Kyle Busch’s car unloaded first at Charlotte in somber moment for NASCAR
In a somber moment, the NASCAR community gathered around Kyle Busch's hauler on Saturday morning as his renumbered RCR car was the first to unload.
CONCORD, NC — The garage area at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Saturday morning felt less like the leadup to one of NASCAR’s major races and more like a funeral. With cloudy skies above, crew members, drivers, fans and racing folks of all sorts gathered near the hauler of the No. 8 Cup Series car – the one that Kyle Busch last drove for Richard Childress Racing less than a week ago.
NASCAR officials allowed RCR to unload its cars and roll them into the inspection garage first, a meaningful gesture following the shocking death of the 41-year-old Busch on Thursday . "It just doesn't feel like a real race weekend. The entire vibe through the garage, it's eerie, it's gloomy," Trackhouse Racing driver Connor Zilisch said.
"But this place is home. " The crowd remained quiet as they stood and watched the car descend from the hauler. #NASCAR Cup garage is silent as Richard Childress Racing unloads the renumbered No.
33 car at Charlotte Motor Speedway pic. twitter. com/yYsWxJJssT — Dustin Long (@dustinlong) May 23, 2026 It was renumbered following Busch’s death, as RCR announced Friday it would suspend the use of the No.
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