceway’s prestigious Trophy Cup. In 36 career High Limit starts he owns five top fives and seven top 10s, including a runner-up in last July’s Double Down Duels at Eldora Speedway. Since joining Buch Motorsports last November, Holmes has one top-10 finish in nine starts, an eighth-place run in the March 1 World of Outlaws event at Volusia Speedway Park.

No. 17GP Hank Davis

Hometown: Sand Springs, Okla.

Age: 22

Team: Michael Dutcher Motorsports

Touring history: Rookie national touring season

Best case: Adds to his growing résumé and adapts quickly to full-time 410 competition, scoring his first career High Limit victory with eight-plus top-five finishes and 15-plus top-10s while finishing inside the top 12 in the standings.

Worst case: The transition to full-time 410 competition challenges Davis, who struggles to find consistent speed, going winless with fewer than five top-five finishes, fewer than 10 top-10s and a points finish outside the top 12.

Notable: A product of Oklahoma’s fertile micro-sprint pipeline who gained national attention with a preliminary feature victory at the 2023 Chili Bowl Nationals, Davis climbed the ladder from Port City Raceway micros to midgets and now into the seat of Michael Dutcher’s No. 17GP machine. He captured 2024 American Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year honors driving the Two-C Racing No. 2C in the 360 ranks and impressed last year sweeping the Short Track Nationals at Texarkana. He owns one top-10 finish in six career High Limit Racing starts, a ninth last October at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas.

No. 19m Brent Marks

Hometown: Myerstown, Pa.

Age: 35

Team: Murray-Marks Racing

Touring history: Sixth year on a national tour (third with High Limit; third in 2025 points)

Best case: Marks recaptures sterling form of his 18-win, top-ranked 2022 season — when he was the No. 1 driver per SprintCarRatings.com — piling up eight-plus series victories, 25-plus top fives and 40-plus top 10s en route to capturing the High Limit title.

Worst case: The adjustment to life without longtime crew chief Heath Moyle proves more difficult than expected as Marks remains competitive but struggles to convert nightly top-10 speed into wins, settling for four or fewer victories, fewer than 15 top fives and fewer than 30 top 10s, slipping outside the top five in points.

Notable: The 2022 Kings Royal champion improved his High Limit points finish last season, climbing from fourth in 2024 to third while scoring five series victories, 15 top fives and 35 top 10s. Despite the strong campaign, Marks failed to reach double-digit wins in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 2019-20. The Pennsylvania standout now adjusts to life without longtime crew chief Heath Moyle, who departed to join series competitor Sye Lynch.

No. 24 Rico Abreu

Hometown: St. Helena, Calif.

Age: 34

Team: Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing

Touring history: Third year on tour (reigning series champion)

Best case: Abreu carries his championship momentum into the new season and flourishes all the more within the Tony Stewart Racing umbrella alongside longtime crew chief Ricky Warner, exceeding last year’s dominance with 14-plus series victories, 30-plus top fives and 45-plus top 10s to successfully defend his High Limit title.

Worst case: With Tyler Courtney back to form and Brent Marks elevating his game, Abreu’s pace cools to single-digit victories, fewer than two dozen top fives and fewer than 35 top 10s, settling for a third-place finish in the standings.

Notable: The defending High Limit champion enters the season off a banner year that produced 19 total victories, including 13 on the High Limit tour, while piling up 26 top fives and 39 top 10s in 50 series races. Surged late in the season with seven victories over the final 18 events to secure the title and now combines assets under the umbrella of Tony Stewart Racing. He also enters his fifth season with crew chief Ricky Warner, widely regarded as perhaps the sport’s premier head wrench.

No. 24D Danny Sams III

Hometown: North Port, Fla.

Age: 24

Team: Rocky Anderson Racing

Touring history: First year on tour (11th in 2025 points)

Best case: Sams builds on the confidence from completing last year's High Limit season and breakthrough series victory at Bridgeport, scoring another victory, five-plus top fives and double-digit top 10s, staying inside the top-12 in the standings.

Worst case: Family team struggles to keep up against the depth of the High Limit field, going winless with fewer than three top fives and no more than a half-dozen top 10, leaving him outside the top 12 in points.

Notable: The Florida Man produced one of the sport’s feel-good moments of 2025 came when he captured his first High Limit victory in a rain-shortened Sept. 27 feature at Bridgeport (N.J.) Motorsports Park. Prior to that breakthrough, his best series finish was seventh last May at Tri-City Raceway in Illinois. In 50 High Limit starts last season, he recorded one top five and four top 10s.

No. 26 Justin Peck

Hometown: Monrovia, Ind.

Age: 27

Team: Rudeen Racing

Touring history: Third year on tour (fourth in points last year)

Best case: Peck improves from his first season with Kevin Rudeen’s operation and takes another step forward, racking up at least four victories, 20-plus top fives and 35-plus top 10s, putting him inside the top-four in points once again.

Worst case: Remains competitive but can't crack top five in points, especially with Tyler Courtney back from injury and Gio Scelzi now a series regular. He still wins twice, puts up 15 top fives 5 top fives and 25 top 10s.

Notable: The third-year touring driver progressed with Kevin Rudeen’s operation in 2025, climbing from sixth in 2024 to fourth in the High Limit standings. He scored two series victories — May 16 at Ransomville Speedway and May 31 at Butler Motor Speedway — while adding 16 top fives and 27 top 10s. He's now won at least one High Limit event in three consecutive seasons.

