Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is using the Nashville Superspeedway weekend as an opportunity to honor Kyle Busch, who passed away last week at the age of 41 due to severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis. He will run a special scheme.
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The Hyak Motorsports driver will work with primary sponsor NOS Energy to bring back a scheme that Busch used to win multiple races in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series.
This scheme features a blue base, matching the NOS Energy colors. It then has splashes of black, white, and orange taking up prominent space on the No. 47 Chevrolet Camaro.
For Rowdy.
This weekend in Nashville, NOS Energy and @StenhouseJr honor Kyle Busch with a tribute paint scheme inspired by Rowdy’s iconic NOS Energy design.
A champion. A legend. Thank you for everything, Kyle.#ForeverRowdy pic.twitter.com/hiPh5mv1cP
— NOS Energy Drink (@NosEnergyDrink) May 28, 2026
This design is one that Busch used earlier in his career. He had NOS as a primary sponsor in the O'Reilly Auto Parts Series during races in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017 and 2018. He used this particular scheme during the 2016 season as he drove the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
Busch won 10 O'Reilly Auto Parts Series races during the 2016 season, all of which had NOS as a primary sponsor. He started from the pole in eight of these races.
Busch won at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Phoenix Raceway, Texas Motor Speedway, Kentucky Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Richmond Raceway, Kansas Speedway and Phoenix Raceway.
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This scheme will now return for a trip to Nashville Superspeedway as the entire industry tries to move forward after the sudden death of Busch. For Stenhouse, he will continue to honor a driver with whom he shared laughs and punches, depending on the situation.
"There aren't really words for today," Stenhouse wrote on May 21, the day that Busch passed away. "I've raced against Kyle for a long time, and anyone who's lined up next to him knows exactly what made him special, he gave you everything he had, every single lap, and he made all of us better for it.
"But more than the wins and the records, I keep thinking about Samantha, Brexton, and Lennix, and the entire Busch family right now. That's where my heart is. Rest easy, Rowdy. The sport won't be the same without you."
