Kyle Busch, two-time Nascar champion, dies aged 41

Key points

• Two-time Nascar Cup Series champion Kyle Busch has died at 41 after being hospitalized with a severe illness, Nascar said in a Thursday statement.
• “We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport’s greatest and fiercest drivers.
• He was 41 years old,” the racing organization wrote on social media.
• “We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.” No cause of death was given.
• Busch’s family had announced his hospitalization earlier on Thursday, saying he wouldn’t compete as planned at this weekend’s Nascar race in Charlotte, North Carolina.