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NASCAR will continue honoring late legend Kyle Busch throughout this season.
It announced a public memorial for Busch will take place Oct. 9 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The service will follow that day’s Truck Series race. It will be free to attend.
More details will be released at a later date.
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Busch died at age 41 on May 21. According to his death certificate, he succumbed to hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation, which causes widespread clotting in small blood vessels. He had been battling pneumonia that later progressed into sepsis.
His family held a private funeral on June 2.
Busch is NASCAR’s winningest driver across its top three series. He earned 234 career victories, including 63 at the Cup Series level. That ranks 10th on the all-time leaderboard.
He also captured two Cup championships.
Just six days before he passed away, Busch won the Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway.
In the days after his death, tributes flooded in.
NASCAR hosted a moment of silence and a speech by CEO Steve O’Donnell, with Busch’s family by his side, before a race at Charlotte.
That same weekend, Indianapolis 500 drivers put decals with Busch’s No. 8 on their cars, and a makeshift memorial was set up at Daytona International Speedway. Fans dropped off flowers, M&M’s (Busch’s longtime sponsor), handwritten notes and more under a poster with his image.
Richard Childress Racing also retired the No. 8, reserving it for Busch’s 11-year-old son, Brexton, if and when he advances to NASCAR.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: How NASCAR plans to honor Kyle Busch with public memorial service
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It announced a public memorial for Busch will take place Oct. 9 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The service will follow that day’s Truck Series race. It will be free to attend.
More details will be released at a later date.
Buy Kyle Busch tribute book here
Busch died at age 41 on May 21. According to his death certificate, he succumbed to hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation, which causes widespread clotting in small blood vessels. He had been battling pneumonia that later progressed into sepsis.
His family held a private funeral on June 2.
Busch is NASCAR’s winningest driver across its top three series. He earned 234 career victories, including 63 at the Cup Series level. That ranks 10th on the all-time leaderboard.
He also captured two Cup championships.
Just six days before he passed away, Busch won the Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway.
In the days after his death, tributes flooded in.
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NASCAR hosted a moment of silence and a speech by CEO Steve O’Donnell, with Busch’s family by his side, before a race at Charlotte.
That same weekend, Indianapolis 500 drivers put decals with Busch’s No. 8 on their cars, and a makeshift memorial was set up at Daytona International Speedway. Fans dropped off flowers, M&M’s (Busch’s longtime sponsor), handwritten notes and more under a poster with his image.
Richard Childress Racing also retired the No. 8, reserving it for Busch’s 11-year-old son, Brexton, if and when he advances to NASCAR.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: How NASCAR plans to honor Kyle Busch with public memorial service
Continue reading...
