Riggs injured, Elliott to stand by at Sonoma: Monday, while on vacation with his family in Myrtle Beach [SC, #10-Scott Riggs injured both feet while unloading his jet ski in an oyster bed. The wounds required 12 stitches in the ball of left foot and eight stitches in the right big toe. The injury to Riggs has caused Valvoline Evernham Racing to make back-up plans for this weekend’s NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race in Sonoma. Ray Evernham and Valvoline Designated Team Owner Jim Rocco have retained former NASCAR champion Bill Elliott to stand by this weekend should Riggs not be able to practice, qualify or race the Valvoline/Stanley Tools Dodge Charger. As things stand today, Riggs will be racing Sunday, according to the team. “Jim and I huddled today with Scott, Bill Elliott, Team Director Rodney Childers and Competition Director Sammy Johns and we are going to Sonoma with the intention of Scott running the full weekend,” Evernham said. “But Bill will be ready for any scenario.”
“I’m going to Sonoma to race,” Riggs said Wednesday. “It was a freak incident at Myrtle Beach. There was no warning about an oyster bed where we unloaded. We’ll see what happens when I get in the race car. I’m going to do what’s best for the team this weekend.” Valvoline Evernham Racing will have updates at Infineon Raceway for the media.(Evernham Motorsports/Clear!Blue PR)(6-22-2006)

Ouch. hope it doesn't hurt that bad.... 8 stitches in just a big toe. then another 12.

that stinks!!! :( poor scott

OUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope is is gonna be able to run the race

Ouch.

But maybe his injury will help out the same way Denny's helped him. LOL!

UHM, hadn't thought about that. Could happen though LOL

:( Poor Scott. Hope he feels better soon! It'll be nice to see Bill run to though. Injuries everywhere. Denny, Tony, Scott, who else?

Ouch. Now that sucks.

the past 2 weeks in the power rankings they joked that Yeley should try injuring himself for that reason...but now scott did. ooohh lol

An oyster bed? Ouch! :(

Ouch!! Hope he gets to feeling better soon and can race.

Haha... that Denny thing. That's the first thing I thought of after I read that. I was like "Heyyy.. maybe Scott will win now"

Ouch! Hope he gets better soon!!

ouch that's REALLY painful!!! i have heard plenty of horror stories about people getting themselves cut up on oyster beds. i got cut once while we were crabbing and it was terrible. i hope scott heals and gets better fast!!!

Awwww! Hope he gets better soon and is still able to race this weekend :(

Ouch! That sounds painful. Poor Scott! Hope his feet heal quickly.

update: Riggs in talks with sports sandal company for product endorsement.

Poor Scott... hope he gets better soon!

Denny should get together with Scott, and give him some tips about racing while you're injured lol

hahaha :good

I live in MB, and I have done the same thing, you have to be careful and watch for oyster beds everywhere, especially in the inlet. I was on crutches for 2 weeks when it happened to me. It definatley is very painful.

poor Scott I hope he feels better that sounds really painful

aww...poor scott...i hope he gets better soon!

awwww poor scott i hope his feet get better soon and he is able to race pain free!

whats and oyseter bed?

And oyster bed is a place at the bottom of an ocean or gulf where oysters are bred.

Here's a picture of one:


As you can tell, stepping on this many oysters would be very painful!

poor Scott

oh o thank you and yes it looks very very painful

Hopefully Scooter will be able to run on Sunday. Great to have Bill there as a back-up!!

That sucks!! Hope Scottie boy is good to go and has an awesome race Sunday!

Ouch! What a great vacation, huh? I hope he feels better soon! :good

~ Mary

Ahh that sucks! Hope he makes it through the weekend!

UPDATE: Riggs says injuries to his feet suffered while vacationing in Myrtle Beach, SC, earlier this week won't keep him from competing in Sunday's race at Infineon Raceway. The team had former full-time driver Bill Elliott on standby at Infineon, but after Friday's first practice and a qualifying effort that left Riggs 25th for Sunday's race, Riggs said he felt Elliott's services would not be needed. He wore a larger shoe, borrowed from teammate Jeremy Mayfield, that was fitted with a plastic piece designed to help keep pressure off the stitches during Friday's practice and qualifying sessions.(SceneDaily.com)(6-24-2006)

im glas he gets to race! thanks for the update!

ouch that had to hurt feel better Scott glad he is racing and this is stiches season not just silly season lol maybe the stiches will have the same effect on him that they had on Denny Hamlin lol

and the update are they saying Jeremy has big feet lol just kidding :lmao

Ouch!! Thats painful just to read. He must be a really tough man.