Steven Taranto

Finish it tonight.

Handwritten cards and letters for Samantha, Brexton and Lennix Busch. As well as for Kyle Busch himself.

A pack of M&M's and a bouquet of flowers was also placed at the main sign entering RCR.

A Dale Earnhardt diecast sits placed next to two Kyle Busch diecasts Eighth and ninth on the NASCAR Cup Series' all-time wins list. Many parallels between the two. And sadly, including this.

@NayJenay44177 @RCRracing "Thank you for being Rowdy" messed me up. I was lucky no one else was around.

@STaranto92 @RCRracing "I loved it all" is a tearjerker

There have been a couple of moments where I have struggled to compose myself this weekend. Seeing the messages on this Kyle Busch hat was one of them. "I loved it all" "Thank you for being Rowdy" "Bow for everyone up there" Absolutely broke my heart.

Lots of M&M's, Mars candies, Monster & NOS Energy Drinks, diecast cars and Zone Pouches left for Kyle Busch. Someone even brought an old Rowdy Energy can. There are a number of individual tributes as well. And so very many flowers.

This afternoon I made the drive up to Welcome to see the tributes to Kyle Busch that have been left at the entrance to the Richard Childress Racing museum. There was a slow, steady, and quiet stream of people who came to pay their respects today. The flags at the entrance fly at half mast.

🎊おめでとう😇😇 #真中あお生誕祭2026

あおちゃんお誕生日おめでとうございます 🎉 #真中あお生誕祭 #真中あお生誕祭2026 #恋する小惑星 #koias #NASCARJP

#真中あお生誕祭2026 南ぬ島の衣装で描きました！✨ おめでとう！🥳

あおちゃんお誕生日おめでとう❤ #真中あお生誕祭2026

@J_Hannibal Thankfully yes

@STaranto92 Did you find the missing figure?

Weekend roll, let's save these memories. ウィークエンドロール, 思い出　残して #mono #NASCARJP

Highlights from last night's Coca-Cola 600 featured on SportsCenter today

I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Saturday was my grandparents' wedding anniversary. Grandma Taranto also enjoyed Ginger Ale. Each time I visit now I drink one and leave the bottle. My family has been my rock this weekend. This is always a big time of year for us because there's so many family anniversaries and milestones around Memorial Day. Representing them is one of the responsibilities I have felt deeply.

@IsraelGerman From what I remember learning Spanish I think stuff like that is interchangeable and you can drop things like "el", "la", "los", "las", etc. I realize I do not know the most about it but I know about the festivities and I also know that Mexico is a very Catholic country.

@STaranto92 Hey Steven, the right way we call the festivity here in Mexico is "Día de Muertos", just like that. Thank you for bringing that up at the post-race press conference.

Something that makes Daniel Suarez a fitting winner to the first race after Kyle Busch's passing: In Mexican culture, there is great reverence for the deceased. They are very family-oriented people, and Suarez gets to have his family with him each Coke 600 week. "Kyle, he wasn't my family. But he was someone that gave me a hand when I needed it most. And it wasn't just a hand. It was a hand of a legend, it was a hand of somebody with so much experience. So for that I will be forever grateful. Forever grateful. "Kyle was one of the few drivers out there that I never had an issue with. We always got along amazing. One time he got in trouble in Cancun, he called me, Samantha called me. I mean, some of you guys know what happened there. And then after the race in Mexico City, we partied together, he came to my party. "I just love the guy. He was an amazing person. And for me, one of my goals this weekend is for people to understand these stories of him. Because a lot of people didn't know who he was as a person. Many people, fans, they knew him as a racing driver. "But the person, the person that is behind the firesuit, behind that helmet - that's what counts the most. That family man. Every time that you talk to Kyle about Brexton, his eyes light up. He was a family man. And because of that, this race is so special. All the combination of these things. "And I want to make sure that the focus and the most important thing about this victory is not Spire Motorsports, it's not Daniel Suarez - it's Kyle Busch. Because he was a very, very important piece for me to be here and for Spire Motorsports to be where it is right now."

@SteelHorseLive I know. I just figured I'd tack something on since apparently I have to spell it out for some people.

@STaranto92 You did nothing wrong. Some people just have no friends in real life and spend way too much time being mad at the world on Twitter

Memorial Day in Concord, North Carolina. It is now quiet in the area leading up to Charlotte Motor Speedway. Along the side of Bruton Smith Blvd, Kyle Busch is honored on the sign outside of Sonny's BBQ.