Gallery: All five Kyle Busch tribute paint schemes for Charlotte NASCAR Truck race
This weekend, NASCAR returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time since a very somber Memorial Day Weekend in May. The track hosted the first race weekend after the tragic death of Kyle Busch, who suffered a medical emergency at the GM Technical Center in Charlotte and later passed away due to pneumonia that progressed into sepsis. As the sport returns to Charlotte -- a place most ...…
NASCAR returns to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time since the somber Memorial Day Weekend in May, honoring the late Kyle Busch with a Celebration of Life event on Friday evening. Five tribute paint schemes will be displayed on the five trucks competing in the NASCAR Truck Series race. Connor Mosack, driver of the No. 7 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, earned pole position and will drive the paint scheme honoring Kyle Busch's 100th and final victory with Busch Motorsports.
Rajah Caruth, in the No. 77 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, will start fourth and pay tribute to Busch's first win with the bright yellow Dollar General truck. Stewart Friesen, No. 52 Halmar-Friesen Racing, will use the black Miccosukee paint scheme from Busch's early days with Billy Ballew's team. Leland Honeyman, in the No. 62 Halmar-Friesen Racing truck, recreates the Traxxas paint scheme from Busch's five wins between 2010 and 2011.
Finally, Daniel Hemric, in the No. 19 McAnally-Hilgemann Racing truck, features the Delphi sponsor along with the paint scheme Busch drove to victory in a famous finish in Las Vegas.
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