Raines Ends No. 70 Team’s Season
With 37th-place Homestead Finish
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A season that saw seven drivers pilot the No. 70 Chevrolet for Haas CNC Racing came to a close with Tony Raines behind the wheel at Homestead-Miami Speedway where he finished the 400-mile race 37th.
His car featured a special paint scheme celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the team’s parent company, Haas Automation.
The 2008 season saw Jeremy Mayfield, Tony Raines, Johnny Sauter, Jason Leffler, Max Papis, Ken Schrader, and Scott Riggs fill the No. 70s driver’s seat. The 2009 season, however, will feature but one driver, and part owner, behind the wheel as the No. 70 is re-dubbed the No. 14, and Tony Stewart takes over driving duties of what will be the Office Depot/Old Spice Chevy for Stewart-Haas Racing.
Stewart will start the 2009 season where the No. 70 team finished, 43rd in owner’s points and will have to qualify on time or use his “past champions provisional” for the first five races of the season.
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Riggs Ends Season With
Top-15 at Homestead
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – Scott Riggs ended his tenure with Haas CNC Racing as driver of the No. 66 State Water Heaters Chevrolet in fine fashion Sunday evening with a 14th-place finish in the 400-mile race at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
The finish propelled the No. 66 team three spots upward in the owner’s points standings, to 30th, and the car, which will re-emerge in 2009 as the No. 39 U.S. Army Chevrolet driven by Ryan Newman, is guaranteed a starting position for the first five races of the new year.
“I just really want to thank the guys on my team for all of their hard work all season,” Riggs said. “Overall, we didn’t have as good of a season as we were hoping for, but the potential was definitely there, and you saw that tonight.
“Unfortunately we won’t have the opportunity to build on what we’ve started here, but that’s the nature of the business. I’m looking forward to new opportunities and wish nothing but the best for Stewart-Haas Racing.”
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