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Kyle Busch; Kyle Busch's race car unloaded on May 23, 2026
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- Kyle Busch's race car was unloaded in a somber moment at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on Saturday, May 23
- The car — now bearing a No. 33 as Busch's No. 8 has been shelved — was unloaded silently to pay tribute to the late NASCAR champion
- The somber moment came as Busch's family revealed his cause of death, two days after he died on May 21 at age 41
Kyle Busch's race car was unloaded from storage days after his sudden death.
The legendary NASCAR driver's RCR team unloaded his car — a blue, white and red Chevrolet adorned with the Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen logo — at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday morning, May 23, according to a video that NASCAR shared on X.
During the unloading at the Concord, N.C., speedway — which came two days after Busch's death at age 41 on Thursday, May 21 — the garage remained “silent” in a somber tribute to the late driver, according to NASCAR.
Footage shared by the racing company shows several men silently unloading the vehicle — which was changed to No. 33 from No. 8 — onto the rainy track. A small No. 8 decal has seemingly been added to the door of the Chevrolet, however.
The legendary athlete's RCR team announced on Friday, May 22, that “it has opted to shelve the No. 8 that Busch last drove, switching to the car No. 33 for the foreseeable future,” according to NASCAR.
The team also indicated that it has reserved the No. 8 for Busch's 11-year-old son, Brexton, “when he is ready,” the company said. (Busch is survived by his wife, Samantha, and their two children: Brexton and daughter Lennix, 4.)
The car was unloaded ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series practice and qualifying at Charlotte Motor Speedway, which the company later announced was canceled due to weather conditions. Despite the cancellation, a board at the speedway displayed a black-and-white tribute to the driver, which read simply, "Kyle Busch 1985-2026."
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Kyle Busch tribute at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 23, 2026
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The somber Saturday moment came as Busch's family shared his cause of death, revealing that the NASCAR driver and father of two died from severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. (His family had previously only announced that he had experienced a "severe illness resulting in hospitalization.")
"The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications," the driver's family said in a statement obtained by ESPN.
In the same statement, they also asked “for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time.”
Before his death, Busch — who previously won the NASCAR Cup Series Championship in 2015 and 2019 — had been scheduled to race in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race in Concord, N.C., on Friday, May 22, and in the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 24, at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Kyle Busch in April 2026
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NASCAR mourned Busch in a statement announcing the racer's death jointly with his family and Richard Childress Racing.
"Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch," the statement read in part. "A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation. He was fierce, he was passionate, he was immensely skilled and he cared deeply about the sport and fans.”
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