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WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk)News report · Nov 11, 3:06 AM
Kyle Busch posthumously wins NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award
Busch was competing in his 22nd full-time NASCAR Cup Series season at the time of his death in May.
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Kyle Busch posthumously wins NASCAR's Most Popular Driver Award
KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) and WXII12 (Hearst, Greensboro) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happened Busch was competing in his 22nd full-time NASCAR Cup Series season at the time of his death in May.
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KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City)News report · Nov 11, 2:02 AM
Kyle Busch posthumously wins NASCAR Cup Series most popular driver award in Miami
For the first time in his 25-year career, Kyle Busch was honored as NASCAR's most popular Cup Series driver — after his death at 41.
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Nov 11, 2:02 AM: KMBC9 (Hearst, Kansas City) joined the source map.
Nov 11, 3:06 AM: WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) joined the source map.
Now: score hidden until the source match is cleaner. Story health is developing · 9 sources · 1 bucket.