Kubota High Limit Racing will kick off the season with a star-studded cast of racers Saturday night at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

And while the series regulars might steal center stage, the Rayce Rudeen Foundation rookie class will certainly let their loud pedals be heard in 2025.

The four freshmen—Sye Lynch, Daison Pursley, Chase Randall, and Danny Sams III—are likely to garner their share of the spotlight with their engines at full song. All have risen through the dirt-track ranks from coast-to-coast to reach the pinnacle of 410 sprint car competition. 

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SYE LYNCH

The third-generation racer—on both sides of his family—left the Pennsylvania Posse behind to pursue his High Limit aspirations with Mosites Motorsports. 

In 28 career High Limit starts, Lynch enjoyed three-top five results in 2024. Last September, he posted consecutive second-place finishes to Corey Day and Tyler Courtney when the tour rolled into the Cowansville, Pennsylvanian’s home track —Lernerville Speedway.

Lynch believes the key to his rookie success will be consistency. After enduring a 39-race grind on the road while maintaining his own equipment, he is up for the task.

“Obviously, we’re going to a lot of race tracks we’ve never been to before,” Lynch said. “Just try and minimize the mistakes and roll with the punches. We know there are going to be some. Whenever we do have a chance, we have to capitalize on them.

“If we can achieve rookie-of-the-year, that will be a testament to our team. This is truly the only time I’ve ever raced for points. I got All Star Rookie-of-the-Year, but I didn’t fully commit to the points that early. 

“This year, knowing that we’re points racing, it’s a whole different mentality. Just want to do the best we can and hopefully win rookie-of-the-year.”

Growing up in a racing family, Lynch understood the financial commitment needed to run a successful operation. He learned the necessity of hard work at an early age.

“Sprint car racing doesn’t owe anybody anything,” Lynch said. “It’s a lot of work, a lot of energy and you have to have great partners with you. It’s truly the epitome of a team sport. There are a lot of people the curtain that don’t get enough credit. 

“It’s our life. It’s all we know. And I’m happy to continue it.”

For Lynch, the decision to join High Limit Racing was an easy one. Initially, he was committed to All Star Circuit of Champions, but when Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson rebranded the tour, Lynch bought into their philosophy.

“I just love everything they’re doing,” Lynch said. “They have a new vision and a new attitude—and I think that it’s exactly what sprint car racing needed. A lot of people said that sprint car racing can’t handle two national tours and I think that it has proven them wrong.”

DAISON PURSLEY

Perhaps no other driver in the field has endured such an arduous journey to reach High Limit Racing. At 17, the Locust Grove, Oklahoman was diagnosed as an incomplete quadriplegic after he severely damaged his spine during a vicious shunt in a midget race at Arizona Speedway in November 2021. 

Following two months of extensive rehab, Pursley walked into the 2022 Chili Bowl Nationals at Tulsa Expo Raceway to a standing ovation—and never looked back. By July, he was testing a midget. Last year, Pursley, 20, won the USAC National Midget title.

“The whole process of being a rookie is something I’ve had to experience in all those classes and divisions I’ve run before,” said Pursley, who will pilot the No. 13 Buch Motorsports car. “It’s nothing new—as far as pressure-wise—or being called a rookie. It’s just the amount of differences you have to go through from car-to-car.

“Usually, being a rookie means you’re still young sometimes. But I’m very fortunate to be young and thriving. When you’re a rookie on a level playing field, there are going to be nights or learning and nights when you feel like you didn’t learn anything because the results didn’t show it. I’ve been fortunate to talk and work with a lot people who understand the process.”

Pursley believes the best way to attack this challenge is to “jump in and just do it.” He relies on a lot of video to learn tracks and technique to hone his skills. 

Pursley has enjoyed limited success in his 29 winged starts between High Limit and the World of Outlaws. He is thrilled to join Buch Motorsports, which visited Victory Lane twice last year with Justin Peck. 

“I feel there’s another great year ahead of me with Tom Buch and Buch Motorsports. It’s going to be a learning year but it’s definitely going to be fun year. This is something that I’ve always wanted to do, so it’s cool to accomplish this feat and become a full-time winged sprint car driver.”

CHASE RANDALL

Chase Randall, 20, enters the tour after competing with the World of Outlaws and High Limit over the last two seasons. 

Behind the wheel of the family’s No. 9 Randall Racing sprinter, the Waco, Texan moved his operation to centrally-located Brownsburg, Ind., to concentrate solely on the 60-race High Limit schedule. The driver colloquially known as the “Quickest Chicken” won the 2023 Knoxville Raceway track championship in the 360 division, scoring four wins and never finishing off of the podium.

With TKS Motorsports, Randall assumed an aggressive 2024 schedule throughout the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions while maintaining a continued presence at Knoxville. Randall scored his first 410-win at the iconic half-mile track before parting ways with TKS in mid-August. After Randall competed with a variety of teams to close out the season, his father Jon suggested Chase return to his roots and run with the family-backed team.

Randall started the season Down Under, running at Premier Speedway Warrnambool. Randall’s best result was ninth in the first night of the Grand Annual Classic. This weekend, Randall returns to Las Vegas Motor Speedway where he won a Bandits Outlaw Sprint Series victory in 2022.

As for expectations, Randall’s desires are modest.

“I just want to perform my best,” Randall said. “I can’t explain what that looks like since I’ve never done this before on a national stage. We’re just going out every night and try to do our best. Hopefully, that leads to good results at the same time.

“At my age, I know a good goal is rookie-of-the-year with the High Limits. There’s a strong rookie class. I’d also like to pick up a few wins along the way. If we do everything right, that sets us up to be in a good position. We’ll try to make the most of the experience we have and that should set us up well for the future.”

DANNY SAMS III

For Danny Sams III, racing is a family affair. His parents, Danny Jr., and Tina, have toiled alongside their son since his earliest days in racing. 

That won’t change as the North Port, Fla., native chases his High Limit dreams in the No. 24D with Rocky Anderson Racing. However, Sams will have additional help in the pits so he can concentrate on acclimating to new venues on the tour.

After seven seasons of developing his skills and increasing his exposure in both 360 and 410 winged sprint cars, Sams, 22, excelled in 2024 when he won six of his 50 features, including three victories during Ohio Sprint Speedweek. He led wire-to-wire in the 35-lap finale at Atomic Speedway.

Sams competed in two 360-sprint events and five WoO races at Volusia Speedway Park to start 2025. During his February Speedweeks run, Sams scored four top-15 results with a best finish of 10th.

Sams told FloRacing, “It’s a childhood dream to even be here.” Yet with the added support, he believes that finishing in the top 10 in points and winning rookie honors isn’t out of the question.