Star driver pays tribute to Kyle Busch with special Indy 500 car design
Romain Grosjean will honor the late Kyle Busch during the Indianapolis 500 with a special car design. The No. 18 car will feature a font reminiscent of Busch's, as a tribute to the NASCAR legend who passed away earlier this week. Busch's memory will also be commemorated with a lit pylon and a No. 8 decal during the race.
- ▪Kyle Busch passed away from severe pneumonia earlier this week.
- ▪Romain Grosjean's car design for the Indy 500 pays tribute to Busch with a similar font.
- ▪The Indianapolis Motor Speedway will light a pylon on the 18th lap in Busch's honor.
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Sports Star driver pays tribute to Kyle Busch with special Indy 500 car design By Jake Nisse Published May 24, 2026, 3:16 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google Kyle Busch’s memory will live on at the Indianapolis 500. Following the NASCAR driver’s sudden death from severe pneumonia earlier this week, Dale Coyne Racing’s Romain Grosjean performed a tribute to the legendary Busch. Grosjean drives the No. 18 car (the same number Busch used for much of his career), and the font on his vehicle has been tweaked to match the one that Busch previously employed. 4 The late Kyle Busch will be memorialized during the Indy 500 on Sunday.
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