is it just me or does this not make much sense? scot riggs can barely get in a race, and doesnt seem to do well once he is in. jeff green on the other hand worked his way solidly into the top 35, and has been pretty good in the COT as well as doing alot of COT testing for hendrick. green also has a better average finish (26th vs. 28th)
i havent ben in this sport long so moaybe i'm missing something that scott riggs has done in the past but just looking at this years numbers it makes no sense to replace jeff green with riggs, anyone else agree?
Scott Riggs was hired Wednesday to drive for Haas CNC Racing, in a car to be determined later.
Riggs will replace Jeff Green in the No. 66 or Johnny Sauter in the No. 70, the team said.
"Its exciting for us to land a driver with Scott's leadership experience and great attitude," said general manager Joe Custer. "We're confident in our equipment. We believe Scott has the ability to get every bit of speed a car can offer."
He joined Evernham Motorsports last season in the No. 10 Dodge. He's had a rough season, though, and has failed to qualify for six of 29 races. Riggs, who finished 13th at the Kansas Speedway on Sunday, is 36th in the points.
He's been in a holding pattern since Evernham sold majority ownership of his team to George Gillett Jr., because the team also explored a possible merger with Petty Enterprises. If it happened, the No. 10 would go away.
If the team fields that car next season, David Stremme is a candidate to replace Riggs. He lost his ride at Chip Ganassi Racing on Wednesday when Dario Franchitti was hired to drive Stremme's car.
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the rumor mill had been saying jeff green the whole time, but as that article says and i heard earlier today on sirius radio, it could be green or johnny sauter. it still doesnt make much snese to me, i think either are better than riggs.
did any of these 3 start in the top 35?
i know its a bad year for evernham, but the other 2 cars are 22nd and 25th, thats a long way from 36th.
i just dont understand a 36th place driver replacing a 28th or 30th place driver
the rumor mill had been saying jeff green the whole time, but as that article says and i heard earlier today on sirius radio, it could be green or johnny sauter. it still doesnt make much snese to me, i think either are better than riggs.
did any of these 3 start in the top 35?
i know its a bad year for evernham, but the other 2 cars are 22nd and 25th, thats a long way from 36th.
i just dont understand a 36th place driver replacing a 28th or 30th place driver
lets put it this way who in there career has been closet to winning a cup race? that would be riggs whose best career finish was 2nd at Michigan back in 05
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lets put it this way who in there career has been closet to winning a cup race? that would be riggs whose best career finish was 2nd at Michigan back in 05
Jeff Green also has finished second that would of been at New Hampshire in 02
Riggs Will replace either Green or Sauter
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