RSS Racing

RSS Racing (also known as Ryan Shane Sieg Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and the ARCA Menards Series. The team is owned by Rod Sieg and Pamela Sieg. The team currently fields the No. 39 Ford Mustang full-time for Ryan Sieg.

RSS Racing
Owner(s)Rod Sieg
Pamela Sieg
BaseTucker, Georgia
SeriesNASCAR Xfinity Series
ARCA Menards Series
Race driversXfinity Series:
39. Ryan Sieg
ARCA Menards Series:
28. Kyle Sieg (part-time)
SponsorsXfinity Series:
39. CMR Construction & Roofing, Best Buy Metals
ARCA Menards Series:
28. TBA
ManufacturerFord
Opened2009
Career
DebutXfinity Series:
2013 Indiana 250 (Indianapolis)
Camping World Truck Series:
2009 Copart 200 (Milwaukee)
Latest raceXfinity Series:
2020 Desert Diamond Casino West Valley 200 (Phoenix)
Camping World Truck Series:
2015 Hyundai Construction Equipment 200 (Atlanta)
Races competedTotal: 716
Xfinity Series: 465
Camping World Truck Series: 251
Drivers' ChampionshipsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0
Race victoriesTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 1
Pole positionsTotal: 0
Xfinity Series: 0
Camping World Truck Series: 0

Equipment

The team purchased rolling chassis from Kevin Harvick Incorporated until KHI's shutdown. The team formerly used Earnhardt Childress Racing engines;[1] RSS Racing used engines from Pro Motor Engines[2] from 2013 to 2018.[3] In 2019 the team signed a new deal with ECR Engines,[4] and also purchased chassis from Richard Childress Racing over the offseason. The team will switch to run Ford Mustangs in 2021 powered by Roush-Yates engines. [5]

Xfinity Series

Car No. 37 history

J. J. Yeley drove the No. 37 car in the 2018 Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway, start-and-parking the car. Jeff Green drove the No. 37 car at the Ford EcoBoost 300 at Homestead, also start-and-parking the car.

Car No. 38 history
Josh Bilicki in the No. 38 at Daytona in 2019

Gray Gaulding drove a No. 38 entry during the 2017 Drive Sober 200 at Dover, starting-and-parking the car. Jeff Green would then drive the car at Charlotte and Kansas. The team became full-time in 2018. Green would drive the season opener without start and parking only in Superspeedways include Daytona and Talladega. Green finished an outstanding 11th place, the best finish with the number 38 car. Green Start-and-Parked the next two races at Atlanta and Las Vegas. J. J. Yeley then took over the car, finishing 21st at ISM Raceway, and 34th at Auto Club Speedway. Yeley and Green continued to be the team’s primary drivers, and they start and parked about half of the time. Ryan Sieg made 2 starts in the car, with Brian Henderson & Angela Ruch making one apiece. Yeley’s best finish was an 11th at Talladega and Las Vegas, and Green’s best finish was once again an 11th, this time at the Dayton 500. Sieg finished 15th at Bristol Motor Speedway and 22nd at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Henderson finished 18th at Road America and Ruch finished 29th at Kansas Speedway. In 2019 Yeley and Green continued to be the team’s primary drivers, with C. J. McLaughlin, Bayley Currey and Josh Bilicki coming on board for a limited schedule. This time the team started-and-parked at all tracks other than Daytona International Speedway. For the Daytona 500, Josh Bilicki was the driver, and he finished 23rd. At the Daytona night race, Jeff Green drove the car to a 7th-place finish. In 2020 the #38 showed up for the Daytona 500 with Jeff Green, but was replaced with Ross Chastain after Chastain failed to qualify in his #10 Kaulig Racing ride. He finished 22nd 6 laps down. The 38 didn’t return until the fall Talladega race, where Jeff Green finished 29th.

Car No. 39 history
No. 39 driven by Ryan Sieg in 2017

The No. 39 car was the first entry for RSS Racing in the Xfinity Series. Ryan Sieg, son of owner Rod Sieg, was the driver for the 3 races it entered in 2013. He finished 24th at Indy, 21st at Kansas, and withdrew at Atlanta. In 2014, Sieg returned, planning to run the first 5 races, but would run for Truck points. However, after finishing 9th at Daytona, and also running well at other tracks, he declared he was running for rookie of the year and transferring his points to the Xfinity Series. After the 2014 Treatmyclot.com 300, the team was penalized due to the maximum rear body height being too high. Crew chief Kevin Starland and car chief Timothy Brown were placed on probation, the former also being fined $10,000.[6] Sieg ran in the top 20 for most of the races, but did well at Daytona again. Finishing 3rd for his first top 5 finish, and helped push Kasey Kahne to the victory. Sieg finished 16th in points. For 2015, Sieg returned with sponsorship from Uncle Bob's Self Storage. He would run well again, finishing 11th in points and picking up an 8th place finish at Kansas. Sieg returns again in 2016, picking up another 3rd place finish at Daytona in July. The team would make the Xfinity chase, but was out after Round 1. Sieg’s performance dropped slightly in 2017, missing the chase and finishing 15th in the standings, but got a career best second place finish at the June Iowa race to William Byron. Stephen Leicht drove the finale race at Homestead, in order for Sieg to drive the No. 93 for owner points. The team started 2018 with J. J. Yeley finishing 18th at Daytona. Ryan Sieg took over at Atlanta Motor Speedway and drove the car up until Texas Motor Speedway. In those 5 races he had 2 Top 20’s and 0 DNF’s, his best finish being an 18th at Texas Motor Speedway. J. J. Yeley start and parked the 93 ride at Bristol. Ryan Sieg once again took over for the next 25 races, posting 9 top 20’s and a best finish of 6th at Talladega. He also performed well at Kansas, finishing 9th. For the season finale at Homestead-Miami Angela Ruch drove the 93. She start and parked, resulting in a 37th-place finish. For 2019, Ryan Sieg drove every single race in the 93 with the exception of New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where C. J. McLaughlin drove. Sieg posted 25 top-20 finishes, 11 top-10 finishes and 1 top-5 finish, a 4th at the Daytona 500. McLaughlin finished 28th in his attempt. Before 2020, it was announced Sieg would drive the 39 full-time with CMR Construction & Roofing as his primary sponsor. Sieg nabbed 7 top-5 finishes, 11 top-10 finishes and 4 DNF’s. He made the chase and made the round of 8, but was unable to make it to the championship 4, and ended out the season 10th in points. Sieg & CMR will return in 2021.

