Scott Riggs News

Keller wins wreck fest at Talladega:

Keller wins wreck fest at Talladega:

April 20, 2002
#57-Jason Keller won the Aaron's 312 at Talladega on Saturday, his second BGN wins of the season and 7th of his career, holding off #59-Stacy Compton by .163 seconds in a race that saw just three of 43 cars on the lead lap at the finish. On Lap 14 of 117, rookies #

Testing at Richmond UPDATE:

Testing at Richmond UPDATE:

April 17, 2002
Testing at Richmond UPDATE: Eighteen NASCAR Winston Cup Series and NASCAR Busch Series drivers are scheduled to test at Richmond International Raceway over a four-day period next week in preparation for their visit to "The Action Track" May 2-4. Tentatively scheduled

Riggs wins in his 7th start – ties record:

Riggs wins in his 7th start – ties record:

April 13, 2002
#10-Scott Riggs led only once for the final 47 laps Saturday as he got his first BGN victory in just his seventh start on the circuit at the Pepsi 300 at Nashville Superspeedway, tying a record for the quickest victory by a rookie. Johnny Rumley also won in his seventh

Purvis wins at Texas in a rain shortened event:

Purvis wins at Texas in a rain shortened event:

April 6, 2002
The timing was perfect for #37-Jeff Purvis. Purvis was running well in Saturday's O'Reilly 300 at Texas Motor Speedway but not quite up front. When all the race leaders pit on Lap 108, Purvis's team elected to take just two tires when most of the others took four.

Riggs wins pole at Bristol:

Riggs wins pole at Bristol:

March 22, 2002
#10-Scott Riggs won his first BGN pole Friday, turning a track-record lap at 126.270mph for the Channellock 250 at Bristol. #21-Jeff Green was second fastest, while Riggs ppc Racing teammate and current series points leader, #57-Jason Keller, was third. #1-Jimmy Spencer

Burton wins pole at Darlington:

Burton wins pole at Darlington:

March 15, 2002
#9-Jeff Burton won the pole for the BGN race at Darlington Raceway, with a lap at 168.250mph. The rest of the top five: #21-Jeff Green, #57-Jason Keller, #10-Scott Riggs and #60-Greg Biffle. 45 cars were to attempt hte race, two failed to make the race: #90-Phil Bonifield

Testing at Texas:

Testing at Texas:

March 5, 2002
Testing at Texas: Cup driver #21-Elliott Sadler, and BGN drivers, #10-Scott Riggs, #57-Jason Keller, #38-Christian Elder and #36-Hank Parker, Jr. arrived Monday for the planned two-day test session in preparation for the April 7 NASCAR Samsung/RadioShack 500 and the

Keller wins at the Rock:

Keller wins at the Rock:

February 24, 2002
#57-Jason Keller won the BGN race at the Rock with #60-Greg Biffle 2nd and #7-Randy LaJoie third. Pole sitter #21-Jeff Green finished 11th. Keller also assumes the BGN points lead at 340, 2nd is #10-Scott Riggs at 310, is also Keller's teammate. See ThatsRacin.com

BGN Qualifying Postponed:

BGN Qualifying Postponed:

February 13, 2002
BGN qualifying for Daytona has been postponed due to rain and will be run on Thursday, Feb 14th at 8:30am/et. Five drivers made qualifying laps with #10-Scott Riggs being the fastest at 183.460mph, followed by #60-Greg Biffle's 183.303. #12-Kerry Earnhardt, #95-Steadman

Friday Testing:

Friday Testing:

January 25, 2002
#1-Joe Ruttman was the fastest Friday in the cool air with a speed of 185.943 mph. 2nd fastest was #26-Lyndon Amick at 185.128 and 3rd was #33-Tony Raines at 184.188. Also hearing most of the late afternoon practice was rained out and not much drafting got done. The

Amick Fastest Thursday:

Amick Fastest Thursday:

January 24, 2002
Fastest on Thursday's testing at Daytona was #26-Lyndon Amick in a Pontiac at 185.319mph with #1-Joe Ruttman at 184.934 and 3rd fastest was #88-Jeff Fuller at 184.237. The speeds for Thursday: #26-Lyndon Amick, Pontiac, 185.319mph #1-Joe Ruttman, Pontiac, 184.934 #

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

BGN Testing at Daytona – Session 1 is over:

January 22, 2002
The NASCAR Busch Series teams that finished in the odd-numbered spots in the owners points standings will test at Daytona on Jan. 21-22 in preparation for the Feb. 16 EAS/GNC Live Well 300 with Jan. 23 serving as a rain date. On Jan. 24-25, the even-numbered Busch

Leffler to the CTS?

Leffler to the CTS?

December 6, 2001
Reports have Jason Leffler (current driver of the #01 Cingular Dodge and rumored to be out of that ride for Jimmy Spencer) taking over the #2 Dodge Truck in the CTS next year. The #2 CTS team is owned by Jim Smith [who also owns the #7 Ford -- to be Dodge in 2002]

Dodge to sponsor weekly series? UPDATE:

Dodge to sponsor weekly series? UPDATE:

November 13, 2001
Dodge to sponsor weekly series? UPDATE: Dodge and NASCAR are on the verge of announcing that the automobile manufacturer is to be the new sponsor of the Weekly Racing Series, the short-track series played out on nearly 100 local venues throughout the United States.

ppc gets Yates:

ppc gets Yates:

November 11, 2001
The ppc Racing operation, which has fielded the BGN cars of #10-Jeff Green and #57-Jason Keller, is moving to Robert Yates engines next season. The team has used Roush engines. Scott Riggs will take over Green's #10 car next season as Green is moving to the #30 AOL