Busch, 41, died Thursday<\/a> in a stunning blow to the racing world. While a cause of death hasn’t yet been disclosed, a 911 call from the Cabarrus County Sheriff\u2019s Office, obtained by Fox News and OutKick, painted a grim picture.<\/p>\n The two-time champion was on the bathroom floor coughing up blood and experiencing shortness of breath, according to an unidentified man on the phone. Busch was alert.<\/p>\n KYLE BUSCH ON \u2018HANG OUT WITH SEAN HANNITY’<\/a><\/p>\n He was then transferred to a Charlotte hospital<\/a> and died a day later.<\/p>\n Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, is introduced before the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 1, 2026. (James Gilbert\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n O’Donnell, who was named NASCAR’s CEO in April, received a text from Busch one day before all this happened, he revealed during a news conference Friday.<\/p>\n The context of the text? The Truck Series, of course.<\/p>\n “What I look back on is a text from Kyle Tuesday, as only Kyle could do \u2014 and I keep looking at it \u2014 and he said, ‘Hey, man, what do you think about an over-40 rule to be able to compete in all the Truck Series races next year?’<\/p>\n “I said, you know, we put that rule in place because you were winning so much, but when we looked about it and had a meeting Wednesday internally, we thought, \u2018Damn, that\u2019s actually good. We need Kyle in the Truck Series.\u2019 It was twofold. He knew he could help the series, but I think, one day, he had a dream to race against his son<\/a> in a national series event.<\/p>\n KYLE BUSCH 911 CALL REVEALS DRIVER WAS COUGHING UP BLOOD, STRUGGLING TO BREATHE ON BATHROOM FLOOR<\/a><\/p>\n “That was Kyle, always thinking about the sport and going forward.”<\/p>\n Busch was a two-time Cup champion<\/a> and a future Hall of Famer. He’d been in the Cup Series since 2004, making 762 career starts with 63 wins. Busch won the championship in 2015 and 2019 and had 234 victories across three NASCAR national series.<\/p>\n He is the all-time record-holder for wins in both the NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series (102) and NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series (69).<\/p>\n NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle Busch and wife Samantha stand before the start of the 1000Bulbs.com 500 at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala., on Oct. 14, 2018. (Jasen Vinlove\/USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n His final NASCAR win came<\/a> at Dover in the Truck Series eight days ago. He led 147 laps in what turned out to be a vintage Busch performance.<\/p>\n “You never know when the last one is,” he said after the win.<\/p>\n![\"Kyle](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kyle-busch-nascar-texas-fox-news-004.jpeg\")
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