The Craftsman Truck Sequence was one of many NASCAR touring competitions that dominated.
Lower than every week earlier than his stunning dying due from extreme pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, Busch received the 69th truck race of his profession at Dover. He’s the winningest driver to ever compete within the collection.
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Busch was scheduled to compete in eight races within the Truck Sequence this season for Spire Motorsports. This previous weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Corey Day crammed in .
Rajah Caruth will intention to do higher this Friday when he hops behind the wheel of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com truck within the Allegiance 200 on the Nashville Superspeedway.
Spire hasn’t publicly introduced that Caruth will fill-in, however he was listed as the motive force of the No. 7 truck on NASCAR’s on-line roster viewer with Brian Pattie as his crew chief on Tuesday, Could 26.
The competed full-time within the truck collection in every of the previous three seasons, however this can be his first truck race of 2026 since switching over to a schedule within the O’Reilly Auto Elements Sequence, the place he’s been splitting time driving for JR Motorsports and Jordan Anderson Racing. Caruth has 5 prime 10 finishes within the O’Reilly Sequence this season and can pull double obligation this weekend, driving the No. 32 Chevrolet for JAR in Saturday’s O’Reilly race.
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See probably the most heartfelt moments with Kyle Busch and his household.
Kyle Busch’s profession left a long-lasting mark on NASCAR, with achievements and moments that outlined his time within the sport.
Above, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates with daughter, Lennix Busch son, Brexton Busch and spouse, Samantha Busch in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway on Feb. 21, 2026, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Sean Gardner, Getty Photographs)
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See probably the most heartfelt moments with Kyle Busch and his household.
Kyle Busch’s profession left a long-lasting mark on NASCAR, with achievements and moments that outlined his time within the sport.
Above, Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates with daughter, Lennix Busch son, Brexton Busch and spouse, Samantha Busch in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway on Feb. 21, 2026, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Sean Gardner, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 zone/Thorntons Chevrolet, exits his automobile and reacts after an on-track incident in the course of the NASCAR Cup Sequence Ally 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 30, 2024, in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Gainbridge Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 22, 2025, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Jonathan Bachman, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway on Feb. 21, 2026, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Jonathan Bachman, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 54 Monster Vitality Toyota, celebrates in Victory Lane after successful the NASCAR XFINITY Sequence Kansas Lottery 300 at Kansas Speedway on Oct. 17, 2015, in Kansas Metropolis, Kansas.
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, celebrates successful the collection championship and the NASCAR Dash Cup Sequence Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 22, 2015, in Homestead, Florida.
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, celebrates successful the collection championship and the NASCAR Dash Cup Sequence Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 22, 2015, in Homestead, Florida.
(Mike Ehrmann, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Toyota, celebrates in victory lane after successful the Monster Vitality NASCAR Cup Sequence Championship and the Monster Vitality NASCAR Cup Sequence Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead Speedway on Nov. 17, 2019, in Homestead, Florida.
(Sean Gardner, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Gainbridge Chevrolet, and crew rejoice in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 22, 2025, in Hampton, Georgia.
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See probably the most heartfelt moments with Kyle Busch and his household.
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Realtree Chevrolet, celebrates along with his spouse, Samantha Busch, and daughter, Lennix Busch victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 12, 2024, in Fort Value, Texas.
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 Cheddar’s Scratch Kitchen Chevrolet, waves to followers as he walks onstage throughout driver intros previous to the NASCAR Cup Sequence Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway on Aug. 24, 2024, in Daytona Seaside, Florida.
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See probably the most heartfelt moments with Kyle Busch and his household.
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, celebrates along with his daughter, Lennix Busch in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway on Feb. 21, 2026, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Sean Gardner, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 M&M’s Crispy Toyota, celebrates along with his son Brexton and spouse Samantha in Victory Lane after successful the collection championship and the NASCAR Dash Cup Sequence Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Nov. 22, 2015, in Homestead, Florida.
(Chris Graythen, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Gainbridge Chevrolet, celebrates after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 22, 2025, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Chris Graythen, Getty Photographs)
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See probably the most heartfelt moments with Kyle Busch and his household.
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Realtree Chevrolet, celebrates along with his spouse, Samantha Busch, and daughter, Lennix Busch victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence SpeedyCash.com 250 at Texas Motor Speedway on April 12, 2024, in Fort Value, Texas.
(Sean Gardner, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 8 3CHI Chevrolet, celebrates after successful the NASCAR Cup Sequence Take pleasure in Illinois 300 at WWT Raceway on June 4, 2023, in Madison, Illinois.
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Gainbridge Chevrolet, celebrates with a burnout after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 22, 2025, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Chris Graythen, Getty Photographs)
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Remembering Kyle Busch’s life and NASCAR profession in photographs
Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 7 Gainbridge Chevrolet, celebrates in victory lane after successful the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Sequence Fr8 208 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on Feb. 22, 2025, in Hampton, Georgia.
(Jonathan Bachman, Getty Photographs)
Caruth ran nicely within the truck collection in earlier years, and drove the previous two years full-time within the circuit for Spire within the No. 71. Caruth received two races within the truck for Spire, in 2024 at Las Vegas and final 12 months at Nashville. He had eight different prime 5 finishes for Spire and completed within the prime seven of the purpose standings in each seasons.
Busch was additionally scheduled to drive the No. 7 truck for Spire at North Wilkesboro on July 18 and Richmond on Aug. 14. Busch is in profession victories throughout all three nationwide touring collection with 234 mixed wins.
The connections Spire has with Busch run deep. The headquarters the group runs its operation out of was previously the house of Kyle Busch Motorsports — which operated from 2010 by way of 2023 and received two championships within the truck collection with Erik Jones and Christopher Bell. Spire’s co-owner, Jeff Dickerson, was Busch’s spotter and agent early in his profession.
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And naturally, the ultimate race that Busch received got here in a Spire truck. Busch took the checkered flag within the No. 7 truck twice this season, additionally successful at Atlanta in February.
A driver that Busch mentored, within the Coca-Cola 600 — the primary NASCAR Cup Sequence race held following his dying.
It stays unclear who will fill the seat of Busch’s Cup Sequence automobile — which has been — at Nashville. Austin Hill drove the Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing on Sunday within the Coke 600, ending twenty seventh.
