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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) \u2014 Richard Childress Racing is temporarily retiring Kyle Busch\u2019s No. 8 Cup Series car \u2014 at least until the late driver\u2019s 11-year-old son Brexton is ready to take over behind the wheel.<\/p>\n

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RCR will run the No. 33 car on the Cup Series circuit beginning Sunday night at the Coca-Cola 600 and for the foreseeable future after the 41-year-old Busch died unexpectedly Thursday. The cause of death has not been released.<\/p>\n

Austin Hill is scheduled to replace Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion, in the driver\u2019s seat at Charlotte Motor Speedway for NASCAR\u2019s longest race of the season.<\/p>\n

Busch\u2019s son, Brexton, is already known for his racing exploits, having won the Tulsa Shootout Jr. Sprint Championship to earn his first career Golden Driller last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cKyle Busch was instrumental in the design of RCR\u2019s stylized No. 8 and it has become synonymous with Kyle and an important symbol for his fans and the NASCAR industry,\u201d RCR said in a statement. \u201cNo one can carry it forward to the level that he did. The No. 8 is reserved and ready for Brexton Busch when he is ready to go NASCAR racing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Brexton, a third-generation Busch driver, began his racing career in 2020 at 5 years old in the Beginner Box Stock division at Millbridge Speedway, a 1\/6-mile dirt track in Salisbury, North Carolina, according to his website. He picked up his first victory at Mountain Creek Speedway a month later and has built on his racing resume since.<\/p>\n

He won 48 races, earned 126 top-10s and 107 top-5\u2019s in multiple styles of race cars in 2024.<\/p>\n

In 2001, when Dale Earnhardt was killed in a crash at the Daytona 500, RCR changed car numbers from the black No. 3 to the white No. 29. The No. 3 eventually returned for the 2014 season when owner Richard Childress\u2019 grandson Austin Dillon took over as the driver.<\/p>\n

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AP auto racing: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/auto-racing<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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