{"id":661950,"date":"2026-05-11T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661950\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T09:30:32","slug":"kyle-busch-injury-updates-latest-news-on-nascar-star-after-requesting-medical-attention-at-watkins-glen-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/661950\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch injury updates: Latest news on NASCAR star after requesting medical attention at Watkins Glen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kyle Busch injury updates: Latest news on NASCAR star after requesting medical attention at Watkins Glen<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With NASCAR at\u00a0Watkins Glen International on Sunday, Kyle Busch had his best finish of the 2026 Cup Series season.<\/p>\n

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Busch, the driver of the No. 8 car, came in eighth place, while Shane van Gisbergen finished in first. But just as the results were coming in on Sunday, there was some concern for Busch.<\/p>\n

Busch was heard asking for a doctor as the Go Bowling at The Glen race was wrapping up.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know about the health concerns for Busch and the latest on his status.<\/p>\n

MORE:Full results from 2026 Go Bowling At The Glen<\/a><\/p>\n

Kyle Busch injury updates<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0Mike Joy during the FS1 broadcast<\/a>\u00a0of Sunday\u2019s race, Busch had been feeling under the weather all week leading into the Go Bowling at The Glen.<\/p>\n

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Busch, a\u00a0two-time Cup Series champion, reportedly battled a \u201csinus cold\u201d throughout the week. And despite finishing in eighth, as Sunday’s event was wrapping up, he called for medical attention.<\/p>\n

Over his radio, Busch did not specify why he needed a doctor, but arranged to have one meet him after he exited his car.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan somebody try to find Bill Heisel? He\u2019s the kindred doctor guy. Tell him I need him after the race, please,\u201d Busch said.<\/p>\n

When asked if the doctor should meet him at his car or on his bus after the race, Busch chose the latter, saying \u201cI\u2019m going to need a shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

No further updates were made on Busch during the race, as he finished in eighth for his best result of the season.<\/p>\n

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What happened to Kyle Busch?<\/p>\n

Busch was heard requesting medical attention and needing \u201ca shot\u201d around the end of Sunday’s NASCAR race.<\/p>\n

While he did not specify why he needed help from a doctor, the FS1 broadcast reported that in the week leading up to Go Bowling at The Glen, Busch had been dealing with\u00a0a \u201csinus cold.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch injury updates: Latest news on NASCAR star after requesting medical attention at Watkins Glen originally appeared…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661277,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,8661,634,82,32061],"class_list":["post-661950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-kyle-busch","tag-nascar","tag-sports","tag-watkins-glen-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}