LAS VEGAS, NV (March 11, 2025) – Five months, 21 weeks, 153 days, no matter which way you spin it, it’s been a long time since Kubota High Limit Racing last competed on American soil. That drought ends this week.
The 2025 campaign, featuring 60 dates that take us all the way to the All-In Championship Weekend at Texas Motor Speedway on October 17-18, begins with a new season-opening event. After a heartbreaking goodbye at East Bay Raceway Park, Nevada’s Las Vegas Motor Speedway now kicks off the season on Thursday and Saturday, March 13 and 15.
Between 14 full-time teams, five fresh faces including four Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Year contenders, a heap of notable NASCAR names, and the invaders coming from all over to “The Entertainment Capital of the World,” there is no shortage of storylines this week.
Let’s look at what’s on the table as we kickoff 2025:
THE NASCAR NAMES: Not one, not two, not three, but four stars competing with Kubota High Limit Racing this weekend on the dirt track also have events on the big track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Fresh off winning three-straight NASCAR Cup Series races at Atlanta, COTA, and Phoenix, Christopher Bell will make his High Limit debut on Thursday night. The Norman, OK native recently returned to dirt racing and has been red-hot ever since, winning a Golden Driller at the Tulsa Shootout and beating the World of Outlaws at Volusia. CBell will be in the potent Kreitz Racing No. 69K – hauling all the way from Pennsylvania – on Thursday, then Daryn Pittman will take over the ride in Saturday’s finale.
The 2023 Roto-Rooter Midweek Series champion, Kyle Larson, is set to race both Thursday and Saturday in his familiar No. 57 owned by Paul Silva. Yung Money is eyeing back-to-back season-opening victories with Kubota High Limit Racing after topping the 2024 kickoff at Florida’s East Bay Raceway Park. The seven-time High Limit winner owns four wins across the street with the NASCAR Cup Series but has never won at Vegas’ dirt track.
Making his first-ever start behind the wheel of sprint car, Ty Gibbs will trade his Joe Gibbs Racing No. 54 for Chad Boat’s CB Industries No. 84 this week. The former NASCAR Xfinity Series champion dove into dirt racing in 2024 with appearances in micro sprints and midgets, and now the Monster Energy athlete is ready for a sprint car. After Vegas, he and Boat have several more Kubota High Limit Racing events planned in 2025.
Akin to your child coming back home from college, Corey Day – one of the 16 original High Rollers in 2024 – will return to action with Kubota High Limit Racing for the first time since signing a Hendrick Motorsports development deal that will take the 19-year-old to the NASCAR ranks in 2025. With Spencer Bayston in the full-time Sander Engineering No. 14 for Jason Meyers Racing, the Clovis, CA native will pilot a second JMR No. 14BC with Driven2SaveLives colors.
THE TITLE DEFENSE: It’s a feeling that Brad Sweet is all too used to. Every year since 2020, “The Big Cat” has went into each season-opener with the target on his back as the defending champion, and that’s no different now.
This time, however, he’s got a brand-new white Kasey Kahne Racing, NAPA Auto Parts No. 49 and a new-to-him crew chief to working on the car. After a wildly successful seven-year relationship with Eric Prutzman, which resulted in six national championships, Sweet will now hand the wrench to elevated car chief, Tye Wolfgang.
Last year, it was Sweet’s unrivaled consistency which won him his first High Limit title, including a streak of 17 consecutive top-10 finishes to start the year. “The Big Cat” looks to start 2025 in a similar fashion at Las Vegas, where he’s yet to win at but does own four podium finishes with the World of Outlaws.
WAITING IN THE WINGS: Sweet’s closest returning title contenders from last year – Tyler Courtney, Rico Abreu, and Brent Marks – have all shown their championship potential and all have reloaded and refocused on taking down the Kasey Kahne Racing #49 in 2025.
Courtney, a two-time All Star Circuit of Champions titlist, led the championship standings as deep as late May. Marks was the only other driver to start the year as smoothly as Sweet did, earning 16-straight top-10s to get the 2024 season going. Abreu ended the year better than anyone else, taking back-to-back crown jewels at the $102,626-to-win Skagit Nationals and $57,000-to-win Tuscarora 50 while skyrocketing to third in the points.
All have had their bright spots, it’s simply about putting all the pieces together to challenge a point racing guru like Brad Sweet.
FIVE FRESH FACES: A whole handful of drivers will be new to Kubota High Limit Racing in 2025. Included in that mix is Clute, TX 34-year-old Aaron Reutzel, who will assume the Ridge & Sons Racing No. 87. He’s a former ASCS National Tour champion, a three-time titlist with the All Star Circuit of Champions, a winner of the Knoxville 360 Nationals and Tuscarora 50, and fully expected to compete for the championship this year.
The inaugural Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Year Award will be decided between four up-and-coming young stars: Chase Randall, Daison Pursley, Danny Sams III, and Sye Lynch.
Randall, a 20-year-old native of Waco, TX, is driving his family-owned No. 9R.
Pursley, a 20-year-old native of Locust Grove, OK, is piloting the Buch Motorsports No. 13.
Sams, a 23-year-old native of North Port, FL, is wheeling the Randerson Racing No. 24D.
Lynch, a 27-year-old native of Apollo, PA, is controlling the Mosites Lynch Racing No. 42.
