Overview
- Kyle Busch’s No. 8 team named Andy Street crew chief in a Monday announcement that also moved Jim Pohlman into a leadership post in RCR’s competition department.
- The decision came a day after Busch logged a season-best 10th at Talladega, following an RCR start that produced only one top-10 as a team in the first 10 races.
- Street brings more than two decades at RCR and previously guided Busch as interim crew chief for the final stretch of 2025 after Randall Burnett’s departure.
- Busch sits 27th in the Cup standings and has not won since June 2023 at Gateway, leaving him well short of the playoff cutline despite a Daytona 500 pole.
- The next race at Texas offers an early gauge of the new pairing in a season that also serves as a contract year for Busch, a context that has fueled outside speculation about his future.