My girl friend and I had a very nice chat with Donnie last night at Attica (Doty Event). He was a total joy to talk with....answered a ton of questions. Donnie is a very nice man. He said he hadn't seen the movie yet and that it took almost 3 years to complete. Count me in as a 15 fan. An excellent hard charger, and a guy who races clean. Wishing him the best in the future.
Been around sprint cars since the 60's. Living in California when the Outlaws came to town we had our local favorites. My daughter took me for a bunch of outlaw races on one of my birthdays. One night most of the crowd was booing Donny. I had never talked to him in the past. I told her I am going to go talk to Donny in the pits and see for myself and get my opinion of this man. Went and talked with Donny and then I got my first shirt with Donny Schatz on it. We have traveled all the way across the US to see the outlaws and Donny has always had time to talk. My favorite night he won an A-main and I wanted one of his old tires to put in my new shop. I asked him if I could get a right rear for my shop wall. He said how would you like the right rear off of my car from tonight's win. He don't know me from adam but he treats me like a friend and I will be his fan for ever. I was at the tee shirt trailer and met Danny and Diane and I realized the apple don't fall far from the tree. Had some great talks with them and one night Danny told me stories from there start in racing and had all the time in the world to chat. (R.I.P. Danny, see you on the other side for some more stories.)
"Book by its cover" As a long time CA fan, I've never been big on Donny. As the years pass I can't, not see, the accomplishments he's made in Sprint car racing. Your story along with this documentary, which has testaments from some of my heros, shows he's like most all of us, Genuinely a good guy. My condolences to the Schatz family for their loss of Danny Schatz.
I remember watching Donny when I was like 15 (36 now) around the high banks of Cedar Lake in a Wissota Sprint. It's cool to see where he is at now, will always be a fan.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! for producing this Story. This is the first comment I have ever been compelled to post on any site about any subject, but I really want to thank All who put this together. I love how you have captured the commitment, focus, and desire this whole family has displayed. It is a model for all of us to see how you get something done in this Great country and it is exactly the type of content I love to see about my favorite sport.
Awesome story, I remember as a kid growing up going to Premier Speedway in Australia, this yank coming out and cleaning up the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic 2 years in a row in 2001/02 and thinking this guy will be the next big thing after Steve Kinser and sure enough he has gone on to be one of the all time greats and a driver I have a tonne of respect for on ya don don!!!
I saw this movie for sale at Schatz's truck in Knoxville, so cool to watch this on RUclips. I first saw him in 2006 and being a Fargo native I've been a fan since. Watching his Outlaws and Nationals dominance in the 2010s was incredible but this most recent 2022 Nationals win, especially with the passing of Danny... That was something really special. Thanks for the awesome memories, Donny.
I’ve been a Donny Schatz fan since the first time I saw him race. Really enjoyed this behind the scenes look. What a great family! So sorry for their loss.
RIP Danny Schatz…….Was fortunate enough to express my condolences to Donny a couple weeks after his dad’s passing…..I knew of the emotional roller coaster that he was now on….Just wow….did he ever make his dad proud…..
Sorry for your families loss. Loved the documentary. Only constructive criticism I'd have is I didn't know all the people they interviewed so it'd be nice to have a name with the faces speaking. Good luck going forward donny
I am so sorry for your loss. When I saw you I am sorry I didn't know what to say. I really enjoyed seeing you and Danny in this video especially Danny comments at the end. Thank you for hiring Donny back those three times, You saved his career. Diana I will see you at KNOXVILLE, to get some more of those Donny Schatz autograph earplugs.
I am from a racing family in Massachusetts and traveled a lot of roads by tractor trailer.. I've watched Donny race a lot including ny state. Went to Petro .on east side of ND .saw his memorabilia and bought sweatshirts hats and tees for me and my daughter.headed to Minot to drop load off for the main co paving the expanding city of Williston but stated at a truck stop in Minot .saw more of Donnie's stuff their..not realizing it was his family's till I saw the name up on the fuel island then it sank in. His mom was there..haven't met him but would like to. It was a pleasant experience for me I felt I was connect.. what a surprise for me.made the trip even better. Happy for him and his family .great place to go and eat..the Minot stop.then to see how much the oil fields were changing everything there in a big way any way go Donny keep on racing .the video was awesome. .thanks to the shots family.
