Days before Kyle Busch was set to race in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion collapsed inside a Chevrolet simulator in Concord, North Carolina. He never made it to the race. On Saturday, his family released a statement that finally told the public what had taken him.
'The medical evaluation provided to the Busch Family concluded that severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications,' the statement read. Dakota Hunter, vice president of Kyle Busch Companies, confirmed the family received the medical evaluation on Saturday. Busch was 41 years old.
