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The world of NASCAR is paying tribute to Kyle Busch this weekend, and it includes some classics from two series where the late driver was very successful.
While Busch — who died Thursday after “severe pneumonia [that] developed sepsis” — had been a full-time driver in NASCAR’s top series, the Cup Series, for more than 20 years, still occasionally competed in both the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and the Craftsman Truck Series.
He was particularly noted for his dominance in the Truck Series, winning 69 of his 184 races and at one point owning a team. In fact, the last win of Busch’s career came just under a week before his death in a Truck Series race at Dover.
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Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, is introduced before the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on May 1, 2026. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
On Friday, the Truck Series was in Charlotte as part of the Coca-Cola 600 weekend for a race that Busch was scheduled to attend.
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Corey Day was in the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports, the truck in which Busch took his last win, and was scheduled to start on the pole after Friday’s qualifying was rained out.
Kyle Busch celebrates the final victory of his NASCAR career at Dover Motor Speedway. (Photo by David Hahn/Icon Sportswire)
Before the race was set to begin Friday night, teams and fans held a moment of silence for Busch.
Unfortunately the race never got underway and was postponed to Saturday morning and then again to Saturday evening.
The O’Reilly Autoparts Series, which Busch drove for many times and won many times during his career, also took a moment to remember him before their race at Charlotte on Saturday.
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That race was also canceled due to rain.
There will be some heavy hearts on Sunday when the Coca-Cola 600, the NASCAR Cup Series’ longest race of the year, gets underway at 6 p.m. ET.
