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Former Nascar star Kyle Busch became unresponsive while testing a racing simulator in Concord, N.C., the day before his death and had to be hospitalized, sources told the Associated Press.

The NASCAR world is mourning one of its biggest stars. Several of Kyle Busch’s fellow drivers paid tribute after his stunning death at 41, remembering the two-time Cup Series champion as one of the defining figures of his era.

Kyle Busch shared some upsetting words just weeks before his unexpected death on Thursday. Moments after winning the Ecosave 200 in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Denver Motor Speedway on Friday, Busch shared a heartfelt statement on why winning races never got old for him.

Just days before Kyle Busch’s tragic death, he and his family celebrated his young son’s birthday. Busch died Thursday, NASCAR confirmed, just hours after the race car driver’s family said he was hospitalized due to a severe illness.

Kyle Busch was dealing with a sinus issue less than two weeks before his tragic death at the age of 41.  

Kyle Busch, NASCAR’s winningest overall driver, has died after being hospitalized with a severe illness on Thursday. 

Howard Fendrich, a national sports writer for The Associated Press whose persistent reporting and detail-rich prose brought readers inside dozens of taut Grand Slam tennis finals, record-breaking Olympic moments and harrowing trips down Alpine ski slopes, has died. He was 55.