Shane Sieg Explained

Shane Sieg
Birth Name:Rodney Shane Sieg
Birth Date:23 August 1982
Birth Place:Tucker, Georgia
Death Place:Tucker, Georgia
Total Busch Races:2
Years In Busch:1
Best Busch Pos:121st (2004)
First Busch Race:2004 Sam's Town 300 (Las Vegas)
Last Busch Race:2004 Diamond Hill Plywood 200 (Darlington)
Busch Wins:0
Busch Top Tens:0
Busch Poles:0
Total Truck Races:68
Years In Truck:7
Prev Truck Year:2011
Prev Truck Pos:26th
Best Truck Pos:24th (2004)
First Truck Race:2003 New Hampshire 200 (New Hampshire)
Last Truck Race:2011 Good Sam RV Emergency Road Service 125 (Pocono)
Truck Wins:0
Truck Poles:0
Truck Top Tens:3
Updated:August 22, 2017

Rodney Shane Sieg (August 23, 1982 – August 19, 2017)[1] was an American professional stock car racing driver. He last drove the No. 93 S&W Services Chevrolet for RSS Racing. He was the older brother of Xfinity Series drivers Ryan Sieg and Kyle Sieg.

Racing career

Camping World Truck Series

In 2003, Sieg made his NASCAR debut at New Hampshire International Speedway, driving the No. 08 Chevrolet for SS-Green Light Racing and finishing 16th. For 2004, he was tabbed by SS-Green Light to drive their No. 07 Auto Air Colors Chevy for the entire season. Sieg earned the best result of his career at The Milwaukee Mile when he finished 8th after starting 33rd. This was his only top-10 of the season, however, and he was taken out of the truck after 19 races. He did not attempt any NASCAR races in 2005 or 2006.

In 2007, Sieg made his return to the Truck Series at Bristol Motor Speedway in a one race deal that reunited him with SS-Green Light. He would also run 3 races for Billy Ballew Motorsports with a best finish of 10th at New Hampshire, the track at which he debuted. Sieg started 2008 by running two of the first three races of the season for SS-Green Light, blowing engines in both starts. He was then tabbed by Ballew to race the No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts Toyota on weekends when the Sprint Cup Series and regular driver, Kyle Busch, were running at other tracks. In seven races, he earned one top-10, a 9th-place finish at Memphis Motorsports Park. At the beginning of 2009, Sieg intended to run the entire season in Ballew's No. 15 entry. However, due to a lack of solid sponsorship, he left the team after only five races. He returned later in the year in a second entry for his family's team. He start and parked in seven races to help his brother Ryan run entire races.

In 2010, Sieg and his brother planned to run the full Camping World Truck Series schedule in the No. 93 and No. 39 trucks, respectively. However, Sieg once again ran as a start and park entry in order to help fund his brother's car which planned to run full races, but had no sponsor. Six races into 2010, he was replaced in the No. 93 by long-time ASA driver Mike Garvey. Sieg returned to the team at Texas in November, parking in the final three races of the season. The next year, Sieg gave up his ride at Daytona to rookie Cole Whitt after the No. 60 failed to qualify. Sieg ran a few full races with a best finish of 12th, though he was pulled again at Michigan and replaced by Casey Roderick. NASCAR announced on August 22 that Sieg had been suspended indefinitely from NASCAR for violating their substance abuse policy.[2]

Busch Series

Early in 2004, Sieg attempted three races in the No. 51 Dodge for Rick Ware Racing. After failing to qualify at Rockingham, he qualified for the next two races at Las Vegas and Darlington. He crashed early in both races, finishing 42nd and 37th, respectively.

Death

Sieg died on August 19, 2017, at the age of 34.[3]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425PtsRef
2003Green Light Racing08ChevyDAYDARMMRMARCLTDOVTEXMEMMLWKANKENGTWMCHIRPNSHBRIRCHNHA
CALLVS
SBO52nd451[5]
07TEX
MARPHOHOM
2004DAY
ATL
MAR
MFD
CLT
DOV
TEX
MEM
MLW
KAN
KEN
GTW
MCH
IRP
NSH
BRI
RCH
NHA
LVS
CALTEXMARPHODARHOM24th2020[6]
2007FDNY Racing28ChevyDAYCALATLMAR
KANCLTMFDDOVTEXMCHMLWMEMKENIRPNSH48th437[7]
Green Light Racing08ChevyBRI
GTW
Billy Ballew Motorsports15ChevyNHA
LVSTAL
MARATL
TEXPHOHOM
2008SS-Green Light Racing07ChevyDAY
CAL
ATL
MAR
29th950[8]
Billy Ballew Motorsports51ToyotaKAN
CLTMFD
MEM
KENIRPNSH
BRIGTW
NHALVS
TALMARATLTEXPHOHOM
15DOV
TEXMCHMLW
2009ChevyDAY
CAL
ATL
MAR
KAN
CLTDOVTEXMCHMLWMEM35th936[9]
RSS Racing93ChevyKEN
IRPNSH
BRICHI
IOW
GTWNHALVS
MARTALTEX
PHOHOM
2010DAY
ATL
MAR
NSH
KAN
DOV
CLTTEXMCHIOWGTYIRPPOCNSHDARBRICHIKENNHALVSMARTALTEX
PHO
HOM
49th509[10]
2011DAY
QL
PHO
DAR
MAR
NSH
DOV
CLT
KAN
TEX
KEN
IOWNSH
IRP
POC
MCHBRIATLCHINHAKENLVSTALMARTEXHOM26th233[11]
– Qualified but replaced by Cole Whitt

Notes and References

  1. http://www.racing-reference.info/driver?id=siegsh01 Shane Sieg Career Statistics
  2. News: Associated Press. Associated Press. NASCAR suspends Shane Sieg for substance abuse violation. USA Today. August 22, 2011. March 20, 2017.
  3. News: Former Truck Series driver Shane Sieg dies at 34. https://web.archive.org/web/20180706132546/https://sports.yahoo.com/former-truck-series-driver-shane-223626390.html. Yahoo! Sports. August 23, 2017. August 23, 2017. July 6, 2018. en-US. dead.
  4. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2004 NASCAR Busch Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  5. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2003 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  6. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2004 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  7. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  8. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2008 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  9. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2009 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  10. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2010 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.
  11. Web site: Shane Sieg – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results. Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. April 12, 2023.