In his 424th profession NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection begin, 39-year-old Ryan Sieg earned his first profession victory in Friday’s Winn-Dixie 250 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway.
The Tucker, Georgia, native was main on the white flag, and neither Carson Kvapil nor Austin Hill have been in a position to generate a run within the race’s waning moments to beat Sieg to the checkered flag.
“That is unimaginable,” Sieg advised CW Sports activities. “Unbelievable, particularly profitable right here at Daytona. I have been coming right here since I used to be a child. To do it the best way we did it, it is superb. This has been a very long time coming. We frickin’ did it.
“Undoubtedly simply watching each lanes. We had a adequate automobile to do it. Tremendous excited to do it right here at Daytona.”
Sieg, who drives for his personal crew, is the fifth first-time winner within the O’Reilly Collection in 2026.
Hill, Kvapil, Anthony Alfredo and Brandon Jones rounded out the highest 5, with Justin Allgaier, Brennan Poole, Harrison Burton, Jeb Burton and Sheldon Creed finishing the highest 10.
The race went into additional time after Rajah Caruth spun from second off the entrance bumper of Allgaier with three laps left in regulation.
Caruth, Sam Mayer and Taylor Grey claimed the ultimate three spots within the Chase after Brent Crews and William Sawalich have been each concerned in crashes. Parker Retzlaff additionally sewed up a Chase spot on Friday.
Notable outcomes
Different notable finishers embody Leland Honeyman Jr. in thirteenth, Retzlaff in 14th, Nick Sanchez in sixteenth, defending sequence champion Jesse Love in twentieth and Natalie Decker in twenty second.
Mayer, Grey, Caruth, Crews and Sawalich completed twenty fifth, twenty sixth, thirty second, thirty fifth and thirty seventh, respectively. Daniel Dye completed final (thirty eighth).
The O’Reilly Collection Chase will start at Darlington Raceway on Sept. 5.
