NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick has backed the action taken by Richard Childress Racing this week to replace Kyle Busch's crew chief, Jim Pohlman.

Pohlman only took on the role ahead of the 2026 season, but after a disastrous start to the season for Busch over the opening 10 races, he has been ousted from his role as crew chief on the No. 8 team and replaced by Andy Street.

Pohlman will now transition into a leadership position at RCR, while Street will take over for this weekend's race at Texas Motor Speedway until the end of the season.

"This move is about putting our people in the best position to succeed,” said Richard Childress, Chairman and CEO of RCR. “We have strong talent across this organization, and we’re focused on having each person in the right position to help deliver the results we expect.”

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Kevin Harvick reacts to Kyle Busch crew chief change

Given that Busch is a huge name and his struggles of late, the crew chief change has been a big talking point since it was announced, with NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick now having his say.

Speaking on his Happy Hour show on FOX, Harvick believes Busch and Pohlman's personalities were too fiery to ever work, and says he'd have fired Pohlman, too.

“Here’s the problem I saw with this scenario - Jim Pohlman’s just like Kyle Busch,” Harvick said. “Very vocal, very rough and tumble, fiery.

"It never sounded like it was going to work. And we talked about this somewhere, I don’t know where, but Richard Childress not being afraid to pull the trigger when he needs to make changes."

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Harvick: Pohlman comments unacceptable

Harvick continued: “It was just a really, really, really combative scenario that you had with those two personalities of Jim Pohlman and Kyle Busch in the car.

“If I had a crew chief that talked about me like that, I would fire his ass quickly because that is unacceptable.

"They can be mad at me, but talking like they talked on that channel after Bristol that week, that was unacceptable. That is the wrong guy.”

Harvick is, of course, referring to the heated conversation that took place over Busch's radio, where Pohlman and spotter Derek Kneeland traded X-rated words and aired their frustrations with the car, which quickly went public.

Busch sits 27th in the Cup Series standings heading to Texas Motor Speedway (May 3, 3:30 p.m. ET, FS1).

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