After a successful 1988 season with Factory Suzuki, Donny Schmidt was left without a ride when contract negotiations broke down. Schmidt put a privateer program together for the national motocross series and scored 3 podiums and was 4th overall in the series. Following his privateer season, Schmidt went to race in Europe where he was a 2 time World Champion.
Schmidt passed away on January 19, 1996, from aplastic anemia. He was 29 years old.
MXA Magazine ran this interview with him during that privateer season in 1989.
