Scott Riggs

This article is about the NASCAR driver. For the professional wrestler, see Scotty Riggs. For the radio personality, see Scott Riggs (radio personality).

Scott Riggs
Riggs in 2007
Born	Russell Scott Riggs (1971-01-01) January 1, 1971 Bahama, North Carolina, U.S.
Achievements	1999 Myrtle Beach 400 Winner 1999 Thanksgiving All-Star Classic Winner
Awards	2002 NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2003 NASCAR Busch Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
208 races run over 10 years
2013 position	47th
Best finish	20th (2006)
First race	2004 Daytona 500 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 Sylvania 300 (Loudon)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 16 3
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
115 races run over 9 years
2013 position	119th
Best finish	6th (2003)
First race	2002 EAS/GNC Live Well 300 (Daytona)
Last race	2013 Alliance Truck Parts 250 (Michigan)
First win	2002 Pepsi 300 (Nashville)
Last win	2003 Trace Adkins Chrome 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 35 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
60 races run over 7 years
2014 position	50th
Best finish	5th (2001)
First race	1999 Power Stroke 200 by Ford (IRP)
Last race	2014 Lucas Oil 200 (Dover)
First win	2001 Advance Auto Parts 250 (Martinsville)
Last win	2001 Sears Craftsman 175 (Cicero)
Wins Top tens Poles 5 26 5
NASCAR Mexico Series career
1 race run over 1 year
Best finish	45th (2010)
First race	2010 Pennzoil 240 (Aguascalientes)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of May 30, 2014.

Russell Scott Riggs (born January 1, 1971) is an American former professional stock car racing driver. He last competed in the No. 92 for RBR Enterprises in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series.

Racing career

Early career

Riggs was born in Bahama, North Carolina, and 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 17, 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 No. 84 for Long Brothers Racing. He started seventh and finished 19th. 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 No. 86 Dodge Ram for Impact Motorsports, where he had seven Top 10's. Towards the end of the season, he was released from Impact, and competed in one final race at California Speedway for Brevak Racing, finishing 16th. 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.

Nationwide Series

In 2002, Riggs moved to the Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) to drive the No. 10 Ford Taurus for ppc Racing. He won his first race at Nashville Superspeedway, then won again two weeks later at California. He finished 10th 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 after Mike Bliss ran out of gas just after the white flag, scored the other win at Nashville, and finished sixth in points as part of the Top 6 going for the title at Homestead, but his hopes ended after he crashed after the start of the race. He also won the Most Popular Driver award.

Riggs returned to the NASCAR Nationwide Series in 2010 to drive the No. 09 Ford Fusion for RAB Racing with Brack Maggard. After the February 27 race at Las Vegas, Riggs sat 10th in the series point standings. However, despite strong and consistent runs, Riggs was unable to bring sponsorship to the team and was released after the Nashville 300. On May 28, 2010, Riggs signed with Richard Childress Racing to drive the No. 21 Chevrolet Impala for the Federated Auto Parts 300 at Nashville Superspeedway and for the Meijer 300 at Kentucky Speedway, while sharing duties with Clint Bowyer for the remainder of the season. At Nashville, Riggs recorded his first Top 10 of the season, finishing ninth. He also finished 9th at Kentucky. In 2011, Riggs made 12 starts in the Nationwide Series for R3 Motorsports, with a best finish of 13th at Darlington.

Sprint Cup Series

Riggs' No. 10 Chevrolet from 2005.

In 2004, Riggs signed to drive the No. 10 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 taking the No. 10 with him. 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 No. 91 team). The No. 10 team finished the 2006 season high enough in owners' points to guarantee themselves a starting spot in the first five 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's best finish in the 2006 Nextel Cup season was a fourth-place finish which came at the Sharpie 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Riggs 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 No. 66 Chevrolet for the 2008 season. He was replaced in the No. 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 No. 36 Toyota Camry in the 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. After qualifying for eight races, including the 2009 Daytona 500, Riggs announced that he was parting ways with TBR, refusing to be a start-and-park driver. He was replaced in favor of Mike Skinner, Brian Simo, and Patrick Carpentier.

