Two drivers from Georgia entered in this weekend’s NASCAR Xfinity Series race, the EchoPark 250 (5 p.m. ET on FS1, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), are extra revved-up about racing at their home track, Atlanta Motor Speedway – RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg from Tucker and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Brandon Jones from Atlanta.
The 33-year-old driver Ryan Sieg and his family-owned organization, RSS Racing, are based in Tucker, Georgia, Sieg’s hometown. The team is run by Ryan’s father, Rod Sieg, and the duo have competed in the NASCAR Xfinity Series since 2013 when they made their series debut at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Last season Sieg had a career-best season, racking up seven top fives and 11 top 10s as well as a run at the championship title.
This weekend, Sieg will head to Atlanta Motor Speedway for the eighth time of his career. He’s completed 1,042 of 1,173 laps attempted, which is 88.8 percent and has an average start of 17.4 and an average finish of 21.3. He has a best finish of 11th at the track in 2019.
Because of his finish last weekend at Phoenix Raceway, Sieg will start 35th on Saturday with hopes of moving his way to the front of the pack.
Atlanta, Georgia’s own Brandon Jones of Joe Gibbs Racing has had a strong start to his 2021 season. In the first five races of the season, he’s posted three top fives, three top 10s and has an average start of 11.0 and average finish of 16.0. Last weekend at Phoenix didn’t go as planned for the No. 19 team as they were involved in a crash that put them out of the race early. However, with each race at Atlanta, Jones has seen improvements. He will be making his sixth start on Saturday at the track with one top five and two top 10s.
Jones goes into this weekend seventh in the series points standings, 61 points from the Playoff cutline. He will start 16th for the EchoPark 250 on Saturday.
NASCAR Xfinity Series Driver Playoff Outlook Following Phoenix-1:
| Rank | Driver | Points | Wins | Stage Wins | Playoff Pts | Pts From Cutoff |
| 1 | Austin Cindric | 248 | 2 | 4 | 14 | In On Wins |
| 2 | AJ Allmendinger | 162 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Myatt Snider | 149 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 4 | Daniel Hemric | 201 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 108 |
| 5 | Jeb Burton | 172 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 79 |
| 6 | Harrison Burton | 162 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 |
| 7 | Brandon Jones | 154 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 61 |
| 8 | Justin Haley | 149 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 |
| 9 | Brandon Brown | 137 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 10 | Jeremy Clements | 134 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41 |
| 11 | Justin Allgaier | 114 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Riley Herbst | 98 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
