Shame to miss out on the chase, one night doesn't sum up our year but we haven't been good enough, so it's been cool to be close anyway. As a team we’ve struggled this year but proud to have been able to match my teammates on the ovals and to have stepped up this year
@jeff_gluck Real question is how was that rolling tire from blaneys pit crew not called for uncontrolled tire. It clearly left the box and behind the wall before crew guy grabbed it
Carson Hocevar when asked if he would smash the guitar trophy in honor of Kyle Busch if he were to win tonight at Nashville Superspeedway:
“Ya without a doubt, there won’t be a piece left”
#CH77
i am sorry. i have one more story after getting sent this photo that i never knew existed.
this is my grandma, we lost her a little over a year ago. she was my number one fan and didn’t care who you were. you were gonna know it, and Kyle Busch was no exception. while he raced at kalamazoo speedway and did an autograph session the same year i started late model racing. my grandma took the opportunity to give him a hero card of mine to sign so she can mention her grandson races.
the next year was the late model race at kalamazoo speedway that i got to race against kyle and i completely ran him in the fence and he told that story that he remembered it.
we don’t know what goes on up there, but i would have to imagine that if my grandma saw him. she would go find him just talk about her grandson and knowing how kyle reacted then, he would have responded with a smile.
this picture is heavy to me and i hope somewhere at grandma’s house that hero card is still there and i find it one day.
Richard Childress Racing has elected to suspend use of the No. 8 and will run the No. 33 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and beyond. Kyle Busch was instrumental in the design of RCR’s stylized No. 8 and it has become synonymous with Kyle and an important symbol for his fans and the NASCAR industry. No one can carry it forward to the level that he did. The No. 8 is reserved and ready for Brexton Busch when he is ready to go NASCAR racing.
Kyle Busch’s impact in NASCAR goes beyond his ability as a driver.
- William Byron
- Christopher Bell
- Bubba Wallace
- Erik Jones
- John Hunter Nemechek
- Todd Gilliland
- Noah Gragson
- Sammy Smith
- Harrison Burton
- Christian Eckes
- Chandler Smith
These active drivers were full-time with Kyle Busch Motorsports. None would be where they are today without KFB.
I’m a bit shell shocked at the moment..
Kyle was incredible to me and our progrum. A phenomenal hang, husband, father, and wheelman.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends..
We love you @KyleBusch.. You done good. Rest easy, man.
Kyle and I had a really challenging existence for many years. But we luckily took the time to figure out our differences and that was something he instigated with a conversation in his bus around how we each managed our racing teams. I was super eager for us to get on better terms. But it was he who made the effort for that to be possible. We did some media together also to laugh through some of the things we put each other through many years ago. Most recently we had even been discussing him running my Late Model at Wilkesboro this summer. He seemed extremely happy and we had planned to meet up next Thursday to get his seat to the shop. He laughed over the idea of his fans and JRM fans having to cheer in unison during that race.
Kyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. No one can deny that. But he was also a father, a husband, brother, son, and a friend to many. My heart is broken for the Busch family. I will never be able to make sense of this loss but I am thankful that we had found a way to become friends.
Wanted to share this video I got at Atlanta earlier this year after Kyle won the truck race. I loved seeing this happen in the moment and it means more now.