Would Kyle Busch miss all-star race or Coke 600 for birth of son?

As Kyle Busch spoke Tuesday afternoon just four hours after announcing via Twitter that he would return to NASCAR competition beginning with Saturday night's Sprint All-Star Race, a reporter posed an intriguing question of the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.

Would he miss the all-star race or the following weekend's Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the birth of his first child?

Busch said wife Samantha is due to deliver their son on May 22, two days before NASCAR's longest race and one that would be Busch's first Sprint Cup points race of the 2015 season.

"I mean, if she goes into labor, my plan has always been to be there for the birth," Busch told reporters on a national teleconference. "The good thing about Charlotte is we have more flexibility being here than if we were on the other side of the country. We'll see what happens the next few days."

"She's been great. She's healthy. He's healthy," said Busch, who has been sidelined since suffering foot and leg injuries in the season-opening XFINITY Series race at Daytona. "We're definitely ready for Baby Busch to enter the world. We had a great Mother's Day and hope all the mothers out there had a great Mother's Day.

"We couldn't be more excited as we get closer and the anticipation rises here. We're going hour by hour right now. It could be any hour that he decides he wants to be here."