Busch was in the middle of his 22nd season in Nascar’s top division at the time of his death.<\/p>\n
He had been expected to compete in an upcoming race this weekend, the Coca-Cola 600, at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina. <\/p>\n
He is survived by his parents, his wife, and two young children.<\/p>\n
At a press conference, Nascar CEO Steve O’Donnell said the races would continue, as Busch would be upset if they did not go ahead.<\/p>\n
“So we’re going to honour his memory,” O’Donnell said.<\/p>\n
Busch’s number and his truck were on display ahead of the event, according to local media.<\/p>\n
“Kyle Busch lived just about every chapter of what you could do in Nascar,” said O’Donnell, who described the late driver as fierce, competitive and “always good for a great quote”.<\/p>\n
O’Connell also praised Busch’s charity work, citing the foundation he started with his wife to support awareness and advancement for IVF and infertility treatments.<\/p>\n
In addition to his winning record, Busch also built a larger than life persona in the racing world and was known by the nickname “Rowdy”.<\/p>\n
Other tributes poured in following the announcement of Busch’s sudden death.<\/p>\n
“Absolutely cannot comprehend this news,” former teammate Denny Hamlin wrote on social media. “We just need to think of his family during this time. We love you KB.”<\/p>\n
Over the course of his 20-year career, Busch won 234 races in NASCAR’s top three series, more than any driver in history, according to ESPN. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Busch was in the middle of his 22nd season in Nascar’s top division at the time of his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":600296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-600295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/600296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}