Donny Schatz finds new home for 2026, inks full-time deal with CJB Motorsports – InForum

WEST FARGO — After a turbulent 2025 season that saw his long chapter with Tony Stewart Racing

come to an end,

Donny Schatz has found a new home for 2026.

Schatz, the Minot native and West Fargo-based sprint car champion, has inked a new full-time deal with CJB Motorsports for the 2026 World of Outlaws season.

Schatz’s plans for the upcoming campaign were announced on WorldOfOutlaws.com on Monday night.

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Owned by Chad and Ann Marie Clemens, the Pennsylvania-based CJB will make its return to the World of Outlaws Sprint Car Series for the first time since 2023 after the team fielded an entry for driver Brenham Crouch on the High Limit Racing Series sprint car tour last season.

CJB will return to the WoO tour with Schatz piloting his signature No. 15 for the team. The 2026 season kicks off with the four-night DIRTcar Nationals at Florida’s Volusia Speedway Park on Feb. 4-7.

Schatz and Tony Stewart Racing split in August after a near 18-year partnership that saw the wheelman win eight WoO points championships to go with 234 wins.

In all, Schatz is a 10-time Outlaws champion and has amassed 316 feature victories. The 48-year-old currently ranks as the third-winningest driver in series history as he enters his 30th full-time season in 2026.

Following his departure from TSR, Schatz ran multiple temporary deals to finish out 2025, driving for the teams of Tod Quiring, Dave Lunstra, Kevin Kozlowski and Jason Sides.

At CJB, Schatz will team up with veteran crew chief Barry Jackson. The team has picked up 52 Outlaws victories since its founding in 2005.

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