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SCHATZ SECOND AGAIN IN BRISBANE

BRISBANE - After finishing second for the third consecutive night, reigning Knoxville Nationals champion Donny Schatz proclaimed, "The big money’s up for grabs tomorrow night, so I’d rather be good tomorrow night than tonight."

The driver of the Monte Motorsport No. W17 KRE-powered J&J bounced back from a tough beginning of the night, when he qualified 20th, by racing to second in the 20-lap preliminary A-Main of the Australian Open at Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway.

SECOND PLACE RUN MOTIVATES SCHATZ

BRISBANE - Donny Schatz wants to win. No matter what race it is. The four-time World of Outlaws champion won his first race in Australia, but has some up one position short the last two times he's competed at Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway in Brisbane, Queensland.

"We just put ourselves in bad spot with qualifying," admitted Schatz following Wednesday night's third annual Capalaba Wreckers Sprintcar Cup. "We got up to (eventual winner) Robbie (Farr) there with a few to go and kind of ran out of racetrack. We've got two more nights to go and we won be happy with anything but a couple of wins."

SCHATZ OFF TO FAST START IN BRISBANE

BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND - This year's Australian tour is off to fast start for five-time Knoxville Nationals champion Donny Schatz. Each of the last 14 years, the Sprint car racing standout has spent part of his offseason competing in the land down under. This year's trip has him stationed in the beautiful Surfer's Paradise region and competing at the Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway.

Schatz won the main event on Boxing Day (December 26) in his debut at the quarter-mile facility after establishing the fastest lap in qualifying. On Sunday, he thrilled the capacity crowd by electing to start 14th after winning the dash event.  He had his hands full early in the main event dropping back a few spots, but came on like a rocket in during the latter stages of the race. He would come up just short of making it two wins in two nights by finishing second to fellow American Shane Stewart.

SCHATZ LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS AUSTRALIAN GETAWAY

Four-time World of Outlaws Champion to Race Five Times at Supercheap Auto Archerfield Speedway

FARGO, N.D. (Dec. 20) - For the most part professional athletes are always searching for competition. As if a 10-month racing season that included more than 70 races wasn’t enough action, four-time World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint car series champion Donny Schatz is set to travel halfway around the world for more seat-time.

“We’re just very lucky to be involved in a sport where we get to do something like this,” admitted Schatz, who recently finished his 15th season of competition with the WoO. “I’ve been really fortunate to spend quite of few Christmas holidays in Australia and being able to see a lot of the friends I’ve made over here through the years is something I look forward to.”