Kyle Busch, NASCAR Driver, Dies at 41 After ‘Severe Illness’
The collective heartbeat of the racing world skipped on Thursday. Kyle Busch, the polarizing, brilliant, and utterly irreplaceable titan of modern stock car racing, has died. He was 41 years old. The shattering news came in a joint statement from NASCAR, the Busch family, and Richard Childress Racing, arriving just hours after fans were first…