Overview
- RCR, which announced the switch Monday, said Street will lead the No. 8 Chevrolet for the rest of 2026 and Jim Pohlman will move into a competition-department leadership role.
- Busch sits 27th in the Cup Series standings after earning his first top-10 of the year at Talladega on Sunday and he has not won since June 2023.
- Street is a 20-year RCR veteran who served as performance director this season and worked with Busch late in 2025 after Randall Burnett departed.
- Team chairman Richard Childress said the change is about putting people in positions to succeed, and president Mike Verlander said the organization expects better results and will keep adjusting.
- This is Busch’s second crew chief change since October, and with the driver reportedly 66 points below the playoff cutline in a contract year, the reshuffle heightens pressure to turn the No. 8 program around.