NASCAR Cup
Loudon II: Scott Riggs race report
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 19, 2004) -- By not finding the right balance for his No. 10 Valvoline Chevrolet, Scott Riggs was unable to mount a charge in Sunday's Sylvania 300. The Bahama, N.C. native posted a 26th-place finish in his second career Cup ...
Published: Sep 21, 2004, 7:43 PM
Copy link
Share on Viber
LOUDON, N.H. (Sept. 19, 2004) -- By not finding the right balance for his No. 10 Valvoline Chevrolet, Scott Riggs was unable to mount a charge in Sunday's Sylvania 300.
The Bahama, N.C. native posted a 26th-place finish in his second career Cup start at New Hampshire International Speedway.
"I don't want to make excuses, but with practice being canceled due to rain Saturday it really hurt us," said Riggs. " I do understand that all of the teams were in the same boat, but being a rookie team it put us at a bigger disadvantage."
Riggs said his car was tight from the beginning, which cost him valuable track position on the 1.058-mile oval.
"We tried freeing up the car but it just stayed tight for the majority of the race," explained Riggs. "We never could get anything going. It's a disappointing result because we know we're better."
Riggs, whose 30th starting position was based on car owner's points due to qualifying being washed out Friday, did pick up track position as the race went on, but couldn't stablize the car's balance.
"We made a lot of changes to fix the problem, but never got it right," said Riggs. "There were times when the car ran pretty good, but it wasn't consistent. We just have to pick up the pieces and make amends in Dover next week."
Speaking of the next race, Riggs and the Valvoline team posted it's best finish (fifth) of the season at the Dover June race.
We want your opinion!
What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?
Take our 5 minute survey.
- The Motorsport.com Team
Read and post comments
Read also :
Share Or Save This Story
Copy link
Share on Viber
Previous article Loudon II: GM teams race quotes
Next article Loudon II: Sterling Marlin race report
Top Comments
There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?
View More & Comment
More from
Scott Riggs
Stewart-Haas Racing announces reorganization of Competition Department
NASCAR Cup
NASCAR Cup
Stewart-Haas Racing announces reorganization of Competition Department
Wallace Jr. claims his first truck win at Martinsville
NASCAR Truck
NASCAR Truck
Wallace Jr. claims his first truck win at Martinsville
Riggs, RBR battle to season-best finish at Charlotte
NASCAR Truck
NASCAR Truck
Riggs, RBR battle to season-best finish at Charlotte
Latest news
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
IndyCar
Indy IndyCar 7 min
IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
NASCAR Cup
NAS NASCAR Cup
Homestead-Miami
20 min
Noah Gragson apologizes to Daniel Suarez for spinning him at Homestead
Ex-DTM champion Guven fails to clear Formula E license hurdle: What is Porsche doing?
DTM
DTM DTM 25 min
Ex-DTM champion Guven fails to clear Formula E license hurdle: What is Porsche doing?
Ferrari explains tyre pressure mistake in Monza WEC
WEC
WEC WEC
Monza
29 min
Ferrari explains tyre pressure mistake in Monza WEC
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
You have 2 options:
- Become a subscriber.
- Disable your adblocker.
Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here
Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page
Manage Alerts
Subscribe