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 Ricky Warner, a native of Carlisle, Penn., is the crew chief for the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) No. 15. The 2009 season will be the fourth year Warner and Donny Schatz have worked together. Three WoO championships and three Knoxville Nationals highlight their accomplishments since first working together in August 2005. Warner was hired by TSR in June 2007 and was a big reason why Schatz agreed to become driver of the second TSR WoO entry.
Warner began in sprint car racing in the mid 1990's with the late Kevin Gobrecht competing in the tough Central Pennsylvania circuit. He spent several years on the Outlaw Tour with Tyler Walker and later worked with Jac Haudenschild and Andy Hillenburg.
After spending three years working in NASCAR for Evernham Racing, Warner returned to the sprint car ranks in August of 2005 when he joined Donny Schatz Motorsports. The combination of Schatz and Warner proved to be stout as the duo won a number of races to close the 2005 season, the Knoxville Nationals in 2006 and the WoO championship in 2006.
Warner lives in Indianapolis, IN with his wife Danelle, their son Drew, and daughter Stevie.
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 Shane Bowers began his fourth season as a crewman for Donny Schatz in February. The past three seasons, he has been part of the championship winning team, coming over from the Schatz Motorsports team to Tony Stewart Racing in November 2007. He has been involved in 62 victories with Schatz through the 2008 season.
Bowers spent time working with the Parsons Motorsports team and driver Tim Shaffer before he joined Schatz Motorsports in March 2006. He grew up as a neighbor to the late Kevin Gobrecht in New Oxford, Pennsylvania, and started working in racing with PJ Chesson in 1998.
After three seasons with Chesson Racing, he raced locally with Michael Markey before returning to the road with Brian Paulus in 2003. He spent the past two years with Parsons Racing and claims the 2005 thrilling victory at the Lernerville Silver Cup was one of his best nights working on the No. 6 car.
Bowers has been designated car chief by Ricky Warner, which means he'll be involved in all phases of getting the car ready to race each night.
Bowers resides in Brownsburg, IN with his wife Stacey, and their newborn son.
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As parents of Donny, Danny and Diane Schatz have been involved with Donny's racing career from day one. They put Donny on the road in 1997 to chase the WoO Rookie of the Year and supported his racing career for the last 15 years.
Danny is a former sprint car competitor and used his experience to assemble the winning combination of people and equipment that helped Donny win back-to-back WoO titles. He is a pilot with several years of air time and in most cases will fly Donny to each of the races.
Diane spear heads the development and constant enhancement of the merchandising and sponsor-oriented marketing programs for Donny and you can find her at most races in the Schatz merchandise vending trailer.
Danny and Diane operate full service truckstops in Fargo and Minot, ND, and both are avid race fans that attend most events every season.
E-mail Diane at
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 Bill Klingbeil has been working with Donny Schatz since January 2001 and served as Public Relations Manager and regular "jack of all trades" guy for the past eight years. In 2009, Bill will continue to promote Donny through an association with Tony Stewart Racing and True Speed Communication.
Bill has been involved with sprint car racing since 1995 when he began writing a newsletter called "Outlaw Trail". In 1998, Bill was hired to assist Amoco Corporation with their motorsports programs. He was the PR contact for the Amoco Knoxville Nationals and the Amoco World of Outlaws team.
Bill operates his own company, BK3 Public Relations, which provides similar support to J&J Auto Racing. He is 38, and resides in Bloomington, IL, with his wife, Kim, and their children (Mack 10 and Kate 5).
E-mail Bill at
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Deanne Schatz, has been apart of Donny Schatz Motorsports since the beginning!! Always been a huge fan of her brother, there has always been something that she has done to contribute to the team! She now heads of the Donny Schatz Fanclub. Her and Diane are busy all year long coming up with new apparel designs and new ideas for the upcoming race year. Deanne is a graduate from North Dakota State University with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration. She is employed by her family at the Petro in Fargo and heads up the Human Resource Department. Deanne enjoys all the aspects of racing, from the intensity of a great race to the social events that come along during the season.
E-mail Deanne at
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 Krista Schatz, Donny's youngest sister, took over the Donny Schatz Motorsports website in 2004. Since then, she has been continually searching for new methods in technology to make the DonnysSchatz.com website one of the fastest and most user friendly websites around.
The creation and maintenance of this website is under the care of her company, Media K Design. Media K is a full service agency that specializes in print & web design, branding, and opensource web programming. Please contact
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with techincal questions about this site.
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