Charlotte Motor Speedway will host a Celebration of Life for Kyle Busch on Friday, Oct. 9.
The ceremony will take place at the start/finish line of the 1.5-mile track in Concord, North Carolina, following the conclusion of the Craftsman Truck Series Chase race presented by Mobil 1.
The ceremony will be free for fans to attend at the track. Fans who bought tickets for the Truck Series race will also be welcome to stay and move toward the start/finish line for the Celebration of Life as the NASCAR community celebrates the late Busch and his legacy through stories, memories, iconic moments and the impact he made on the sport that epitomized the nickname “Rowdy.”
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Busch’s widow, Samantha, will be onstage to remember her husband.
A handful of NASCAR drivers and personalities will also participate in the Celebration of Life, including NASCAR on FOX play-by-play announcer Mike Joy, Joe Gibbs, Christopher Bell, Noah Gragson, Daniel Suárez, Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon, who will all share memories of Busch and what his legacy means to them.
Busch drove for Gibbs in the No. 18 Toyota from 2008-2022, earning two Cup Series championships and 56 race wins in NASCAR’s premier series.
Bell, Gragson and Suárez all drove for Busch’s former Truck Series team, Kyle Busch Motorsports. Bell won the Truck Series championship for KBM in 2017.
Larson competed against Busch in both the O’Reilly Auto Parts Series and Cup Series over the last decade. Busch gave the “Tiny Kyle” nickname to Larson, and this Sunday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (5:30 p.m. ET, USA Network, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), Larson will don the moniker above the door of the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet that has a throwback paint scheme to Busch’s time at Hendrick from 2005-2007.
Larson and Busch dueled in one of NASCAR’s greatest finishes in 2018 at Chicagoland Speedway when they made contact multiple times on the final lap with “Rowdy” ultimately taking the checkered flag.
Dillon was Busch’s teammate at Richard Childress Racing from 2023 until Busch’s sudden passing on May 21.
During the ceremony, ten of Busch’s most iconic race cars will be on display and a drone show will take place at the end of the ceremony.
Busch’s Celebration of Life will conclude with a performance by country music star Cole Swindell.