Kyle Busch, the hard-charging NASCAR star whose talent and temperament made him one of stock-car racing's defining figures for more than two decades, died Thursday at age 41.

There’s no way to process the news we’ve just received — that Busch died Thursday at the age of 41 after being hospitalized with an unspecified illness

Busch won 234 NASCAR national series races — combining the top-tier Cup Series, O’Reilly Series and Truck Series — which is the most of any driver in history.