{"id":347042,"date":"2026-06-07T11:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=347042"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T06:23:50","slug":"kyle-buschs-nascar-boss-breaks-silence-on-drivers-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/kyle-buschs-nascar-boss-breaks-silence-on-drivers-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch\u2019s NASCAR Boss Breaks Silence on Driver\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Richard Childress<\/strong> spoke out for the primary time following his NASCAR driver Kyle Busch<\/strong>\u2019s shocking death at age 41.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle will go down in history as one in all the best race drivers that\u2019s ever been,\u201d Childress, 80, told reporters on the Michigan International Speedway on Saturday, June 6, per the Associated Press<\/em><\/a>. \u201cHis legacy is that he was a person that loads of people thought he was tough to take care of, and that he wouldn\u2019t last long. He’s a person that loves his sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Busch spent the ultimate three seasons of his profession racing within the NASCAR Cup Series for Richard Childress Racing (RCR). On May 20, Busch became unresponsive in Concord, North Carolina, while preparing for that weekend\u2019s competition and was hospitalized.<\/p>\n

NASCAR confirmed hours afterward May 21 that the driving force had died at age 41. (A death certificate obtained by Us Weekly<\/em> confirmed that Busch suffered a \u201cchain of events\u201d in his final days, as bacterial pneumonia progressed into sepsis and intravascular coagulation, or small clots. By the point Busch died, he\u2019d developed hemorrhagic shock as a consequence of blood loss.)<\/p>\n

At Saturday\u2019s press conference, Childress likened Busch\u2019s death to that of NASCAR icon Dale Earnhardt Sr<\/strong>., who was killed at age 49 in a February 2001 crash. (Earnhardt spent 18 seasons on the RCR team.)<\/p>\n

\u201cYou lose two of the best drivers that\u2019s ever driven a automobile in NASCAR and to should undergo it again,\u201d Childress told the media. \u201cI just feel so bad for the family and the staff and everybody. But yeah, I mean, I haven\u2019t slept superb currently.\u201d<\/p>\n

He reflected on his final phone call with Kyle the night before his hospitalization, revealing that he\u2019d planned to supply the driving force a contract extension.<\/p>\n

Childress also said that he desired to help Kyle guide the amateur racing profession of his 11-year-old son Brexton Busch in hopes of the boy turning pro someday. (Richard Childress Racing announced on May 22 that it’s going to retire Kyle\u2019s No. 8 automobile unless Brexton chooses to race professionally some day.)<\/p>\n

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\n Kyle Busch and Richard Childress.<\/span> James Gilbert\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cTalking to Kyle at different times, knowing his plans and what he had in the longer term for Brexton and his family,\u201d Childress said. \u201cThe numerous things that all of us could have done together, that was probably the hardest a part of this whole thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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