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Ryan Sieg drives into curb, damages car in garage area after Xfinity Series qualifying

JHby:Jonathan Howard•about 23 hours•

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Ryan Sieg Phoenix
Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

After qualifying P30 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Phoenix, Ryan Sieg had an unfortunate moment in the garage area. A raised curb in the last stall of the Xfinity garage caused damaged to the No. 39 car.

Ryan Sieg was just trying to take his car to the garage. Then a loud noise rang out. It was the bottom of the car scraping along the raised curb that goes up into the garage stall.

Eric Johnson Jr., ARCA driver, was there in the garage area. He said he heard the noise and went to check it out. Not what you want to see on Saturday morning before a race.

“Not ideal,” Johnson Jr. wrote on X/Twitter. “Heard a loud hit in the garage during qualifying. Walked over to find Ryan Sieg had severely damaged the nose after hitting a slightly raised curb inside the final stall in the Xfinity garage. No bueno.” Johnson also took pictures.

Ryan Sieg was already starting near the rear. Any repairs will send him all the way to the back. NASCAR has to give him a little bit of leeway for what happened here. This is clearly a facility issue and not an issue with what Sieg was doing.

Drivers and teams work so hard on the margins to make these cars fast. Having a curb in the garage rip the bottom off your car is the opposite of what anyone wants to see. Hopefully, Sieg won’t be hindered in the race by the damage.

Ryan Sieg qualifies P30, Alex Bowman wins pole

How about a little NASCAR Cup Series talent to shake up the Xfinity Series race today? Alex Bowman will lead the field to green. Bowman earned his fourth career pole in the series and will race the No. 17 Hendrick Motorsports Chevy this afternoon.

Alex Bowman will have to hop out of the Xfinity car, into the Cup car, and then back into the Xfinity car. He has a busy afternoon ahead of him.

With Bowman setting the tone in qualifying, the Xfinity Series regulars are on notice. Bowman is going to do whatever he can to win at his home track. Sheldon Creed will start P2 on the front row next to the 17 car.

Sammy Smith and Connor Zilisch locked up the second row for JR Motorsports. Keep an eye on them, Smith won this race two years ago.