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 Long-time front tire changer Nick Odell has been replaced by Josh Leslie.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.