Sieg to honor late brother with Darlington paint scheme

Ryan Sieg will honor his late brother this weekend during the Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway.

As the NASCAR community prepares for the third season of throwback events at the famed speedway, RSS Racing announced Tuesday that Ryan will run a paint scheme on his No. 39 Chevrolet once used by his older brother Shane Sieg, who died last week just days shy of his 35th birthday.

The design is one Shane, a former Camping World Truck Series competitor, ran in 2003 while driving late models. In a NASCAR Southeast Series race, Shane drove it to victory lane at Huntsville Speedway.

"This is the ultimate tribute for my family," Ryan Sieg said in a statement. "My brother had a love for racing and I'm honored to carry this scheme at Darlington. For my family and our friends this is a very special tribute.

"I just want everyone to smile when they see the car on the track this weekend."

From 2003 to 2011, Shane Sieg made 68 CWTS starts and four Xfinity Series starts in 2004. He was suspended indefinitely by NASCAR in August 2011 for violating its substance abuse policy and for actions detrimental to stock car racing per the CWTS rulebook. 

A family operation that has run in NASCAR since 2009, the RSS in RSS Racing stands for Ryan Shane Sieg Racing.