{"id":27238,"date":"2026-05-30T11:35:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=27238"},"modified":"2026-05-30T11:35:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T11:35:03","slug":"thinking-about-his-kids-weighs-on-me-the-most-tyler-reddicks-words-about-kyle-buschs-death-are-breaking-nascar-fans-hearts-tyler-reddick-is-having-one-of-the-bigge-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=27238","title":{"rendered":"THINKING ABOUT HIS KIDS WEIGHS ON ME THE MOST\u201d TYLER REDDICK\u2019S WORDS ABOUT KYLE BUSCH\u2019S DEATH ARE BREAKING NASCAR FANS\u2019 HEARTS. Tyler Reddick is having one of the biggest seasons of his career, but after Kyle Busch\u2019s sudden death at 41, racing suddenly felt much heavier than points, trophies, or the next finish line. Speaking after the NASCAR community gathered at Charlotte Motor Speedway to honor Busch, Reddick said the loss has been \u201ctough\u201d to process not only because of who Kyle was on the track, but because of who he was away from it."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tyler Reddick Says Thinking About Kyle Busch\u2019s Kids After His Tragic Death \u2018Weighs on Me the Most\u2019 (Exclusive)<\/h1>\n

Busch died at age 41, leaving behind his wife and their two young children<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Kyle Busch (L) and Tyler Reddick (R) in Indianapolis, Ind., on Aug. 15, 2021.<\/span>Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Sean Gardner\/Getty <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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  • Tyler Reddick says the death of fellow NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has been \u201ctough\u201d to process<\/li>\n
  • Busch died at age 41 after falling ill with severe bilateral pneumonia and sepsis<\/li>\n
  • Reddick said he is thinking most of Busch\u2019s family, which includes wife Samantha and their two children Brexton, 11, and Lennix, 4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Tyler Reddick\u00a0may be in the midst of a dream season, but last weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway served as a heartbreaking reminder of life\u2019s fragility as he and the rest of the NASCAR community reeled over the shocking death of\u00a0Kyle Busch, who died at age 41 on May 21.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cSunday was a hard day on the soul,\u201d Reddick, 30, tells PEOPLE on Tuesday, May 26, one day before the release of the death certificate confirming that Busch\u00a0died of severe bilateral pneumonia and sepsis.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cI got to know him as a competitor, and then I got to know him as Kyle \u2014 the father and the husband as well. It was just really tough,\u201d Reddick adds.<\/p>\n

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    Family, friends and competitors gathered together before the running of the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, May 24, to pay tribute to the man taken far too soon.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThere\u2019s so many people in the garage that worked with him for a weekend or worked with him for a couple races or worked with him for a year or even worked with him for decades,\u201d says Reddick, who is the current NASCAR Cup Series points leader heading into the next race at Nashville Superspeedway on May 31.<\/p>\n

    \u201cObviously we all knew his talents on the racetrack, but he also impacted obviously a lot of fans\u2019 lives along with a lot of us in the industry. It\u2019s just a huge loss for everyone,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

    While holding their one-year-old son Rookie George in her protective arms, Reddick\u2019s wife Alexa DeLeon was the first to be seen embracing Kyle\u2019s wife Samantha on Sunday as she and her extended family walked out in front of the sold-out crowd during a tribute led by NASCAR CEO Steve O\u2019Donnell.<\/p>\n

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    Kyle Busch celebrates with daughter Lennix Busch, son Brexton Busch and his wife, Samantha Busch, after winning the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Fr8 Racing 208 at Echo Park Speedway on Feb. 21, 2026 in Hampton, Ga.<\/span>Sean Gardner\/Getty <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    \u201cI hope his family was able to take away from the weekend that, you know, if there\u2019s ever any doubt in their minds about the support that they had, that they can hopefully move forward knowing that the entire garage is behind them and is there to support them,\u201d Reddick says.<\/p>\n

    He knows all too well about the fragility of life, as his son Rookie underwent life-saving surgery to remove a chest tumor mere days before Reddick won the Daytona 500 earlier this year.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI just hope that [Busch\u2019s family] is able to move forward knowing that there\u2019s so many people in our industry that are there for them if they ever need it,\u201d he tells PEOPLE.<\/p>\n

    Reddick says the vision that will remain in his mind is Busch as a father to son Brexton, 11, and daughter Lennix, 4.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThat weighs on me the most, you know, about just him being gone,\u201d Reddick says. \u201cYou know, him and his kids and his wife. That\u2019s just an incredibly tough thing for his family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    Kyle Busch, Samantha Bsuch, and Brexton Busch prior to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series North Carolina Education Lottery 200 on May 27, 2022 in Concord, North Carolina.<\/span>Jared C. Tilton\/Getty <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    And while Reddick is the first to admit there were days in which Busch seemed like the enemy out on the track and received his share of boos from the fans throughout the years, those boos had been slowly transitioning into cheers over the past few years.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThose boos were disappearing,\u201d Reddick says. \u201cI never asked him what that meant to him, but you know, the more I got to know Kyle as a person, the more I just knew that a lot of those boos weren\u2019t valid or weren\u2019t reasonable. I get it. You don\u2019t want to see your favorite driver get beat by another. And he won a lot of races and won championships and did a lot of incredible things.\u201d<\/p>\n

    He adds, \u201cI\u2019m just glad more people the last few years got to be more appreciative of who Kyle is and what he\u2019s done for NASCAR and what he\u2019s done for racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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