No. 42 Sye Lynch

Hometown: Apollo, Pa.

Age: 28
Team: Mosites Motorsports

Touring experience: Second year on tour (ninth in 2025 points)

Best case: The addition of veteran crew chief Heath Moyle pays immediate dividends as Lynch scores his first series victory, perhaps July 21 at home track Lernerville, along with double-digit top fives and 20-plus top 10s, finishing inside the top-eight in points.

Worst case: Despite the addition of Moyle, he struggles to make a major step forward against the series’ deep field amid winless season that has fewer than five top fives and around single-digit top 10s, leaving him outside the top 10 in points.

Notable: Finished ninth in the High Limit standings during first national season, recording three top fives and 10 top 10s in 49 starts. The Pennsylvania driver owns four career High Limit podium finishes, including a pair of third-place runs last season at his home track Lernerville Speedway (July 22) and Lucas Oil Speedway (Oct. 15). He enters the year with added expectations after bringing aboard veteran crew chief Heath Moyle, who guided Brent Marks to the 2022 Kings Royal victory.

No. 55 Kerry Madsen

Hometown: St. Mary’s, Australia

Age: 55

Team: Vermeer Motorsports

Touring experience: Sixth year on national tour (first with High Limit)

Best case: Madsen quickly settles back into the grind of a full national schedule, reeling off three-plus victories, a dozen-plus top fives more than two-dozen top 10s, cracking the top eight in the standings.

Worst case: The unfamiliarity of High Limit's schedule throws him for a loop as he goes winless for a fifth consecutive season on a national tour, posting fewer than eight top fives and fewer than 20 top 10s and finishing outside the top-eight in points.

Notable: The “Madman” returns to full-time national touring competition in 2026, reuniting with Vermeer Motorsports’ No. 55 team after serving as Tony Stewart Racing's interim driver the back half of '25. The 55-year-old owns 28 career World of Outlaws victories and last ran a full national schedule in 2015. The Vermeer team relocates to Pennsylvania this season with veteran crew chief Tye Wolfgang calling the shots. Madsen went winless with four top fives and 14 top 10s in 40 national starts last year.

No. 77 Giovani Scelzi

Hometown: Fresno, Calif.

Age: 24

Team: Spire Motorsports

Touring experience: Fourth year on national tour (first with High Limit)

Best case: Scelzi quickly clicks with Spire Motorsports and veteran crew chief Eric Prutzman, capitalizing on his potential and team around him for six-plus victories, 20-plus top fives and 35-plus top 10s. Comes out swinging as a title contender and finishes top-three in points.

Worst case: The new team takes longer than expected to fully gel as Scelzi shows flashes of speed but lacks week-to-week consistency. Still wins three times while posting fewer than 15 top fives and fewer than 28 top 10, shuffling him outside the top five in the standings.

Notable: The 12-time national touring winner joins Spire Motorsports for the 2026 High Limit campaign, pairing with accomplished crew chief Eric Prutzman. The California driver spent the latter half of last season filling in for injured Tyler Courtney at Clauson-Marshall Racing from July through November. Scelzi already owns two High Limit victories and has logged 12 top fives and 19 top 10s in 31 series starts.

No. 87 Aaron Reutzel

Hometown: Clute, Texas

Age: 35

Team: Ridge & Sons Racing

Touring history: Second year on tour (sixth in injury-hampered 2025 points)

Best case: Finally healthy for a full season, Reutzel returns to the form that made him an All Star Circuit of Champions champ, as he piles up double-digit with 25 top-five finishes and 35-plus top-10s while defeating Rico Abreu for the series title.

Worst case: Rico Abreu and other contenders, like Brent Marks and Tyler Courtney, simply have a better season, limiting him to five or less victories, no more than 20 top fives and fewer than 30 top 10s, sliding him outside the top-three in the standings.

Notable:  The 2019-20 All Star Circuit of Champions title winner returned to the national scene last season, lurking in the High Limit championship hunt before an injury at Eldora Speedway in July sidelined him for months while sitting 23 points behind Brad Sweet. Reutzel still scored 11 victories across the season, his first double-digit win total since a 13-win campaign in 2020. Now back on tour for a second straight year after primarily racing around the Midwest and at Knoxville Raceway from 2022-24, the Texas native owns eight career High Limit victories with 28 top fives and 42 top 10s in 64 series starts.

No. 88 Tanner Thorson

Hometown: Minden, Nev.

Age: 29

Team: Rod Gross Motorsports

Touring history: Third year on tour (fifth in points last year)

Best case: Thorson turns his late-season momentum and mentorship from Hall of Fame father-in-law Steve Smith Jr. into another top-five points finish, posting at least four victories, 20-plus top fives and 35-plus top 10s.

Worst case: The late-2025 momentum is too difficult to sustain as the tour’s depth limits Thorson to a single victory, fewer than 12 top fives and fewer than 25 top 10s, slipping outside the top six in points.

Notable: The former Chili Bowl Nationals champion came into his own last season, climbing from 13th in the standings in 2024 to fifth while remaining in contention for the Midweek championship until the final race at Lucas Oil Speedway last October. Thorson scored two of his three career series victories during the season and finished with 12 top fives and 29 top 10s in 50 starts. He closed the year strong with wins Sept. 12 at Lernerville Speedway and Sept. 28 at Path Valley, along with nine top-10 finishes in the final 12 races.