Coca-Cola 600 tops Indy 500 in TV ratings

[Gilbert Sam, Jr.]

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Scott Riggs hopes to find new ride: Driver Scott Riggs is looking for
a new NASCAR ride, and he's determined to find one that truly will
allow him to again put the pedal to the metal. Riggs said Tuesday that
he has departed Tommy Baldwin Racing because the first-year team's
financial situation wasn't allowing him to race to win. "I'm a racer.
I love to race," Riggs said. "Of course I want to make a living at it
and make money, but money isn't what drew me to racing. My heart, my
passion and my love for the sport is what has drawn me here. "I can't
do away with that part just to make a paycheck. That's not me; that's
not the way I was raised or way I'm built." Riggs said that a lack of
sponsorship dollars was crippling the team's ability to field a
competitive car, financial concerns that prompted Baldwin to ask Riggs
to "start and park," a practice in which race teams compete hard
enough to qualify but then bow out of races early to save money while
still pocketing money for making the field in the first place. (Sun-
Herald)
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/index.html

Tainted gasoline causes trouble for race fans:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/lowes.html

Richard Petty in Anheuser-Busch safety campaign:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/news/richard_petty_motorsports.html

Coca-Cola 600 tops Indy 500 in TV ratings; Coke 600 down 20% from last
year:
http://www.gnextinc.com/nascar/tv/news.html

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