In 2008, Schatz opened a new chapter in his racing career, when he joined forces with Tony Stewart Racing in pursuit of his third consecutive World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series title. He picked up right where he left off in 2008, winning a series-best 18 A-Feature events, en route to the series championship.
Schatz made it back-to-back World of Outlaw Sprint Series championships in 2007 after earning 71 Top-10 finishes in 75 A-Feature events.
Schatz also became the first driver in sprint car racing history to win the Knoxville Nationals, the Kings Royal, the National Open, the Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup and the Williams Grove Summer Nationals in the same season (2007).
In 2006, Schatz won his first World of Outlaws Sprint Series title on the strength of 17 A-Feature wins, and an impressive 42 top-five finishes.
After finishing second four times in the Knoxville Nationals, Schatz finally captured his first Nationals win in the 46th running of the prestigious event.
Schatz won five races, scored 18 top five finishes and 26 top-10 finishes in the final 29 starts of 2005.
Schatz finished fourth in the standings in 2005.
He finished third in the standings in 2004 after winning six A-Features.
Schatz wrapped up the 2004 season by winning the finale at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and started the 2005 season with a victory in the finale of Outlaws Down Under II at Parramatta City Raceway in Australia.
In 2003, he won seven “A” Features
Received the Motorsport Video Hard Charger Award for passing the most cars during the 2003 season
Won a Preliminary Feature for the third straight year at the Knoxville Nationals, then finished second in the championship feature for the third time in four years, last August
Drove his #15 Parker Stores J&J into the top 10 in 50 “A” Features - 30 in the top five - last year
Married the former Erica Klev on November 8, 2003
Successfully defended his Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic and $50,000 Summer Slam victories in Australia between the 2001 and 2002 World of Outlaws seasons
Received the Vivarin Perseverance Award at the World of Outlaws Awards Banquet in 2000
Won the prestigious Williams Grove National Open in September of 2000
Led the first 24 laps at the 2000 Knoxville Nationals championship feature before finishing second behind Mark Kinser
Pulled off a last-lap pass of 12-time Knoxville Nationals champion Steve Kinser to finish fourth in the prestigious event in 1998
Received the 1997 World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year Award
Won 24 feature races while winning the 1996 National Wissota Sprint Car championship
Earned National Wissota Rookie of the Year honors in 1993
Donny is a second-generation racer; his father, Danny, also raced sprint cars
The Dirt Track @ Lowe's Motor Speedway is a semi-banked 0.4-mile oval. The track record of 11.880 seconds was established by Jeff Shepard on October 6, 2001.
2008 Event Winners: Brooke Tatnell on October 31, Donny Schatz on November 1
Pit gates will open at 12:45 p.m. ET, with the grandstand gates opening at 4 p.m. ET with hot laps set for 5:45 p.m. ET.
