Hank Davis, a 22-year-old from Sand Springs, Oklahoma, has signed a full-time 2026 Interstate Batteries High Limit Racing ride with Michael Dutcher Motorsports to vie for the Rayce Rudeen Foundation Rookie of the Year. Davis will pilot the No. 17GP entry fielded by Michael Dutcher Motorsports with backing from Lance Keller and Lifestyle Homes, and he will face a rookie battle that includes 21-year-old Tanner Holmes in the Buch Motorsports No. 13.

Davis arrives with a mix of national and regional results: he has 12 national 410 starts, including a career-best ninth-place finish at Lucas Oil Speedway driving the Beaver Racing No. 12X, and four wins in the No. 12X during 2025. He qualified for four straight Championship A-Mains at the Chili Bowl Nationals with Matt Seymour Racing, won a preliminary feature in Tulsa and finished on the podium in the Chili Bowl’s 55-lap finale. Regionally, Davis notched an ASCS victory at Lakeside, a POWRi win at Callaway and swept the Texarkana Short Track Nationals; he was the 2024 ASCS National Tour Rookie of the Year driving the Two‑C Racing No. 2C.

Michael Dutcher Motorsports and its No. 17GP entry join multiple teams competing for Joker Fund payouts and High Roller Club membership as part of the High Limit program, with Dutcher’s operation noted as the fifth team committed to those pursuits. The 2026 High Limit schedule is a 65-race tour that opens March 12-14 with the SugarBee Blackjack Bash at Las Vegas Motor Speedway and closes Oct. 16-17 with the All-In Championship Weekend at Texas Motor Speedway; Davis is scheduled to make first-time starts at 21 of the series’ 33 tracks.

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