Josh Berry
Joshua Berry (born October 22, 1990)[1] is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes part-time in the CARS Tour, driving the No. 88 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. He also serves as a driver coach for JRM.[2]
Josh Berry | |||||||
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Born | Hendersonville, Tennessee | October 22, 1990||||||
Achievements | 2017 CARS Tour Late Model Stock champion 2019 ValleyStar Credit Union 300 winner | ||||||
NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
6 races run over 4 years | |||||||
2017 position | 80th | ||||||
Best finish | 41st (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2014 U.S. Cellular 250 (Iowa) | ||||||
Last race | 2017 Kansas Lottery 300 (Kansas) | ||||||
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NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career | |||||||
1 race run over 1 year | |||||||
2016 position | 92nd | ||||||
Best finish | 92nd (2016) | ||||||
First race | 2016 American Ethanol E15 225 (Chicagoland) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of October 21, 2017. |
Racing career
Late models
After being spun by Bobby McCarty at Motor Mile Speedway in 2019 and Ace Speedway in 2020, both times when Berry was leading the race, Berry intentionally wrecked McCarty later in the Ace Speedway race, resulting in a one-race suspension.[3]
Camping World Truck Series
Berry debuted in the series during the 2016 season, driving the No. 71 Contreras Motorsports truck to a 13th-place finish at Chicagoland Speedway.[4]
Xfinity Series
Berry's first NASCAR Xfinity Series race came at Iowa Speedway, driving the No. 5 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports. He started tenth and finished twelfth, finishing on the lead lap.[5] He returned to the 5 car for the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, again logging a lead-lap finish in 25th. He finished his debut season 50th in points.[6] He returned to JR Motorsports for one race in 2015, finishing seventh at Richmond International Raceway.[7] In 2016, his first race of the season was at Iowa, where he finished ninth in the No. 88 for JR Motorsports.[8] He returned to that car in the first race of the Xfinity Series Chase, at Kentucky Speedway and ended up finishing 13th.[9] Berry also made one start for Obaika Racing, finishing 27th at Darlington Raceway.[10]
In 2017, Berry attempted the Kansas race for newly-formed NextGen Motorsports, driving the No. 55 car.[11] After qualifying 33rd, he finished 34th after suffering an engine failure on lap 182.[12]
Motorsports career results
NASCAR
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
Xfinity Series
NASCAR Xfinity Series results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | NXSC | Pts | |||
2014 | JR Motorsports | 5 | Chevy | DAY | PHO | LVS | BRI | CAL | TEX | DAR | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | ROA | KEN | DAY | NHA | CHI | IND | IOW 12 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ATL | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | KAN | CLT | TEX | PHO | HOM 25 |
50th | 51 | |||
2015 | 88 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | IOW | CLT | DOV | MCH | CHI | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH 7 |
CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 60th | 37 | |||||
2016 | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | DOV | CLT | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW 9 |
GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | KEN 13 |
DOV | CLT | KAN | TEX | PHO | HOM | 41st | 74 | |||||||||
Obaika Racing | 97 | Chevy | DAR 27 |
RCH | CHI | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | NextGen Motorsports | 55 | Toyota | DAY | ATL | LVS | PHO | CAL | TEX | BRI | RCH | TAL | CLT | DOV | POC | MCH | IOW | DAY | KEN | NHA | IND | IOW | GLN | MOH | BRI | ROA | DAR | RCH | CHI | KEN | DOV | CLT | KAN 34 |
TEX | PHO | HOM | 80th | 3 |
Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | NCWTC | Pts | ||||||||||||||||
2016 | Contreras Motorsports | 71 | Chevy | DAY | ATL | MAR | KAN | DOV | CLT | TEX | IOW | GTW | KEN | ELD | POC | BRI | MCH | MSP | CHI 13 |
NHA | LVS | TAL | MAR | TEX | PHO | HOM | 92nd | 01 |
K&N Pro Series East
NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Car owner | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | NKNPSEC | Pts | Ref | |
2014 | Darin Odle | 45 | Ford | NSM | DAY | BRI | GRE 24 |
RCH 17 |
IOW | BGS | FFL | LGY | NHA | COL | IOW | GLN | VIR | GRE | DOV | 47th | 47 | [13] | |
2019 | Visconti Motorsports | 74 | Chevy | NSM | BRI | SBO | SBO | MEM | NHA | IOW | GLN | BRI | GTW | NHA 3 |
DOV | 31st | 41 | [14] |
ARCA Racing Series
(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)
ARCA Racing Series results | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | ARSC | Pts | Ref |
2018 | Chad Bryant Racing | 22 | Ford | DAY | NSH | SLM 4 |
TAL | TOL | CLT | POC | MCH | MAD | GTW | CHI | IOW | ELK | POC | ISF | BLN | DSF | SLM | IRP | KAN | 74th | 215 | [15] |
* Season still in progress
References
- "Josh Berry".
- "255 - Amy Earnhardt: Maximum Security". Player.fm. Dirty Mo Media. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- Weaver, Matt (June 9, 2020). "CARS Tour suspends Josh Berry for intentionally crashing Bobby McCarty". Short Track Scene. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- "Josh Berry 2016 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- "2014 U.S. Cellular 250 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- "Josh Berry 2014 NASCAR Nationwide Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- "Josh Berry 2015 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- "Josh Berry 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- "Berry ready to make most of opportunity at Iowa". Retrieved 2016-07-31.
- "2016 VFW Sport Clips Help A Hero 200 - Racing-Reference.info". racing-reference.info. Retrieved 2016-09-17.
- "NextGen & March Networks Support Disaster Relief". Speed Sport. October 20, 2017. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- "2017 Kansas Lottery 300". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
- "Josh Berry – 2014 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- "Josh Berry – 2019 NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- "Driver Josh Berry 2018 ARCA Racing Series results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Josh Berry career summary at DriverDB.com
- Josh Berry driver statistics at Racing-Reference