{"id":239929,"date":"2026-05-21T23:09:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239929\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T23:09:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T23:09:18","slug":"kyle-busch-nascar-star-dead-at-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/239929\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch, NASCAR star, dead at 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kyle Busch, one of NASCAR\u2019s top drivers, died Thursday after being hospitalized with a severe illness this week. <\/p>\n<p>He was 41.<\/p>\n<p>News of Busch\u2019s illness was announced by his family earlier in the day, and the shocking news came of his death came from NASCAR shortly before 6 p.m. ET.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport\u2019s greatest and fiercest drivers. He was 41 years old,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NASCAR\/status\/2057577365543301405\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NASCAR said in a statement. <\/a>\u201cWe extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Busch is introduced during the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Dover Motor Speedway, Sunday, May 17, 2026, in Dover, Del.  AP Photo\/Derik Hamilton<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Busch, driver of the Lucas Oil Chevrolet, drives during NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race pit road qualifying entry\/exit practice at Dover Motor Speedway on May 15, 2026 in Dover, Delaware. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Kyle Busch, driver of the HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, looks on during practice for the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ECOSAVE 200 at Dover Motor Speedway on May 15, 2026 in Dover, Delaware.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Busch was 24th in the Cup Series standings, holding two to-10 finishes over 12 races during the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>This story will be updated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch, one of NASCAR\u2019s top drivers, died Thursday after being hospitalized with a severe illness this week.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239930,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1015,4885,9,11,10,322,319],"class_list":["post-239929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-deaths","tag-nascar","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-obituaries","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239929","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239929"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239929\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239929"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239929"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239929"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}