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Kyle Busch at Phoenix.<\/p>\n
Kyle Busch was almost watching the start of the 2026 NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series season from the sidelines. The driver of the No. 8 suffered a freak injury at his home that required 24 stitches.<\/p>\n The two-time Cup Series champion appeared as a guest on his wife, Samantha\u2019s, podcast. Fans of \u201cCertified Oversharer\u201d<\/a> got to hear a chaotic story as Kyle Busch recounted the details of what happened.<\/p>\n Kyle Busch suffered leg laceration from an accident at his home<\/p>\n Just days before the Cook Out Clash exhibition at Bowman Gray Stadium, it was a regular day at the Busch household.<\/p>\n But it turned into anything but an ideal day when Kyle went to fix a faulty smoke detector on the upstairs level of his house. With it being a \u201cshorter\u201d ceiling, all Busch needed was an 18-inch step stool to reach the smoke detector.<\/p>\n Busch assembled the stool and climbed up, but when he reached up, something went wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cI get up on the stool and as I\u2019m reaching up with my second arm, the stool explodes,\u201d Busch said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Initially, Busch felt as if he was OK as he landed on his feet and had his hands on the wall. That was until his son, Brexton, comes out and immediately tells his father he\u2019s bleeding.<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as he said, \u2018You\u2019re bleeding,\u2019 I look down, and it\u2019s not like you\u2019re bleeding like a nosebleed. It is like pouring. Like, you\u2019re gushing. \u2026 I\u2019m like, \u2018This is hospital grade,’\u201d Busch said.<\/p>\n As shown in an image on the podcast, Busch had suffered a deep laceration on his right leg. Samantha immediately drove Kyle to the hospital with his leg propped up on the dashboard of the car covered in towels.<\/p>\n At first, Busch\u2019s wife recalled a physician assistant (PA) was going to stitch his leg up, but was reluctant because he was a NASCAR driver and didn\u2019t \u201cwant to mess up his leg.\u201d<\/p>\n When Samantha saw the injury, it was as gruesome as her husband described.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen they lifted up his leg, he\u2019s not kidding. This flap was down and it was just gushing,\u201d Samantha said.<\/p>\n Kyle Busch needed 24 stitches after home accident<\/p>\n Eventually, the doctor came in and ensured there wasn\u2019t any porcelain inside the wound. Luckily, the laceration just missed a muscle in Busch\u2019s leg.<\/p>\n \u201cJust sliced the fat, folks. Didn\u2019t even get a muscle,\u201d Kyle Busch said.<\/p>\n The injury required 24 stitches. Fortunately, as Samantha noted, the injury wasn\u2019t worse, as the freak incident happened just days prior to the Cook Out Clash at Bowman Gray.<\/p>\n \u201cThank God, though, because this was less than a week out before Bowman Gray. Like, you would not have been racing,\u201d Samantha told Kyle.<\/p>\n Busch ended up being ready to race as he proceeded to qualify on the pole for this year\u2019s Daytona 500, the first time he\u2019s done so in his career. Aside from that, however, results have been difficult to come by.<\/p>\n The Richard Childress Racing driver has failed to post a top-10 finish in 2026. His best finish after four races was 12th at Circuit of The Americas. Busch currently sits 20th in the points standings.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tJohn Breeden<\/a> John Breeden is a NASCAR contributor at Heavy Sports. He has five years of sports journalism experience. He graduated from James Madison University in May of 2022 with a degree in media arts and design. John is also a sports reporter for the Daily News-Record in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Previously, John was a sports writer for JMU’s The Breeze and a NASCAR content writer for Sportskeeda. More about John Breeden<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tMore Heavy on NASCAR\n\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Kyle Busch at Phoenix. 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