Ryan Sieg

Ryan Shane Sieg (born June 20, 1987)^[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 39 Ford Mustang for RSS Racing. He is the younger brother of late former driver Shane Sieg and older brother of current teammate Kyle Sieg.

Ryan Sieg
Sieg at Richmond Raceway in 2018
Born	Ryan Shane Sieg (1987-06-20) June 20, 1987 (age 36) Tucker, Georgia, U.S.
NASCAR Cup Series career
6 races run over 2 years
2019 position	51st
Best finish	51st (2019)
First race	2017 AAA 400 Drive for Autism (Dover)
Last race	2019 Brickyard 400 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
301 races run over 10 years
Car no., team	No. 38/39 (RSS Racing)
2022 position	11th
Best finish	9th (2016)
First race	2013 Dollar General 200 (Phoenix)
Last race	2023 Contender Boats 300 (Homestead)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 53 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
108 races run over 8 years
2019 position	104th
Best finish	15th (2010, 2012)
First race	2009 Kroger 250 (Martinsville)
Last race	2019 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 7 0
Statistics current as of November 5, 2022.

Racing career

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

 

Sieg at Rockingham Speedway in 2012

Sieg made his NASCAR debut in 2009, competing in the Camping World Truck Series Kroger 250 at Martinsville Speedway.^[2] Driving the No. 21 Dodge for GunBroker Racing, Sieg started 16th but finished 34th due to an ignition problem. At The Milwaukee Mile, he would start a partial schedule for his family-owned race team. In nine races, Ryan recorded six top-20 finishes including a finish of 9th at Gateway International Raceway.

For 2010, Sieg and his brother Shane both planned to run the full Truck Series schedule in the No. 39 and No. 93 trucks, respectively. Despite having no major sponsorship, Sieg was able to run the entire season, finishing 21 of the 25 races and earning two top-10 finishes, including an 8th at Kentucky Speedway and a 9th at Dover International Speedway.

On June 10, 2011, Sieg finished 7th in the WinStar World Casino 400K at Texas Motor Speedway, marking his best career finish in his 44th start in the Camping World Truck Series.^[3] He also led ten laps earlier after staying out on a pit stop. At the September 2 Truck Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, he piloted his No. 39 RSS Racing Chevy to a 15th-place finish.

 

Sieg at Richmond Raceway in 2018

For 2012, Sieg led six laps at the Charlotte Motor Speedway race after staying out on a pit stop during a caution. He ran the final three laps in 3rd position before finishing in 15th after running out of fuel on the last lap at Michigan International Speedway on August 18, marking his best final-laps position in the Camping World Truck Series. He would later score a 6th-place finish at Phoenix.

In 2013, in addition to running the full Camping World Truck Series season, Sieg substituted for Jeremy Clements in the NASCAR Nationwide Series during the latter's suspension.^[4] Later in the year he ran at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Indiana 250 for his own team.

In 2019, Sieg returned to the Truck Series for the JEGS 200 at Dover, driving the No. 33 Chevrolet for Reaume Brothers Racing.^[5] After starting last in 32nd, he finished 16th.^[6]

Xfinity Series

 

Sieg racing at Road America in 2014

 

Sieg at Auto Club Speedway in 2023

In February 2014, RSS Racing announced that Sieg would run the full Truck Series season and at least the first five Nationwide Series races in 2014.^[7] He finished in the 9th spot in the season-opening DRIVE4COPD 300 at Daytona International Speedway, his first top 10 in the Nationwide Series. After Fontana, it was announced that Sieg would focus his efforts on the Nationwide Series for the remainder of the season, running for Rookie of the Year.^[8] Sieg then earned fame himself at the July race at Daytona when he drafted Kasey Kahne past teammate Regan Smith to his first Nationwide victory since 2007. In doing so, he also scored his first career top 5 finish with a 3rd-place finish, enough to put him in the first of four races in the 2014 Nationwide Dash 4 Cash event the next week at New Hampshire. Sieg was rather impressive in 2014, having some other solid runs to go along with the two top 10s to finish the season 16th in points.

