{"id":975,"date":"2026-05-23T14:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2026-05-23T14:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T14:33:19","slug":"kyle-busch-died-after-testing-a-racing-simulator-reports-say-heres-what-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=975","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch died after testing a racing simulator, reports say. 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Last December, former driver Greg Biffle, his wife and two children and three others died in a plane crash in Statesville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The announcement of Busch\u2019s death came after teams had already left Gasoline Alley on media day at the Indianapolis 500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>NASCAR officials confirmed to The Associated Press the Coca-Cola 600 will go on as planned Sunday. Speedway officials said they plan to honor Busch \u201cin some way\u201d this weekend at the Coca-Cola 600, but details were still being ironed out.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Drivers were expected to begin making their way to Charlotte Motorsports Speedway in Concord on Friday with practice and qualifying beginning on Saturday. Earlier in the day, RCR had announced that Austin Hill would replace Busch in the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Richard Childress Racing is temporarily retiring Kyle Busch\u2019s No. 8 Cup Series car \u2014 at least until the late driver&#8217;s 11-year-old son Brexton is ready to take over behind the wheel.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Busch won 234 races across NASCAR&#8217;s three national series \u2014 more than any driver in history. He won Cup season championships in 2015 and 2019 for Joe Gibbs Racing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><em>The Associated Press contributed to this report.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=969\">\u2018Son, you did it\u2019: Florida mother accepts late son\u2019s diploma at graduation ceremony<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. \u2014 Legendary NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died Thursday at age 41, just three days before he was set to compete at the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.\u00a0 Read more Xavier Prep\u2019s Sister Lynn Winsor retires after 52 years of coaching, mentoring students As Busch&#8217;s friends, family\u00a0and fans mourn his death and pay [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nation-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kyle Busch died after testing a racing simulator, reports say. 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