hearing that Scott Riggs may be the new driver for the #1 DEI Chevy in 2004 if a sponsor is signed.(6-21-2003) UPDATE: Insiders continue to look for Scott Riggs to get the call to join DEI next season, if sponsors agree. DEI officials expect to have a decision on the company’s third team car by Darlington in three weeks.( Winston Salem Journal )(8-11-2003) UPDATE 2: from a NASCAR.com conversation: Your name has come up in the rumor mill a lot lately. What’s out there that we can believe and not believe? Riggs: You can believe that there’s definitely a lot of opportunities out there that I’m very fortunate to have been contacted by a lot of people. When you have people in the Cup series interested in your future, it’s definitely a praise to what your able to do and your accomplishments in your career. With all that said, there’s a lot of opportunities and a lot of people I’ve talked to, and I have yet to make a decision one way or another that I might go next year. I’m still working with these guys here at ppc, first of all, to try to get a championship for everyone here with the Nesquik Ford. At the same time, we’re also talking about the future here, too. We’re working on some different things with sponsors and seeing what avenues ppc can go down. Haven’t made a decision one way or another which way I’m going. I think in the next three or four weeks, some decisions will start being made, and you’ll start seeing the dominos start to fall, and a lot of people will fall into place, and Silly Season will start.( NASCAR.com )(8-26-2003)