What a great video and an even better story about you Donny, but also about the Schatz family…your family businesses, race teams and incredible work ethic. A true American success story. I’ve been a fan for over twenty years and will be till you hang ‘em up. So sorry for your loss. Your dad was something else.
That was worth the 1 hour and 15 minutes to get inside the mind of the greatest modern era sprint car driver. I think what hes done and his dominance at Knoxville is more impressive than the Kings run and wins. The modern era has better competition and better equipment all around. Hes truly a special talent.
I got my introduction to Sprint Car racing at Baylands in the SF Bay region. I moved away but with RUclips I have been able to reconnect and something about Donnie Schatz attracted me and I have been a big fan of Donnie ever since.. Fifteen goes a long way in explaining who Donnie is. I love the stories of Donnie on his tricycle with his dad's helmet and tear-offs convincing his sisters to throw mad at him.. One issue I have though is that I don't know the faces of many of the people in this video.
Pretty cool watching the story of his life, and at the 24-25 minute mark they talk about our local track, Arlington Raceway. I was there with my dad and we were 1 of the push trucks on track. Just a cool memory to hear.
Awesome film and tribute to the whole Schatz Family. Donny is one of the best for sure. God Bless your dad, may he rest in peace and watch a lot more wins from on high.
LMAO!!! Huge sprint car fan here...also worked at a retread plant for 9 years, back in the 90's. Good times, man, good times. I was a regular at San Jose Speedway. I hated missing a weekend. It's what I looked forward to every week.
Proud to say I was one of the persons that seen Donny from the beginning in his Sprint car career when he ran at Jackson Minnesota I was on the flag stand as a assistant flag man I honestly can't remember if he ever won a feature at Jackson or not I believe he did but you could tell he had a very bright future ahead of him was always the type of kid you could talk to and still is a great person that you approach and talk they never were stuck up like other people they're great people people bad mouth Donnie and the family you just don't know them if you did you wouldn't do things like that they're great people. Glen Murra former assistant flag man Jackson speedway Jackson Minnesota
I've been watching sprint cars since I was in diapers...I'm 47 now... never have liked him until now..such a great dude...so glad I stumbled across this!
So much great talent in this country alone that don't have both parents in the home or any kind of family support that will never see the inside of a real winning car or team for that matter. The problem I have is these drivers that make it to the level of successful professional hardly ever reach back and give a hand up to the ones that are struggling to be something or love racing more than they did or do. Its disgusting and selfish.
You should be very proud of what you as a family has achieved and that's all that matters. I totally understand why Donny is successful. Because he loves what he does and very few people get to say that.
Watched Donny destroy a car hitting the track entrance gate at Black Hills Speedway Rapid City, SD as a kid (probably 25 years ago). Always was a Schatz fan. So happy my wife and I got to see him win his 300th last year in Dubuque. What a legend!
At 54:37 when you talk about Richard’s hat….one of our team sponsors has “that” hat that Frenchie threw away. We’ll make sure it get to you for you collection over the winter.
After Brian Brown ran 2nd to Donnie Schatz at the Knoxville Nationals for the third time. Donnie said: *_"He's (Brian Bown) going to win this race someday."_* *NO HE'S NOT!* It's mean to falsely build up somebody like that. Donnie should have said ............ *_"Yeah he ran 2nd, but he'll never win it."_* Wouldn't that have been nicer?
@@Tipzyyy well actually i use to live in grand forks home to river city speedway which has a lot of world of outlaws so i probably did i just didnt realise
I'm from Minnesota & come from a Dirt Track Late Models Family. Donny is the Guy that would show up at say WILLMAR, MN with his Late Model on a Thursday night and race and be off that same night to a W.o.o. Even the next day. We would sit in hauler for hours after race and Shoot the Shit. Donny is 1 of the Nicest,Fiercest,Bad ass Drivers Ever.
Just watched this and not one single mention of Australia. We have been so good to him and made him more than welcome every time he has come here. Just goes to show he doesn't give a rats ass about his fans down under!
