Scott Riggs
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| Born: | January 1, 1971 | |
| Birthplace: | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Awards: | 2002 NBS Rookie of the Year
2003 NBS Most Popular Driver |
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| NASCAR NEXTEL Cup Statistics | ||
| Car #, Team | 10 - Evernham Motorsports | |
| 2006 NEXTEL Cup Position: | 20th | |
| Best Cup Position: | 20th - 2006 (NEXTEL Cup) | |
| First Race: | 2004 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | |
| First Win: | - | |
| Last Win: | - | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 0 | 15 | 4 |
| All stats current as of November 19, 2006. | ||
- This article is about the driver. For the professional wrestler, see Scotty Riggs. For the radio personality, see Scott Riggs (radio personality).
Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971) is a NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver from the Bahama community of Durham County, North Carolina. Riggs is currently the driver of the #10 Valvoline / Stanley Tools Dodge Charger for Evernham Motorsports with teammates Kasey Kahne and Elliott Sadler. In the past, he has been sponsored by Rally's Hamburgers / Checkers Drive-In, the movie Herbie: Fully Loaded and the band Nickelback. On July 1, 2005, it was announced that Evernham Motorsports would be forming a new third team for the 2006 season using the #10 and Valvoline as both part-owner of the car and as the primary sponsor for 26 races. Ray Evernham announced Riggs as the driver on August 27, 2005.
Riggs began his racing career at the age of fourteen in the American Motorcycle Association, where he won the State Championship in North Carolina two years in a row. At the age of seventeen, he began racing the NASCAR mini stock division, and won twelve races over his first three seasons. He continued to race in that series over the next decade, and was a two-time champion at Southern National Speedway.
In 1999, Riggs made his major-league NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series at Indianpolis Raceway Park, driving the #84 for Bill Long. He started seventh and finished ninteenth. He also competed at Richmond International Raceway, where he finished 23rd. In 2000, he finished ninth at Martinsville Speedway for Long, when he was hired to drive the #86 R.C. Cola Dodge Ram for Impact Motorsports, where he had seven top-tens. Towards the end of the season, he was released from Impact, and competed in one final race at California Speedway for Brevak Racing, finishing sixteenth. The following season, he drove for Ultra Motorsports, where he picked up five wins, the first coming at Martinsville. He finished fifth in points at the end of the season.
In 2002, he moved to the Busch Series to drive the #10 Nestlé Nesquik Ford Taurus for ppc Racing. He won his first race at Nashville Superspeedway, then won again two weeks later at California. He finished tenth in points at the end of the season, earning him Rookie of the Year honors. The next season, he picked up two more wins and finished sixth in points. He also won the Most Popular Driver award.
In 2004, Riggs signed to drive the #10 Valvoline Chevrolet Monte Carlo for MB2/MBV Motorsports. Qualifying for all but one race that season, he had a fifth-place finish at Dover International Speedway and finished 29th in points, fifth in the Rookie of the Year standings. In 2005, he won his first pole at Martinsville, and went on to have a second-place finish at Michigan International Speedway.
At the end of the year, Riggs and Valvoline left for Evernham. In 2006, Riggs failed to make the Daytona 500 because of a mechanical error in qualifying and a lack of owner points from the previous season (from the former #91 team). The #10 team is currently high enough in owners' points to guarantee themselves a starting spot in upcoming races unless they drop out of the top-35. Riggs had back-to-back top-10 finishes at Martinsville and Texas. Riggs also won the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 and the NEXTEL Open exhibition race at Charlotte. He won the NEXTEL Open, leading all but one lap, and advanced to the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge where he finished tenth. In the Coca-Cola 600, Riggs led 90 laps, but a pit road violation took him out of contention and he finished 13th. His highest ranking in the 2006 NEXTEL Cup points standings has been 18th. Riggs best finish so far in the 2006 Nextel Cup season is a 4th place finish which came at the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Scott won the pole in the Bank of America 500, sweeping both poles at Charlotte.
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| Preceded by: Greg Biffle |
NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2002 |
Succeeded by: David Stremme |
| Evernham Motorsports | |
| Nextel Cup Drivers | Kasey Kahne (#9) | Scott Riggs (#10) | Elliott Sadler (#19) |
| Driver development program participants | Kevin Swindell | Erin Crocker |
| Partnerships and Affiliations | Petty Enterprises | FitzBradshaw Racing | Curb Agajanian Performance Group | Woodard Racing | Brevak Racing |
| Other | Ray Evernham, Valvoline (#10) |
