Kyle Larson’s 8-year-old daughter pays tribute to | Sports News

Kyle Busch’s impression on motorsports continues to attain past NASCAR’s Three National Series garages. One of his latest tributes was paid during a Junior Sprint Class race for drivers aged 6 to 12, the place 8-year-old second-generation racing sensation Audrey Larson paid homage to her hero.

Audrey, the daughter of NASCAR and Hendrick Motorsports star Kyle Larson, grabbed a signature dirt-track victory within the National Open Wheel 600 Series Junior Sprints Class in Nebraska at KAM Raceway on Wednesday evening.

She celebrated by performing the well-known “Kyle Busch bow” that helped make the two-time Cup Series champion one of the game’s family names after taking the checkered flag. She later posted the video on socials set to the Foo Fighters tune “There Goes my Hero.” The Coke 600 paid a number of tributes to Busch whereas Prime Video reported the race as its most watched ever.

Audrey’s second got here after she received the Sawyer Chassis NOW600 Junior Sprints division, having began second within the Big R Stores A-Main. She outran Mini Sprint Nationals Winner Bryton Buoy and multi-time race winner Tucker Friesen over 20 laps to win the competitors.

Her efficiency was spectacular from earlier than the race even started. Audrey paced Qualifying One with a 13.089-second lap, completed second in her heat race, after which closed out the evening with a victory.

Online racing followers praised each the gesture and Audrey’s potential to in the future attain Cup champion standing, as her father did. One fan wrote, “I’m telling you Audrey Larson is the bad — of the Larson clan. She is her momma’s daughter for sure.”

Another added, “Those Larson kids are making their parents proud. All they do is race, it’s incredible.” The post-Coca-Cola 600 race prolonged the outpouring of tributes to Busch all through the occasion at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

A black No. 8 and Busch’s signature had been painted into the frontstretch grass earlier than the race, and every driver’s NextGen car was outfitted with a No. 8 decal. Busch’s brother, Kurt, positioned eight white roses throughout the show regardless of the second not making it onto the Prime Video broadcast.

NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell stood with Samantha Busch and their youngsters, Brexton and Lennix, during the pre-race ceremony. The area left the pole place empty for the opening tempo laps. Fans throughout Charlotte raised eight fingers for a second of silence on Lap 8.

Richard Childress Racing withdrew the No. 8 from the occasion and had Austin Hill drive the No. 33 car as an alternative. RCR mentioned the No. 8 will keep vacant till Brexton Busch is previous enough to race it. Before he handed, Kyle Busch was working to change NASCAR guidelines so he might race in opposition to his son.