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Ryan Blaney will give Kyle Busch tribute helmet to Brexton Busch after Iowa race

Kyle Busch Ryan Blaney Brexton NASCAR NASCAR Cup Cup

Team Penske's Ryan Blaney is wearing a special helmet for the NASCAR Cup race at Iowa Speedway, honoring fallen NASCAR legend Kyle Busch.

Blaney earned pole position for Sunday's Cup race, and is one of the favorites to claim victory in the 350-lap event.

The helmet features various highlights from Busch's historic career, including his unprecedented sweep of all three Bristol races on the same weekend, both his 2015 and 2019 Cup titles, his first NASCAR Cup and O'Reilly wins, his 200th NASCAR win across all three national divisions, and one of Brickyard 400 wins.

When asked by Motorsport.com's Matt Weaver for the story behind the tribute helmet, Blaney said: "The helmet I have for this weekend, my thought when Kyle passed was I've always thought in situations like that, how do you remember somebody and how do you kind of think of all the good that they did in their life and all the success they had?

Ryan Blaney honors Kyle Busch with a custom helmet featuring his iconic paint schemes, which he plans to give to Kyle’s son, Brexton. ♥️ pic.twitter.com/4qiXhTf3zV
— Motorsport (@Motorsport) August 9, 2026

"I think helmets are a unique thing in our sport. We kind of get to design them. A lot of them have special meaning and this is kind of my best way of showing my respect towards Kyle Busch and respect to the Busch family. And the helmet was -- I picked out -- I think there's about seven or eight pictures of some wins of his, some big wins ... and each part of the helmet is that scheme that he ran on the car, that's kind of how it's broken up. So my painter did a good job of kind of getting pretty imaginative on it.

"But yeah, I hope to run it for one race and give it to Brexton, the Busch family, and they can do whatever they want with it. So just showing respect and, you know, I'm glad people noticed it."

Blaney had to pass Busch for his first-ever Cup win at Pocono in 2017, and the two champions had countless great battles over the years.

Kyle Busch rides with @Blaney today. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/HB2uCwkI6V
— NASCAR (@NASCAR) August 9, 2026

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing

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Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, Joey Logano, Team Penske

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Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

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Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

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Noah Gragson, Front Row Motorsports

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports

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Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing

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Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports

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Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

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Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

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William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports

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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports

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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports

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Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing

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Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

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Chris Buescher, RFK Racing, Joey Logano, Team Penske

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Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

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Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

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Michael McDowell, Spire Motorsports

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

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Ricky Stenhouse Jr., HYAK Motorsports

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Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing

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Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports

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John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club

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Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports

Iowa - Sunday, in photos

Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, Joey Logano, Team Penske

Iowa - Sunday, in photos

Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing

Iowa - Sunday, in photos

Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

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Joey Logano, Team Penske

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Ryan Blaney, Team Penske

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Shane van Gisbergen, Trackhouse Racing

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Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing

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Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing

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