Kyle Busch’s death certificate, obtained by multiple outlets, reveals that the two-time NASCAR champion silently fought a severe lung infection for weeks. Kyle Busch, the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion who died May 21 at age 41had been battling bacterial pneumonia for “days to weeks” before his death, according to his death certificate. The document, obtained by multiple media outlets on Wednesday, paints a grim picture of his final hours. Busch’s pneumonia progressed into sepsis roughly one day before he died, and the sepsis then triggered a cascade of additional organ failure. The sepsis led to disseminated intravascular coagulation —…
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“As he evolved, the boos gave way to cheers and rivalries turned into friendships,” Earnhardt says in the nearly four-minute video produced by Amazon Prime. WASHINGTON — Dale Earnhardt Jr. paid tribute to his rival-turned-friend over the weekend, narrating a nearly 4-minute video about Kyle Busch for Amazon Prime. The streaming service released the video tribute Sunday night, just four days after Busch’s sudden death at the age of 41. Amazon Prime has been broadcasting NASCAR races since last year, with Earnhardt serving as one of two color commentators. The video titled “Dale Jr. remembers his friend Kyle” begins with…
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Kyle Busch was never far from the thoughts of people in the so-called Racing Capital of the World. INDIANAPOLIS — The tributes for Kyle Busch started before racing’s biggest day of the year officially began. At Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, Dale Coyne Racing changed the font of Romain Grosjean’s No. 18 car to replicate the font the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and two-time Brickyard 400 winner used during his 14 seasons with Joe Gibbs Racing in his No. 18 car. Then came the opening prayer, in which Busch was mentioned by name. And on Lap 18, race officials lit up…