Scott Riggs News

Raybestos Rookie Notes for California:

Raybestos Rookie Notes for California:

February 18, 2009
* Michael McDowell was the Raybestos Rookie of the Race in the Camping World 300 at Daytona. McDowell scored a 14th-place finish, matching his best effort in six Nationwide Series starts. * McDowell leads Brendan Gaughan by one point (11-10) in the Raybestos Rookie

Baldwin and Riggs gets sponsors for Daytona UPDATE:

Baldwin and Riggs gets sponsors for Daytona UPDATE:

February 15, 2009
Red Bank Ale & Quail Outfitters of Red Bluff, CA will be running two cars at Daytona. The #36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota that Scott Riggs will drive in the the Sprint Cup Gatorade Duels and the Daytona 500 [if Riggs qualifies for the race] and #81DJ Kinnington

Stewart & Newman wreck in Happy Hour practice:

Stewart & Newman wreck in Happy Hour practice:

February 14, 2009
#14-Tony Stewart and #39-Ryan Newman wrecked during the final Daytona 500 practice, tearing up Stewart-Haas Racing's two cars before Sunday's season-opening race. Newman, the defending Daytona 500 winner, lost his right rear tire Saturday and his car spun out of control

Kennington picks up another sponsor for Daytona:

Kennington picks up another sponsor for Daytona:

February 12, 2009
Red Bank Ale & Quail Outfitters of Red Bluff, CA will be running two cars at Daytona. The #36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Toyota that Scott Riggs will drive in the the Sprint Cup Gatorade Duels and the Daytona 500 [if Riggs qualifies for the race] and #81-D.J. Kinnington

Tommy Baldwin Racing signs assoc sponsor:

Tommy Baldwin Racing signs assoc sponsor:

February 3, 2009
Metaljeans.com, the only company that manufactures denim apparel, shirts, outwear, casual wear, foot wear and race gear exclusively in America, announced that they are METALizing Tommy Baldwin Racing for the 2009 Sprint Cup season [as an associate/product sponsor].. "

State Water Heaters Joins Baker Curb:

State Water Heaters Joins Baker Curb:

January 30, 2009
Baker Curb Racing announces the addition of State Water Heaters as an official partner and associate sponsor of the #27 Ford driven by Jason Keller in the Nationwide Series for 2009. State Water Heaters, based in nearby Ashland City, Tennessee, has a history of sponsoring

Support for Tommy Baldwin Racing:

Support for Tommy Baldwin Racing:

January 28, 2009
On any given morning in Mooresville, N.C., Tommy Baldwin pulls up to his new race shop to find another unemployed crew member awaiting his arrival and willing to volunteer his services, if only for a day. In a sport marred by mergers, crumbling racing empires, and

Riggs to drive for Baldwin:

Riggs to drive for Baldwin:

January 19, 2009
Tommy Baldwin Racing announced today Scott Riggs as the driver of the #36 Toyota for the 2009 NASCAR season. Riggs, formerly with Haas CNC Racing will start his sixth season in Sprint Cup competition. The 2009 season finds the 38-year-old native of Bahama, NC, eager

Congrats – Jason Jarrett:

Congrats – Jason Jarrett:

November 19, 2008
Congratulations to Jason and Christina Jarrett, who welcomed Anthony Ford Jarrett into their family on November 14th, 2008. Baby Jarrett weighed in at 6 lbs, 5 oz. and was 18.75 inches long. Jarrett is a 2-time runner-up in the ARCA RE/MAX Series point standings, and

More on Earnhardt-Ganassi Merger:

More on Earnhardt-Ganassi Merger:

November 13, 2008
A key player in the merger was Dodge Motorsports, which gave its blessing to team owner Chip Ganassi to pursue the partnership with a Chevy organization. "Number one, we want all of our business partners to be healthy like we want to be healthy,'' said Mike Delahanty

Hunt Bros Pizza & State Water Heaters hope to be back in 2009:

Hunt Bros Pizza & State Water Heaters hope to be back in 2009:

November 8, 2008
There's been a dearth of new companies coming into NASCAR recently. But Hunt Brothers Pizza (HBP), which joined with Haas-CNC Racing [#66 & #70] in what was termed a "sponsorship test" in 2008, apparently liked what it saw. "HBP plans on participating in the 2009

Riggs still looking for ride:

Riggs still looking for ride:

November 1, 2008
Scott Riggs, who is out of the #66 after the season, says he's unsure when he'll get another Cup deal. He says he continues to talk to teams but the issue is that teams are looking for sponsorship and until they have sponsors they're not making as many moves for drivers

Atlanta Goodyear Tire Notes:

Atlanta Goodyear Tire Notes:

October 24, 2008
Based on two tire tests held at Atlanta Motor Speedway since the Sprint Cup race at the track in March, Goodyear has brought a new right-side tire for this Sunday's event . . . only teams in the Sprint Cup Series will be running the new right-side tire code, while

Teams test at new 1/2 mile track at the Rock:

Teams test at new 1/2 mile track at the Rock:

October 17, 2008
Monday morning, October 13th, the final strip of pavement was placed on "Little Rock," the new half-mile track built [supposedly shaped and banked like Martinsville] just outside the backstretch of the one-mile oval at Rockingham Raceway Park. Fast Track High Performance

Carpentier blamed by crew chief UPDATE released:

Carpentier blamed by crew chief UPDATE released:

October 7, 2008
After the Gillett Motorsports #10 Dodge failed to qualify on speed at Talladega Superspeedway, crew chief [or as GEM calls them, Team Director] Mike Shiplett decided to put good judgement aside and lash out at team driver Patrick Carpentier in the Tow Truck in a Box