NASCAR star Chase Elliott has had his father, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott, to look up to throughout his racing career.
Brexton Busch, the son of Kyle Busch, has learned plenty about racing from his father, but he will have to turn to other influencers now following Kyle’s sudden death last week.
Elliott has promised to do whatever he can to help Brexton as he moves forward with his racing career.
“I will throw my name out there now and for as long as needed, if I was ever to be needed for help, I hope Brexton knows that I’m a phone call away here, whatever, to try and lend a helping hand,“ Chase Elliott said. “I can’t promise that I would have as much knowledge to offer him as his dad, but I certainly would be more than willing to offer anything I do have to give him to help, because I’ve lived a lot of what he’s going to likely see in the coming years of his career. And I would be more than honored to help in any way that I could when those days get there for him.”
Brexton is a third-generation driver, following in the footsteps of his grandfather Tom Busch and father Kyle Busch.
Brexton, 11, has been racing since he was 5.
“I know how much Brexton meant to him,“ Elliott said. ”I grew up in a very similar manner, growing up around the race track and seeing some of those things. Such a shame that he’s not going to have the opportunity to see some of the things that my dad has got to see. Just really, really tough.”
Busch, who won the NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2015 and 2019, died last week after “severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming associated complications,” his family said in a statement.
Busch competed just days before his death, earning a win in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Dover Motor Speedway on Friday, May 15. Busch died on Thursday, May 21.
“Just obviously a lot of emotion and just want to express my support to Samantha and Brexton and Lennix and just the whole Busch family,” Elliott said.
“That family is still going to have difficult times ahead. They’re going to need support from this community that does mean a lot to them. I certainly intend to do that if I’m ever called upon to be asked for help or anything like that. Would be more than willing to try and do what I can.”
