{"id":36193,"date":"2026-05-24T11:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=36193"},"modified":"2026-05-24T11:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:20:35","slug":"racing-peers-mourn-nascar-superstar-kyle-busch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/racing-peers-mourn-nascar-superstar-kyle-busch","title":{"rendered":"Racing peers mourn NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Indianapolis<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 The motorsports world lost a favorite son this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/motor\/2026\/05\/21\/legendary-nascar-driver-kyle-busch-dies-at-41\/90203130007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">died at the premature age of 41<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 not on track, but after a sudden illness in a hospital on the eve of his race at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend for Richard Childress Racing. USA Today reported Friday that Busch was\u00a0<a class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/motor\/2026\/05\/22\/kyle-busch-911-call-nascar-star-coughing-up-blood-day-before-death\/90217240007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\">coughing up blood<\/a>\u00a0the day before he died, according to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nicknamed \u201cRowdy\u201d for his no-holds-barred racing style \u2014 and personality \u2014 he was a larger-than-life figure who was mourned by everyone from his fans to NASCAR peers, rocks stars, auto executives, and IndyCar racers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIncredibly sad,\u201d posted Team Penske driver Scott McLughlin at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as IndyCar prepped for its Indy 500 weekend. \u201cMy thoughts are with his entire family. A true wheelman and one of the best to ever do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Echoed Marco Andretti, one of three members of America\u2019s most famous racing family (including grandfather Mario and father Michael) to have competed here at the 500: \u201cNo words. Here for the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Busch, too, was part of a tight-knit, successful racing family including his father, Tom, and older brother Kurt, who himself won a NASCAR title in 2004. Kurt won his title at the age of 26, just a year after his 18-year-old brother, Kyle, entered NASCAR racing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/motor\/2026\/05\/22\/kyle-busch-nascar-champion-and-fierce-competitor\/90218874007\/\">Read full article here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indianapolis\u00a0\u2014 The motorsports world lost a favorite son this week. Two-time NASCAR champion Kyle Busch\u00a0died at the premature age of 41\u00a0\u2014 not on track, but after a sudden illness in a hospital on the eve of his race at Charlotte Motor Speedway this weekend for Richard Childress Racing. USA Today reported Friday that Busch was\u00a0coughing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36193"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36196,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36193\/revisions\/36196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}