NASCAR MEDIA CONFERENCE

February 14, 2026

Ryan Sieg

Victory Lane Interview

Q. How much fun were those closing laps?

RYAN SIEG: That was the most fun of my race. I tried to take myself out of contention and hit the wall earlier and then cut a tire, and then we ran out of gas. Then I could never get the lucky dog.

No, just a lot of fun having Hendrick power under the hood and a fast SciAps Chevrolet, so just glad to come out of here with a third. The way it went, it was a wild race most of the race. You are trying to get your lap (indiscernible) to get the lucky dog, and it was wild out there. Everybody was just fighting all day.

But it's definitely exciting for the first race for O'Reilly. I'm excited for what we have. We have a strong SciAps 4 -- SciAps Chevrolet, excuse me. I'm excited to get to somewhere elsewhere we can actually race, you know what I mean, a little bit, and not a drafting track. Either way, it's a lot of fun.