Kyle Busch says he is 'all in' with Richard Childress Racing after crew chief chage

Motorsport photo Kyle Busch said he is grateful for what Jim Pohlman brought to his Richard Childress Racing No. 8 team through the first 10 races of the season and that senior leadership ultimately made the decision to pair him with Andy Street instead. After finishing second to Carson Hocevar in the Truck Series race on Friday night at Texas Motor Speedway, Busch addressed the change in leadership atop the No.

8 pit box moving forward. “I mean, I liked Jim (and) I liked his leadership and I liked his fire and his passion and all that sort of stuff,” Busch said. “So, was he in the right position?

Obviously, Richard (Childress) and Mike (Verlander) and the guys in charge didn’t really feel that way. “We had some decent races with Andy Street (last year) so do we come to Texas and run top-10 right here, right now? I’m not sure about that but we certainly have done our due diligence this week in trying to get prepared as we best know how.

” Read Also: Justin Allgaier still believes in Jim Pohlman after Kyle Busch split Paired with Street last year, Busch had finishes of 8th at Vegas, 13th at Martinsville and 5th at Phoenix. Right now, Busch sits 27th in the standings and just scored their first top-10 of the season at Talladega -- a superspeedway race. “So, obviously, I think the writing is in the point standings, right,” Busch said.