In 2015, Sieg returned to the Xfinity Series with a new sponsor Uncle Bob's Self Storage at the season opener at Daytona. He finished 38th after being involved in the first big one. Sieg had a consistent season with finishing many races under 20th, including an 8th-place finish at Kansas, finishing 11th in points.^[9] Sieg lost the sponsorship from Uncle Bob's for 2016 but a number of sponsors filled the void. Some highlights of the season included almost qualifying for the Dash 4 Cash at Dover International Speedway, running in the top five at Daytona International Speedway, and qualifying for the inaugural Xfinity Series Chase before being knocked out after the first round.^[10]

In June 2017, Sieg recorded his best career Xfinity finish of second at Iowa Speedway.^[11] Later in the season, Sieg's Xfinity throwback car for Darlington Raceway honored Ryan's brother Shane Sieg, who had died two weekends prior.^[12]

On January 24, 2018, Sieg announced another full season with RSS Racing.^[13] After a sixth-place run at Talladega Superspeedway in the spring, Sieg qualified for the Xfinity Series Dash 4 Cash at Dover International Speedway after Spencer Gallagher's eligibility was stripped. A pit road penalty during the race prevented Sieg from making it any farther in the D4C.^[14] Sieg's efforts received a boost in 2018 with the addition of two start and park cars that RSS Racing also fielded to help fund Sieg's efforts in the No. 39.^[15]

On December 27, 2018, Sieg announced another full Xfinity season with RSS Racing, intending to make the playoffs for the first time since 2016.^[16] After scoring his second top-five of the year at the spring Richmond Raceway event, Sieg sat ninth in the point standings. He credited new crew chief Shane Wilson and new cars from Richard Childress Racing as catalysts for the uptick in performance.^[17]

In September 2019, Sieg finished 14th in the Rhino Pro Truck Outfitters 300 at Las Vegas but was disqualified after his car failed post-race inspection for not meeting the minimum ride height. Nevertheless, he qualified for the Xfinity playoffs and the disqualification did not affect his points standing.^[18]

After a 2020 season that saw Sieg record a career-best seven top-five finishes and reach the playoffs' Round of 8 before finishing tenth in points, RSS Racing switched to Ford for 2021.^[19]

During the spring 2022 Las Vegas race, Sieg lost control of his car and hit the outside wall after light contact from Ty Gibbs. Both drivers discussed the incident during a red flag delay. Once the race resumed, NASCAR black-flagged Sieg for not reaching the minimum speed, but instead of returning to pit road, he attempted to wreck Gibbs, but he ended up spinning and damaging Sheldon Creed and Brett Moffitt's cars before returning to the garage.^[20] Following a 10th place finish and accidents to Creed and Landon Cassill at the fall 2022 Bristol race, Sieg was able to advance to the Xfinity Series Playoffs. Despite three Top 10 finishes in the Round of 12, Sieg was eliminated from the Xfinity Playoffs. He would ultimately finish 11th in the points standings.

Sieg began the 2023 season by finishing 8th at Daytona. He struggled throughout much of the regular season, only scoring two more top ten finishes at Richmond and the summer Daytona race. As a result, Sieg failed to qualify for the 2023 playoffs.

Cup Series

In May 2017, Sieg was signed by BK Racing to drive their No. 83 Toyota Camry in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series at Dover International Speedway for the AAA 400 Drive for Autism, his MENCS debut.^[21] A month later, he replaced Gray Gaulding in BK's No. 23 Camry for the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan.^[22]

Two years later, he returned to the Cup Series at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, driving the No. 27 for Premium Motorsports.^[23]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Monster Energy Cup Series

Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	MENCC	Pts	Ref
2017	BK Racing	83	Toyota	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	CLT	DOV 26	POC			DAY 40	KEN 27	NHA 32	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	58th	0^1	^[24]
		23																MCH 33	SON
2019	Premium Motorsports	27	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	KAN	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	IND 24	LVS	RCH	ROV	DOV	TAL	KAN	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	51st	0^1	^[25]

