Scott Riggs
No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger Race Facts
Bud Shootout -- Daytona Int'l Speedway
Driver: Scott Riggs
Team Director: Rodney Childers
Car Director: Dave Bryant
Engineer: Kevin Kidd
Team/Owner: Valvoline Evernham Racing
Designated team owner, Jim Rocco
Chassis: No.109
Info: This is the same chassis that Riggs drove to a fourth place finish in the Bud Shootout in 2006.
SCOTT RIGGS QUOTES:
“I can’t wait to fire up the Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge in the Bud Shootout on Saturday night to start the year off. This was a really short off season, but when we left Homestead in November, we never wanted the season to end. I felt like this Valvoline Evernham Racing team was just getting the consistency we were looking for all year and we did not want to lose that momentum. The Shootout will be a great way to kick things off. I think a lot of folks overlooked the fact that, before we missed the 500 last year, we had a fourth-place finish in this race, and it was our first event together as a new team.
“The best thing about our team right now is that everybody stayed on board. That shows the confidence we have in each other. Lately we have been focused as a team and I want us to keep that through the whole year.”
QUICK FACTS:
Riggs has one start in the Bud Shootout coming last season where he finished fourth.
Scott Riggs’s best points finish at Daytona International Speedway is fourth in the 2005 Daytona 500.
Riggs had strong performances in both All-Star non points events last season. Including a win and a pole in The Nextel Open.
Riggs had one top-five, seven-top 10s, and two poles last season in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series. He also led 131 laps in 2006, compared to 18 laps in 2005 and 15 laps in 2005.
Evernham Motorsports has been represented in the Bud Shootout every year since Ray Evernham’s organization began fielding racecars in 2001.
The No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge from Evernham Motorsports has been in the Bud Shootout every year except 2004 when Kahne replaced Bill Elliott as the driver. Elliott did compete in the Shootout that year in the No. 91 Dodge from Evernham Motorsports.
The best start for an Evernham entry came in 2004 when the No. 19 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger started from the pole. The No. 19 Dodge out front for 10 laps, but an accident 12 laps from the finish eliminated the No. 19 Dodge from competition.
The best finish for an Evernham Motorsports entry came last year when Scott Riggs finished fourth in the No. 10 Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge.
