Scott Riggs
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Russell Scott Riggs (born January 1 , 1971 in Bahama , North Carolina ) is a NASCAR racing driver. Riggs is a free agent at the moment . Most recently he drove the number 36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup .
Career
Early career
Riggs began his racing career at the age of 14 with the American Motorcyclist Association , where he won the state championship in North Carolina two years in a row. He started racing in the NASCAR Mini Stock Division at the age of 17. There he won twelve races in his first three years. He raced in the series for the next decade and was a two-time champion at Southern National Speedway .
In 1999 Riggs made his debut in the Craftsman Truck Series at Indianapolis Raceway Park . There he drove with the number 84 for Long Brothers Racing. He started in seventh position and finished the race in 19th position. He also raced at Richmond International Raceway , where he was 23rd. A year later, in 2000, he drove the Dodge Ram with the starting number 86 for Impact Motorsports in the Craftsman Truck Series and finished in seven top ten positions. He was fired towards the end of the season and drove a race at California Speedway for Brevak Racing, in which he was 16th. The next season he drove for Ultra Motorsports and had five wins, the first at Martinsville Speedway . In the championship he finished fifth.
Nationwide Series
In 2002 Riggs moved to the Busch Series, today's Nationwide Series , to drive the number 10 Ford Taurus for ppc Racing. He won his first race on the Nashville Superspeedway and two weeks later in California. At the end of the season, he finished tenth in the drivers' championship, so he won the Rookie of the Year Award . A season later Riggs won two more races, one of the races only winning in a spectacular overtaking maneuver on the last lap at Gateway International Raceway . At the end of the year he was sixth in the championship and won the Most Popular Driver Award .
Sprint Cup
In 2004, Riggs signed a contract with MB2 Motorsports to the Chevrolet Monte Carlo with the # 10 to drive. Riggs was able to qualify for all but one races. On the Dover International Speedway , he finished fifth and 29th in the overall standings at the end of the season, he finished fifth in the Rookie-of-the-Year standings. In 2005 he was on pole position for the first time at the race in Martinsville . On the Michigan International Speedway Riggs also managed a second place.
At the end of the year Riggs left the team and moved to Evernham Motorsports . In the 2006 season , Riggs could not take part in the Daytona 500 due to a mechanical problem in qualifying and was not set for this because he had too few Owner Points , points that were collected from the corresponding car number, from the previous season. The team finished the 2006 season in a sufficiently good position in the overall standings, so that thanks to the owner points it had a secure starting position in the first five races of 2007. Riggs was able to finish in the top 10 twice in a row. This was the case in Martinsville and Texas .
Riggs was on pole position for the Coca-Cola 600 and the Nextel Open, the qualifying race for the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge at Lowe's Motor Speedway . He won the race and led on all but one lap. In the NASCAR Nextel All-Star Challenge, he was then tenth. His best final result in a race of the 2006 season was fourth in the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway . Scott Riggs was also on pole at the Bank of America 500 .
The 2007 season was problematic for Riggs. He dropped out of the top 35 owner points , so he no longer had a secure starting place and missed qualifying for several races. In the summer he did not renew his contract with Evernham and on October 3, 2007 it was announced that he would drive the number 66 Haas CNC Racing in the 2008 season . In the last two races of 2007 he was replaced by Patrick Carpentier .
Riggs was fired from Haas CNC when the team signed Tony Stewart and became Stewart Haas Racing . Scott Riggs stepped on Tommy Baldwin Racing in to the Toyota Camry with the number 36 in the 2009 season to drive. He was later fired whereupon Mike Skinner , Brian Simo and Patrick Carpentier took over his position. Right now Riggs is a free agent .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from January 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ - ( Memento from March 31, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://auctions.nascar.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=108955021&prmenbr=63306014&aunbr=109301731&topPic=&MoreSubs=
- ↑ Scott Riggs on allexperts.com ( Memento from January 6, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ - ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Riggs to drive for HAAS CNC Racing in 2008
- ↑ Scott Riggs on tommybaldwinracing.net ( Memento from February 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ http://www.kffl.com/player/18563/NSC
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| SURNAME | Riggs, Scott |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Riggs, Russell Scott (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American NASCAR racing driver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st January 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bahama , United States |