NASCAR's Kyle Busch, a 2-time champion, dies |
NASCAR’s Kyle Busch, a 2-time champion, dies
(NEXSTAR) — Prolific NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has died, NASCAR confirmed on Thursday. He was 41.
“We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport’s greatest and fiercest drivers,” NASCAR wrote in a post to X on Thursday. “We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.”
A cause of death was not released. His family, earlier in the day, reported that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.
Slideshow: Kyle Busch through the years
Kyle Busch poses with the trophy after winning a NASCAR Xfinity auto race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Ga., Saturday, March 4, 2017. (AP Photo/John Amis)
NASCAR Busch series driver Kyle Busch, center, signs autographs for fans after winning the pole position for the O’Reilly 300 race with a time of 189.847 mph Thursday, April 1, 2004, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Nascar drivers Kyle Busch, left, and Dale Earnhardt Jr., talk in the garage area at New Hampshire International Speedway Friday, Sept. 15, 2006, in Loudon, N.H. NASCAR’s top ten drivers begin the Chase to the Cup with Sunday’s Sylvania 300. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Kurt Busch, right, takes a photograph of brother Kyle Busch before qualifying for the Banquet 400 at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan., Friday, Sept 29, 2006. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch sits at the end of pit row at the start of the rain delay during the NASCAR Pocono 500 at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Pa., Sunday, June 10, 2007. Jeff Gordon went on to win the rain delayed, rain shortened race Busch came in eighth. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Kyle Busch, left, listens to instructor Carlos Giron during an advanced driver training course for teenagers at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, N.H., Thursday, Aug. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver Kyle Busch, center, left, chats with Jeff Gordon, center right, during a AAA Texas 500 auto race practice session at Texas Motor........