(HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS) Both Riggs Motorsports drivers – Brian Shirley and Jason Riggs – rolled into the famed Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio on September 4-6 for the 44th edition of the ‘World 100.’ Things kicked off at the “Big E” with a pair of Twin 25 preliminary programs, each of which paid $5,000 to the winner. Brian ran second in his heat race and ninth in the 25-lap feature on Thursday, while he finished third in his heat race and twenty-fourth in the 25-lapper on Friday. Jason, on the other hand, missed out on both preliminary main events after placing fourth in his heat race and seventh in his B-Main on Thursday night and finishing seventh in his heat race and fifteenth in his B-Main on Friday evening.
The stakes were raised much higher on Saturday at the 1/2-mile, high-banked speedplant, as all eyes were fixated on the prestigious globe trophy and the hefty $47,000 payday. Brian drove his #81 Rocket racecar to a fourth place finish in his heat race and a sixth place effort in his B-Main, but both of those performances left him one spot shy of a coveted transfer position into the ‘World 100.’ The Chatham, Illinois ace did salvage his night by picking up the $1,000 top prize by winning his B-Scramble for non-qualifiers. Jason also unfortunately failed to transfer into the 100-lap headliner at Eldora on Saturday after running eleventh in his stacked heat race and thirteenth in his B-Main. Complete results from the action-packed weekend can be located online at www.eldoraspeedway.com.
Both Riggs Motorsports teams have a pair of high-profile races in the states of Illinois and Missouri circled on their racing calendar for the upcoming September 12-13 weekend. The ‘St. Louis Showdown’ features a pair of $10,000 top prizes on Friday at Tri-City Speedway in Granite City, Illinois and on Saturday at Federated Raceway at I-55 in Pevely, Missouri. A complete show for the UMP Late Models will be held at both St. Louis-area facilities this weekend. Additional information can be obtained by pointing your web browser to www.tricityspeedway.net and www.i55raceway.com.
The Riggs Motorsports team would like to thank the following group of sponsors for their continued support: Clearwave Communications, Kid’s Castle Learning Center, Skateland South, Jayco Construction, Rocket Chassis, ShowHope.org, AFCO Racing Products, Aggressive Graphics, Allstar Performance, Awesome Racewear, Bass Livestock, Bell Helmets, COMP Cams, CPD Racing Tools, Crow Enterprizes, Dargie Racing Engines, Delph Communications, Dyer’s Top Rods, Frankland Racing Supply, GW Performance, Hoosier Racing Tires, Indocil Art, Integra Shocks, Joe Gibbs Driven Racing Oil, KBC Graphix, Keyser Manufacturing, MD3 Noses, Micro-Armor Lubricants, Midwest Sheet Metal, Motorstate Distributing, Performance Bodies, Performance Rod & Custom (PRC), Peterson Fluid Systems, Pro Power Racing Engines, Quarter Master, QuickCar Racing Products, R2C Performance, Rod End Supply, Schaeffer’s Racing Oil, Speedwerx, Stealth Carburetors, Sweet Mfg., Ted Brown’s Quality Paint & Body Shop, The Joie of Seating, TurboStart Batteries, VP Racing Fuels, Waterman Racing Components, Wehrs Machine & Racing Products, Weld Wheels, Wick Racing Fuels, Wiles Driveshafts, and Wilwood Engineering.
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