Kyle Larson Makes Heartfelt Donation to Late Kyle Busch’s Foundation

Two times NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson made an emotional tribute to late Motorsports legend Kyle Busch.

Kyle Larson Makes Heartfelt Donation to Late Kyle Busch’s Foundation

Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch (Via IMAGO)

The NASCAR community is still not over the tragic death of two times Cup Series champion Kyle Busch, who passed away at the age of 41 owing to severe pneumonia and sepsis. Defending champion Kyle Larson and his family has been at the for front of the tributes, that broke the heart race fans.

The Hendrick Motorsports veteran made another beautiful gesture in tribute to the late RCR driver, after winning the High Limit Series Duel at Davenport Speedway. He did the iconic Busch Bow during the celebration and donated a significant sum to Bundle of Joy, the foundation run by the Busch family.

This time I’m going to send it to Kyle and Samantha Busch’s foundation, the Bundle of Joy. We all know how much the Busch family means to all of us and we greatly miss Kyle and we get to celebrate his life tomorrow, so I’m looking forward to doing that. And yeah, I want to send that money to them.

Kyle Larson told FloRacing.

Alongside the Bow and donation, there was also another unique gesture that got the attention of the fans. Instead of Kyle Larson, his nameplate sticker read “Tiny Kyle”. It was the nickname given to him by Kyle Busch and even something the young Brexton Busch used.

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Kyle Larson shared his thoughts his children’s tribute for Kyle Busch

One of the proudest moments for Larson during the challenging times was how his children Owen and Audrey paid their respect for uncle Busch. They understood what Smantha Busch and family is going through, hence joined the community that stood beside the despite being kids.

Kyle Busch, Audrey Larson and Kyle Larson
Kyle Busch, Audrey Larson and Kyle Larson (Via @KyleBusch/Facebook, @drizz_81/X and people.com)

I think it’s great that with them being as young as they are, they can recognize everything that had happened last week and the hurt that the Busch family was going through, but also kind of what the community was doing to rally around that family.

Kyle Larson said.

After recently winning a dirt race, the veteran’s daughter recreated the iconic Busch Bow and it took the fans by surprise. Talking about it, the No:5 HMS Chevy driver admitted that it was Audrey’s own idea and it was a pretty awesome moment for them.

That was all Audrey’s idea to do the bow. We raced on Tuesday night at Millbridge (in North Carolina) and on the way to the track, it was just her and I, and she was like, ‘Hey dad, if I win, I should do the bow.’ I thought that was awesome. Then, when she won the next night when we went to Nebraska, she did it, and it was pretty awesome.

Kyle Larson added.

Another special moment was Owen Larson giving a hug to Brexton Busch during the Busch tribute event at Charlotte. The veteran racer expected his son to do exactly that and witnessing it was a proud dad moment for them.  

Owen supporting his buddy Brexton on pit road was not something I was expecting him to do. So, when he did that, it made me feel really good. And to see the emotion on his face made me proud.

Kyle Larson asserted.

These moments show how much the Larson’s love and respect the Busch’s. It would be interesting to see how the rest of the stock car racing community is going to pay their respect for the legend in the coming years.

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