High Limit Racing makes Minnesota debut at Fergus Falls Speedway

Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing brought its first Minnesota date to I-94 EMR Speedway in Fergus Falls, turning the 3/8-mile dirt oval at 2001 W Fir Ave into a one-night showcase for a national sprint-car tour. The stop mattered beyond the grandstands: a series with 66 race nights at 33 tracks in 21 states put Otter Tail County on a bigger stage and gave local businesses a surge of race-night traffic.

The Fergus Falls Area Chamber of Commerce promoted the program as a High Limit Sprint Cars Special and said only High Limit and Gen X ran that night. Track officials set pits opening at 2 p.m., gates at 4 p.m., hot laps at 6:15 p.m. and racing at 7:30 p.m., a schedule that stretched the event into an all-evening draw and kept fans in town longer than a typical weekly card.

High Limit’s promotional materials listed Kyle Larson, Rico Abreu, Daison Pursley, Tyler Courtney and the High Rollers among the expected drivers, giving the debut national star power. Larson’s presence added extra attention to the Minnesota stop, which arrived as the series continued a coast-to-coast schedule built around major sprint-car markets and first-time visits like Fergus Falls.

I-94 EMR Speedway has its own layered history. Regional track listings describe the facility as a 3/8-mile dirt oval, while another historical listing says the current track opened in 1993. A separate regional source says the dirt returned in 2010 after the track had been paved and left vacant for several years, underscoring how much the venue has changed before landing a date like High Limit.

Ownership also changed hands this spring. James Trantina III bought I-94 EMR Speedway from Donald Shaw, and Shaw remained involved as co-promoter after first buying the speedway in 2020. That transition came as the track added more high-profile programs to its 2026 slate, including a World of Outlaws Late Models show on June 24 and the Dick Johanneck King of Dirt on May 29.

For Fergus Falls, the High Limit debut marked more than another race on the calendar. It placed I-94 EMR Speedway inside a national touring series for one night, with the kind of field, timing and regional attention that can lift the track’s profile well beyond Otter Tail County.