Six-Time World of Outlaws Champion Looks To Earn Initial WoO Title For Leading Off-Road Utility Vehicle Brand
INDIANAPOLIS (Feb. 10, 2015) – Following a World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series championship that included a career-best victory count of 26, Donny Schatz is focused on the number one as he enters the 2015 season. The six-time and reigning WoO champion from Tony Stewart/Curb-Agajanian Racing (TSR) wants to earn Bad Boy Buggies® their first WoO title as primary sponsor of his iconic No. 15 sprint car. While the brand has won with Schatz as an associate partner, the 2015 season will mark their first season in a primary role on the No. 15 TSR entry.
TSR announced today a multi-year agreement with Bad Boy Buggies, a leader in off-road utility vehicles for hunting and outdoors, to become primary sponsor of its No. 15 team and Schatz, who will make his first laps in the Bad Boy Buggies car Feb. 10-15 during the 2015 DIRTcar Nationals at Volusia Speedway Park in Barberville, Florida.
“Tony Stewart Racing is celebrating its 15th season and the goal from the beginning has been to surround ourselves with good people in order to chase victories and win championships,” said Tony Stewart, team owner and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion. “We work really hard to deliver on the racetrack, but we work just as hard to understand the business of each of our sponsors so we can help them accomplish their goals, be it in racing or with their customers. Donny Schatz and his guys that work on the car (Rick Warner, Steve Swenson and Eric Prutzman) are the best in the business, and partnering with Bad Boy Buggies is an extremely potent combination.”
Bad Boy Buggies, which is backed by the resources and capabilities of E-Z-GO and its parent company, Textron Inc., is a Fortune 500 manufacturer known worldwide for its powerful brands and products such as Cessna aircraft, Bell helicopters and Greenlee tools, and is also known for introducing models and innovations that have revolutionized the way outdoor enthusiasts use UTVs. Bad Boy Buggies will begin its third season with TSR and first as primary sponsor with Schatz, winner of 49 WoO A-Feature races in the previous two seasons piloting the 1,200-pound, 900-horsepower TSR No. 15 machine.
“Bad Boy Buggies is thrilled to continue our partnership with Tony Stewart Racing and to be aligned with Donny Schatz this season,” said Eric Bondy, Vice President, Consumer Business for Bad Boy Buggies. “Being the best is what our companies strive for and that’s the same commitment we see in Donny and TSR. They embody the performance and attitude of Bad Boy Buggies. We look forward to being along for the ride as Donny continues his historic run with the Outlaws driving the Bad Boy Buggies-sponsored machine at venues all across the United States and in Canada.”
The quest for the 2015 WoO title will reunite TSR with renowned car owners Mike Curb and Cary Agajanian. For the past five seasons, TSR has been joined by Curb-Agajanian Racing in its USAC Silver Crown and Sprint Car entries. This season that relationship will continue in the WoO as the team carries the historic Curb-Agajanian name as a co-entrant.
“The passion and drive to defend the World of Outlaws championship have us all extremely excited about being able to continue our relationship with Tony Stewart Racing,” said Curb, Chairman of Curb Records. “Having won four USAC Silver Crown championships with drivers Levi Jones and Bobby East and multiple USAC Sprint Car championships with Jones and Bryan Clauson, we’re excited to be chasing a World of Outlaws title with a driver in Donny Schatz and a team that has been remarkable for a number of seasons. We are honored to partner with Tony Stewart as he continues building on his tremendous legacy in short track racing.”
Schatz, the third-winningest driver in WoO history with 172 career A-Feature triumphs, enters his 19th year of competition with the Outlaws and eighth season as driver of the TSR No. 15 machine. The Fargo, North Dakota, resident is looking to earn his second consecutive WoO title and seventh overall. He will be behind the wheel of the TSR No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies J&J for more than 90 nights of action from February through November.
“We’re all looking forward to the 2015 season, and having Bad Boy Buggies and Chevrolet Performance being a part of our team this year is exciting for all of us at Tony Stewart Racing,” Schatz said. “We all know it takes a complete package to make this work. In the past couple of seasons, we’ve built an excellent relationship with Mr. Bondy and everyone with the Bad Boy Buggies brand, and we’re looking forward to that relationship growing in the future. We’ve got a great team. I can’t thank Tony Stewart enough for surrounding me with such great people and incredible partners. I’m really looking forward to being in Florida and getting the season started.”
More information can be found at www.TonyStewartRacing.com, on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/TonyStewartRacing and on Twitter at @TonyStewart_Rcg.
Donny Schatz Driver of the No. 15 Bad Boy Buggies J&J in the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series
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Date of Birth: Aug. 10, 1977
Hometown:Â Â Â Â Minot, North Dakota.
Residence:Â Â Â Â Â Â Fargo, North Dakota
Marital Status:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Married, Erica
Children:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Daughter, Savanna
Highlights:     2014 World of Outlaws (WoO) Sprint Car Series champion … 2014 Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals winner (only driver to win the event eight times in nine seasons)…Career-best 26 WoO A-Feature triumphs in 2014 (through Nov.2), surpassing 23 wins in 2013…2012 WoO Champion … Winner of four consecutive WoO championships (2006-2009) … 2006-2009, 2011-14 Knoxville (Iowa) Nationals winner … Third all-time winningest WoO driver with 172 career WoO A-Feature victories … Nine-time $50,000 Sprintcar International winner in Sydney, Australia… Winner of every major Sprint Car race during his 18-year World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series career… 1997 World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series Rookie of the Year… 1996 WISSOTA National 360 Sprint Car Champion… Made his debut in Sprint Car as a 15-year-old at State Fairgrounds Speedway in Sedalia, Mo. in 1993.
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About Bad Boy Buggies®
Bad Boy Buggies® is a leader in off-road utility vehicles for hunting and outdoor lifestyles. Bad Boy Buggies pioneered the category of electrically powered 4×4 vehicles, ideal for hunting and outdoor recreation due to their silent, odorless operation and environmentally friendly, emissions-free drivetrains.
Today, the Bad Boy Buggies product line ranges from four-wheel-drive electric hunting machines such as the Recoil®, a fully electric, 4WD vehicle with an innovative, highly efficient 72-volt AC electric drivetrain, to the Work Series of diesel and gas-powered utility vehicles, including the Bad Boy Buggies XD, a versatile 4WD, diesel-powered utility vehicle with a total capacity of 1,600 pounds.
In 2010, the Bad Boy Buggies brand and product line were acquired by E-Z-GO®, a business unit of Textron Inc. Information on Bad Boy Buggies models can be found at: www.BadBoyBuggies.com.
About Curb Records
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Curb Records is one of the world’s leading independent music companies.  Owned and operated by Mike Curb since 1962, Curb Records has achieved 433 number one records, over 1,500 hundred Top Ten records and charted over 4,500 total records.  Today’s roster includes some of the top names in Country, Christian and Pop/Rock music.  Curb Records has been honored as Billboard Magazine’s Country Music Label of the Year and Radio & Records Magazine’s Overall Gold Label of the Year.  For more information, visit www.curb.com.
About Tony Stewart Racing
Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) is the title-winning World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series team owned by three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart. TSR fields teams for six-time World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series champion Donny Schatz and 20-time World of Outlaws Sprint car Series champion Steve Kinser. Based in Brownsburg, Indiana, TSR operates out of a 25,000-square-foot facility. For more information please visit us on the Web at www.TonyStewartRacing.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TonyStewartRacing, on Instagram at @TonyStewart_rcg and on Twitter at @TonyStewart_rcg.