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Kyle Busch, NASCAR's all-time winningest driver with 234 national series victories, died on May 22, 2026, at age 41 after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis. The two-time Cup Series champion had been battling respiratory symptoms for nearly two weeks before collapsing at a simulator facility, and his death has prompted scrutiny of how rapidly his condition deteriorated, what medical oversight NASCAR provides its drivers, and why the specific pathogen has not been publicly identified.