On the Big Tracks that pay Big
Money, Donny Schatz is still The Man as reinforced by an eighth win in
his last 15 Knoxville nights. If the Outlaw trail was nothing but
sticky little quarter-miles (impossible of course) Schatz would not be
king. During his three-year reign, it is doubtful that Donny looked
worse than in Chico, West Memphis or Haubstadt. After the latter, I
happened by a Schatz staff meeting of grim faces. Haubstadt was Eric
Prutzman’s second race as Keith Turney’s replacement wrench and was the
first pit in a year that Donny departed without the point lead.
In
all but a few cases, I’ve lost my appetite for wings on half-miles, but
still love to see The Outlaws confined to quarters. When the April
schedule called for West Memphis and Haubstadt on successive evenings,
it may as well have been etched in stone as far as I was concerned.
Nothing less would take precedence.

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