SCHATZ EIGHTH IN EMPIRE STATE RETURN

Donny hustles his way around Rolling Wheels Raceway. (Jeremiah Fish Photo)

ELBRIDGE, NY (May 16) – If Donny Schatz was looking for a positive following Wednesday night’s World of Outlaws return to Rolling Wheels Raceway, it would be that he made it through the opening lap. That wasn’t the case last fall when an opening-lap crash took out the TSR No. 15 STP/Armor All/Chevrolet J&J.

Schatz returned to the big 5/8-mile dirt oval and ultimately finished eighth. The four-time WoO champion was running sixth prior to a lap 23 restart and being on the bottom line was the favorable position. Cody Darrah and Sammy Swindell slipped by dropping him to eighth in the 25-lap A-Feature.

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Outlaws Schedule Takes Tony Stewart Racing Teams to New York, Maryland

INDIANAPOLIS (May 15, 2012) – Now, this is more like it. One week after the World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series raced on three consecutive nights, Tony Stewart Racing’s (TSR) Steve Kinser and Donny Schatz, along with the rest of the traveling Winged Sprint car stars, will hit the track three more times this week. A slate that includes a pair of stops in New York, beginning with Wednesday’s race at Rolling Wheels Raceway in Elbridge, N.Y., and concludes with their only 2012 appearance in Maryland. Saturday the Outlaws return to Orange County Fair Speedway in Middletown, N.Y., for the first time since the fall of 2008 and, the following night, the series makes its first stop at Hagerstown (Md.) Speedway since the summer of 2005.

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The Prelude To The Dream is ‘One Perfect Night’

The Stars of NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR and the World of Outlaws Race Under the Lights in All-Star Event at Eldora Speedway in Support of Feed The Children Wednesday, June 6 Presented Live on HBO Pay-Per-View®

CONCORD, N.C. (May 15, 2012) – On Wednesday, June 6 in tiny Rossburg, Ohio, stars representing NASCAR, NHRA, INDYCAR and the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series align in a big way with the Prelude To The Dream.

Eldora Speedway will once again play host to the all-star dirt Late Model race featuring more than 25 world renowned drivers as they battle for dirt supremacy on the half-mile clay oval where HBO Pay-Per-View® will present the event LIVE in high-definition to the entire nation. Net proceeds from the telecast will support Feed The Children, a U.S.-based charity that domestically has helped more than 365,000 families since 2009 through its Americans Feeding Americans Caravan. Read more »

Things didn't go well in Saturday's WIlliams Grove A-Feature. (WRT SpeedWerx - Walls)

THAT WASN’T THE PLAN

MECHANICSBURG, PA – (May 12, 2012) Donny Schatz headed to Williams Grove Speedway looking to snap a 15-race win draught at the famed half-mile dirt oval. Schatz, entered the doubleheader at Williams Grove as the point leader following a seventh-place finish Thursday night at Lincoln Speedway. When the dust settled, Schatz left Williams Grove still looking to break the streak.

“We had high hopes heading into the Grove,” said Schatz. “We are still struggling to get our STP car driving forward. The crew has done everything they can to find the answer. We’ll get there, it’s just a matter of time.”
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