Samantha Busch, the widow of NASCAR driver Kyle Busch, revealed the promise she made to her husband in the hospital last month, hours before his death. Kyle Busch, 41, died May 21 after a battle with pneumonia turned into sepsis.

A Family’s Love for Racing

Samantha and Kyle were married 15 years and have two children — Brexton and Lennix. Brexton Busch, 11, is an up-and-coming racer and has started to make some noise over the past few years. Helping Brexton on and around the track was part of Samantha’s bedside promise to Kyle.

“I promised him that I would do everything I could to help our children pursue their dreams no matter what. For Brexton, that dream is racing,” she said in a lengthy Instagram post. “It wasn’t a dream Kyle chose for him. It was something they shared. They spent countless hours talking about race cars, working together, dreaming together, and building a bond around something they both genuinely loved. Racing is what lights Brexton up and as long as it’s the dream in his heart, I’ll be right there beside him, cheering him on every step of the way.”

Kyle Busch was a two-time Cup champion and undoubtedly a future Hall of Famer. He’d been in the Cup Series since 2004, making 762 career starts with 63 wins. The 41-year-old won the championship in 2015 and 2019, and had 234 victories across all three NASCAR national series.

Earlier this year, Kyle and Brexton raced against each other for the first time in the Tulsa Shootout. Two weeks later, Busch started on the pole in the Daytona 500. Days after the NASCAR legend died, team owner Richard Childress suspended the use of the No. 8, saying it would only come back if and when Brexton wanted it.

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