High Limit sprint car racing returns this weekend in Las Vegas

High Limit has set itself up for a big season this year, and if you’re new to dirt racing, I recommend you watch it.

First of all, it’s on FloRacing, which is (at least for now) the best value that exists in racing streaming services, just because there’s so much on there. The World of Outlaws series, which consider themselves the established leaders in dirt late model and sprint car racing, have their own exorbitantly priced streaming service, and Flo gives you all the same kinds of racing — with many of the same drivers — in different series, plus all kinds of other dirt, pavement, and even snow racing, for (at press time) half the price. So there’s that.

But in its own right, High Limit is just a very rewarding race series to follow. They run 64 races in a season, first of all, with many on weeknights, so if you’re someone who needs racing every night like I do, High Limit has got you. Many of the drivers are fantastic characters, and with Kyle Larson in charge on the business side, there are regular NASCAR tie-ins and crossovers.

This weekend, for instance, High Limit is in Las Vegas and scheduled around the NASCAR weekend. Not only is Larson running, two of NASCAR’s greatest villains — Corey Day and Ty Gibbs — are as well. But despite the constant presence of star power from established dirt racers and NASCAR interlopers, the series embodies its grassroots nature. There are always local aspirants and track legends in the mix, and in a discipline as instantaneous and physical as winged sprint car racing, the competition is always close.