With High Limit Racing set for a 60-race sprint car national tour schedule next season, a hot topic during the offseason has been how the series will shake up where drivers and teams compete.
Between High Limit and the longstanding World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, there have been plenty of announcements regarding driver placement.
On Sunday, we previewed who’s announced their allegiance to High Limit.
With more drivers remaining unsigned with either group, here is the current list of what drivers and teams are competing with the World of Outlaws:
David Gravel, Big Game Motorsports
With his main title rival Brad Sweet and the Kasey Kahne Racing No. 49 heading to High Limit, David Gravel becomes the top driver entering next season with the World of Outlaws.
Finishing runner-up in the standings the last three seasons, Gravel’s quest for his first title continues aboard the Big Game Motorsports No. 2 sprint car.
Despite a season-high 12 victories and 47 top-five finishes, the 32-year-old finished the year 60 points shy of Sweet’s winning mark.
Since joining the Tod Quiring-owned No. 2 in 2021, he’s tallied 30 feature wins, which trails only Sweet during that timespan.
On his YouTube channel, Gravel mentioned using his “four freebies” on potential High Limit events, provided it doesn’t conflict within the 48-hour, 100-mile radius before or after a World of Outlaws race. Gravel won a High Limit race at Lernerville Speedway this season.
Donny Schatz, Tony Stewart Racing
Ten-time World of Outlaws champion Donny Schatz, who has been a staple in the series for over two decades, will return to the series aboard his famed No. 15 Tony Stewart Racing machine for the 28th consecutive season.
Notably, TSR team owner Tony Stewart sold his stake of the All Star Circuit of Champions to High Limit co-owners Sweet and Kyle Larson, which in turn was morphed into the 60-race series.
With Schatz returning to the Greatest Show On Dirt once again, he feels the No. 15 team is more primed for a championship “than we have been for years.”
The last three years have been a struggle for the 46-year-old as he’s notched 11 total feature wins and placed fourth (2021-’22) and sixth (this year) in the standings.
Logan Scuhchart, Shark Racing
It’ll be a hypothetical house divided at Shark Racing next season as Logan Schuchart sticks with the World of Outlaws while teammate Jacob Allen is set to run the full High Limit schedule.
Schuchart will embark on his 11th full-time season with the Outlaws aboard the No. 1s. While a fifth-place points finish this season wasn’t where the team initially wanted to be, a triumph in the Eldora Million lifted the organization.
The 40-time World of Outlaws winner looks to improve on a runner-up result in the standings in 2020.
Giovanni Scelzi, KCP Racing
Giovanni Scelzi, the reigning World of Outlaws rookie of the year, will join the series for a second full-time season aboard the No. 18 entry for KCP Racing.
Ironically, Scelzi won the season-opening High Limit race this year at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas.
Along the way to a record-tying fourth-place (rookie) finish in the standings came a WoO triumph at Wisconsin’s Beaver Dam Raceway.
Sheldon Haudenschild, Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing
Sheldon Haudenshild will once again pilot the No. 17 Stenhouse Jr. Marshall Racing machine with the World of Outlaws.
Tallying three victories on the season, Haudenschild placed seventh in the standings.
The Ohio native has a best finish of fourth (2020) in the points. Over the last three seasons, Haudenschild has bagged 20 victories, including a season-high of nine in 2022.
It’ll be his eighth year on the tour.
Brock Zearfoss, Brock Zearfoss Racing
Brock Zearfoss was the first driver to commit to next year’s World of Outlaws season in early November. The 33-year-old will again wheel his family-owned No. 3z as he embarks on a fourth full-time season.
“The Jonestown Jet” placed ninth in the standings this year with eight top-10 finishes to his name.
Bill Rose, Bill Rose Racing
Bill Rose revealed his return to the series aboard his personally-owned No. 6 machine in early December.
He’ll embark on a fifth straight full-time schedule after an IRA title in 2015 and 2018 BOSS championship. Rose’s season was cut short after an accident at Washington’s Skagit Speedway left the 58-year-old with broken ribs.
The Indiana native boasted a best finish of 17th at Ogilvie Raceway in Minnesota.
Landon Crawley, Sides Motorsports
There’ll be a new rookie on the World of Outlaws tour next year in 16-year-old Landon Crawley.
Wheeling the familiar Sides Motorsports No. 7s, Crawley’s debut with the series will come Feb. 7-10 at the annual DIRTcar Nationals at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park.
Crawley’s 410 sprint car debut came this year in POWRi 410 Wing Outlaw Sprint League competition. Crawley is the son of veteran sprint car racer Tim Crawley.
Team owner Sides has deep World of Outlaws roots with his 25th season within the series coming next year.