Yes u should run both cars for at least hot laps every night put jessie in one or on test night and then run the one that seems to be set the best it will help ur on the right track KEEP JESUS IN WHAT UR DOIN AND IT WILL KEEP COMIMG TOGETHER.
My girl friend and I had a very nice chat with Donnie last night at Attica (Doty Event). He was a total joy to talk with....answered a ton of questions. Donnie is a very nice man. He said he hadn't seen the movie yet and that it took almost 3 years to complete. Count me in as a 15 fan. An excellent hard charger, and a guy who races clean. Wishing him the best in the future.
Been around sprint cars since the 60's. Living in California when the Outlaws came to town we had our local favorites. My daughter took me for a bunch of outlaw races on one of my birthdays. One night most of the crowd was booing Donny. I had never talked to him in the past. I told her I am going to go talk to Donny in the pits and see for myself and get my opinion of this man. Went and talked with Donny and then I got my first shirt with Donny Schatz on it. We have traveled all the way across the US to see the outlaws and Donny has always had time to talk. My favorite night he won an A-main and I wanted one of his old tires to put in my new shop. I asked him if I could get a right rear for my shop wall. He said how would you like the right rear off of my car from tonight's win. He don't know me from adam but he treats me like a friend and I will be his fan for ever. I was at the tee shirt trailer and met Danny and Diane and I realized the apple don't fall far from the tree. Had some great talks with them and one night Danny told me stories from there start in racing and had all the time in the world to chat. (R.I.P. Danny, see you on the other side for some more stories.)
ma halo for sharing your story
"Book by its cover" As a long time CA fan, I've never been big on Donny.
As the years pass I can't, not see, the accomplishments he's made in Sprint car racing.
Your story along with this documentary, which has testaments from some of my heros, shows he's like most all of us, Genuinely a good guy.
My condolences to the Schatz family for their loss of Danny Schatz.
Class act all the way.
I remember watching Donny when I was like 15 (36 now) around the high banks of Cedar Lake in a Wissota Sprint. It's cool to see where he is at now, will always be a fan.
Awesome memory. I can remember watching Brad Doty, Jack Haudenschild, & Lou Blaney in the early 80's
Hell yeah same here I go to cls every week
I remember his first race at Knoxville as an outlaw.
Was a crew member for the #22 sprint car at Cedar Lake. I have quite a few pics of Donny taken from the infield.
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! for producing this Story. This is the first comment I have ever been compelled to post on any site about any subject, but I really want to thank All who put this together. I love how you have captured the commitment, focus, and desire this whole family has displayed. It is a model for all of us to see how you get something done in this Great country and it is exactly the type of content I love to see about my favorite sport.
Awesome story, I remember as a kid growing up going to Premier Speedway in Australia, this yank coming out and cleaning up the Grand Annual Sprintcar Classic 2 years in a row in 2001/02 and thinking this guy will be the next big thing after Steve Kinser and sure enough he has gone on to be one of the all time greats and a driver I have a tonne of respect for on ya don don!!!
I saw this movie for sale at Schatz's truck in Knoxville, so cool to watch this on RUclips. I first saw him in 2006 and being a Fargo native I've been a fan since. Watching his Outlaws and Nationals dominance in the 2010s was incredible but this most recent 2022 Nationals win, especially with the passing of Danny... That was something really special. Thanks for the awesome memories, Donny.
I’ve been a Donny Schatz fan since the first time I saw him race. Really enjoyed this behind the scenes look. What a great family! So sorry for their loss.
RIP danny schatz such an amazing guy
I remember those first years in Grand Forks. Seeing those photos and videos of my childhood racers was really neat.
Outstanding watch thanks 😊
RIP Danny Schatz…….Was fortunate enough to express my condolences to Donny a couple weeks after his dad’s passing…..I knew of the emotional roller coaster that he was now on….Just wow….did he ever make his dad proud…..
Sorry for your families loss. Loved the documentary. Only constructive criticism I'd have is I didn't know all the people they interviewed so it'd be nice to have a name with the faces speaking. Good luck going forward donny
I am so sorry for your loss. When I saw you I am sorry I didn't know what to say.
