{"id":688136,"date":"2026-05-22T21:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688136\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T21:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T21:29:09","slug":"kyle-busch-tributes-how-legendary-driver-will-be-honored-at-indy-500-coca-cola-600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/688136\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch tributes: How legendary driver will be honored at Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Busch, NASCAR\u2019s winningest driver, died Thursday. He was 41<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Given Busch\u2019s prowess and excellence in the sport, a number of his friends and competitors<\/a> \u2014 including Dale Earnhardt Jr., Denny Hamlin and many others \u2014 paid tribute to Busch on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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Those tributes \u2014 which were not limited to NASCAR<\/a> \u2014 are set to carry into the weekend. Spire, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Richard Childress Racing are among the various entities that have already announced additional ways to honor Busch in the coming days and \u2014 in some cases \u2014 years to come.<\/p>\n

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway held a moment of silence<\/a> for Busch ahead of Carb Day on Friday. On Sunday, the course will light the pylon on lap 18 in honor of Busch.<\/p>\n

At the Coca-Cola 600, Richard Childress Racing will suspend the use of the No. 8 on its car. It will instead run the No. 33 during the race.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Busch\u2019s No. 8 has been freshly painted on the infield grass entering turn 1 on the race track.<\/p>\n

RCR said it will continue to hold the No. 8 until Busch\u2019s 11-year-old son Brexton is \u201cready to go NASCAR racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Spire, which purchased Kyle Busch Motorsports (KBM) in 2023, has already added a KBM logo to some trucks ahead of the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 on Friday.<\/p>\n

Prior to his death Thursday, Busch planned to take part in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday. But he pulled out of the race early Thursday due to a \u201csevere illness<\/a>.\u201d Hours later, Busch\u2019s family announced his death. While there are a few details available regarding Busch\u2019s illness<\/a>, no cause of death was revealed for the driver.<\/p>\n

Given Busch\u2019s stature in the sport, there will undoubtedly be more tributes coming for the legendary racer during one of the biggest weekends in racing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch, NASCAR\u2019s winningest driver, died Thursday. He was 41. Given Busch\u2019s prowess and excellence in the sport,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":688137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,336037,954,134,189179,330540,336036,189613,427],"class_list":["post-688136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-buschs","tag-dale-earnhardt-jr","tag-entertainment","tag-indianapolis-motor-speedway","tag-kyle-busch","tag-kyle-busch-motorsports","tag-richard-childress-racing","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=688136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/688136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/688137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=688136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=688136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=688136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}