Kyle Busch, the 2005 NASCAR Rookie of the Year and a two-time Cup Series champion, has died at age 41, shortly after being hospitalized with an undisclosed illness.
Triumphant in a record 234 races across NASCAR’s three national series and widely esteemed as one of the greatest drivers in the history of stock-car racing, Busch notched his most recent win last Friday at Dover Motor Speedway, where he claimed his 69th career Truck Series victory. Busch had been slated to race in Sunday’s Coca-Cola 600 before his medical condition forced him to bow out.
Moments after Busch took his victory lap, he
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