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NASCAR's Kyle Busch, a 2-time champion, dies

The Hill · May 21, 2026, 10:25 PM · Also reported by 4 other sources

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  • We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport s greatest and fiercest drivers, NASCAR wrote in a post to X on Thursday.
  • His family, earlier in the day, reported that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.
  • The news comes 11 days after Busch radioed into his crew near the end of a Cup Series race at Watkins Glen asking a doctor to give him a shot after he finished the race.

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He was 41.

We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport s greatest and fiercest drivers, NASCAR wrote in a post to X on Thursday. We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.

A cause of death was not released. His family, earlier in the day, reported that he had been hospitalized with a severe illness.

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