NASCAR is paying tribute to Shane Sieg, a former NASCAR driver who died over the weekend, and would have turned 35-years-old today.
In a statement, NASCAR said: Shane Sieg was a passionate racer who shared a deep love of the sport. NASCAR extends its deepest condolences to the Sieg family for a racer lost too soon."
Please keep our family in your thoughts and prayers. We lost a great driver and an incredible person. Forever in our hearts. RIP Shane. pic.twitter.com/KAz8XSGYOu
— Ryan Sieg Racing (@RyanSiegRacing) August 22, 2017
Here are just a few of the tributes coming in, via social media:
Our thoughts and condolences go out to @RyanSiegRacing and the entire Sieg family on the loss of Shane https://t.co/MMubIrJF7D
— BK Racing (@Team_BK23) August 22, 2017
My thoughts and prayers are with the Sieg family. I truly enjoyed getting to know Shane early in his racing career. Incredibly sad news.
— Jim Cassidy (@jfcassidy) August 22, 2017
Sieg competed in 68 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races 2003 to 2011 also made two NASCAR XFINITY Series starts in 2004. He last raced in a NASCAR national series event in 2011 at the Camping World Truck Series race at Pocono.
His younger brother, Ryan, drives the No. 39 RSS Racing Chevrolet, owned by his father Rod Sieg, in the Xfinity Series.