Charlotte Motor Speedway schedules free Kyle Busch Celebration of Life with drone show on Oct. 9

Per Charlotte Motor Speedway's event page, a free-to-attend Kyle Busch Celebration of Life is planned for the frontstretch following the Ecosave 200 on Oct. 9, 2026. The frontstretch display will include a drone show and 10 of Kyle Busch’s most iconic race cars; guest speakers listed for the Celebration of Life are Samantha Busch, Joe Gibbs, Kurt Busch, Christopher Bell, Noah Gragson, Daniel Suarez, Kyle Larson, Austin Dillon and Mike Joy. Fans are invited to sit as close as possible in the grandstands, and gifts will be handed to the first 15,000 guests on the way out.

The page also lists a high-energy pre-race entertainment show at the Cracker Barrel Stage in the Fan Zone on race day, scheduled for 12 p.m., with driver Q&A times noted as Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 12:00–12:15 p.m., Zane Smith 12:15–12:30 p.m. and Austin Dillon 12:30–12:45 p.m. The Bank of America 400 race day is listed as Oct. 11, 2026.

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