Dodge woes continue

Scott Riggs was the highest-qualifying Dodge for the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway. He will start ninth in Sunday's race.
“We have to come here with our objectives to make sure we make it in the race first," said Riggs, driver of the No. 10 Dodge for Evernham Motorsports. "This year has gone miserable for us, but everyone has put their heads together and staying focused and putting our priorities in order. We’re coming together as a whole and we’re really putting our best foot forward trying to put this program together at Evernham Motorsports."
Riggs is 37th in the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series standings and has only one top-10 finish this year.
"My hat’s off to every one of our sponsors who have stayed behind us and haven’t put any more pressure on us," Riggs said. "They have the confidence in us. I’m proud of everyone at Evernham Motorsports. The motor shop has stepped up on the restrictor-plate program and they’ve proved it this weekend. My guys have worked extra hard making sure this car was fast enough to get in the show."
Riggs said his car handled well in qualifying and his team will not be making many changes to it for the race.
“Track position is going to be the key," Riggs said. "We didn’t have to do anything detrimental to our race package to get qualified, so our car is pretty much set to go in race trim. I think we’ll be in good shape.”