NEW YEAR, NEW HOME: Three full-time drivers from last season with Kubota High Limit Racing are returning to the series in 2025, albeit with a different team on tour.
Brenham Crouch, a 19-year-old native of Lubbock, TX, now runs the CJB Motorsports No. 5.
Spencer Bayston, a 26-year-old native of Lebanon, IN, now steers the Jason Meyers Racing No. 14.
Justin Peck, a 26-year-old native of Monrova, IN, now guides the Rudeen Racing No. 26.
All three drivers have already gotten accustomed to their new outfits, teams, cars, and crew members, taking advantage of the early-season World of Outlaws races to sort of their team chemistry.
Brenham Crouch, working with crew chief Barry Jackson and driver coach Paul McMahan, made multiple features in Florida. Spencer Bayston, now alongside crew chief Shane “Noisy” Bowers, earned several top-10 finishes in his March swing down south. Justin Peck, now guiding a Tyler Tessemaker prepared car, has made the biggest splash with three ASCS National Tour wins to kickstart 2025.
INVADING VEGAS: With more than 30+ cars expected this Thursday and Saturday, fans will several notable outsiders invading Las Vegas. After all, there’s plenty of fun to be had for race teams looking to travel.
Some notable names coming from California include Justin Sanders in the Mittry #2X, Kaleb Montgomery in the #3, Ashton Torgerson in the Snow #7, Tanner Holmes in the Tarlton #21T, Dominic Scelzi in his own #41, Tanner Carrick in the #83T, Austin McCarl in the Country Builders #88, DJ Netto in his own #88N, Andy Forsberg in the #92.
The star power doesn’t stop there with multi-time USAC National Sprint Car Series champion Brady Bacon flying in to pilot the JFM #73, young gasser Ryan Timms bringing the Shane Liebig Motorsports #10 west, and “Blackjack” Brian Brown taking his nickname to the fitting confines of Las Vegas.
2025 Kubota High Limit Racing Schedule:
Race / Day, Date / Track / Location
Thur, March 13 / Las Vegas Motor Speedway / Las Vegas, NV
Sat, March 15 / Las Vegas Motor Speedway / Las Vegas, NV
Wed, March 19 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA
Fri, March 21 / Kevin Harvick’s Kern Raceway / Bakersfield, CA
Sat, March 22 / Perris Auto Speedway / Perris, CA
Fri, March 28 / Central Arizona Raceway / Casa Grande, AZ
Sat, March 28 / Central Arizona Raceway / Casa Grande, AZ
Tues, April 1 / Vado Speedway Park / Vado, NM
Fri, April 4 / Route 66 Motor Speedway / Amarillo, TX
Sat, April 5 / Dodge City Raceway Park / Dodge City, KS
Wed, April 30 / Texarkana 67 Speedway / Texarkana, AR
Thur, May 1 / Texas Motor Speedway / Fort Worth, TX
Sat, May 3 / Texas Motor Speedway / Fort Worth, TX
Wed, May 7 / 81 Speedway / Park City, KS
Fri, May 9 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS
Sat, May 10 / Tri-City Speedway / Granite City, IL
Mon, May 12 / Kokomo Speedway / Kokomo, IN
Wed, May 14 / Fremont Speedway / Fremont, OH
Fri, May 16 / Ransomville Speedway / Ransomville, NY
Sat, May 17 / Utica-Rome Speedway / Vernon, NY
Tues, May 20 / Grandview Speedway / Bechtelsville, PA
Fri, May 23 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Sat, May 24 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Sun, May 25 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Fri, May 30 / Lawrenceburg Speedway / Lawrenceburg, IN
Sat, May 31 / Butler Motor Speedway / Quincy, MI
Tues, June 3 / 141 Speedway / Francis Creek, WI
Wed, June 4 / Red Cedar Speedway / Menomonie, WI
Tues, June 10 / Eagle Raceway / Eagle, NE
Wed, June 25 / Lake Ozark Speedway / Eldon, MO
Fri, June 27 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO
Sat, June 28 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO
Fri, July 11 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY
Sat, July 12 / Florence Speedway / Union, KY
Wed, July 16 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH
Thur, July 17 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH
Tues, July 22 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA
Fri, August 15 / Thunderbowl Raceway / Tulare, CA
Sat, August 16 / Placerville Speedway / Placerville, CA
Thur, August 21 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA
Fri, August 22 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA
Sat, August 23 / Silver Dollar Speedway / Chico, CA
Mon, August 25 / Douglas County Dirtrack / Roseburg, OR
Thur, August 28 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA
Fri, August 29 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA
Sat, August 30 / Skagit Speedway / Burlington, WA
Thur, September 4 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Fri, September 5 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Sat, September 6 / Port Royal Speedway / Port Royal, PA
Fri, September 12 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA
Sat, September 13 / Lernerville Speedway / Sarver, PA
Fri, September 19 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH
Sat, September 20 / Eldora Speedway / Rossburg, OH
Sat, September 27 / Bridgeport Speedway / Swedesboro, NJ
Sun, September 28 / Path Valley Speedway Park / Spring Run, PA
Fri, October 10 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS
Sat, October 11 / Lakeside Speedway / Kansas City, KS
Wed, October 15 / Lucas Oil Speedway / Wheatland, MO
Fri, October 17 / Texas Motor Speedway / Fort Worth, TX
Sat, October 18 / Texas Motor Speedway / Fort Worth, TX
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