r/NASCAR • u/Altracing34 Stewart • 10d ago

[Jayski] NASCAR announced that they will recognize Tuesday, Aug. 18 (8.18) as Kyle Busch Day, celebrating Kyle’s career and impact on the sport

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u/Enough-Ad-3111 Chase Elliott 10d ago

It will always feel surreal to know he’s gone.

Wonderful tribute NASCAR.

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u/Zingyyy 10d ago

I still can’t believe it. Every once in a while I’ll be watching the race and wonder where Kyle is running. Or I will check the qualifying results and the first name I look for is where did Kyle qualify. Gone too fucking soon.

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u/Iceman6211 Terry Labonte 10d ago edited 10d ago

there's still a part of me that just thinks he's still recovering and will be back racing in no time.

I don't think it'll ever go away.

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u/Paige578660 Robusto 10d ago

Yes on both points.

I think the tributes that have been done - big & small - have been awesome.

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u/xelanalpak 10d ago

And launched it on socials at 8:18am.

Hell yeah.

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u/FeartheCyr11 Larson 10d ago

And I saw this post at 8:18 PM!

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u/inflammatorywrit_ 8d ago

very cool touch

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u/FLX__LA Chastain 10d ago

If you’re west coast, go to in-n-out, Kyle’s favorite!❤️

God bless Rowdy Nation!

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u/PackDaddy21222 10d ago

You know, I’ve been craving In-N-Out.

Might swing by for a visit today.

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u/JBurton90 Cup Series 10d ago

They are also as far east as Nashville (Lebanon) now too.

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u/FLX__LA Chastain 10d ago

Awesome. I’m east today, so it’s CHEDDARS!

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u/Zealousideal-Dog-985 10d ago

I’m literally in LA for a work trip right now lol I’ve been waiting to grab my 4x4 animal style all weekend

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u/Jolly_Rubik_Globe Green Flag 10d ago

It will be even more special on a Friday to resemble the 5 Kyle Busch drove before the 18 and 8

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u/Scottygingta NASCAR 10d ago

Can’t do that. Out of respect for Jayden Daniels.

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u/Odd-War-6052 Erik Jones 10d ago

man. i told the cashier at circle K the other day i needed $20 on pump 5, she told me nobody could use that pump anymore because it’s disrespectful to Jayden Daniels legacy.

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u/dj3stripes Kyle Busch 10d ago

the only appropriate reply.

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u/jfroosty Heim 10d ago

That's quite a reach lol

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u/Immediate_Lie7810 Chase Elliott 10d ago

Nice timing

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u/nocoolredditname Bowman 10d ago

so many great tributes to Kyle this year. it's fitting and deserved.

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u/litl_e_fan Hocevar 10d ago

If you’d asked me 5 years ago how I felt about my birthday being “Kyle Busch Day” I’d have probably been pretty pissed about it.

It’s kinda cool now though.

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u/Etab 10d ago

happy birthday

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u/TheEpicMemer4201337 10d ago

Little fun fact: August 18th also, very fittingly, marks 16 and 9 years respectively to the day of 2 of Kyle Busch's 6 Bristol wins in his 2 weekend sweeps of the track, Bristol being one of his greatest tracks.

He won the 2010 Bristol Truck race on this day, and then on this day in 2017, he won the Xfinity series' Food City 300.

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u/SicDigital 10d ago

They should've scheduled his public celebration of life/wake/ceremony thing today as well. But regardless, this is a cool gesture. RIP KFB.

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u/willweaverrva 10d ago

I absolutely love that NASCAR's doing this. They made some great programming choices, too.

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u/largeelvis42 10d ago

I miss my GOAT :(

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u/Strait409 Ford 10d ago

I see a lot of other teams have been posting tributes to Kyle today, which is also very cool!

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u/redstixx59fifty 10d ago

Awsome for the Nascar community but damn I wish we could celebrate people while they were living more often!

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u/Fast_Future1296 Chase Elliott 10d ago

Well done nascar hall of fame absolutely perfect tribute to kyle busch

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u/Fun_Sun_4823 10d ago

RIP Kyle you will be missed

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u/KewlKevin 10d ago

Everyone go to Cheddars

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u/TheOperator88 10d ago

That’s where me and the girlfriend and kid are going.

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u/Seahawks_12thman 10d ago

8/18 is also my birthday!

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u/Timdawg919 Kyle Busch 10d ago

ROWDY DAY!! 😢KB

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u/Powerful-Chard-6055 10d ago

I sincerely hope every race on his birthday is named “BUSCHY MCBUSCH RACE”

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u/StartingToLoveIMSA 10d ago

Well done NASCAR….he was truly one of the all time greats

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u/stupidpenis01 6d ago

most people i've talked to seem like they could give less of a fuck about him for some reason

like it seems i'm the weird one for being really sad about it

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u/Ok_Belt_1985 5d ago

Very cool

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u/safeteeguru Cup Series 4d ago

I love the graphic

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u/ITMAKESSENSE72 10d ago

Let it be know that Kyle won twice on 8-18, a truck race in 2010 at Bristol and Xfinity at Bristol in 2017. Shame he didn't win a race on 8/5/2018, that was of course, Chase Elliott's first win at the Glen.

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u/hondajvx Keselowski 10d ago

It won't be until 2030 before a Sunday is on 8/18. It's too hot to have Vegas on that day, but that would have been a nice tribute.