{"id":204,"date":"2026-05-22T16:43:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=204"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:43:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T16:43:04","slug":"kyle-busch-passed-out-in-racing-simulator-before-dying-in-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=204","title":{"rendered":"Kyle Busch passed out in racing simulator before dying in hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>NASCAR driver Kyle Busch passed out in a Chevrolet racing simulator before he was transported to a North Carolina hospital where he died Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=202\">Photos: San Jose State University celebrates their graduates with three days of commencement ceremonies<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Multiple sources told the Associated Press that 41-year-old father or two became unresponsive while practicing for the upcoming weekend\u2019s events at Charlotte Motor Speedway. That includes the Sunday\u2019s Coca-Cola 600 in which he was slated to compete.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0Kyle Busch was more than a villain and the greatest NASCAR driver of his generation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He was reportedly rushed from Concord to Charlotte. His family said Thursday morning that Busch had experienced a \u201csevere illness\u201d and would spend the weekend recuperating while a replacement driver drove his number 8 car.<\/p>\n<p>Busch\u2019s family, racing team and NASCAR later released a joint statement confirming \u201ca giant of the sport\u201d had died. His cause of death hasn\u2019t been made public.<\/p>\n<p>Busch told his crew that he wanted to see a doctor after a May 10 race at Watkins Glen racetrack in the Finger Lakes area. An announcer calling that event said Busch had been suffering through a sinus cold all week.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=200\">Bay Area News Group boys athlete of the week: Kolby Breining, Dublin baseball<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He told The Athletic last week that he was \u201cstill not great,\u201d but indicated that he seemed to have gotten past a bad cough that was giving him trouble.<\/p>\n<p>Busch and his wife Samantha were parents to an 11-year-old son and a 4-year-old daughter.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The racing community mourned the loss of a driver who\u2019ll be remembered as a fierce competitor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKyle was one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history,\u201d Dale Earnhardt Jr. posted on X. \u201cNo one can deny that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bubba Wallace posted a tribute crediting Busch as a mentor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy eyes hurt from all the crying, my heart hurts from the pain,\u201d he said on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nextcitydigest.com\/?p=199\">Waymo takes multi-city pause over flood concerns, halts freeway access<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASCAR driver Kyle Busch passed out in a racing simulator before he was brought to a North Carolina hospital where he died Thursday at 41.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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