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2013	Jeremy Clements Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	PHO 21	LVS 18	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI																116th	0^1	^[26]
	RSS Racing	39	Chevy																			IND 24	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN	DOV	KAN 21	CLT	TEX	PHO	HOM
2014				DAY 9	PHO 14	LVS 22	BRI 20	CAL 22	TEX 17	DAR 37	RCH 26	TAL 20	IOW 17	CLT 27	DOV 13	MCH 13	ROA 22	KEN 21	DAY 3	NHA 18	CHI 18	IND 18	IOW 20	GLN 34	MOH 16	BRI 16	ATL 20	RCH 23	CHI 21	KEN 17	DOV 14	KAN 20	CLT 13	TEX 33	PHO 20	HOM 36	16th	682^2	^[27]
2015				DAY 38	ATL 23	LVS 21	PHO 17	CAL 20	TEX 20	BRI 17	RCH 31	TAL 29	IOW 17	CLT 24	DOV 20	MCH 17	CHI 15	DAY 27	KEN 23	NHA 34	IND 12	IOW 12	GLN 14	MOH 14	BRI 16	ROA 22	DAR 17	RCH 17	CHI 18	KEN 12	DOV 17	CLT 14	KAN 8	TEX 13	PHO 16	HOM 14	11th	827	^[28]
2016				DAY 20	ATL 16	LVS 14	PHO 27	CAL 29	TEX 10	BRI 14	RCH 21	TAL 20	DOV 16	CLT 13	POC 29	MCH 12	IOW 21	DAY 3	KEN 20	NHA 15	IND 18	IOW 15	GLN 23	MOH 22	BRI 37	ROA 14	DAR 15	RCH 14	CHI 12	KEN 16	DOV 19	CLT 10	KAN 34	TEX 13	PHO 14	HOM 12	9th	2171	^[29]
2017				DAY 21	ATL 22	LVS 18	PHO 34	CAL 21	TEX 18	BRI 21	RCH 26	TAL 12	CLT 27	DOV 16	POC 23	MCH 15	IOW 2	DAY 35	KEN 18	NHA 20	IND 14	IOW 14	GLN 27	MOH 12	BRI 32	ROA 20	DAR 22	RCH 26	CHI 24	KEN 20	DOV 14	CLT 18	KAN 26	TEX 20	PHO 21		15th	551	^[30]
		93																																		HOM 26
2018				DAY 21																																	16th	589	^[31]
		39			ATL 22	LVS 29	PHO 25	CAL 20	TEX 18		RCH 21	TAL 6	DOV 17	CLT 13	POC 17	MCH 19	IOW 18	CHI 20	DAY 27	KEN 16	NHA 15	IOW 34	GLN 26	MOH 34	BRI 11	ROA 26	DAR 17	IND 13	LVS 12	RCH 17	ROV 36	DOV 18	KAN 9	TEX 12	PHO 19
		38								BRI 15																										HOM 22
2019		39		DAY 4	ATL 11	LVS 6	PHO 10	CAL 11	TEX 10	BRI 12	RCH 5	TAL 16	DOV 11	CLT 8	POC 26	MCH 17	IOW 30	CHI 12	DAY 24	KEN 9		IOW 12	GLN 30	MOH 16	BRI 25	ROA 11	DAR 14	IND 10	LVS 38	RCH 12	ROV 30	DOV 10	KAN 9	TEX 10	PHO 13	HOM 12	11th	2171	^[32]
		93																			NHA 8
2020		39		DAY 9	LVS 3	CAL 4	PHO 11	DAR 7	CLT 28	BRI 16	ATL 35	HOM 28	HOM 19	TAL 30	POC 12	IRC 17	KEN 9	KEN 35	TEX 29	KAN 4	ROA 9	DRC 11	DOV 12	DOV 14	DAY 23	DAR 3	RCH 12	RCH 15	BRI 14	LVS 5	TAL 2	ROV 21	KAN 3	TEX 31	MAR 11	PHO 31	10th	2187	^[33]
2021			Ford	DAY 31	DRC 27	HOM 8	LVS 38	PHO 37	ATL 10	MAR 23	TAL 5	DAR 9	DOV 8	COA 25	CLT 31	MOH 9	TEX 11	NSH 16	POC 17	ROA 22	ATL 12	NHA 13	GLN 18	IRC 32	MCH 12	DAY 16	DAR 11	RCH 13	BRI 34	LVS 17	TAL 11	ROV 32	TEX 14	KAN 5	MAR 31		14th	643	^[34]
		38																																		PHO 17
2022		39		DAY 8	CAL 10	LVS 36	PHO 11	ATL 10	COA 11	RCH 9	MAR 9		DOV 10	DAR 11	TEX 35	CLT 32	PIR 16	NSH 9	ROA 10	ATL 15	NHA 32	POC 15	IRC 27	MCH 15	GLN 13	DAY 26	DAR 18	KAN 14	BRI 10	TEX 9	TAL 4	ROV 9	LVS 38	HOM 33	MAR 33	PHO 20	11th	2126	^[35]
		38										TAL 4
2023				DAY 8																																	-*	-*	^[36]
		39			CAL 14	LVS 24	PHO 16	ATL 11	COA 23	RCH 7	MAR 18	TAL 22	DOV 16	DAR 27	CLT 24	PIR 18	SON 28	NSH 19	CSC 25	ATL 37	NHA 33	POC 22	ROA 13	MCH 13	IRC 32	GLN 21	DAY 6	DAR 30	KAN 30	BRI 6	TEX 11	ROV 13	LVS 16	HOM 14	MAR	PHO

