Joe Gibbs Racing has made a change on Kyle Busch’s Sprint Cup Series pit crew just one race into this year’s post-season Chase. Long-time front tire changer Nick Odell has been replaced by Josh Leslie. It’s an unexpected development considering the timing, and the fact that the Number-18 crew has been intact for eight years and is a tightly knit group. With four wins during the regular season, Busch entered the Chase as the Number-2 seed (behind Jimmie Johnson). He finished ninth in last week’s post-season opener at Chicagoland Speedway and is tied with Carl Edwards for third place in the Chase standings with two races remaining in the Challenger Round.
The 2015 Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup continues this weekend with Sunday’s SYLVANIA 300 in New Hampshire. Kyle Busch won this year’s first race there back on July 19th. Another victory Sunday would make him the first driver to sweep both Cup races at “The Magic Mile” in a single season since his older brother Kurt did it in 2004.The post Change made on Kyle Busch team appeared first on Inside Butler County – Butler, PA.
