";s:4:"text";s:4777:" After capturing a pair of titles driving a sprint car owned by his family, Schatz made a seamless transition to driving for TSR.
The win was his first of four triumphs during the first six nights of competition. In August 1998, he joined the exclusive list of WoO winners by scoring his first triumph in Cottage Grove, Ore. Each of the next two seasons, Schatz would score major wins, first in 1999 when he won the prestigious Western World at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, and in 2000 when he scored his first National Open at Williams Grove.Double-digit victories in 2001 proved Schatz was up to the challenge of finishing inside the top five of the WoO standings. 15 racecar. He and his wife Erica, have a step-daughter, Savanna. Twenty-two times I’ve stood on this stage as a World of Outlaw. He's a 10-time Knoxville Nationals Champion and a 10-time World Of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Champion. What has sunk in is the importance of the people that you are surrounded by. Back then I don’t know what I was thinking, but somehow I won the rookie of the year and to this day it’s still my most prized possession. After another victory in Las Vegas to close February, it was clear the champion wasn’t going to be satisfied with three titles.Success also came in 2009 at Knoxville and Eldora, the sport’s signature dirt tracks. Donny Schatz ‘s wealth comes from being a race car driver. Schatz is an avid hunter in the off season. Schatz is a licensed pilot and spends a great deal of time working with his parents in their family truck stop businesses in Fargo and Minot. He earned the 2007 Economaki Champion of Champions Award, and the National Sprint Car Poll voted Schatz its “Driver of the Year” following each of his five WoO championship seasons.Since 1999, Schatz has spent time during the winter months in the U.S. racing sprint cars in Australia. The win was his first of four triumphs during the first six nights of competition. Racing is in the Schatz genes. After another victory in Las Vegas to close February, it was clear the champion wasn’t going to be satisfied with three titles.Success also came in 2009 at Knoxville and Eldora, the sport’s signature dirt tracks. 15 Petro of Fargo/Crossroads Truckstop/Fastlane Car Wash backed machine.
Schatz is a licensed pilot and spends a great deal of time working with his parents in their family truck stop businesses in Fargo and Minot. 15 racecar. Each year, we try to set the bar a little higher.
Schatz is a licensed pilot and spends a great deal of time working with his parents in their family truck stop businesses in Fargo and Minot. When Tony Stewart and Jimmy Carr talked to me a few years ago about driving for TSR, I’m pretty sure the results of those championship seasons are what they had in mind.
15 Petro of Fargo/Crossroads Truckstop/Fastlane Car Wash backed machine. Schatz and his wife, Erica, reside in Fargo, N.D., with their daughter, Savanna.