NASCAR Drivers Promise To Be There For Kyle Busch's 11-Year-Old Son

The NASCAR brotherhood is coming together following the death of Kyle Busch. The 41-year-old Cup Series driver died from complications of pneumonia on Thursday. His death shocked the sports world.

"The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications," the Busch family statement read. "The Family asks for continued understanding and privacy during this difficult time."

Busch leaves behind his wife, Samantha, and their two children.

Brexton Busch, the 11-year-old son of the late NASCAR driver, is viewed as a future professional race car driver. In fact, Busch's team is promising to keep his No. 8 car retired until his son is of racing age.

NASCAR and Richard Childress Racing announced the decision.

"Richard Childress Racing has elected to suspend use of the No. 8 and will run the No. 33 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and beyond," the team said in a statement. "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."

Meanwhile, others in the sport are promising to look after Busch's son.

NASCAR drivers promise to look after Brexton Busch

Brexton Busch no longer has his father to look up to when it comes to his future in racing. NASCAR drivers are going to do their best to fill that void.

"I will throw my name out there now and for as long as needed if I were ever to be needed for help. I hope Brexton knows that I'm a phone call away or, you know, whatever to try and lend a helping hand. I can't promise that I would have as much knowledge to offer him as his dad, but I certainly would be more than willing to offer anything that I do have to give him to help because I've lived a lot of what he's gonna likely see in the coming years of his career," Chase Elliott said.

Other NASCAR drivers have made similar promises.

It's great to see the sport coming together to be there for the Busch family during this unspeakably hard time.

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This story was originally published May 24, 2026 at 11:45 AM.