Overview
- Richard Childress Racing replaced Jim Pohlman with Andy Street on Kyle Busch’s No. 8 car after 10 races with poor results that left Busch 27th in the Cup standings.
- Tense team radio from Bristol, where Pohlman voiced frustration about Busch, surfaced publicly and drew sharp criticism from Kevin Harvick, who called the comments unacceptable.
- Street is a long-time RCR engineer and performance leader who worked as Busch’s interim crew chief late in 2025, and together they logged two top-10s in five starts.
- Results this year have seesawed with a long winless stretch and five straight finishes outside the top 20 before a small rebound with a top-10 at Talladega.
- Fox Sports framed the shake-up as a short-term test that could shape Busch’s next steps with RCR, even as Busch said a recent Kansas setup change gave him some hope.