On March 30, 2010, it was announced Riggs would drive the No. 90 Chevrolet Impala for Keyed-Up Motorsports on an initial two race contract, taking over from Casey Mears who moved to Joe Gibbs Racing as a standby driver for Denny Hamlin. Riggs was running 25th on the lead lap in the Subway Fresh Fit 600 at Phoenix, but he blew a right-front tire with four laps to go and pounded the turn 3 wall, forcing a green-white-checkered finish. Riggs went on to finish 28th. Due to sponsorship reasons, Keyed-Up Motorsports announced they would not return to the Sprint Cup Series until they had enough funds to run entire races.

Riggs drove for Whitney Motorsports in four races in 2011. However, after four DNQ's, he was released from the team. He has made several attempts to qualify in the R3 Motorsports No. 23 in late 2011 and 2012.

In 2013, he announced that would begin driving for Xxxtreme Motorsport in the No. 44 Ford Fusion, with sponsorship from No Label Watches, hendrickcars.com, and Everest College. He made his debut at Phoenix, finishing 43rd after blowing a tire.

Personal life

Riggs' son, Layne Riggs, currently competes in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 38 truck for Front Row Motorsports.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts	Ref
2004	MBV Motorsports	10	Chevy	DAY 34	CAR 31	LVS 29	ATL 25	DAR 30	BRI 34	TEX 15	MAR 28	TAL 34	CAL 25	RCH 35	CLT 25	DOV 5	POC 17	MCH 20	SON 42	DAY 21	CHI 29	NHA 28	POC 22	IND 37	GLN 23	MCH 19	BRI 17	CAL 7	RCH 39	NHA 26	DOV 31	TAL 11	KAN 26	CLT 38	MAR 26	ATL DNQ	PHO 14	DAR 25	HOM 15	29th	3090
2005				DAY 4	CAL 33	LVS 31	ATL 9	BRI 10	MAR 21	TEX 32	PHO 18	TAL 27	DAR 36	RCH 26	CLT 19	DOV 11	POC 37	MCH 23	SON 24	DAY 41	CHI 23	NHA 32	POC 33	IND 35	GLN 31	MCH 2	BRI 40	CAL 36	RCH 29	NHA 28	DOV 24	TAL 36	KAN 30	CLT 33	MAR 24	ATL 33	TEX 34	PHO 38	HOM 38	34th	2965
2006	Evernham Motorsports		Dodge	DAY DNQ	CAL 19	LVS 28	ATL 11	BRI 41	MAR 10	TEX 7	PHO 38	TAL 9	RCH 14	DAR 31	CLT 13	DOV 20	POC 8	MCH 29	SON 27	DAY 20	CHI 15	NHA 10	POC 22	IND 21	GLN 23	MCH 14	BRI 4	CAL 17	RCH 10	NHA 35	DOV 34	KAN 34	TAL 19	CLT 17	MAR 30	ATL 22	TEX 31	PHO 22	HOM 7	20th	3619
2007				DAY 37	CAL 41	LVS 23	ATL 43	BRI 31	MAR 8	TEX 27	PHO 42	TAL 11	RCH 30	DAR DNQ	CLT 20	DOV 23	POC 18	MCH 33	SON DNQ	NHA DNQ	DAY 41	CHI DNQ	IND 29	POC 24	GLN	MCH 36	BRI 18	CAL DNQ	RCH 40	NHA 32	DOV 34	KAN 13	TAL DNQ	CLT 36	MAR 16	ATL 29	TEX 13	PHO	HOM	36th	3125
2008	Haas CNC Racing	66	Chevy	DAY 21	CAL 21	LVS 36	ATL 18	BRI 22	MAR 41	TEX 27	PHO 26	TAL 16	RCH 19	DAR 17	CLT 28	DOV 39	POC 21	MCH 33		NHA 34	DAY DNQ	CHI 20	IND 25	POC 29	GLN 34	MCH 15	BRI 27	CAL 25	RCH 31	NHA 19	DOV 25	KAN 42	TAL 7	CLT 19	MAR 21	ATL 43	TEX 25	PHO 38	HOM 14	31st	2797
		70																	SON DNQ
2009	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Toyota	DAY 25	CAL 36	LVS DNQ	ATL DNQ	BRI DNQ	MAR 30	TEX DNQ	PHO 36	TAL 41	RCH 42	DAR 39	CLT 38	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	448
2010	Keyed-Up Motorsports	90	Chevy	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	MAR	PHO 28	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	NHA	DAY	CHI	IND	POC	GLN															64th	116
	Prism Motorsports	66	Toyota																							MCH DNQ	BRI 42	ATL DNQ	RCH DNQ	NHA	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	MAR	TAL
	Whitney Motorsports	81	Chevy																																		TEX DNQ	PHO	HOM
2011				DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR DNQ	DOV DNQ	CLT DNQ	KAN 42	POC 43	MCH 42	SON	DAY	KEN 42	NHA DNQ	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX			78th	01
	R3 Motorsports	23	Toyota																																			PHO DNQ
	K Automotive Racing	92	Chevy																																				HOM DNQ
2012	R3 Motorsports	23	Chevy	DAY	PHO 42	LVS DNQ	BRI 41	CAL 41	MAR 42	TEX 42	KAN 43	RCH DNQ	TAL	DAR DNQ	CLT DNQ	DOV 37	POC 40	MCH 41	SON	KEN 43	DAY	NHA 41	IND 41	POC 43	GLN	MCH 41	BRI 41	ATL 40	RCH 39	CHI DNQ	NHA DNQ	DOV 42	TAL	CLT DNQ	KAN Wth	MAR 42	TEX	PHO	HOM 42	46th	56
2013	Xxxtreme Motorsport	44	Ford	DAY	PHO 43	LVS	BRI DNQ	CAL 41	MAR 42	TEX DNQ	KAN Wth	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV 43	POC 41	MCH DNQ	SON	KEN 43	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN															47th	11
	Humphrey Smith Racing	19	Toyota																							MCH DNQ	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI
	Leavine Family Racing	95	Ford																												NHA 43	DOV	KAN	CLT	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2004	MBV Motorsports	Chevrolet	36	34
2005			12	4
2006	Evernham Motorsports	Dodge	DNQ
2007			32	37
2008	Haas CNC Racing	Chevrolet	27	21
2009	Tommy Baldwin Racing	Toyota	17	25

