Kyle Busch Didn’t Leave This World Without Learning to Two-Step (RIP)

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The NASCAR and motorsports world is in shock at the moment as word has come down that 2-time NASCAR Series champion and the driver with the most overall wins in history (234 across the three NASCAR series) has died suddenly after an undisclosed illness. Earlier in the day, it had been announced that Kyle Busch was hospitalized with a serious condition. Then the tragic word came down.

“On behalf of the Busch family, everyone at Richard Childress Racing and all of NASCAR, we are devastated to announce the sudden and tragic passing of Kyle Busch,” the statement from NASCAR read. “Our entire NASCAR family is heartbroken by the loss of Kyle Busch. A future Hall of Famer, Kyle was a rare talent, one who comes along once in a generation. He was fierce, he was passionate, he was immensely skilled and he cared deeply about the sport and fans.”

At only 41 years of age, it really puts into perspective how precious life is, and how fleeting it can be, even for the champions among us. Kyle Busch was revered throughout NASCAR, if not a little polarizing depending on who your favorite drivers were. But what everyone respected about Kyle Busch was how he took life by the horns, and squeezed every inch out of it that he could.

Kyle Busch could have settled for simply driving in NASCAR’s cup series races. But he regularly drove in the 2nd tier races (currently called O’Reilly Auto Parts Series), as well as the Craftsman Truck Series. In fact last Friday, Busch started from the pole, lead the most laps, and won the truck series race at the Dover Motor Speedway. When being interviewed after the win, Busch said poignantly about savoring the win, “you never know when the last one is.”

Kyle Busch’s ties to the country music world are few and far between, even if NASCAR and country often go hand in hand. But while in Austin, TX earlier this year for the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix at the Circuit of the Americas, Kyle Busch and his wife Samantha stopped by Austin’s famed honky-tonk Sagebrush on Friday, February 27 to take part in some two-step lessons taught by Dalton and Vanessa of Double or Nothing Two-Step.


As Ella Langley’s ode to Texas two-stepping “Choosin’ Texas” was all the rage (and still is), Mr. and Mrs. Kyle Busch wanted to experience their little moment of Texas music culture. For many, learning to two-step is one of those bucket list things you promise to yourself to do, but many don’t get around to it. Kyle Busch did.

It just a tiny little detail in what with be a Hall of Fame racing career, and much more expansive rembrances. But it illustrates how Kyle Busch lived a full and fearless life, was willing to try anything, never settled and always pushed for better and more, and leaves this earth accomplished and fulfilled, however tragic and unexpected.

RIP Kyle Busch.

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