Donny Schatz Lands Experience For Upcoming World Of Outlaws Races
It did not take lengthy for Donny Schatz to land on his toes. Lower than 24 hours following his shock-wave-sending launch from Tony Stewart Racing, the 10-time World of Outlaws Dash Automotive Collection champion has landed a trip with Massive Sport Motorsports for the following seven WoO occasions as a teammate to reigning sequence champ David Gravel.
Massive Sport Motorsports proprietor Tod Quiring made the information official simply earlier than midday E.T. on Thursday. Schatz will carry his conventional No. 15 driving for the Brandon, S.D., crew.
“We’re excited to have Donny be part of the crew for the following two and a half weeks,” Quiring mentioned in a press release issued by way of Inside Line Promotions. “Donny has produced a storied profession together with his 10 World of Outlaws championships and greater than 300 World of Outlaws wins. He’s also called one of many cleanest race automotive drivers within the historical past of the game and he does an amazing job of caring for tools. All of that mixed with the assist from our crew and driver, David Gravel, made it a straightforward choice to create this second crew whereas the World of Outlaws are racing near our store the remainder of August.”
Schatz’s debut with the crew begins Friday at Ogilvie (Minn.) Raceway within the Massive O Showdown earlier than Jackson (Minn.) Motorplex in Jackson, Minn., takes the stage Saturday.
After that, the slate continues Tuesday at Mississippi Thunder Speedway in Fountain Metropolis, Wis., earlier than Schatz returns to his homeland in North Dakota on Aug. 22 at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks and Aug. 23 at Purple River Valley Speedway in West Fargo, not removed from Schatz’s dwelling.
As of Thursday, Schatz’s ultimate reveals with the Massive Sport crew is Aug. 30-31 on the Quiring-owned Huset’s Speedway on the L.G. Everist Huset’s Shootout. Schatz touchdown with Massive Sport in the intervening time permits him to proceed his longstanding streak of 1,600 consecutive WoO races competed in. The final WoO occasion Schatz didn’t compete in goes again to Atomic Speedway on July 31, 2003.
Schatz was not instantly obtainable for remark right now.