Nationwide Series

NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NNSC	Pts	Ref
2002	ppc Racing	10	Ford	DAY 6	CAR 4	LVS 34	DAR 20	BRI 9	TEX 4	NSH 1	TAL 19	CAL 1	RCH 27	NHA 7	NZH 2	CLT 3	DOV 11	NSH 20	KEN 4*	MLW 37	DAY 15	CHI 30	GTY 27	PPR 16	IRP 11*	MCH 6	BRI 18	DAR 10	RCH 34	DOV 14	KAN 23*	CLT 39	MEM 36	ATL 4	CAR 18	PHO 40	HOM 17		10th	4023
2003				DAY 31	CAR 17	LVS 20	DAR 3	BRI 23	TEX 2	TAL 24	NSH 11	CAL 20	RCH 2*	GTY 1	NZH 15	CLT 3	DOV 2	NSH 1*	KEN 30	MLW 7*	DAY 6	CHI 7	NHA 14	PPR 3	IRP 5	MCH 5	BRI 9	DAR 17	RCH 29	DOV 3	KAN 13	CLT 13	MEM 12	ATL 6	PHO 6	CAR 38	HOM 41		6th	4462
2005	SKI Motorsports	30	Chevy	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS 21	ATL	NSH	BRI	TEX	PHO	TAL	DAR	RCH	CLT DNQ	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA	PPR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	111th	100
2006	Evernham Motorsports	9	Dodge	DAY	CAL	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI 6	TEX	NSH	PHO 37	TAL 11	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	DAY	CHI	NHA 7	MAR	GTY	IRP	GLN	MCH 19	BRI	CAL	RCH 10	DOV 12	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	48th	850
2007				DAY	CAL 16	MXC	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	TAL	RCH 17	DAR 17	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA 14	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT	MEM	TEX	PHO	HOM	74th	460
2010	RAB Racing	09	Ford	DAY 15	CAL 16	LVS 14	BRI DNQ	NSH 19	PHO	TEX	TAL	RCH	DAR	DOV	CLT																								54th	471
	Richard Childress Racing	21	Chevy													NSH 9	KEN 9	ROA	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	IOW	GLN	MCH	BRI	CGV	ATL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CAL	CLT	GTY	TEX	PHO	HOM
2011	R3 Motorsports	23	Dodge	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	TAL	NSH	RCH	DAR 13	DOV	IOW	CLT	CHI																						40th	112
		03	Chevy															MCH 37	ROA	DAY								BRI 37	ATL 38	RCH 41	CHI 36		KAN 36	CLT 39	TEX 27	PHO	HOM 37
			Dodge																		KEN 36	NHA	NSH	IRP	IOW	GLN	CGV
		23	Chevy																													DOV 31
2012	Rick Ware Racing	15	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL 37																															138th	01
		75							TEX 38			DAR 38	IOW	CLT	DOV 36	MCH 37	ROA									BRI 38	ATL	RCH 36			DOV 36	CLT 40	KAN
		15	Ford							RCH DNQ	TAL											IND 37	IOW	GLN	CGV
	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy															KEN 37	DAY
	Rick Ware Racing	71	Ford																	NHA 34	CHI
			Chevy																										CHI 37	KEN
