Scott Riggs said there should be no problems with his injured foot. Credit: Autostock

Riggs says injured foot OK for Sunday's race

Borrowed shoe provides extra protection during intensive braking

SONOMA, Calif. -- There will be no agony of the feet for Scott Riggs this weekend at Infineon Raceway.

Bill Elliott is on standby in case Scott Riggs needs to hand over the No. 10. Credit: Autostock

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"I'm going to go on this weekend like I normally do," said Riggs, who received 12 stitches in his feet after a jet ski accident earlier this week. "If I can put 170 pounds on it, I know I can put 100 pounds of brake pressure on it."

A combination of molded plastic and borrowed footwear should keep Riggs from having to defer driving duties during Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 (3 p.m. ET, FOX).

"I've got a piece of plastic in there," said Riggs of his left shoe, which happens to be one of Jeremy Mayfield's old shoes -- two sizes bigger than what Riggs normally wears. "It's got a mold where it doesn't put pressure on the stitches. It puts pressure all around it."

It also helps that Riggs learned to drive road courses from Boris Said, which keeps him from having to push the pedals with both feet.

"[He] taught me how to road race, so I've always been a right-foot braker," Riggs said. "That's a whole lot better than trying to be a left-foot braker. That'd be tough.

"My right toe got cut pretty good, but you don't brake with your toe. You brake with your foot."

Bill Elliott was standing by just in case, but Riggs felt fine once he got in the car for Friday's practice.

Riggs didn't need Elliott for qualifying, either, as he was 25th-fastest for Sunday's race.

"After practicing [Friday] in the car, I told them that was a little bit of overkill, but they wanted to be safe rather than sorry," Riggs said. "Bill is out here just to school us and tell us what we did wrong and how we can get better."