Richard Childress Racing has made the choice to vary the quantity on the aspect of what was imagined to be Kyle Busch’s 2026 Coca-Cola 600 entry.
The 41-year-old NASCAR legend died all of a sudden on Thursday, and the shock and grief that has adopted is overwhelming.
RCR introduced that Austin Hill will drive the entry meant for Busch on this weekend’s race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, but it surely won’t be the No. 8 Chevrolet. The crew will make the most of the No. 33, and the No. 8 won’t return to the monitor … except Kyle’s at the moment 11-year-old son Brexton Busch at some point needs to make use of it.
Busch’s closing three Cup Sequence wins got here with the No. 8, all through the 2023 season.
“Richard Childress Racing has elected to droop use of the No. 8 and can run the No. 33 at Charlotte Motor Speedway and past,” stated the crew in a press release. “Kyle Busch was instrumental within the design of RCR’s stylized No. 8 and it has change into synonymous with Kyle and an necessary image for his followers and the NASCAR trade. Nobody can carry it ahead to the extent that he did. The No. 8 is reserved and prepared for Brexton Busch when he is able to go NASCAR racing.”
That is reminiscent of what RCR did following the tragic demise of Dale Earnhardt within the 2001 Daytona 500. The No. 3 Earnhardt made well-known was shelved, changed by the No. 29 pushed by Kevin Harvick. The No. 3 solely returned to Cup Sequence competitors over a decade later, with Childress’ grandson Austin, because the quantity was initially linked to the Childress household earlier than Earnhardt made it iconic.
The quantity Busch used for almost all of his profession was the No. 18, which Joe Gibbs Racing has not used since he left the crew after the 2022 season.
Kyle Busch closing Cup win, No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet
Photograph by: Jeff Curry / Getty Photographs
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