Scott Riggs News

Ramblings – Richmond Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Richmond Qualifying Notes:

May 4, 2007
Jeff Gordon took the Bud Pole tonight for tomorrow night's Crown Royal presents the Jim Stewart 400 at Richmond International Raceway...and he made it a three-peat. His time of 21.386 (126.251 mph) was good enough for his 5th top-spot of the season and 61st of his

Rumblings – Talladega Race Notes:

Rumblings – Talladega Race Notes:

April 29, 2007
We had a green/white/checker finish today at Talladega Superspeedway....and we didn't make it a mile into the final five before it was over. Jeff Gordon won the Aaron's 510 today under caution to give him his second win of the season, his 5th at Talladega, and the

Rumblings – Phoenix Race Notes:

Rumblings – Phoenix Race Notes:

April 21, 2007
We had that dreaded caution during a green flag pit cycle tonight, but after everything "shook" out, the top two cars were back at the front and we had a solid 19 lapper to the checkers. And in the end, it was Jeff Gordon prevailing for the first time ever at Phoenix

Ramblings – Phoenix Qualifying Notes:

Ramblings – Phoenix Qualifying Notes:

April 19, 2007
Jeff Gordon toured the Phoenix International Raceway flat mile tonight in a smooth 27.040 seconds (133.136 mph) and took the Bud Pole for Saturday Night's Subway Fresh Fit 500 by a little over 1/100th of a second ahead of Jamie McMurray. This is the third top-spot

Qualifying Rained Out

Qualifying Rained Out

April 13, 2007
for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the field was set by the rules book, so the top-35 in 2007 Owners Pts fill the top 35 spots, then #83-Brian Vickers as a past race winner in 2006-2007 (2006 race winner at Talladega in the #25), #44-Dale Jarrett (past

Richmond Testing – Day 1 evening:

Richmond Testing – Day 1 evening:

April 3, 2007
51 drivers in 68 cars tested at Richmond International Speedway in the 2nd session on Tuesday night. The fastest was #78A-Kenny Wallace (Chevy) at 122.416mph, followed by #07B-Bowyer (Chevy), #24A-Gordon (Chevy), #22A-Blaney (Toyota) and #17B-Kenseth (Ford). The fastest

Rumblings – Martinsville Race Notes:

Rumblings – Martinsville Race Notes:

April 1, 2007
Jimmie Johnson and Jeff Gordon had a ding-dong battle the final 18 laps today at Martinsville Speedway and Johnson prevailed by .065 seconds over his teammate/car owner in the Goody's Cool Orange 500. We witnessed a fine display of rubbing without wrecking the last

Santos Fastest in Final Richmond Test Session:

Santos Fastest in Final Richmond Test Session:

March 28, 2007
#91-Bobby Santos was fastest during the final test session at Richmond Wednesday evening. His top speed was 124.189mph. The rest of the top 5 were #9-Scott Riggs, #12-Sam Hornish, #88-Shane Huffman, and #38-Jason Leffer. Complete results are on the Richmond Testing

Rumblings – Bristol Race Notes:

Rumblings – Bristol Race Notes:

March 26, 2007
Kyle Busch won the first-ever COT event today at Bristol Motor Speedway as he took the Food City 504 by about a half-length over Jeff Burton, barely surviving a G/W/C in the process. It was the 4th Nextel Cup win of Kyle's young career (he's tied for 69th on the all

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

Rumblings – Atlanta Race Notes:

March 18, 2007
Jimmie Johnson passed Tony Stewart (and crowded him a bit) with three to go today at Atlanta Motor Speedway and went on to win the Kobalt Tools 500. Coming from third on the final restart with 11 laps remaining, Johnson captured his second win in a row, his 2nd at

Rumblings – Las Vegas Race Notes:

Rumblings – Las Vegas Race Notes:

March 11, 2007
So much for all that Friday Night talk about this being a Dodge track... Jimmie Johnson dominated late after teammate Jeff Gordon controlled the middle of the race, and the Hendrick Motorsports Chevies ran one-two today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jimmie Johnson made

Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper to sponsor Riggs at two races IMAGE:

Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper to sponsor Riggs at two races IMAGE:

March 8, 2007
Auto Value/Bumper to Bumper will be the primary sponsor of the #10 Evernham Motorsports Dodge that Scott Riggs drives in two 2007 Nextel Cup Series races: Las Vegas Speedway on March 11, 2007 and at Michigan International Speedway on August 19, 2007. Auto Value/Bumper

Can Dale Jr, still make the chase?

Can Dale Jr, still make the chase?

March 7, 2007
after two races, #8-Dale Earnhardt Jr. is 40th in Nextel Cup Drivers Points, the highest finishing drivers who stood at 40th after 2 races in the past 15 seasons? 2001: Kevin Harvick finished 9th [was 8th after 26 races, The Chase starts race #27], Harvick stepped

Evernham cancels appeals? UPDATE no, but penalties upheld:

Evernham cancels appeals? UPDATE no, but penalties upheld:

March 7, 2007
hearing that after the penalties for the #9 Dodge of Kasey Kahne were upheld on Monday, Evernham Motorsports withdrew their appeal of the Daytona penalties of the #10 Dodge of Scott Riggs and #19 Dodge of Elliott Sadler.(3-7-2007) UPDATE: Evernham Motorsports lost

Appeals to be heard next week:

Appeals to be heard next week:

February 27, 2007
Penalty appeals for four Nextel Cup teams accused of breaking NASCAR's equipment rules leading up to the Daytona 500 will be heard early next week, NASCAR officials told ESPN.com on Tuesday. The appeals for Kasey Kahne's #9 team and Matt Kenseth's #17 team will be