NASCAR legend Dale Jarrett gave his heartfelt thoughts on Kyle Busch’s tragic death and his son, budding racer Brexton.

Busch died suddenly on May 21 at the age of 41 after suffering severe pneumonia which saw him hospitalized with sepsis.

The NASCAR world continues to grieve over the passing of the legendary Busch, whose death sent shock waves throughout the sport.

Several drivers have honored the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion by celebrating their wins this season by imitating his post-race bow in Victory Lane.

The U.S. Sun spoke with Nascar Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett at the 41st Annual Great Sports Legends Dinner in New York City on Monday, October 5.

When asked about Busch’s sudden death, Jarrett opened up about how tragic it was not to say a proper goodbye to the 41-year-old.

“Yeah, I think the hardest thing in life that we come across are times that we lose special people and we don’t really have the chance to say goodbye,” Jarrett told The U.S. Sun.

“This wasn’t like Kyle was sick and we had a chance to give him a call… even just shoot him a text or something like that like, ‘Hey, I hope you feel better.’

“None of us knew that it had gotten to the point that it did.”

Just days before his death, Busch won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series at Dover Motor Speedway, giving him his 239th career national series win.

Jarrett continues to wonder what Busch was capable of on the track after dramatically ending his winless Cup streak on May 15.

“You can’t not look at racing and think, ‘What would Kyle Busch have been doing right now?'” the three-time Daytona 500 winner said.

“‘Would he have been part of the chase?’ Yeah, he would have been that.

“‘Would he have been winning races?’ We think he was getting back to that.

“He had such a tremendous career.”

But for Jarrett, it also goes back to Busch’s family, with his wife, Samantha and their kids, daughter Lennix, 4, and son, Brexton, 11, at the forefront.

Brexton is following in his father’s footsteps as a competitive youth race car driver.

“I just think about his family and how excited he was about his young son, Brexton, and his career coming up,” Jarrett said.

“As much as we all hate that we didn’t get to say goodbye to him, for him not to be able to see everything that he and his son were putting together, it’s just heartbreaking.”

Busch was honored by Brexton and NASCAR at the Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 9.

More than 10,000 NASCAR fans attended the tribute event, where Samantha gave an emotional 10-minute speech that ended with Brexton’s tribute.

Brexton took the tarmac and performed a burnout in his late father’s No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Cup Series car.

Fans could be seen wiping away tears during the heartbreaking moment.

“I don’t want to feel like we are putting a period on [his life] today,” Samantha Busch said.

“This is not the end of Kyle’s story. His story continues every time we give a young racer a chance, share something he taught us or share with the next generation what made Rowdy unforgettable.

“Years from now, I hope people remember Kyle as one of NASCAR‘s greatest drivers.

“He worked his entire life for that. But I also hope they meet someone whose life is better because Kyle was here. That’s a legacy that no checkered flag can contain.”