Donny Schatz will return to the World ... having worked for the Schatz family owned Sprint Car from 1998 to 2000, moving on to Elden Racing for several years, before spending the next 15 years ...

Donny Schatz had mostly lost the Knoxville Nationals ... “We always come here with a new race car,” Schatz said. “And we’ve been working really hard on it and brought it out Sunday ...