“Unjustified” - Kyle Larson-owned High Limit issues statement following "having integrity" remarks by former employee

Kyle Larson's High Limit Racing has found itself the center of remarks by an ex-employee. This week, the racing series shared its response to Kevin Nouse's questions on the series' "integrity." Nouse, the former technical director of High Limit Racing, alleged that Mike Hess, the High Limit Racing series director, was allegedly involved in malpractices.

Nouse has been quite vocal about High Limit Racing's internal "politics" on social media. The former employee took to X (formerly Twitter) to detail alleged "behind the scene" stories involving a series director. Mike Hess is the race director of the racing series in question. Nouse mentioned how he was once asked to overlook a technical breach. In his recent remarks on social media, Nouse said he once found a driver who won the midweek race in breach of technical regulations and was told to "let it go."

As Nouse's comments came to the forefront, questions began to surface about High Limit Racing's integrity. That too when the sport ventured into international territory (Australia). Amid this, High Limit Racing shared their statement on the alleged malpractice. The racing series' statement read (via sportsnaut.com),

“High Limit Racing believes in a fair and equal playing field for all competitors. Any claims to the contrary are unjustified. We’re focused on the success of our inaugural international event and continuing to improve the sport of sprint car racing,"

Kevin Nouse served as the All Stars Circuit of Champions series director in 2023. Nouse, a former race car driver, then served as technical director at the time High Limit acquired it.

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Kevin Nouse says "having integrity" as important for Kyle Larson-owned High Limit Racing's as "anything else"

Before High Limit Racing, owned by Kyle Larson, shared its response to the Mike Hess-related allegations, Kevin Nouse was asked about his comments. The former employee said he held nothing against the racing series and was looking for "integrity" in its functioning.

Kyle Larson (57) of Paul Silva Motorsports Chevrolet drives off - Source: Getty

He added that he had no intention of causing any damage to High Limit Racing's reputation. He said (via sportsnaut):

“It’s not my intention to damage anything concerning Sprint Car racing. I have nothing against High Limit, the World of Outlaws, or anyone else. Sprint car racing is thriving and it’s awesome to see."

"However, enforcing the rules and having integrity needs to be just as important as any other thing they do. ‘Don’t bring it back,’ ‘quit looking for that,’ or ‘just let it go’ shouldn’t be in a series director or tech director’s vocabulary."

High Limit Racing is in Australia for the first time in the series' history. James McFadden won the Saturday's Sprint car race at Perth Motorplex ahead of Cole Macedo and Matt Angel. Co-owners Brad Sweet and Kyle Larson finished the race in fourth, and ninth places, respectively.