North Dakota’s Donny Schatz and Phoenix shoe R.J. Johnson took center stage as the 43rd Annual Kronik Energy Drink Western World Championships kicked off Thursday night atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway clay oval. […]
There is something to a home-field advantage. Whether it’s the comfort of a hostile crowd rooting for you instead of against you, or the added insight a competitor has of the playing surface, being at home makes a difference. Rarely in motorsports is there such an advantage, but in the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series, there is one location where it’s a huge factor. […]
Donny Schatz and his team have been trying a number of different combinations this year as they have been searching for that perfect balance that will help them return to the winning ways that they have been accustomed to for the last four seasons. […]
With just three points currently separating leader Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana in the World of Outlaws championship standings, with 20-time series champion Steve Kinser third, 48 markers back, with four-time and defending series champion Donny Schatz fourth, 115 markers out of the top spot and only eight races remaining entering this weekend, the Commonwealth Clash at Lernerville Speedway will play a pivotal role in helping determine the 2010 series titlist. […]
Jason Meyers and Joey Saldana have traded the lead three times in the last five races and figure to do it again over the final eight nights of racing in the 2010 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series season. […]
Eldora Speedway plays host to the World of Outlaws this weekend as the 2010 season continues to wind down with the closest battle in series history taking place, as four drivers have a legitimate shot at claiming the title. […]
In every season there are games that have just a little more juice. Whether it’s the NFL’s season opener pitting the defending Super Bowl-champion New Orleans Saints against the Brett Favre-led Minnesota Vikings, or Saturday’s contest between legendary college Football powers Penn State and Alabama, there’s added adrenaline in the air. In dirt-track racing, the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series stars race 70 nights each season, but only a handful of races can generate that fevered atmosphere. The Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals, Eldora Speedway’s Kings Royal, the Williams Grove National Open, and the Gold Cup Race of Champions annually stand out as the races every Sprint car driver wants to win.
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Donny Schatz doesn’t get to race quite as often as he used to in his home state of North Dakota, but he looks forward to and enjoys each and every time he gets the chance to race in his home state. […]
Donny Schatz won the opening night of Thunder Through the Plains Thursday night at Red River Valley Speedway. Tim Shaffer, Tim Kaeding, Greg Wilson, and Tyler Walker rounded out the top five. […]
The schedule shows another three-race week for the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series. But everyone who follows and competes in the sport knows this week isn’t just another week. It’s the start of Sprint car racing’s annual “Month of Money,” and the stakes each night rise with extra money on the line. Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz look at this point of the season as a time to get greedy. […]
After a gunslinging weekend of action in Dodge City, the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series competitors have reloaded and are ready to continue their crusade through middle America. First, it’s a Wednesday-night stop in central Missouri for round three of the Showdown for the Bud Crown at State Fair Speedway in Sedalia, followed by a weekend doubleheader at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks, N.D. […]
Any time the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint car series competes at Knoxville (Iowa) Raceway, it’s a big deal, and this weekend’s trip to central Iowa will be no different. The Outlaws, led by the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) combo of Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz, return to the “Sprint Car Capital of the World” for three nights of racing at the famed half-mile dirt oval beginning Thursday with the Mediacom Shootout, continuing Friday with the inaugural Hall of Fame Classic Presented by Mediacom, and concluding Saturday with the Mediacom Shootout finale.
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Donny Schatz has certainly been fast this year and has been in position and contention for a number of wins, only to have bad luck befall him. Schatz put that all behind him on Saturday night to score his second win of the season in the Circle K NOS Energy Outlaw Showdown at The Dirt Track at Charlotte on SPEED over Joey Saldana in the race which had been postponed by rain on Friday night. […]
The old adage known as KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) is appropriate for most every endeavor. This week, it would seem to be the recommended approach for Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series teams. After a challenging few nights of competition last weekend, TSR’s Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz return to action with consecutive races in Ohio and Michigan this weekend. First, it’s back to the short tracks with Friday’s stop at Attica (Ohio) Raceway Park, followed by another high-speed, half-mile dirt oval to conquer Saturday, when the traveling Outlaws take to I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa, Mich. […]
Competitors love the challenge of beating the best. In the last few weeks, dozens of triumphant athletes left Vancouver with a gold medal draping around their neck. Those Olympians who left without the ultimate prize know it will take more work to achieve the goal of Olympic glory, and they’ll have to wait four years to try again. Fortunately for competitors in the rugged World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Series, their schedule offers more than 80 nights of competition each year to showcase their talents in search of glory. […]
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