TRUCKS: Sieg Claims 2010 Owner’s Title For His #93 Team After Early Exit at Homestead
Shane Sieg picked up the 3rd last-place finish of his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series career in Friday’s Ford 200 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway when his #93 S&W Towing Chevrolet fell out with electrical problems after completing 8 of the race’s 134 laps.
In doing so, Sieg claimed the 2010 LASTCAR Owner’s Championship for his #93 team by tying Team Gill Racing’s #95 with six finishes apiece, breaking the tie with 18 bottom-five finishes to Gill’s 11. Part-time driver Mike Garvey clinched the Driver’s Championship at Texas, two races ago.
Garvey was initially listed as driver of the #93 at Homestead, but it was Sieg who qualified the truck 33rd in the field at a speed of 159.419 mph. Team Gill Racing never entered its #95. During the opening green flag run, Sieg pulled behind the wall as one of only three trucks that failed to finish the race. 35th-place Mario Gosselin lost the engine after 45 laps while Talladega last-placer John Jackson, in Gosselin’s team truck, was involved in a very hard crash at pit entrance on Lap 112.
TRUCK STATS AND FACTS
*The finish was Sieg’s second of the 2010 season, joining his 36th-place run in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville back in April. That race, where Sieg went behind the wall after 3 laps in the #93, was also the last time a Truck Series last-placer fell out with electrical problems.
*This marked the third straight year that Chevrolet finished last in the Truck Series finale at Homestead, joining Mike Garvey and Kevin Lepage.
*The #93 had never before finished last in a Truck Series race at Homestead.
LAPS COMPLETED STATS
*Just three Truck Series last-placers completed more than 9 laps in the 2010 season: G.R. Smith at Nashville (27 laps), Jason White at Bristol (28) and Mike Garvey at Martinsville (27). Omitting these three, the average last-place finisher has completed 3.91 laps. When all 25 are considered, the Truck Series last-placers of 2010 have combined to complete 168 of the season’s 3884 laps, roughly 4.3% of the season total.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #93-Shane Sieg / 8 laps / electrical
35) #12-Mario Gosselin / 45 laps / engine
34) #72-John Jackson / 108 laps / crash
33) #6-Derek White / 128 laps / running
32) #57-Norm Benning / 129 laps / running
LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES DRIVER’S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL STANDINGS
1st) Mike Garvey (4)
2nd) Tim Andrews, Carl Long, Johanna Long, Shane Sieg, J.C. Stout (2)
3rd) Landon Cassill, Johnny Chapman, Mike Harmon, John Jackson, Chris Jones, Narain Karthikeyan, Chris Lafferty, Butch Miller, Dillon Oliver, G.R. Smith, Jason White (1)
LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES OWNER’S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL STANDINGS
1st) #93-Shane Sieg, #95-Danny Gill (6)
3rd) #20-Donald Long, #72-Mario Gosselin, #89-Chris Lafferty (2)
4th) #16-Rick Ware, #23-Steve Urvan, #50-Mark Beaver, #60-Jeff Wyler, #87-Rick Jones, #98-Duke Thorson, #07-Ken Smith (1)
In doing so, Sieg claimed the 2010 LASTCAR Owner’s Championship for his #93 team by tying Team Gill Racing’s #95 with six finishes apiece, breaking the tie with 18 bottom-five finishes to Gill’s 11. Part-time driver Mike Garvey clinched the Driver’s Championship at Texas, two races ago.
Garvey was initially listed as driver of the #93 at Homestead, but it was Sieg who qualified the truck 33rd in the field at a speed of 159.419 mph. Team Gill Racing never entered its #95. During the opening green flag run, Sieg pulled behind the wall as one of only three trucks that failed to finish the race. 35th-place Mario Gosselin lost the engine after 45 laps while Talladega last-placer John Jackson, in Gosselin’s team truck, was involved in a very hard crash at pit entrance on Lap 112.
TRUCK STATS AND FACTS
*The finish was Sieg’s second of the 2010 season, joining his 36th-place run in the Kroger 250 at Martinsville back in April. That race, where Sieg went behind the wall after 3 laps in the #93, was also the last time a Truck Series last-placer fell out with electrical problems.
*This marked the third straight year that Chevrolet finished last in the Truck Series finale at Homestead, joining Mike Garvey and Kevin Lepage.
*The #93 had never before finished last in a Truck Series race at Homestead.
LAPS COMPLETED STATS
*Just three Truck Series last-placers completed more than 9 laps in the 2010 season: G.R. Smith at Nashville (27 laps), Jason White at Bristol (28) and Mike Garvey at Martinsville (27). Omitting these three, the average last-place finisher has completed 3.91 laps. When all 25 are considered, the Truck Series last-placers of 2010 have combined to complete 168 of the season’s 3884 laps, roughly 4.3% of the season total.
THE BOTTOM FIVE
36) #93-Shane Sieg / 8 laps / electrical
35) #12-Mario Gosselin / 45 laps / engine
34) #72-John Jackson / 108 laps / crash
33) #6-Derek White / 128 laps / running
32) #57-Norm Benning / 129 laps / running
LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES DRIVER’S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL STANDINGS
1st) Mike Garvey (4)
2nd) Tim Andrews, Carl Long, Johanna Long, Shane Sieg, J.C. Stout (2)
3rd) Landon Cassill, Johnny Chapman, Mike Harmon, John Jackson, Chris Jones, Narain Karthikeyan, Chris Lafferty, Butch Miller, Dillon Oliver, G.R. Smith, Jason White (1)
LASTCAR TRUCK SERIES OWNER’S CHAMPIONSHIP - FINAL STANDINGS
1st) #93-Shane Sieg, #95-Danny Gill (6)
3rd) #20-Donald Long, #72-Mario Gosselin, #89-Chris Lafferty (2)
4th) #16-Rick Ware, #23-Steve Urvan, #50-Mark Beaver, #60-Jeff Wyler, #87-Rick Jones, #98-Duke Thorson, #07-Ken Smith (1)
