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| Born | January 1, 1971 | ||||||
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| Hometown | Bahama, North Carolina | ||||||
| Awards | 2002 NBS Rookie of the Year 2003 NBS Most Popular Driver | ||||||
| NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics | |||||||
| Car #, Team | #36 - Tommy Baldwin Racing | ||||||
| 2007 Sprint Cup Position | 31st | ||||||
| Best Cup Position | 20th - 2006 | ||||||
| First Race | 2004 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Nationwide Series Statistics | |||||||
| 2007 NNS Position | 74th | ||||||
| Best NNS Position | 6th - 2003 (Busch Series) | ||||||
| First Race | 2002 EAS / GNC Live Well 300 (Daytona) | ||||||
| Last Race | 2007 Camping World 200 presented by RVs.com (New Hampshire) | ||||||
| First Win | 2002 Pepsi 300 Presented by Kroger (Nashville) | ||||||
| Last Win | 2003 Trace Adkins Chrome 300 (Nashville) | ||||||
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| NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Statistics | |||||||
| 43 races run over 3 years | |||||||
| Best NCWTS Position | 5th - 2001 (Craftsman Truck Series) | ||||||
| First Race | 1999 Power Stroke 200 by Ford (IRP) | ||||||
| Last Race | 2001 Auto Club 200 (California) | ||||||
| First Win | 2001 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville | ||||||
| Last Win | 2001 Sears Craftsman 175 (Cicero) | ||||||
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| Statistics current as of April 13, 2009. | |||||||
Russell Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971 in Bahama, North Carolina) is a NASCAR driver. Riggs currently drives the #36 Toyota Camry for Tommy Baldwin Racing in the Sprint Cup Series.
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Early career
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 Indianapolis Raceway Park, driving the #84 for Long Brothers Racing. He started seventh and finished nineteenth. 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 RC 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. A one T. Thomas wooped up ol' Scott Riggs arse way back in college because ol' Scott was diggin around in the wrong back yard. Good ol' Scott Riggs now has a bent nose as a result of the brawl.
Nationwide Series
In 2002, Riggs moved to the Busch Series (now Nationwide 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 including a thrilling last-lap pass for a victory at Gateway International Raceway and finished sixth in points. He also won the Most Popular Driver award.
Sprint Cup Series
In 2004, Riggs signed to drive the #10 Valvoline Chevrolet Monte Carlo for MB2 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 Motorsports. 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 finished the 2006 season high enough in owners' points to guarantee themselves a starting spot in the first 5 races in 2007. 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.
Riggs struggled in 2007, falling out of the top-35 in owner's points, and began failing to qualify for several races. During the summer, Riggs did not renew his contract with Evernham, and on October 3, 2007 it was revealed that Riggs had signed a contract to drive Haas CNC Racing's #66 State Water Heaters Chevrolets for the 2008 season.[1] He was replaced in the #10 car for the last two races of 2007 by Patrick Carpentier.
Riggs was released from Haas CNC when that team signed Tony Stewart and became Stewart Haas Racing. Riggs joined Tommy Baldwin Racing to drive the #36 Toyota Camry in the 2009 Sprint Cup Series.
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| Preceded by Greg Biffle | NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2002 | Succeeded by David Stremme |
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