(HARRISBURG, ILLINOIS) The Riggs Motorsports team returned to dirt-slinging action last week on the UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals tour, but the hectic stretch of competition from June 24-28 was hampered extensively by Mother Nature. Last Wednesday, Jason Riggs was in the pit area at the tiny Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Illinois. Jason ran third in his heat race, but later slipped back to fourteenth in the final finishing order of the $5,000 to win headliner.
Both Jason and teammate Brian Shirley unloaded their Rocket racecars on Thursday at Clarksville Speedway in Clarksville, Tennessee. After finishing fourth in their respective heat races, Jason was credited with another fourteenth place effort in the $5,000 to win feature, while Brian retired early in the 40-lapper and was relegated to a twenty-second place performance. The shows the next three nights at Paducah (KY) International Raceway, Federated Raceway (MO) at I-55, and Lincoln (IL) Speedway were then subsequently washed out due to inclement weather. You can read a full race-by-race recap from the soggy week by clicking on www.RiggsMotorsports.com.
The teams will once again return to the “Hell Tour” this week (July 1-5), but both drivers have different schedules in mind. You can watch Jason Riggs and Brian Shirley throttle up at the following venues this week:
Brian Shirley #3s
July 1 | Daugherty (IN) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $5,000 to win
July 2 | LaSalle (IL) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $5,000 to win
July 3 | Fayette County (IL) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $10,000 to win
July 4 | Highland (IL) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $10,000 to win
Jason Riggs #81jr
July 3 | Fayette County (IL) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $10,000 to win
July 4 | Highland (IL) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $10,000 to win
July 5 | Tri-State (IN) Speedway, Summer Nationals | $5,000 to win
The Riggs Motorsports team would like to thank the following group of sponsors for their continued support: Clearwave Communications, Great Clips, Thomason Express, LLC, Cheap Cars, Peoples National Bank, Grand Rivers Community Bank, 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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Media Contact: Ryan Delph – Delph Communications