June was a great month to be Donny Schatz

The Associated Press

Wednesday, Jul. 02, 2008

Donny Schatz has had a lot of big months during his World of Outlaws sprint car career, but he had never won more than five A-Feature events during a single month - until now.

The two-time defending series champion picked up his third consecutive win and sixth in the month of June last Sunday at Cedar Lake Speedway in New Richmond, Wis.

The win was Schatz's first World of Outlaws victory at the high-banked 3/8-mile track. He now has 79 career A-Feature victories, including a series-best nine this season, and is just two wins out of the fifth spot on the all-time win list.

Schatz, in first year driving for Tony Stewart Racing, pocketed $10,000 Sunday as he extended his streak of being the only driver to finish in the top-10 in all 24 events this season.

"It was a good last week and a very good month," Schatz said. "We have things rolling. ... The hard part is trying to continue that."

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