Family Reveals Cause Of Death For NASCAR Legend Kyle Busch 

The family of legendary driver Kyle Busch released a statement Saturday morning on the cause of death for the 41-year old on Thursday. 

The statement from the family read: ”The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications.”

Busch was working on a racing simulator at the General Motors Charlotte Technical Center on Wednesday when he became unresponsive. A 911 call released Friday revealed that someone at the facility called to report that Busch was found on a bathroom floor struggling to breath and coughing up blood. 

It was announced by the Busch family on Thursday morning that he would not compete in events this weekend and that he had been hospitalized. On Thursday evening it was announced that Busch had passed away. 

Busch was in his 22nd season of full-time competition with the NASCAR Cup Series. He has competed for Richard Childress Racing since 2023. He began his Cup Series career with Hendrick Motorsports, running full-time for the team from 2005-2007. He moved on to Joe Gibbs Racing in 2008 and competed for the team until 2022, winning two Cup Series championships in 2015 and 2019. 

He had 63 Cup Series victories over 762 starts since. His last Cup Series win came on June 4, 2023 at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, Illinois. 

Busch was the 2009 O’Reilly Auto Parts Series champion. He is the division’s all-time winningest driver with 102 victories over 367 starts. 

In the Craftsman Truck Series Busch had a series record 69 victories over 184 events, with the most recent coming on last Friday (May 15) at Dover Motor Speedway. 

Busch’s older brother Kurt, who was also a NASCAR Cup Series champion, was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame this year. 

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