{"id":689174,"date":"2026-05-23T19:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689174\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T19:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T19:52:13","slug":"nascar-legend-kyle-buschs-family-reveals-his-cause-of-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/689174\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR legend Kyle Busch’s family reveals his cause of death"},"content":{"rendered":"

NASCAR legend Kyle Busch died <\/a>from complications from “pneumonia [that] progressed into sepsis,” his family revealed Saturday.<\/p>\n

Busch died on Thursday at the age of 41, just hours after his family said he had been hospitalized due to a “severe illness” and that he would not be competing this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

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Sean Gardner\/Getty Images, FILE – PHOTO: In this Feb. 14, 2024, file photo, Kyle Busch looks on during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.<\/p>\n

The family said in a statement they were provided with the new details from a “medical evaluation,” and that the illness resulted\u00a0 “in rapid and overwhelming associated complications.”<\/p>\n

NASCAR great Kyle Busch was coughing up blood day before he died, 911 call says<\/a><\/p>\n

“The Family asks for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time,” the statement said.<\/p>\n

Busch was at the GM facility in Concord, North Carolina Wednesday when he started coughing up blood, according to the 911 call obtained by ABC News.<\/p>\n

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The 911 caller requested an ambulance come an individual experiencing “shortness of breath” who was “very hot, thinks he’s going to pass out.”<\/p>\n

NASCAR community and beyond pays tribute to race car legend Kyle Busch<\/a><\/p>\n

Busch won the NASCAR Cup Series twice — in 2015 and 2019 — and set records in national series wins. His two-decade career included 234 victories among all three NASCAR national series.<\/p>\n

He was married to Samantha Sarcinella and the couple had two children, Brexton, 11, and Lennix Key, 4.<\/p>\n

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Jonathan Bachman\/Getty Images – PHOTO: The car that will be driven by Austin Hill after the passing of Kyle Busch, sits covered in the garage area prior to practice for the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, on May 23, 2026, in Concord, North Carolina.<\/p>\n

It was announced on Friday that Kyle Busch’s No. 8 car will be retired and reserved for his son “when he is ready to go NASCAR racing.”<\/p>\n

-ABC News’ Meredith Deliso, Stefan Joyce and Victoria Arancio contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NASCAR legend Kyle Busch died from complications from “pneumonia [that] progressed into sepsis,” his family revealed Saturday. Busch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":689175,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,13751,43563,2884,8661,634,8354,82],"class_list":["post-689174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-charlotte-motor-speedway","tag-daytona-beach","tag-daytona-international-speedway","tag-kyle-busch","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689174","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=689174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689174\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}