After building a World of Outlaws dynasty with 200-plus wins and six championships over the last 15-plus years, Kasey Kahne Racing will move not one but both teams to High Limit Racing next season.
We already knew that five-time and defending champion Brad Sweet would take the NAPA Auto Parts No. 49 to the new series, and now it’s official that his boss Kasey Kahne is bringing the No. 9 to join him in the High Limit room.
“I just wanted to let you know that we’re going High Limit racing in 2024,” Kahne said via social media on Sunday afternoon. “We’re excited about it. They’ve put together a great schedule that makes a lot of sense for me.
“Do a lot of racing, yet still have some weekends to do other things.”
2024 plans, let’s go pic.twitter.com/fXtHH7kPV6
— Kasey Kahne (@kaseykahne) December 3, 2023
The former NASCAR Cup Series star is no stranger to many of the 37 tracks scheduled for a High Limit event next year. In fact, in the early 2000’s before his rise into stock car fame Kahne won in midgets and sprints at venues such as Ohio’s Atomic Speedway, Eagle Raceway, Eldora Speedway, Grays Harbor (Wash.) Raceway, Lernerville (Pa.) Speedway and Skagit Speedway, among others. A starter of four High Limit features this year, Kahne finished a season-high sixth at Pennsylvania’s Grandview Speedway.
The most meaningful weekend on the 60-race schedule for Kahne will no doubt be his homecoming to Washington in late August for what is set to become the biggest sprint car event in state history. A native of nearby Enumclaw, Wash., Kahne will lead High Limit into Skagit Speedway on August 29-31 for a record-setting $100,000 payday in the Skagit Nationals.
Kahne’s first full-time campaign with High Limit Racing begins on February 12-13 at East Bay Raceway Park in Tampa, Fla., and concludes on October 11-12 at Texas Motor Speedway.
Along with a trio of six-figure paydays and 25-plus races paying $20,000 or more to win, teams will also compete for a $1 million championship fund and an additional $100,000 points fund for the Midweek Money Series.
Thus far, Kahne, Sweet and Shark Racing’s Jacob Allen have been confirmed as full-time High Limit drivers.Â