Donny Schatz | 2023 World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Season Recap

[Music] after closing the 20122 World of Outlaws NS energy drink Sprint car campaign with back-to-back victories many eyes were on Donnie shots heading into 2023 to see if he'd return a championship form in his 27th year on tour shots showed a semblance of strength as the season got underway with top fives in half of the first eight races with his Tony Stewart kerbach aan racing team at Devils bow near the end of March they hit a rough patch as a 12th Place run was the first of seven consecutive finishes outside the top 10 but oddly enough that run preceded arguably shot's best stretch of 2023 the 10 time Series champion posted a pair of podiums at Alora on the first weekend of May and nabbed another top three at Williams Grove a week later the following weekend of the Year shifted back to Ohio and shots broke through for his first win of the year making a thrilling late race pass at Atta Raceway Park the next night shots went backto back into Buckeye state by besting the field at Sharon Speedway shots would go on to post two more podiums in the next five events over the next month shots again struggle to find the top five until earning two straight fourth place efforts at Wilmont and Atta a few days later shots LED all 40 laps of the 40th Kings Royal to claim his sixth Triumph in the Elora Crown Jewel pocketing $75,000 for his efforts a month later at the 62nd NS energy drink knocked Nationals shots was aiming to tie Steve kiner's record of 12 titles in the granddaddy of them all on his prelim night shots looked as strong as ever driving from Seventh to Victory Lane during Saturday's finale he surged as high as second before ultimately finishing third his 20th Podium finish in the sports most prestigious race shots turn the momentum from Knoxville into nine more top 10 finishes in the next nine events including four more on the podium he took the car quest Auto Parts 15 to Victory Lane one more time during the year by making a pass for the lead coming to the white flag at Lakeside in October when the season came to an end Donnie shots finished up the year sixth in points the Fargo North Dakota Legend undoubtedly showed flashes of his Prim self in 2023 and will again have plenty of attention on him when 2024 gets [Music] going a

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Length: 2min 32sec (152 seconds)

Published: Mon Nov 20 2023