	R3 Motorsports	03	Chevy																															TEX 34	PHO
	Rick Ware Racing	75	Ford																																	HOM DNQ
2013		15		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI 20																																119th	01
	The Motorsports Group	47	Chevy					CAL 39	TEX DNQ	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW
	Rick Ware Racing	23	Ford													MCH 23	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
1999	Long Brothers Racing	84	Ford	HOM	PHO	EVG	MMR	MAR	MEM	PPR	I70	BRI	TEX	PIR	GLN	MLW	NSV	NZH	MCH	NHA	IRP 19	GTY	HPT	RCH 23	LVS	LVL	TEX	CAL	67th	200
2000				DAY	HOM	PHO	MMR	MAR 9	PIR	GTY																			20th	2078
	Impact Motorsports	86	Dodge								MEM 12	PPR 9	EVG 9	TEX 10	KEN 23	GLN 24	MLW 9	NHA 6	NZH 27	MCH 11	IRP 15	NSV 7	CIC 30	RCH 5	DOV 19	TEX
	Brevak Racing	31	Ford																								CAL 16
2001	Ultra Motorsports	2	Dodge	DAY 3	HOM 4	MMR 5	MAR 1*	GTY 2	DAR 3	PPR 2	DOV 1	TEX 26	MEM 2	MLW 24	KAN 7	KEN 1	NHA 24	IRP 21	NSH 1*	CIC 1	NZH 13	RCH 14	SBO 3	TEX 13*	LVS 4	PHO 8	CAL 32		5th	3526
2011	SS-Green Light Racing	07	Toyota	DAY	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN 36	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	115th	01
2012	Mike Harmon Racing	74	Chevy	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN DNQ	CLT	DOV	TEX				POC 32			ATL 33	IOW	KEN	LVS	TAL		TEX 34	PHO	HOM				86th	01
	Alger Motorsports	86	Ram								KEN 36	IOW	CHI
	RSS Racing	5	Chevy												MCH 32	BRI
	RBR Enterprises	92	Chevy																			MAR 5
2013				DAY 36	MAR 35	CAR	KAN	CLT 11	DOV	TEX	KEN 23	IOW	ELD	POC					CHI 29	LVS	TAL	MAR 9	TEX 22	PHO	HOM				94th	01
	RSS Racing	38	Chevy												MCH 29	BRI	MSP	IOW
2014	RBR Enterprises	92	Ford	DAY	MAR	KAN	CLT 24	DOV 13	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				50th	51

Winston West Series

NASCAR Winston West Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NWWSC	Pts	Ref
2001	Ultra Motorsports	2	Dodge	PHO	LVS	TUS	MMR	CAL	IRW	LAG	KAN	EVG	CNS	IRW	RMR	LVS 20*	IRW	52nd	113

Corona Series

NASCAR Corona Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2010	HO Racing	15	Toyota	AGS	QRO	SLP	TXG	MXC	PUE	GDL	MTY	SLP	MXC	QRO	PUE	TXG	AGS 28	45th	79

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2004	Ken Schrader Racing	99	Pontiac	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT	KAN	POC 1	MCH	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF	WIN	DSF	CHI	SLM	TAL	CLT	100th	230

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

External links

• Official website
• Scott Riggs driver statistics at Racing-Reference