NASCAR Legend Kurt Busch Opens Up on Brother Kyle's Death in Emotional Interview

NASCAR Hall of Famer Kurt Busch shared an account of his final moments with his late brother Kyle Busch in an emotional interview aired Friday on TODAY.

Busch described gathering with other family members at the hospital after his brother suffered a medical emergency while using a racing simulator in May.

Kyle Busch died the next day after suffering what his family described as complications resulting from sepsis following pneumonia.

"I was there at the hospital. I was there all day. Hoping, praying. Hoping for a turnaround," Busch told TODAY's Craig Melvin.

Busch said his father, Tom Busch, did not go into the hospital room because he "wanted to remember him in the way he wanted to remember him."

During his own visit to the hospital room, Busch said he told his brother: "I got you, man. C'mon. I got you. I've got you, c'mon, be strong."

He wiped away tears as he added, "Just wasn't fair."

Busch told Melvin he has since been mentoring his brother's 11-year-old son Brexton Busch.

"He's a prodigy. He was on the gas even before all of this," Busch said about Brexton. "He can be a big star in the world of motorsports. He's 11, but he's already racing like an 18 year old, so it's time to be around a bit more."

About what he missed most about his brother, Busch said, "I loved, on track, him and I were carbon copies of each other.

"I just miss the on-track comradery. We could speak on track without saying a word... I miss the words that we never spoke to each other and the vibe that we had on track."

Kyle Busch competed in his final NASCAR Cup Series race 11 days before his death. The television broadcast said at the time he had been struggling with a sinus cold, per Steve Reed of the Associated Press.

He holds an all-time record 63 Cup wins along with 234 career victories across NASCAR's three national series and will be a lock to join his brother in the NASCAR Hall of Fame as soon as be becomes eligible for induction.