<td width="182" height="109"><div style="width: 485px; height: 109px; background-image:url(styles/rwc_372/misc/rwc_header_mid2.png); text-align: right; font-size: 10px; color:#FF0000">This Is Some Sample Text</div></td>
I think one reason you might be having trouble with it, is the width and height setting for that TD tag... They don't match the picture inside the TD tag.
Also, it might be hard to read the text there since the background is such a wide variety of colors - you may want to wrap the This Is Some Sample Text in a span tag like so...
Code:
<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF">This Is Some Sample Text</span>
Just so it's easier to read.
That didn't work either, I think it's due to my code beign different.
Maybe you could post a changed version of it, here it is: