Kyle Busch Remembered: Rowdy's final Cup win at Gateway
We continue our 'Kyle Busch Remembered' series as NASCAR races at WWT Raceway, where Busch won both a Cup and O'Reilly race in his career. Those two victories are among his record 234 career NASCAR wins across all three national divisions -- more than any other driver in history. Busch died at the age of 41, just days after his final NASCAR victory due to severe pneumonia that progressed ... Keep…
Kyle Busch passed away at the age of 41 after winning his final NASCAR Cup Series race at the Gateway raceway. It was his 63rd and last NASCAR Cup Series win. Busch started the race from pole position and led 123 of the 243 laps, setting a record for the most laps led at Gateway in the Cup Series. His final victory came after leading 90 of 200 laps in a race for the O'Reilly 2009 title.
Busch joined a select group of drivers who have won at least three races in a single season for Richard Childress Racing, including Tyler Reddick, Kevin Harvick, and Dale Earnhardt.
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