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Daniel Suarez dedicates Coca-Cola 600 win to late friend Kyle Busch
Daniel Suarez honored his close friend Kyle Busch the best way possible on Sunday night.,The Mexico-born driver used a two-tire pit stop and hard rain on Sunday night to hold off Denny Hamlin and win an emotional Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.,In the first race since Thur...
Daniel Suarez ends winless drought at rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600
Daniel Suarez used a two-tire pit stop and hard rain on Sunday night to hold off Denny Hamlin and win an emotional Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C.,In the first race since Thursday's passing of 41-year-old two-time champion Kyle Busch, Suarez's No. 7 Chevrolet took two tire...
Organizers, fans pay tribute to Kyle Busch at Indy 500, Coca-Cola 600
On the biggest racing day of the year in the United States, the country's two most prominent racing series staged several tributes for Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR champion who died unexpectedly Thursday.,Busch, who was 41, died following a bout with severe pneumonia and sepsis, three days before...
Emotional Layne Riggs wins Truck Series at Charlotte: 'Did it for Kyle'
CONCORD, N.C. -- Layne Riggs made clear what was on his mind as he took the checkered flag under caution to win the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on Sunday.,"Did it for Kyle, man, did it for Kyle," Riggs said in a dedication to two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion K...
Family: Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia, sepsis
NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died from severe pneumonia that turned into sepsis, according to a statement provided by his family on Saturday.,"The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated compli...
RCR sets aside No. 8 for future use by Kyle Busch's son
Richard Childress Racing parked the No. 8 Chevrolet indefinitely on Friday, the day after driver Kyle Busch died at age 41 following a severe illness.,The car number could return to the NASCAR in the future, though, driven by Brexton Busch, Kyle Busch's son who is currently 11 years old.,RCR wrote i...
Charlotte Trucks Series race postponed to Saturday morning due to rain
Persistent rain forced the postponement of Friday night's North Carolina Education Lottery 200 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.,The race has been rescheduled for 8 a.m. Saturday morning, to be broadcast on FS1, NRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.,Friday's practice and quali...
NASCAR CEO: Kyle Busch was an ‘American badass’ behind the wheel
Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by USA Today.,Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion considered one of the best drivers of all time, died on Thursday. He was 41.,The Busch family, Richard Chi...
Kyle Busch 911 call: Driver coughing up blood day before death
Kyle Busch experienced shortness of breath and was coughing up blood the day before his death, according to a 911 call obtained Friday by USA Today.,Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion considered one of the best drivers of all time, died on Thursday. He was 41.,The Busch family, Richard Chi...
Kyle Busch leaves victory-laden, complicated legacy
The plan was for this to be another reflective, exciting race weekend for motorsports fans at the unofficial beginning of summer.,The Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600, the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" and NASCAR's crown jewel piece as its longest race, respectively, arguably compose the best rac...
NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies at 41 after bout with severe illness
Kyle Busch, a two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion considered one of the best drivers of all time, died Thursday after a bout with a severe illness. He was 41.,The Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR confirmed his death hours after announcing that Busch had been hospitalized this week a...
NASCAR champ Kyle Busch hospitalized with 'severe illness'
Two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch is hospitalized with a "severe illness" and will miss Sunday's Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte, N.C.,The family of the 41-year-old driver released a statement on Thursday morning.,"Kyle has experienced a severe illness resulting in hospitalization. He is cur...
Kyle Busch runs away with record fifth Truck Series win at Dover
DOVER, Del. - Kyle Busch did what Kyle Busch does best in a truck at Dover Motor Speedway. Win., ,Busch claimed his record fifth NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series trophy and 13th overall at the famous concrete one-miler, dominating Friday's ECOSAVE 200 leading 147 of the 200 laps in the No. 7 Spire Moto...
Red-hot Carson Hocevar tops Kyle Busch to win Truck race in Texas
FORT WORTH, Texas -- The glass slipper still firmly on his foot from last Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series win at Talladega, Carson Hocevar mashed the gas in overtime on Friday night and ran away to victory in the SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway.,Beating runner-up and Spire Motorsports teammate...
Kyle Busch gets new crew chief after just 10 races
Richard Childress Racing named a new crew chief Monday for Kyle Busch, ending the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion's tenure with Jim Pohlman only 10 races into their partnership.,Andy Street will take over crew chief responsibilities for the No. 8 Chevrolet for the remainder of the 2026 season, w...
Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch bring rivalry to Talladega
The NASCAR Cup Series gets crazier this weekend as it shifts to Alabama, but the white-knuckling, anxiety-producing track known as Talladega Superspeedway would not be the best place to resolve the back-and-forth between veteran drivers Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.,The prosperous pair bring a much-h...
Donovan Dent leads UCLA blowout win of rival USC
Donovan Dent finished with 25 points and seven assists, Eric Dailey Jr. added 19 points and eight rebounds, and UCLA cruised to an 89-68 rout of hosting and crosstown Los Angeles rival Southern California on Saturday.,The Bruins (21-10, 13-7 Big Ten Conference) broke a 21-21 tie midway through the f...
Report: Toronto signing Chilean D Benjamin Kuscevic
Toronto FC are finalizing a deal to acquire defender Benjamin Kucsevic from Brazilian side Fortaleza, The Athletic reported Tuesday.,The deal for the 29-year-old Chilean center back is a loan with a purchase option, per the report.,Kucsevic played for Brazilian clubs Palmeiras (2020-23) and Coritiba...
USC in desperate need of a win with No. 12 Nebraska in town
Big Ten counterparts Southern California and No. 12 Nebraska meet on Saturday in Los Angeles with very different but equally high stakes.,The Trojans (18-10, 7-10 Big Ten) head into the final three games of the regular season playing for their postseason lives. On a four-game losing streak following...
Kyle Busch outduels field for record 9th NASCAR Truck Series win
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Kyle Busch took his third consecutive and record ninth win of his career in the Fr8 208 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at EchoPark Speedway on Saturday afternoon, capping a dramatic push to the checkered flag to collect his record 68th series victory.,In the closing laps, Busch, ...