\u201cThe medical evaluation provided to the Busch family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications,\u201d a family statement said, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe family asks for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sepsis is when the body\u2019s infection-fighting process turns on the body and causes organs to work improperly, which can cause severe damage and death.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, Busch radioed his crew near the end of a race at Watkins Glen asking for a medical \u201cshot\u201d after finishing, the AP reported. He had been battling a sinus cold aggravated by G-forces and elevation changes at the road course on May 10.<\/p>\n
Busch, in his 22nd Nascar campaign, was among the top drivers in the elite division of the US stock car racing series.<\/p>\n
His family and his Richard Childress Racing team had announced Busch\u2019s hospitalisation and withdrawal from Sunday\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 race Thursday morning, hours before announcing his death, AFP reported.<\/p>\n
The race will be conducted as planned on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, with every car in the field bearing a number eight decal in tribute to Busch.<\/p>\n
Nascar CEO Steve O\u2019Donnell said Busch was not always easy to deal with but was \u201can American badass\u201d, AP reported.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe certainly had our battles but I would give a lot of money to have a few more battles,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said.<\/p>\n
Former teammate Denny Hamlin wrote a tribute on social media.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbsolutely cannot comprehend this news. We just need to think of his family during this time. We love you KB,\u201d Hamlin wrote on X.<\/p>\n
Busch is survived by his parents, his wife, and two young children.<\/p>\n
Over his career, Busch won 234 races in Nascar\u2019s top three series, more than any driver in history, according to ESPN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cThe medical evaluation provided to the Busch family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":442204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[74,696,224433,6028,49202,44295,6179,156,2109,71,44012,20825,111,139,69,1118,43662,20296,1534,33141,2848,437],"class_list":["post-442203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-after","tag-announced","tag-busch","tag-champion","tag-complications","tag-developing","tag-died","tag-entertainment","tag-family","tag-from","tag-kyle","tag-nascar","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-pneumonia","tag-racer","tag-saturday","tag-sepsis","tag-severe","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}