I really enjoyed seeing you and Danny in this video especially Danny comments at the end. Thank you for hiring Donny back those three times, You saved his career. Diana I will see you at KNOXVILLE, to get some more of those Donny Schatz autograph earplugs.
I am from a racing family in Massachusetts and traveled a lot of roads by tractor trailer.. I've watched Donny race a lot including ny state. Went to Petro .on east side of ND .saw his memorabilia and bought sweatshirts hats and tees for me and my daughter.headed to Minot to drop load off for the main co paving the expanding city of Williston but stated at a truck stop in Minot .saw more of Donnie's stuff their..not realizing it was his family's till I saw the name up on the fuel island then it sank in. His mom was there..haven't met him but would like to. It was a pleasant experience for me I felt I was connect.. what a surprise for me.made the trip even better. Happy for him and his family .great place to go and eat..the Minot stop.then to see how much the oil fields were changing everything there in a big way any way go Donny keep on racing .the video was awesome. .thanks to the shots family.
Happy to say I was able to see Schatz win, in person, as a kid in Cottage Grove Oregon. Absolute legend.
Some say Kinser was the best..I say it has to be Donnie..he just won the Knoxville Nationals tonight AGAIN..congrats to the TSR 15 Team
how many has he won at Knoxville, KINSER has 12 i think!
Great video, A Man of few words lets the racing do the talking. RIP Danny.
What a great video and an even better story about you Donny, but also about the Schatz family…your family businesses, race teams and incredible work ethic. A true American success story. I’ve been a fan for over twenty years and will be till you hang ‘em up. So sorry for your loss. Your dad was something else.
Donny is a great guy, had the pleasure of meeting him many years ago at the Devil's Bowl, solid guy for sure. Y'all take care.
That was worth the 1 hour and 15 minutes to get inside the mind of the greatest modern era sprint car driver. I think what hes done and his dominance at Knoxville is more impressive than the Kings run and wins. The modern era has better competition and better equipment all around. Hes truly a special talent.
Donny still holds the track record at Arlington Raceway. Crazy fun to watch on the track
I remember that race. I was there with Roger Rager.
What a great video, it’s great to see behind the scenes and hear how stars rise through the ranks .
I got my introduction to Sprint Car racing at Baylands in the SF Bay region. I moved away but with RUclips I have been able to reconnect and something about Donnie Schatz attracted me and I have been a big fan of Donnie ever since.. Fifteen goes a long way in explaining who Donnie is. I love the stories of Donnie on his tricycle with his dad's helmet and tear-offs convincing his sisters to throw mad at him.. One issue I have though is that I don't know the faces of many of the people in this video.
I was never a Donny fan but I became one this year and even more so after watching this. R.I.P Danny.
That easy?
Awesome video Donny.
Brilliant documentary.
Enjoyed this..thanks alot guyz..👍
What a great video, Thank you Donny.
Pretty cool watching the story of his life, and at the 24-25 minute mark they talk about our local track, Arlington Raceway. I was there with my dad and we were 1 of the push trucks on track. Just a cool memory to hear.
Hello from Joplin Missouri I'm new to your blogs love what I've seen
What a nice family, they must've been crazy after his 11th Knoxville last night.congrats D
Awesome film and tribute to the whole Schatz Family. Donny is one of the best for sure. God Bless your dad, may he rest in peace and watch a lot more wins from on high.
LMAO!!! Huge sprint car fan here...also worked at a retread plant for 9 years, back in the 90's. Good times, man, good times. I was a regular at San Jose Speedway. I hated missing a weekend. It's what I looked forward to every week.
I remember when he was a regular at river cities speedway when he was 15 years old
Great video!
Proud to say I was one of the persons that seen Donny from the beginning in his Sprint car career when he ran at Jackson Minnesota I was on the flag stand as a assistant flag man I honestly can't remember if he ever won a feature at Jackson or not I believe he did but you could tell he had a very bright future ahead of him was always the type of kid you could talk to and still is a great person that you approach and talk they never were stuck up like other people they're great people people bad mouth Donnie and the family you just don't know them if you did you wouldn't do things like that they're great people. Glen Murra former assistant flag man Jackson speedway Jackson Minnesota
Excellent story about a great family
I've been watching sprint cars since I was in diapers...I'm 47 now... never have liked him until now..such a great dude...so glad I stumbled across this!
