Kyle Busch’s Race Car Unloaded at Track in Silence, 2 Days After His Sudden Death at 41

Kyle Busch; Kyle Busch's race car unloaded on May 23, 2026 Credit: Chris Graythen/Getty; Nascar/X NEED TO KNOW 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.