Kyle Busch dies at 41. He spent nearly 20 years racing for fans in metro Atlanta
Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and racing icon, died suddenly on Thursday. He was 41. Busch was supposed to race this weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
But Busch’s family announced on Thursday that he had been hospitalized with an undisclosed severe illness and would miss Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600. Busch died later that evening. A cause of death will be determined in the days ahead.
Channel 2 sports director Zach Klein will be following this story and bring you any new developments, on Channel 2 Action News starting at 3:00 p. m. The Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR made a joint statement after his death saying in part: “Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch.
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. ” BUSCH’S ATLANTA RACING WINS Busch has a winning history across the country, including at metro Atlanta’s EchoPark Speedway.
He made his Atlanta Cup Series debut 22 years ago, but that didn’t quite go as planned. He completed just 44 laps and finished 43rd out of 43 cars on the track. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks ] That didn’t affect his love for the track and the Atlanta fans who showed up to cheer him on.