So much great talent in this country alone that don't have both parents in the home or any kind of family support that will never see the inside of a real winning car or team for that matter. The problem I have is these drivers that make it to the level of successful professional hardly ever reach back and give a hand up to the ones that are struggling to be something or love racing more than they did or do. Its disgusting and selfish.
Great story ty!
What a great story
Fanfuckintastic! My only question is when will all Tyler Swank out takes be released?😎
You should be very proud of what you as a family has achieved and that's all that matters. I totally understand why Donny is successful. Because he loves what he does and very few people get to say that.
Awesome! The second best sprint car driver of all time. 👍🏻
Watched Donny destroy a car hitting the track entrance gate at Black Hills Speedway Rapid City, SD as a kid (probably 25 years ago). Always was a Schatz fan. So happy my wife and I got to see him win his 300th last year in Dubuque. What a legend!
At 54:37 when you talk about Richard’s hat….one of our team sponsors has “that” hat that Frenchie threw away. We’ll make sure it get to you for you collection over the winter.
Can’t smash the like button enough
what a great video
Donny to you and your entire family my heart goes out to you guys….. sorry for your loss…… this was a great film!
Nice little documentary about a living legend in the Outlaw sprint series.. The production value could use a little work though.
At 0:38 I'm pretty sure that's Tri State Speedway in haubstadt In announcer sounded familiar and some signs looked familiar also
and i must say schatz crossroads is one hell of a diner. amazing food!
Thank You 🏁🏁🏁another Grandio 🌹 American dream 🌹🥂 Shared 💞 ,I'm a very lucky one to take all this into my racing heart ❣️ may we meet Again 💫❣️
After Brian Brown ran 2nd to Donnie Schatz at the Knoxville Nationals for the third time.
Donnie said: *_"He's (Brian Bown) going to win this race someday."_*
*NO HE'S NOT!* It's mean to falsely build up somebody like that.
Donnie should have said ............ *_"Yeah he ran 2nd, but he'll never win it."_* Wouldn't that have been nicer?
i have never seen him race in person but i am proud to see that something so big came from a state so unknown.
i hope you get to before he calls it quits. him and the guys he competes against sre fun to watch
@@Tipzyyy well actually i use to live in grand forks home to river city speedway which has a lot of world of outlaws so i probably did i just didnt realise
Awesome.
I'm from Minnesota & come from a Dirt Track Late Models Family. Donny is the Guy that would show up at say WILLMAR, MN with his Late Model on a Thursday night and race and be off that same night to a W.o.o. Even the next day. We would sit in hauler for hours after race and Shoot the Shit.
Donny is 1 of the Nicest,Fiercest,Bad ass Drivers Ever.
Legend
If this and even anything like it ever goes away im done im out🇺🇲🗽⚖️🏁🏁💫🚀🎯 #500VSP 300💸 front Wing is closest ive ever gotten.
Just watched this and not one single mention of Australia. We have been so good to him and made him more than welcome every time he has come here.
Just goes to show he doesn't give a rats ass about his fans down under!
Is it true Schatz didn't charge Dobmeire for jet fuel flying him to a race?
Why is Schatz's jet bigger than Steward's?
Vibe!
Yo
i raced against donny when he was a 15 yo.
That was a incredible video, Thanks to DIRTRACKR for giving it a shout out! 👍
Looks like 😂time🎉
This is a hour and fifteen mins of Donny shots paying people to blow him
You have to have the money his daddy sure did
Very nicely done! I was never a Donnie fan but this definitely makes me look at him in a different light. Good luck!!🏁🏁
Yes u should run both cars for at least hot laps every night put jessie in one or on test night and then run the one that seems to be set the best it will help ur on the right track KEEP JESUS IN WHAT UR DOIN AND IT WILL KEEP COMIMG TOGETHER.
What a great documentary Great Job
Who's the guy at 15:23 calling Donny a prick?
One of the greatest sprint car mechanics of all time, Tyler Swank
Kinda bummed the editor didn’t add peoples names in.