Car No. 93 history
The No. 93 of David Starr at Road America in 2016

In 2016, a second, part-time team was announced. Scott Lagasse Jr. was the driver at Daytona, finishing in 29th place. The team skipped Atlanta, but was back at Las Vegas with Josh Reaume driving. He ran 13 laps, called it a day, and finished in 38th place. At Phoenix, Dylan Lupton drove, finishing 19th. This team later start and park with Josh Reaume and Josh Wise driving to save their cars for the next race. On June 23, 2016, Starr joined the team to drive remainder of the season, with sponsorship Massimo Motors, and the team did not start and park. In 2017, the No. 93 team returned as a start and park car with Jordan Anderson, Stephen Leicht, Jeff Green, and Gray Gaulding. Sieg drove this car at Homestead, to be able to secure top 33 owners points. Sieg returned to the car in 2018 with a 21st place finish at Daytona. J. J. Yeley took over the car, blowing an engine at Atlanta, and start and parking Las Vegas. Jeff Green then became the driver starting with Phoenix, starting and parking the car.

In 2020, rookie Myatt Snider contested much of the schedule in the No. 93.[7] In June, Reaume's Reaume Brothers Racing took over the No. 93's operations for the rest of the season.[8] Snider posted 2 Top 5’s, 6 Top 10’s, 8 DNF’s and a finish of 16th in points for the team.

Camping World Truck Series

Truck No. 27 history

Dennis Setzer drove this truck on occasion when the 93 or 38 were occupied by someone else.

Truck No. 37 history

Dennis Setzer drove this truck on occasion when the 38 or the 93 was occupied by another driver.

Truck No. 38 history

Mike Garvey ran this truck as a start and park entry. Dennis Setzer also drove this truck on occasion.

Truck No. 39 history

In 2009, the No. 39 team made its debut at Michigan with Sieg driving. In 2013, Sieg, Ryan Lynch, Austin Dillon, and Alex Guenette ran with the team. Lynch ran at Kentucky, Dillon at Eldora, and Guenette at Mosport.[3] The team ran a limited schedule in 2014.[2] The No. 39 team returned in 2015 at Atlanta, with Sieg driving, and finished 11th.

Truck No. 93 history

The team occasionally field start and park operations to fund the No. 39 such as the No. 93[1] Ryan Sieg, Jason White, Kenny Habul, and Chris Jones ran the No. 93 on a part-time basis in 2013,[3] White also running in 2014.[2] The Gander Outdoors Truck Series, then the Craftsman Truck Series program began in 1997. Mike Skinner drove the 93 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, Heartland Park, LOR and Las Vegas Motor Speedway and Skinner’s wife, Jamie Skinner, drove at Martinsville Speedway. Skinner did good at Homestead-Miami and Heartland Park, posting finishes of 4th and 5th. But at Las Vegas and LOR, he DNF’d. Jamie’s result at Martinsville was a 30th-place DNF. After being absent in 1998 and 1999, the team went full-time in 2000 with Wayne Edwards. Edwards posted no finish better than 19th and was let go at the end of the year. Although being let go, Edwards did drive the Daytona 500 and Auto Club. A host of drivers, Jerry Hill, Donny Morelock, Dale Shaw, Roland Isaacs, Larry Gunselman, Tim Zock, Jonathon Price, Mike Leffingwell, Mike Harmon and Jason White filled the schedule. They start and parked for most races, and their best finish was a 17th-place finish at Texas Motor Speedway with Jerry Hill driving. The team posted only 2 Top 20’s, both with Hill behind the wheel.

References
  1. Turnbull, Doug (November 28, 2011). "Sieg, RSS Racing Surviving, Defying Odds in Downtown Tucker Shop". WSB (AM). Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  2. "2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Team Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved August 16, 2014.
  3. "2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Team / Driver Chart". Jayski's Silly Season Site. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  4. Fuller, Marissa (February 20, 2019). "RSS Racing impresses at Daytona, looks to carry momentum to home track". NASCAR.com. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  5. Utter, Jim (March 30, 2019). "Another Top-10 at Texas is "huge accomplishment" for Ryan Sieg". Motorsport.com. Motorsport Network. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  6. "RSS Racing Nationwide Team Penalized". Motor Racing Network. March 25, 2014. Archived from the original on May 30, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
  7. McFadin, Daniel (June 12, 2020). "Myatt Snider expands to full-time Xfinity Series schedule". NBC Sports. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  8. Bonkowski, Jerry (June 29, 2020). "Josh Reaume to oversee Xfinity operations for RSS Racing". NBC Sports. Retrieved July 2, 2020.
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