ByJACK BEZANTS, US DEPUTY SPORTS EDITOR
Published:07:45 EDT, 22 May 2026|Updated:09:56 EDT, 22 May 2026
A chilling clip of NASCAR great Kyle Busch talking about feeling unwell days before hissudden deathat the age of 41 has resurfaced - as a family member has spoken of their 'pain and unexpected shock'.
Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion and father of two, was hospitalized on Thursday with an unspecified severe illness and hours later, his family announced that he had died.
Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on Wednesday when he became unresponsive and was transported to a hospital in Charlotte, as per the Associated Press. And while a cause of death has not yet emerged, Busch was struggling with something in his final weeks.
He radioed for medical assistance from his car in the middle of one of his final NASCAR races on May 10 in upstate New York, just days before his death.
And now, another eerie clip has emerged from May 16 of Busch being asked if he had recovered from what he thought was simply a nasty cough.
'I had a pretty - you can kind of still hear it, I'm still not great,' Busch said, waving his hand to his face as he spoke to Jeff Gluck of The Athletic. 'But er, the cough was pretty substantial.'
Kyle Busch, pictured with wife Samantha, was struggling with sickness days before his death
Busch had radioed in to his crew requesting medical aid during a race on May 10
Source: Drudge Report