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NGOTC	Pts	Ref
2009	GunBroker Racing	21	Dodge	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR 34	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH																	29th	1065	^[37]
	RSS Racing	39	Chevy										MLW 13	MEM	KEN 19	IRP	NSH 21	BRI	CHI 17	IOW 25	GTW 9	NHA	LVS 14	MAR	TAL	TEX 15	PHO	HOM 22
2010				DAY 16	ATL 18	MAR 24	NSH 27	KAN 19	DOV 9	CLT 32	TEX 30	MCH 22	IOW 11	GTY 31		POC 20	NSH 13	DAR 11	BRI 22	CHI 15	KEN 8	NHA 20	LVS 25	MAR 11	TAL 24	TEX 16	PHO 20	HOM 16	15th	2635	^[38]
		93													IRP 25
2011		39		DAY 25	PHO 21	DAR 16	MAR 33	NSH 21	DOV 15	CLT 24	KAN 31	TEX 7	KEN 19	IOW 18	NSH 24	IRP 29	POC 21	MCH 17	BRI 25	ATL 15	CHI 28	NHA 22	KEN 33	LVS 11	TAL 21	MAR 23	TEX 15	HOM 24	19th	563	^[39]
2012				DAY 15	MAR 32	CAR 22	KAN 29	CLT 28	DOV 29	TEX 19	KEN 16	IOW 17		POC 29	MCH 15	BRI 12	ATL 17	IOW 14	KEN 22	LVS 22	TAL 11	MAR 26	TEX 13	PHO 6	HOM 14				15th	531	^[40]
		93											CHI 30
2013		39		DAY 10	MAR 8	CAR 22	KAN 29	CLT 15	DOV 17	TEX 16		IOW 18	ELD	POC 30	MCH 15	BRI 32	MSP	IOW 21	CHI 21	LVS 19	TAL 23	MAR 25		PHO 17	HOM 12				17th	500	^[41]
		93									KEN 20												TEX 11
2014		39		DAY 11	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 24	TEX	GTW	KEN	IOW	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL 33	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM				97th	0^2	^[42]
2015				DAY	ATL 11	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN	ELD	POC	MCH	BRI	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM			94th	0^1	^[43]
2019	Reaume Brothers Racing	33	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	MAR	TEX	DOV 16	KAN	CLT	TEX	IOW	GTW	CHI	KEN	POC	ELD	MCH	BRI 14	MSP	LVS	TAL	MAR	PHO	HOM			104th	0^1	^[44]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points
² Sieg started the 2014 season running for Truck Series points but switched to Nationwide before Fontana.

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External links

 

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