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NASCAR champion Kyle Busch dies after hospitalization for 'severe illness'

The two-time Cup Series champion won 63 races and 234 across NASCAR’s national series, leaving behind a wife and two children.

  • Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, died at age 41 after an illness.
  • His death was announced jointly by the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing, and NASCAR.
  • Busch had been hospitalized earlier due to a severe illness before his passing.
  • At his death, Busch was in his 22nd full-time season in NASCAR's top division with 63 race wins and two Cup Series titles.
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The world of the Nascar is in shock. He died at 41 years old Kyle Busch, twice champion of the Cup Series and holder of the record of victories in the three national series of the Nascar. The star of the engines made in the USA accused a malore on Wednesday: he was performing tests in the Chevrolet simulator in Concord when he stopped responding and was transported to a hospital in Charlotte. The family reported that Busch had been hospitalized …

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The American was admitted to the hospital seriously ill on Thursday and died a few hours later.

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Kyle Busch (†41) wrote history in the Nascar series. He won more races than any other driver. On the weekend, "Rowdy" drove. A little later, surprising complications occurred.

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American motorsport mourns for Kyle Busch. The two-time Nascar champion had come to the hospital with a "serious illness" and died. On Sunday he should have started a race.

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USA Today broke the news in United States on Thursday, May 21, 2026.
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